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Chinese organized crime operates through Triads, Tongs and street gangs that
often cooperate with one another to further criminal enterprises. Originating as a
secretive but idealistic political movement centuries ago, Triads became infused with
criminals during the 20th Century. After the Communist takeover on the mainland, most
Triads fled to Hong Kong and Formosa, now Taiwan. They are responsible for the
importation of much of the heroin that enters the United States from the “Golden
Triangle” area of Southeast Asia. Hong Kong Triads also have increasingly become
involved in the smuggling of illegal aliens into the United States.
Tongs originated on the American West Coast primarily to protect Chinese
immigrants from marauding white racists, who periodically raided San Francisco and
New York City’s “Chinatown” areas during the 19th Century. Today, the Tongs thrive
chiefly on business affiliations heavily influenced by criminals. Tongs provide illegal
gambling opportunities, and some use Chinese gangs to protect their extortion, gambling
and narcotics operations.
Much of the Chinese gangs’ criminal activity centers on extortion of Asian
business establishments. Business people regard the payoffs as a necessary cost of doing
business and try to negotiate amounts that will not hamper their ability to stay solvent.
The payments are rarely prohibitive and support the good life for just the leadership of
the gangs. As members of Cantonese gangs, such as the Ghost Shadows, have aged, they
have become less violent and aggressive. They have been subjected to vigorous
prosecutions and are being replaced lately by gangs accompanying immigrants from
China’s Fukien province, who have supplanted the Cantonese gangs in certain areas and
reinstated aggressive and violent extortion activity.
The gangs recruit recent arrivals from China because law enforcement personnel
are not familiar with their identities. In addition to the language barrier, these first-
generation criminals distrust law enforcement and are loyal to their comrades.
In New Jersey, the Fuk Ching, or Fukienese Flying Dragons, street gang reaches
out from the Chinatown section of New York City. According to Detective Paparteys,
six of eight Fukienese Flying Dragons operating in Jersey City, New York City’s
Chinatown and Connecticut were successfully prosecuted for their criminal activity. Two
remain fugitives. The Fourteen K Triad (14 K) is a street gang that originated in Hong
Kong.
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