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Since the new century, there are two academic books focusing on Chinese organized crime. Based on rich empirical work, these books offer how Chinese criminal organizations survive in the changing socio-economic and political environment. Y. K. Chu's Triads as Business [2] looks at the role of Hong Kong Triads in legal, illegal and international ...
The 14K (十四K sap sei kei, [sap̚sɛjkɛj]) is a triad group based in Hong Kong but active internationally. It is the second largest triad group in the world with around 20,000 members split into thirty subgroups.
Lai Tong Sang, the alleged "dragon head" (boss) of the Shui Fong in Macau who arrived in Canada on October 28, 1996 on a permanent resident visa, was ordered deported from the country in August 2013 after he was deemed not admissible due to his ties to organized crime. [5] Lai was the target of a drive-by shooting at his Vancouver home in July ...
A triad (traditional Chinese: 三合會; simplified Chinese: 三合会; Jyutping: saam1 hap6 wui6; Cantonese Yale: sāam hahp wúi; pinyin: sān hé huì) is a Chinese transnational organized crime syndicate based in Greater China with outposts in various countries having significant overseas Chinese populations.
Wah Ching (Chinese: 華青; Jyutping: Waa 4 Cing 1; lit. 'Youth of China') is a Chinese American criminal organization and street gang that was founded in San Francisco, California in 1964. The Wah Ching has been involved in crimes including narcotic sales, racketeering, and gambling. [2]
The Big Circle Boys would sell the heroin at a markup to Chinese or Vietnamese street gangs who performed the most dangerous and least profitable part of the drug trade. [7] Kon Yu-lueng, aka "Johnny Kon", a Big Circle Boy based in New City city was described by the Drug Enforcement Agency as "probably one of the two or three biggest heroin ...
In the anime adaptation of Black Lagoon, the Thailand branch of Sun Yee On is based in the fictional city of Roanapur and competes with the other organized crime syndicates in the city. In Black Lagoon , Sun Yee On's branch leader in Thailand is a man named Wan, and it is one of various Triad organizations in Thailand alongside the 14K .
Shanghai became a favourable place for criminal activity, and the Green Gang in particular, due to several factors. As the Grand Canal fell out of use for grain shipments, replaced by the sea route, Shanghai became an important transshipment point for grain; [5] at the same time, as one of the treaty ports and concessions, it was a gateway for foreign trade, including in opium. [6]