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Item Details
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THE DRAGON SYNDICATES
THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON OF THE TRIADS |
| By: |
Martin Booth |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0786708697 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780786708697 |
| Publisher: |
AVALON PUBLISHING GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
27 June, 2001 |
| Pages: |
368 |
| Description: |
With unflinching candor, Booth unfolds the full story of the ancient Chinese societies known as the Triads, which, according to UN sources, now pose the greatest potential criminal threat the world has ever known. |
| Synopsis: |
With unflinching candor, Martin Booth -- Booker Prize nominee and author of the critically acclaimed Opium: A History -- here unfolds the full story of the Chinese Triads, which, according to UN sources, now pose the greatest potential criminal threat the world has ever known. From San Francisco to Amsterdam to Bangkok to Johannesburg, everywhere, everyday, the Triads are turning crimes like extortion, gambling, international prostitution, illegal immigrant smuggling, money laundering, fraud, corruption, arms, and narcotics into vast profits. This comprehensive history of the Triads traces their evolution over more than two thousand years from obscure parochial Chinese brotherhoods to an international criminal organization. It examines the archaic quasi-religious rituals that have for centuries bound the members of this now global fraternity. It recounts the exploits of patriots and outlaws. It explores the Triads' instigation of the Tong Wars in America, their collaboration with the Allies against the Japanese in Malaya, their collusion with the CIA in Vietnam. It chronicles their escalation of the heroin trade to Europe and the United States. It shocks, and it compels. |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Nation Books |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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