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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 name of the "Three Harmonies Society" (the "Sanhehui" grouping of the Tiandihui) is in fact the source of the term "Triad" that has become synonymous with Chinese organized crime. Because of that heritage, the Tiandihui (more commonly known there as "Triads') is both controversial and prohibited in Hong Kong.
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Name Japanese Name Headquarters Designated in Notes Ishikawa-ikka 石川一家 Saga: 1993–1995 Ishikawa is the surname of the boss. It was joined to the Yamaguchi-gumi V in 1995. Dainippon-Heiwa-kai II 二代目大日本平和会 Hyogo: 1994–1997 It was successor of Honda-kai. Dainippon means Great Japan and heiwa means peace. It was not ...
The name yakuza originates from the traditional Japanese card game Oicho-Kabu, a game in which the goal is to draw three cards adding up to a score of 9. If the sum of the cards is 10 or more, the second digit is the score.
In 1949, the group relocated to British Hong Kong after the Kuomintang evacuated China following the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War. [11] Originally there were fourteen members who were part of the Kuomintang, hence the name 14K. Other sources [1] [12] say 14 stands for the road number of a former headquarters and K stands for Kowloon.
The Flying Dragons (traditional Chinese: 飛龍幫; simplified Chinese: 飞龙帮; Jyutping: Fei1lung4bong1), also known as FDS, was a Chinese American street gang that was prominent in New York City's Chinatown from the 1970s to the early 1990s.
Pages in category "Asian-American gangs" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Asian Boyz; B.