Chinese Triads Research Paper

Prison gangs are flourishing across the country. Organized, stealthy and deadly, they are reaching out from their cells to organize and control crime in America's streets. Law enforcement personal began to systematically monitor gang activities in the 1970's. Working together, their initial attempts were to identify only gangs which had some semblance of formal structure, a constitution, bylaws, mission statement, or some identifiable tenets guiding their activities. However, with experience, staff began to realize that even less well-organized groups could still pose significant threats to the security and orderly running of an institution. Many of these smaller groups

Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMCG’s) inhabit an active presence in all states and territories in Australia. Some members of these gangs are responsible for serious organised crime and yet the total gang and membership numbers of Australian OMCGs is rising.

Although in modern times, the Triads are mostly associated with criminal activity, they originated as mutual support organizations for people at the bottom of the social hierarchy and to defend the common people from those of positions in power "to offer unacquainted people the kind of protection and mutual aid normally afforded by family members" (Murray 178). How they began has been agreed back and forth for many years and lots of theories have come up. However it is generally accepted that the Triads were established during the fall of the Ching dynasty, even thought there are some that argue that the Triads date as back as the Han dynasty. It is also accepted that it was the Chinese who developed the Triads to rebel against

The history of Chinese gangs goes back to a mystical religious group formed over three hundred years ago in China. The group, "the Triad Society was made up of Buddhist and Taoist priests opposed the Manchu emperor K'ang His, who reigned from 1662 to 1723"

In our reading of Illicit by Naim (2005), he suggests that the asymmetrical relationship between the government and transnational crime groups create a struggle for the government to respond to these transnational crimes at a decent rate (Naim,2005). On the other side our reading in McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld by Glenny (2009), suggest otherwise. Glenny (2009) suggests that of a relationship between transnational crime groups, the public, the government and this is a huge aspect to how the government responds to these factors. Both perspectives contain their strengths and weaknesses, however the dependency theory by Glenny has more valid points than that of the asymmetrical theory by Naim.

The homeland security mission and goals face many roadblocks and challenges in today’s world. The Quadrennial Homeland Security Review lists six strategic challenges which the Department of Homeland Security feels are of exceptional concern to the nation. Of these outlined challenges I believe that transnational criminal organizations

Throughout the 1990s the gang’s membership numbers and recruitment began to dwindle, however as of recent years has began to rapidly increase yet again (Streetgang#1, 2009). This recent rapid growth has been attributed to the fact that the gang has aligned themselves with a number of other large gangs. These gangs are known to include the

Youth gang violence anywhere has a bad reputation and a curious history. During the 1990’s the number of gangs in the U.S. Increased by six times as many as there were in the 1980’s.

One-hundred and fifty undergraduate students will be recruited from the University of Dayton’s participant pool for this study. There will be no exclusionary criteria for participation.

Originating in Los Angeles in the 1980’s, thousands of Salvadorians fled the civil war within their country enticing former guerillas and Salvadoran government soldiers to join (CITE CITE). These early members contributed to the notoriety of Los Angeles’ more brutal and violent gangs which developed a reputation of engaging in unusual forms of violence to increase their standing and influence (CITE CITE). Paul Liquorie, head of special investigations at the Montgomery County Police, stated, “If I use a machete and hack your body up, it sends a message that permeates through those communities” (Dorrer, 2017). Although M-13 originally began Los Angeles it has consistently grew to recruit more members and has expanded nationally and intercontinentally (CITE CITE). The violence of MS-13 has risen along the East coast and has developed chapters within Northern Virginia, New York, and Washington D.C., leading to an increased national threat. The increased growth of this gang has posed a complex threat for the United States national security and global security (CITE

The Chinese Triads date as far back as the mid-seventeenth-century during the Ming dynasty. (Chu, pg. 11) The Chinese Triads are essential a gang that has been categorized as both, organized and unorganized power. The Triads typically use the headquarters system to run their organization. (Chu, pg. 22) Unorganized or not, the Triads use fear to maintain power and control. I think the Triads fit the textbook’s description of a red organization. The Triads originally started as one single organization but then grew into separate organizations once the labor market grew. According to Triads as Business, Triad leaders set up their headquarters and then set up branches that stem out to operate certain areas of the leader’s turf. (Chu, pg. 22-23) The triads quickly took control of their turf by promising the locals and local businesses protection from other triad gangs. The Triads would use fear and violence for those who chose not to comply. There have been at least three hundred recorded cases of Triad societies, all originating from different leaders. (Chu, pg. 20) Red organizations are horrible at planning, which can be influenced

Drugs, human trafficking, extortion, weapons trade, gambling. These are just a few of the many forms of crime that Triad families specialize in. It is an increasing problem as these groups grow they become smarter, move around, and evolve every time governments make progress. Although Triads and organized crime in China keeps the rest of China’s crime down. Chinese organized crime are major contributors to the world’s smuggling, drug trade, extortion and more. Governments should raise awareness to organized crime by educating the population, as well as introduce new technology and intelligence. While assisting the countries who might not have the same resources. Triads are like a virus. The only ways to get rid of a virus is to kill the host or kill the

The Communist Party of China acted as a political group that believed in solely controlling all aspects of life for millions of Chinese residents. Jiang Qing, the wife of Chairman Mao, and three others, exploited the purpose of equality between classes to push China in the direction they always imagined; Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, and Wang Hongwen joined together to form the illustrious Gang of Four. (Zang [84]). As Chairman Mao’s health began to decline during later part of the Cultural Revolution, the opportunity for the Gang of Four to seize control of the People’s Republic of China emerged; the Gang of Four ruled with an increasingly tighter grasp on Chinese culture than Chairman Mao had before. Together the Gang of Four

Chinese transnational gang comprised of many gangs are together known as The Triads which have their existence in Hong Kong, Macao , Taiwan and many other countries. Each gang has their own rituals and customs and they carry out initiation ceremonies to induct new members into the gang. The initiation ceremonies involves a sacrifice of the animal and drinking of its blood mixed with wine.. It is estimated that they have more than 2.5 million members all over the world and are involved in extortion,assault, kidnapping,contract killing,prostitution and much

Transnational crime is a growing problem. Transnational crime is defined as “self-perpetuating associations of individuals who operate transnational for the purpose of obtaining power, influence, monetary and/or commercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while protecting their activities through a pattern of corruption and/ or violence, or while protecting their illegal activities through a transnational structure and the exploitation of transnational commerce or communication mechanisms.” (National Security Council, n.d.) . Transnational crimes are known under other names such as cross-national crime, global crime, international crime, and