Triads

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The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Triad Society
2. International Herald Tribune: "Designer Arrested for Selling Triad Gang T-Shirts..." (November 2, 2007) 
3. Agence France-Presse: "Triads Endemic in Booming Macau" (October 29, 2007)
4. The Raw Story: "Two Chinese Triad Leaders Convicted of Murder" (October 24, 2007)
5. NIJ International: "Chinese Transnational Organized Crime" (June 19, 2006)
6. U.S. State Department: "Chinese Criminal Enterprises" (December, 2000)
7. Google News: Triads   Last 3 headlines
   • Hard-Boiled Cop, Hong Kong Triads Collide in 39-Hour Day: Books - Bloomberg
   • Triad Trial Exposes Chinese Corruption - Newser
   • Mafias expose China's legal woes - Asia Times Online

Triads Recent News

• MSNBC: Hong Kong Triads   Last 3 headlines
  • Internet gambling making waves in Asia - Internet Roulette- msnbc.com
  • NBC: Macau is Asia's answer to Vegas - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com
  • Chinese city Macau welcomes torch - Beijing Olympics News- msnbc.com
• The American Spectator: "More Peking Duck" (October 26, 2007) 
• MSN News: "Two Chinese Triad Leaders Convicted of Murder" (October 24, 2007)
• Guardian: "Rare Shellfish Bartered for Drugs" (September 23, 2007)
• China.org: "Juveniles, Foreigners Swell Triad Numbers" (September 5, 2007) 
• San Francisco Weekly: "Enter the Dragon Head" (August 1, 2007)

Triads Background and Articles

• PBS Wide Angle: 18 With a Bullet: Chinese Triads: At Home and Abroad
• BBC News: "Terror of the Secretive Triads" (March 12, 2001)
• University of Maine: Gangs, Triads, and Criminals 

Tiandihui

• Wikipedia: Tiandihui
• Kung Fu Magazine: "Fist of the Red Junk Opera"
• Global Chinese Language and Culture Center: Tiandihui
• Institute of Southeast Asian Studies: "The Ngee Heng Kongsi of Johor" (January, 2000) (117KB) 
• The Grand Lodge of British Columbia: "The Origins of the Tiandihui" (1994)

Triads in China

• The Independent: "Trial of China's 'Sopranos' Revives Triad Fears" (July 15, 2006) 
• Asia Times: "The Triads and Emerging Legality in China" (2002) 
• CNN: "China Corruption Linked to Triads" (March 10, 2002)
• U.S. State Department: "Chinese Organized Crime and Illegal Alien Trafficking" (December, 2000)
• BBC News: "Triad Terror in China" (March 19, 1999)

Overseas Activities

• Wikipedia: Tongs and Triads in Great Britain
• Edinburgh Evening News: "Triad Gangs 'Target Chinese Restaurants'" (March 23, 2005)
• Thailand Search Engine: "Triad War in Bangkok's Chinatown" (2004)
• Asia Pacific Media Service: "Triads Tighten Grip on Russia's Far East" (Spetember, 2003)
• Institute for Security Studies: "Triad Societies and Chinese Organised Crime in South Africa" (2001)
• Sidewinder: "Chinese Intelligence Services and Triads Financial Links in Canada" (June 24, 1997)
• ERRI: "Evaluation of Chinese Triads in Great Britain" (July 21, 1996)

Triads Videos and Media

• Google Image Search: Chinese Triad
• Live Search Images: Chinese Triad
• YouTube: Life as a Part of a Chinese Gang, the Triads (Time 03:10)
• YouTube: Chinese Mafia: The Triads Of China Part 1 (Time 08:26) and Part 2 (Time 10:20)
• YouTube: Triad Gang Fight in Chongqing China (Time 0:14)

Triads Blogs and Message Boards

• China History Forum: Chinese Secret Society
• Axis History Forum: Shanghai and the Triad Gangsters
• Nothing to do with Arbroath: How Rare Shellfish Fuel Drug Mania
• The Illuminated Lantern: Triads 

Triads Timeline

• 1760: The Tiandihui, an anti-Manchu secret society and precursor to the Triads, is formed
• 1911: The Xinhai Revolution creates a group of displaced rebels who join crime syndicates
• 1949: Pressure from the Chinese Communist Party forces Triad groups to Hong Kong
• 1956: The Hong Kong Riots lead to official pressure on Triads in the city
• 1960-1974: A corrupt police force relies on the Hong Kong Triads to control the city
• 1974: The establishment of the ICAC ends Triad control of the Hong Kong police

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