List of Chinese criminal organizations
Criminal gangs are found throughout China but are most active in Chongqing, Shanghai, Macau, Tianjin, Shenyang, and Guangzhou as well as 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]
The following is a list of Chinese criminal organizations.
Triad societies
- 14K Group 十四K
- 14K Baai Lo 十四K 湃廬
- 14K Chung 十四K 忠字堆
- 14K Chung Yee Tong 十四K 忠義堂
- 14K Hau 十四K 孝字堆
- 14K Kim 十四K 劍字堆
- 14K Lai 十四K 禮字堆
- 14K Lun 十四K 倫字堆
- 14K Ngai 十四K 毅字堆
- 14K Sai Shing Tong 十四K 西勝堂
- 14K Sai Yee Tong 十四K 西義堂
- 14K Sat 十四K 實字堆
- 14K Shun 十四K 信字堆
- 14K Tai Huen Chai 十四K 大圈仔
- 14K Tak 十四K 德字堆
- 14K Yan 十四K 仁字堆
- 14K Yee 十四K 義字堆
- 14K Yee Shing Tong 十四K 義勝堂
- 14K Yung 十四K 勇字堆
- Long Zi Group 龙子字頭
- Long Zi Tong 龙子堂
- Long Zi Kongsi 龙子會館
- Long Zi Association 龙子协会
- LZK
- Luen Group 聯字頭
- Luen Kung Lok 聯公樂
- Luen Lok Tong 聯樂堂(單耳)
- Luen Shun Tong 聯順堂
- Luen Ying She 聯英社(老聯)
- Luen Fei Ying 聯飛英
- Luen Hung Ying 聯鴻英
- Luen To Ying 聯桃英
- Wo Group 和字頭
- Wo Shing Wo 和勝和
- Wo Shing Yee 和勝義
- Wo On Lok (Shui Fong) 和安樂(水房)
- Wo Hop To 和合圖(老和)[2]
- Wo Lee Kwan 和利群[2]
- Wo Kao Chi 和九指
- Wo Kwan Lok 和群樂
- Wo Lee Wo 和利和
- Wo Shing Tong 和勝堂
- Wo Yau Wo 和友和
- Wo Yee Tong 和義堂
- Wo Yung Yee 和勇義
- Wo Hung Shing 和洪勝[3]
- Wo Kwan Ying 和群英[3]
- Wo Luen Shing 和聯勝[3]
- Wo Yat Ping 和一平
- Wo Yee Ping 和二平
- Ah Kong The Company 阿公党
- Ang Bin Hoay (昂斌)
- Ang Soon Tong 洪顺堂
- Big Circle Gang 大圈幫
- Cai Group[5]
- Chongqing group 重慶組
- Chuen Group 全字頭
- Chuen Chi Wo 全志和
- Chuen Yat Chi 全一志(老全)[6]
- Ghee Hin Kongsi 酥油軒懸空寺
- Green Gang 青帮
- Hai San 海新
- Rung Group 梯級組
- Shing Group 盛集團
- Sin Ma 仙馬
- Sio Sam Ong (小三王)
- Tung Group 東字頭
- Tung Kung She 東公社
- Tung Kwan She 東群社
- Tung Luen She 東聯社(老東)
- Tung On Tong 東安堂
- Tung Ying She 東英社
- Tung On Wo 東安和
- Tung Kwan Ying 東群英
- Tong Group 同字頭
- Tong Kwan Ying 同群英
- Tong Lok 同樂
- Tong San Wo 同新和(老同)
- Jackson Street Boys 積臣街小子[7]
- Kung Lok 功乐
- Kwong Group 廣字頭
- Kwong Hung 廣雄
- Kwong Luen Shing 廣聯盛(老廣)
- Kwong Shing 廣盛
- Kwong Sing Tong 廣聲堂
- Yuet Group 粵字頭
- Yuet Kwong 粵廣
- Yuet Tung 粵東
- Ching Group 正字頭
- Ching Lung Tuen 正龍團
- Chiu Chow Group 潮州幫
- Fuk Yee Hing 福義興(老福)
- Sun Yee On 新義安(老新)
- Taiwan Group 台灣團體
Criminally influenced tongs
- Alex Tong 亞歷塘
- Bing Kong Tong 孔桶
- Chang Sing 张星
- Four Brothers 四兄弟(塘)
- Ghee Kong Tong 酥油孔桶
- Hop Sing Tong 合胜堂
- Hip Sing Tong 协胜堂
- Hung Mun Tong 洪门堂
- Kim Ghee Tong 金酥油塘
- Long Zii Tong 籽亿龙堂
- On Leong Tong 论梁彤
- Pa Hai Tong 霸海通
- Suey Sing Tong 穗星塘
- Tong Tran 陈彤
- Tsung Tsin Association 崇正會
- Tung On Association 東安公所
- Wing Kong 香港永
- W Zhang Tong W章通
- Ying On Tong 英端堂[10]
Chinese gangs
- 21 Boys 廿一仔[11]
- 亞洲進擊[12]
- Black Bugs 黑蟲[13]
- Black Eagles 黑鷹
- Chung Ching Yee (Joe Boys) 忠精義[14]
- Chung Yee 忠義
- Continentals 大陸幣
- Dai Ben (Cookies) 大餅[15]
- Eagle Dragons 龍鷹
- Flying Circle Boys 飛圈仔
- Flying Dragons 飛龍幫
- Fong-Fong Boys 豐芳男[13]
- Fuk Ching 福青 [16]
- Ghost Shadows 鬼影幫[17]
- Golden Star 金星
- Green Dragons 青龍[18]
- NICKAR CHING 香港仔
- Hop Sing Boys 合勝仔[19]
- Hung Pho 紅火
- Immortals 神仙[13]
- Kit Jai 傑仔[15]
- Korrupted Boyz
- Kurrupted Boys 男孩
- Liang Shan (Quen Ying) 梁山[20]
- Mo Ming Pai 無名派[21]
- Phoenician Warriors[13]
- Ping Boys 平仔[22]
- Ping On 平安
- Raiders 攻略[13]
- Red Dragon[23]
- Red Sun 紅陽[24]
- Salakau369
- Seven Stars 七星[25]
- Sing Wa 興華[26]
- Snakehead (gang) 蛇頭
- Suey Sing Boys 萃勝仔[27]
- Taiwan Boys 台灣仔
- Thien Long Boyz 天龍
- Tung On 東安幫[28]
- Viet Ching 越青[29]
- White Dragons 白龍
- White Eagles 白鷹[17]
- White Tigers 白虎
- Yau Lai 友利
See also
Notes
- ↑
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Chinese Criminal Enterprises - US Department of State". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2
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- ↑ "Friends of Ours: Chinese Mafia". Bitterqueen.typepad.com. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑ "China's Business Newspaper". The Standard. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑
- ↑ "USAO/CDCA Press Release". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "`Mosquito brother' celebrates 90th birthday in style". Taipei Times. 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑ "The Long Wall". Brockmorris.com. 1979-03-30. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑ "SAN FRANCISCO / Youths Plead Guilty In Extortion Attempt". SFGate. 2000-03-25. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 "A MEMOIR" By Bill Lee". "Chinese Playground. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑ "Bemboo Tigers". Brockmorris.com. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "The Presence". Brockmorris.com. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "New York City Chinatown > Newspaper Articles". Nychinatown.org. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑
- ↑ "Deputies Set Free Suspect in Killing In Video Arcade". SFGate. 1999-06-17. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑ "Handbook of Organized Crime in the United States - Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑
- ↑ "Fireworks". Brockmorris.com. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑ "A Looming Danger". Diálogo. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ "Transnational Activities of Chinese Crime Orgainzations" (PDF). Loc.gov. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ "SAN FRANCISCO / Man Who Was Mistakenly Freed Is Rearrested". SFGate. 1999-08-04. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑ "Fifth Chinese restaurant attacked". smh.com.au. 2002-06-20. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑ Lane, Melissa (2005-04-27). "Gang Today, Hair Tomorrow | Feature | San Francisco | San Francisco News and Events". SF Weekly. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑ Fried, Joseph P. (1995-01-18). "Tong Leader In Chinatown Is Convicted". New York City; Chinatown (Nyc): NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ↑ Leo, John (1985-07-08). "Law: Parasites on Their Own People". TIME. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
Further reading
- 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)
- 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.
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