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General & Introduction
Crime Against Women
Crime Vs. the Environment
Money Laundering/Banking
Regional Menu
Anti-Crime Organizations
Reference & Research Materials

GENERAL & INTRODUCTION

Raven's Organized Crime Rant: Warning that entire nations are falling to organized crime, and that every aspect of your life will be affected.
Organized Crime Threatens the New World Order: By long-time CIA-watcher Daniel Brandt. Considers Intelligence needs for new enemy, reviews Claire Stirling's book "Thieves' World", some info on spread of Russian and Italian gangs.
Global Organized Crime, New Emipire of Evil: By Linnea P. Raine & Frank J. Cilluffo, editors
Center for Strategic & International Studies
Who Is The Mob Today?: February 25, 1996 By Peter Maas
Speech by UN Gen Sec. Boutros Ghali: At Naples Crime Conference, November 1994. Full Text.
Transnational Criminal Organizations: Strategic Alliances: The Washington Quarterly, 1995 Winter. Compares organized crime alliances with business alliances, gives a few examples of crime cartels working together, including Mexico, Colombia, Sicily, Nigeria, China.
The Emerging International Mafia -- Heritage Commentary: By Sen. Charles Grassley

CRIME AGAINST WOMEN

International Sexual Slavery: Includes testimonials, examples, and comments on prohibitory laws of China, Brazil and the United States. By Y. Yoon.
Eliminating Trafficking in Asian Women: Focus on transporting women for sex trade in Japan.

CRIME Vs. the Environment

Organized Crime Vs. Environment: Introduction & Menu
Nuclear Weapons: Risks of proliferation, sales of atomic materials, nuclear terrorism
Arms Trade: Illegal conventional weapon sales, wars
Nuclear Power: Threats to reactors, radioactive waste dumping
Biodiversity: Endangered species trade, illegal logging
Waste Disposal: Garbage industry, hazardous waste dumping
Chemicals: CFC's, sales of banned chemicals

MONEY LAUNDERING/BANKING

Flying Money: Chinese Underground Banking
On Cooling Hot Money: Transatlantic Money Laundering: Transatlantic Trends in Drug-related Money Laundering and its Facilitation, by Nigel South
Who Got the Yakuza Into Our Banking System?: Japan's organized crime infiltrates the world's largest banking system. Based on Business Week story, January 29, 1996.

REGIONAL MENU

USA

US Mafia, Short History & Key Players: by Jim Thomas. Lists 10 major families of American Mafia, some of their leaders and famours hoods.
FBI Founder J. Edgar Hoover's Links to Mafia: UPI news story reviewing book revealing Hoover was friends with the mafia.
The CIA and Opium - notes from Bo Gritz: "A NATION BETRAYED: CIA Sacrifices American POWs for Drug Profits". Details of purported US government supported smuggling of heroin out of Asia, particularly on operations by former KMT warlord Khun Sa, operating out of the Golden Triangle in Burma (now called Myanmar).
NY City Mafia: Gambino Family: Items from New York, courtesy of MafiaNet
NY City Mafia: Genovese Family: Items from New York, courtesy of MafiaNet
Youth Gangs, Out of Control and Getting Worse
Whatever Happened to Charlie Chan? (Now He's Got a Gun): An Investigation into Understanding Asian American Crime, student term paper, on reasons for gangs & alienation in new Asian imigrants to USA.
The Body Sellers: Organized Crime & Illegal Immigration: Article form Washington Time, April 4, 1995.
Russian Organized Crime in California: California Department of Justice report, March 1996. Overview of Russian crime, examples of billion dollar frauds in California, links to other groups.
Mafia Handed 22 Indictments in LA: Los Angeles, May 2, 1995. Mexican "Prison Gang", previously running various crimes in California prisons, expand to the street, with vicious results.
Clinton urges global crackdown on crime: At United Nations 50th Anniversary, US President Clinton choose organized crime as his theme. News article Oct 22, 1995
John Gotti: New York City Gambino Family head, now jailed for a very long time.
Raymond L.S. Patriarca: New England mobster, now deceased. Profile and history.

CANADA

Kung Lok Triad: Founded in Toronto by Lau Wing Kui , now superceded by other gangs, but still operational. Links to Ottawa, Los Angeles, Hong Kong.
Big Circle Boys: Originally Cantonese, mainland China, active in Vancouver & Toronto, Canada, as well as Hong Kong & US
Asian Youth Gangs: Vancouver, Canada. Notes.
Indo-Canadian Gang Violence: Vancouver, Canada

SOUTH AMERICA

Pablo Escobar Gaviria: Colombian cocaine lord, once among richest in world, shot by Colombian police.
Jose Gonzalo Rodriquez Gacha: Known as "el Mexicano", was part of the conduit from Colombia to United States cocaine markets. Indicted in the U.S., he at one point fled to Panama under Noriega.
Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez: Colombian drug lord, part of Medellin Cartel. His family provided "protection", often intimidating Colombian and other politicians and judges.

RUSSIA

The New Mafia Order, Part 1: Russian Mafia, from Mother Jones article by Frank Viviano.
Mafia Capitalism in Moscow": 1994 by Andrian Kreye. Story of murder and mahem in post-communist state.
The Sexy Russian Mafia: by Lydia S. Rosner, Sociologists view of Russian Mafia, and American media preoccupation with it. IASOC paper.
The New Stage of The Fight Against Organized Crime In Russia: by Victor Shabalin, J.L. Albini, & R.E. Rogers. "In the summer of 1994, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) estimated that 25% of the Russian gross national income was derived from organized criminal activities...."
Russian Organized Crime in California: California Department of Justice report, March 1996. Overview of Russian crime, examples of billion dollar frauds in California, links to other groups.
Beryllium Deal, Russian Mafia: US News & World Report article on Russia Mafia plot to seel radioactive beryllium, used in bomb warheads.
Two leaders of Velikiye-Luki gang killed: St. Petersburg gangsters Andrei Sergeyev and Oleg Kosov shot in Budapest, Oct. 1995. With photos.

EUROPE - WEST

Italian Crime Groups: A primer to Sicilian Mafia, Camorra, 'Ndrangheta, SCU and the Stidda. Abstracted from "Global Mafia" by Nicaso and Lamothe.
The New Mafia Order, Part 2: Sicily from Mother Jones article by Frank Viviano.
Former Italian PM Andrioti & Mafia: Did former Prime Minister act for Sicilain Mafia? Feature report from The Independent September 24, 1995

EUROPE - EAST

Media Vs. Mafia, E. Europe Journalists Report: Freedom Forum Report, journalists tell stories about Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania
The New Mafia Order, Part 3: Serbia, & Epilogue: Sicily from Mother Jones article by Frank Viviano. Includes info on Serbia, Bosnia and Albania.

ASIA

ASIA GENERAL

Asian Organized Crime: Speech by Director of FBI, Louis Freeh, at the 17th annual International Asian Organized Crime Conference Boston, Massachusetts
IAAOCI - International Association of Asian Crime Investigators

CHINESE

Teochiu, Chinese Syndicates: Abstract from "Lords of the Rim" by Sterling Seagrave.
Kung Lok Triad: Founded in Toronto by Lau Wing Kui , now superceded by other gangs, but still operational. Links to Ottawa, Los Angeles, Hong Kong.
14 K Triad: Major heroin supplier from S.E. Asia to Europe and both United States and Canada
Big Circle Boys: Originally Cantonese, mainland China, active in Vancouver & Toronto, Canada, as well as Hong Kong & US
Dangerous Liasons: Organized Crime and Hong Kong's Film Industry
Wing Yeung Chan: Reputed dai lo dai (chief of chiefs) of the Ghost Shadows, biggest New York Chinese gang. Chan, a past national president of On Leong tong, is on trial for murder. July 2, 1995 -- New York Daily News article by Ying Chan and Jerry Capeci.

JAPANESE

Yakuza, Past and Present: by Adam Johnston, history and present status of Japanese organized crime.
Yakuza Questions & Answers: Intro and interesting points from an internet user from Japan
Who Got the Yakuza Into Our Banking System?: Japan's organized crime infiltrates the world's largest banking system. Based on Business Week story, January 29, 1996.
Don't Treat Yakuza as Bad Guys Without Any Reason: Interview with Takayama Tokutaro, Fourth Chairman of Aizu Kotetsu, designated organized crime group in Japan. Deals with "jusen" housing loan scandals.
Kodama Yoshio: Right-wing Japanese mobster who helped LDP ruling party, and brought Yakuza into entertainment industry
Taoka Kazuo: Japanese Yakuza boss, founder of Yamaguchi-gumi
Ingawa Kakuji: Yakuza boss, Yokohama and Tokyo, started in gambling, expanded with partnership with Yamaguchi-gumi, favored corporate structure for yakuza.
Eliminating Trafficking in Asian Women: Focus on transporting women for sex trade in Japan.

OTHER ASIAN

South Vietnam's Criminal Traditions: Paper by Asian crime investigator William L. Cassidy.
Bombay's Awesome Mafia: Editorial from "The Hindu", November 25, 1995
Burma's Drug Army Surrenders: Brumese drug lord Khun Sa surrenders to government troops, January 1996. Supported by CIA, Khun Sa, a relic of the KMT of Chiang Kai Chek in China, protected heroin coming out of the "Golden Triangle"

AUSTRALIA

Asian Organized Crime in Australia: Australian Parliamentary Report, February 1995. Introduction & Table of Contents
Asian Organized Crime in Australia: Australian Parliamentary Report, February 1995. Part 2: Definitions, and Chinese Crime in Australia.
Asian Organized Crime in Australia: Australian Parliamentary Report, February 1995. Vietnamese Organised Crime in Australia
Asian Organized Crime in Australia: Australian Parliamentary Report, February 1995. Japanese Organised Crime in Australia
Asian Organized Crime in Australia: Australian Parliamentary Report, February 1995. NCA Activities in Relation to Asian Organised Crime

ANTI-CRIME ORGANIZATIONS

PIRC Crime Resources

United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network

Asia & Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders

Japanese and UN funded group.

REFERENCE AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

Rogue's Gallery: Selected Crime Photos
Links to other Crime WWW sites
Nash Bibliography of Organized Crime: Author of CD "Encyclopedia of Oganized Crime" from Zane Publishing.
Ravenna's Organized Crime Reading List: Heavy on booksabout John Gotti, but other good recommendations as well.
Dragons of Crime: Climbing the Golden Mountain: Canada's National Film Board movie about young men in China migrating to gangs in Canada and the United States.
The Triads, The Chinese Criminal Fraternity: Review of Book by Martin Booth.

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