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.

A triad (simplified Chinese: 三合会; traditional Chinese: 三合會; pinyin: sān hé huì; Cantonese Yale: sāam hahp wúi) is a Chinese transnational organized crime syndicate based in Greater China with outposts in various countries having significant overseas Chinese populations.

Triads are family-run organized crime gangs. They are sometimes refereed to as the Chinese Mafia or, among mainland Chinese, as "black societies." The Triads are active in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and the Chinatowns in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.

Triad, name for various secret societies in Qing-dynasty China (and sometimes earlier), for modern Chinese crime gangs, and for crime gangs of other Asian nationals operating in their own countries or abroad.

May 10, 2024 · Here are the twenty most famous Chinese gangsters and mobsters. 1. Cheung Tze-Keung- ‘Big Spender’. Image by Giorgio Trovato- Unsplash. For his lavish, flamboyant lifestyle, Cheung earned the nickname Big Spender.

Broadly defined, there is a great variety of Chinese criminal organizations. These include gangs, secret societies, triads, tongs, Taiwanese organized crime groups, and strictly US-based tongs and gangs.

Here is a list of the 10 most famous gangsters in China since 1990s. 1. Qiao Si (乔四) Qiao Si or Song Yongjia was a famous gangster in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province in the late 1980s. From 1986 his criminal gang had cornered demolition industry and seized many hotels and parking lots in Heilongjiang Province.

CHINESE COLONIES IN LONDON AND AMSTERDAM ARE MAJOR DISTRIBUTION TERMINALS, ESPECIALLY AMSTERDAM BECAUSE DUTCH LAWS ARE QUITE LAX. TRIAD WARS, THE UNSOLVED MURDERS LEFT IN THE WAKE OF THESE WARS, AND THE DIFFICULTIES FACING WESTERN POLICE ARE ALL RECOUNTED IN THIS INFORMAL, JOURNALISTIC NARRATIVE.

Dec 29, 2023 · The Chinese Triads, often shrouded in secrecy and myth, represent one of the world’s most influential and enduring criminal syndicates. Their roots trace back to secret …

Jun 23, 2018 · History & Facts of the Chinese Triad. The term Triad designates several branches of underground societies and mafia organizations in southern China, in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and in the various Chinatowns scattered throughout North America and Europe.