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A particularly sinister form of oriental organized crime began centuries ago with the birth of
the Triad movement in China. Secret Triad societies were founded in the mid- 17th century by certain
Taoist monks for the purpose of overthrowing the
Manchu-Ching Dynasty then in power. Originally a
political movement with an established headquarters and a network of lodges and chapters, the Triads
became a strong underground revolutionary band,
extremely secretive and harsh in its use of discipline. When the Republic of China was founded in 1912, the Triad goal was attained, but Triad lodges, so accustomed to an underground existence, did not disband. Instead, they attracted Chinese criminals, and Triad societies quickly degenerated from an idealistic political movement into a criminal tyranny. The non-criminalized Triad movement flourished in China until Mao Tse-tung's Communist takeover in 1949, when it was banished from the mainland. The Triads fled to Hong Kong and Formosa, now Taiwan. Today there are an estimated 50 Triad groups operating in Hong Kong alone, with a membership of some 90,000. They are engaged in extortion, drug trafficking, gambling, loan sharking, prostitution and pornography. The largest and most violent of these groups in Hong Kong is the Sun Yee On, with a membership of more than 25,000. It is also active in the United States. This and other Triad societies reportedly are responsible for the importation of much of the heroin that enters the United States from the "Golden Triangle" area of Southeast Asia. The most recent indication of Triad involvement in New Jersey occurred in Atlantic City in 1987. Francis Wah Boor Heung, a member of the Sun Yee On Triad, and 12 others from the United States and Hong Kong, were indicted in June 1987, by a New Jersey State Grand Jury on charges of cheating at baccarat in two Atlantic City casinos. The group won more than $2.7 million in the scheme. Heung was arrested in Hong Kong nearly two years later, in May, 1989. He waived extradition, returned to the United States voluntarily and pleaded guilty in July, 1989. Heung had previously been arrested in 1972 on narcotics charges by the Taiwan National Police.
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