Hong Kong triads after 1997
@article{Chu2005HongKT, title={Hong Kong triads after 1997}, author={Yk Chu}, journal={Trends in Organized Crime}, year={2005}, volume={8}, pages={5-12} }
This paper reports on triad activities in Hong Kong from 1997 to 2004. In opposition to the popular view that mass triad migration to Western countries would occur around the period when Hong Kong was turned over to Mainland China in 1997, what has actually happened is that in the last decade Hong Kong triad members have increasingly been found to enter the Chinese market. There are three general trends of triad activities in Hong Kong. First, triad members from various societies group together…
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