Triads As Business

This new and revised edition, follows on from the first, updating information to the present and provides a systematic overview of the triads and their activities.

List of contents

Forward. Preface. 1. Triads, Business and Market Part 1: The Triads 2. The Origins 3. The Organisation Part 2: Legal Markets 4. Protection Against Extortionists 5. Protection Against Competitors: Traditional Operations 6. Protection Against Competitors: Recent Operations 7. Dispute Settlement Part 3: Illegal Markets 8. Drug Dealing 9. Gambling 10. Prostitution Part 4: International Markets 11. Drug Trafficking 12. Human Smuggling Part 5: Implications and Reflections 13. Are Triads Extortionists, Entrepreneurs, or Protectors? 14. International Triad Movement: Emigration or Reversion? 15. New Directions in the Study of Triads

About the author

University of Hong Kong

Summary

This new and revised edition, follows on from the first, updating information to the present and provides a systematic overview of the triads and their activities.

Product details

• Authors: Yiu-Kong Chu, Yiu-Kong (University of Hong Kong) Chu, Chu Yiu Kong
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2011
• EAN: 9780415360012
• ISBN: 978-0-415-36001-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia; Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Hong Kong, Organized crime