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- Title The Triads as Business
- Author Yiu-Kong Chu
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 184
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge
- Date 2015-04
- ISBN 9780415757249 / 041575724X
- Dewey Decimal Code 364.106
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Paperback / softback. New. There is no doubt that the triads have become recognized as a sophisticated and international criminal force and, following the handover of Hong Kong to China, there have been increasing fears that their influence will spread to the West through emigration. This book investigates the reality behind the myth with a study of the Hong Kong triads, generally regarded as the headquarters of triad societies throughout the world. Yiu Kong Chu examines their origins, their organized extortion from legitimate businesses large and small, and their more recent moves into illegal activities such as drug trafficking, human smuggling and gambling. Contrary to the popular belief that Hong Kong triads are replacing the Italian Mafia as the most powerful criminal organization in the world, this book argues that Hong Kong triads may be declining, as other ethnic Chinese crime gangs emerge as powerful crime groups in Western societies. Based on interviews with ex triad members and victims…
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Routledge, 1999. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 182 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches.
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