List of Chinese criminal organizations

Criminal gangs are found throughout Mainland China but are most active in Chongqing, Shanghai, Macau, Tianjin, Shenyang, and Guangzhou. Some are also active in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. The number of people involved in organized crime on the mainland has risen from around 100,000 in 1986 to around 1.5 million in the year 2000.[1]

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 markets. Peng Wang's The Chinese Mafia[3] examines the rise of mainland Chinese organized crime and the political-criminal nexus (collusion between gangs and corrupt police officers) in reform and opening era of China.

Triad societies

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Main article: Triad (underground society)

The following is a list of Chinese triad societies:

Criminally influenced tongs

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Gangs

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Currently active groups in Mainland China

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Main article: Crime_in_China § Organised_crime_in_Mainland_China

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "TRIADS AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN CHINA - China | Facts and Details". factsanddetails.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^ Chu, Y. K. (2002). The triads as business. Routledge. ISBN 9780415757249
  3. ^ Wang, Peng (2017). The Chinese Mafia: Organized Crime, Corruption, and Extra-Legal Protection. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198758402
  4. ^ a b c d Mahlmann, Ning-Ning. "Chinese Criminal Enterprises - US Department of State". Archived from the original on 2008-01-09. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  5. ^ "Court May Have Slain Black Dragon". Archived from the original on 2012-09-11.
  6. ^ "Friends of Ours: Chinese Mafia". Bitterqueen.typepad.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  7. ^ "China's Business Newspaper". The Standard. Archived from the original on 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  8. ^ Ma, Jason. "Bay News: 21 Boys Gangsters Sentenced for Extortion". AsianWeek. Archived from the original on May 15, 2006.
  9. ^ Gordon, John; Mrozek, Thom. "USAO/CDCA Press Release". Archived from the original on January 24, 2007. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  10. ^ a b c d "'Mosquito brother' celebrates 90th birthday in style". Taipei Times. 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  11. ^ "SAN FRANCISCO / Youths Plead Guilty In Extortion Attempt". SFGate. 2000-03-25. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  12. ^ Van Derbeken, Jaxon. "Man in Blast Linked to Fireworks Gang / He was involved in illegal sales in '80s and '90s, S.F. Cops say". Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  13. ^ a b c d e "A MEMOIR" By Bill Lee". "Chinese Playground. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  14. ^ "Bemboo Tigers". Brockmorris.com. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  15. ^ a b "The Presence". Brockmorris.com. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  16. ^ Finckenauer, James O. (December 6, 2007). "Chinese Transnational Organized Crime: The Fuk Ching" (PDF). National Institute of Justice. Washington, D.C.: National Criminal Justice Reference Service. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  17. ^ a b Lee, Denny (2003-05-11). "Years of the Dragons". Nychinatown.org. RK Chin Web Gallery. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  18. ^ "Gorilla Convict Blog". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  19. ^ Van Derbeken, Jaxon (1999-06-17). "Deputies Set Free Suspect in Killing In Video Arcade". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  20. ^ Kelly, Robert J.; Chin, Ko-lin; Schatzberg, Rufus (1994). Handbook of Organized Crime in the United States - Google Books. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313283666. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  21. ^ "Wowza Media Server 3 Monthly Edition 3.0.5 build1220". Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  22. ^ "Fireworks". Brockmorris.com. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  23. ^ "A Looming Danger". Diálogo. Archived from the original on November 24, 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  24. ^ "Transnational Activities of Chinese Crime Organizations" (PDF). Loc.gov. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  25. ^ "SAN FRANCISCO / Man Who Was Mistakenly Freed Is Rearrested". SFGate. 1999-08-04. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  26. ^ "Fifth Chinese restaurant attacked". smh.com.au. 2002-06-20. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  27. ^ Lane, Melissa (2005-04-27). "Gang Today, Hair Tomorrow | Feature | San Francisco | San Francisco News and Events". SF Weekly. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  28. ^ Fried, Joseph P. (1995-01-18). "Tong Leader In Chinatown Is Convicted". The New York Times. New York City; Chinatown (Nyc). Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  29. ^ Leo, John (1985-07-08). "Law: Parasites on Their Own People". TIME. Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved 2015-02-19.

Further reading

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  • Chu, Y. K. (2002). The triads as business. Routledge.
  • Ko-lin Chin.Chinatown Gangs: Extortion, Enterprise, and Ethnicity. Oxford University Press, 2000.
  • Peter Huston. Tongs, Gangs, and Triads: Chinese Crime Groups in North America (1995)
  • Lo, T. W. (2010). Beyond Social Capital: Triad Organized Crime in Hong Kong and China. British Journal of Criminology, 50(5), 851-872.
  • Wang, Peng. "The Increasing Threat of Chinese Organised Crime: national, regional and international perspectives", The RUSI Journal Vol. 158, No.4, (2013),pp. 6–18.
  • Wang, Peng (2017). The Chinese Mafia: Organized Crime, Corruption, and Extra-Legal Protection. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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