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Sun Yee On was allegedly taken over by his eldest son Heung Wah-yim, who ostensibly worked as a law clerk. [4] The triad is also noted as being founded by "Teochew and Hokkien immigrants" to Hong Kong. [6] Map of countries with branches or operations of the Sun Yee On Triad reported by law enforcement or in the news.
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. They are the main rival of the Sun Yee On, which is the largest triad. [7]
There were four main groups of triads—the Chiu Chow Group (including Sun Yee On), 14K, the Wo Group (including Wo Shing Wo), and the Sze Tai (Luen Group, Tan Yee, Macau Chai, Tung Group), the Big Four in Chinese—operating in Hong Kong. [26] They divided land by ethnic group and geographic locations, with each triad in charge of a region.
Sun Yee On; See also. List of criminal enterprises, gangs and syndicates ... T. W. (2010). Beyond Social Capital: Triad Organized Crime in Hong Kong and China ...
The organization is made up of members of five different triads: 14K, Bamboo Union, Big Circle Boys, Sun Yee On and Wo Shing Wo. Sam Gor is understood to be headed by Chinese–Canadian Tse Chi Lop, who was arrested in January 2021 in the Netherlands. [1] The syndicate is primarily involved in drug trafficking, earning at least $8 billion per year.
Charles and Jimmy Heung were often hailed as two of Hong Kong's most successful presenters/producers, and one of the most controversial due to his family's triad background. Heung is widely suspected of ties to one of Hong Kong's largest and most powerful organized crime groups, the Sun Yee On Triad.
A man is being held without bail for allegedly stabbing three of his family members to death, including an 8-year-old girl and teenage boy, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman ...
Crimes committed by triads occur in Hong Kong. Common triad-related offenses include extortion, illegal gambling, drug trafficking, and racketeering. [4] One of the world's largest triads, Sun Yee On, was founded in Hong Kong in 1919 and is reported to have 55,000 members worldwide. [5]