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The 14K has been among the most active triad societies in Canada, [21] maintaining a chapter in Toronto. [34] The 14K established its chapter in Toronto in 1976. [35] The 14K was reported in the 1970s to be recruiting actively within the Chinese-Canadian community as well bringing new members from Hong Kong. [36]
Wan Kuok-koi (Chinese: 尹國駒; born 1955), popularly known as Broken Tooth Koi (崩牙駒), [1] is a businessman and former leader of the Macau branch of the 14K triad.He was released after more than 14 years in prison in December 2012. [1]
14K may refer to: 14K Triad, a Chinese criminal organization; Gnome-Rhône 14K, an aircraft engine of the 1920s and 1930s; 14K, another term for a Fourteener mountain peak (above 14,000 feet) of the Rocky Mountains in western North America. 14K (Death Race), a fictional character in the Death Race film series.
On 15 January 2010 a 15-year-old boy was killed during a clash between 14K Triad and Shui Fong members at Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate. Fifteen people were arrested in connection with the boy's murder, aged 15 to 22. The victim died after being punched, kicked, and hit by glass bottles. [2] [3]
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He identified Heung Wah-yim as the leader of the triad, and this led to the police arresting eleven members of the Triad on 1 April 1987. [4] Whilst searching Heung Wah-yim's law office, they found a list of 900 numbered names, which appeared to be a membership list of Sun Yee On. [ 4 ]
Wo Shing Wo or WSW (Chinese: 和勝和; Jyutping: wo4 sing3 wo4*2) is the oldest of the Wo Group triad societies, and is the triad with the longest history in Hong Kong. According to the Hong Kong police, the triad is involved in extortion, drug trafficking, gambling and prostitution. [2] Wo Shing Wo was established in Sham Shui Po in 1930.
British authorities finally began to crack down on Triad activity during the early 1990s and, although law enforcement had been battling the Triads for some time, their first insight on the Triad structure and influence in British society came during the 1993 trial of George Cheung Wai-hen, an assassin for the Wo On Lok turned government ...