14K (triad)

Hong Kong-based triad September 2026 cult July 2026 February 2016 14K 十四K zh 1945 Kot Siu-wong Guangzhou, China 1945–present Hong Kong, Macau, China, and Chinese communities globally 20,000http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/cinema/archives/triads.php Triads Peter Nepstad March 15, 2001 The Illuminated Lantern dead https://web.archive.org/web/20211002022028/http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/cinema/archives/triads.php 2021-10-02 Drug trafficking, counterfeiting, illegal gambling, bookmaking, arms trafficking, arson, fraud, human trafficking, identity theft, money laundering, extortion, murder, illegal immigration, kidnapping, hacking, racketeering, home invasion robberieshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/569620.stm Cracking down on the triads Jill McGivering 17 December 1999 BBC News 13 February 2015 Ping Onhttps://www.bostonmagazine.com/2006/05/15/in-the-shadow-of-the-dragon/ In the Shadow of the Dragon Chris Berdik 15 May 2006 BostonSnakeheadshttp://www.ipsn.org/asg08107.html Asian Street Gangs and Organized Crime in Focus John J. Flood Jim McGough amp IPSN.org 13 February 2015 dead 4 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120204085543/http://www.ipsn.org/asg08107.htmlWah Chinghttps://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/125837NCJRS.pdf Report on Asian Organized Crime Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice February 1988 National Criminal Justice Reference ServiceTiny Rascal Ganghttps://www.academia.edu/3895005 Divide and Conquer: Factionalised Triad Gang Spreads its Wings Wang Peng 1 November 2011 Jane's Intelligence Review en 23 11 46–49 Ah KongBig Circle GangSun Yee OnWo On LokWo Shing Wo 14K Shísìkēi Sahp-sei Kēi sap6 sei3 kei1 十四K The 14K (十四K Sahp-sei Kēi, yue sap̚sɛjkɛj) is a triad group based in Hong Kong but active internationally. It is the second largest triad group in the world with around 20,000 members split into thirty subgroups. They are the main rival of the Sun Yee On, which is the largest triad.http://www.geocities.com/leixiaojie/Triads Chinese Triads (Page 1) Annie Le Blanc Leixiaojie 18 August 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091026161444/http://geocities.com/leixiaojie/Triads 26 October 2009 Criminal focus The 14K is responsible for large-scale drug trafficking around the world, most of it heroin and opium from China or Southeast Asia. This is their primary business in terms of generating income. They are also involved in illegal gambling, loan sharking, money laundering, contract murder, arms trafficking, prostitution, human trafficking, extortion, counterfeiting and, to a lesser extent, home invasion robberies.http://www.geocities.com/leixiaojie/Triads2 Chinese Triads (Page 2) Annie Le Blanc Leixiaojie 5 February 2019 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091025191625/http://geocities.com/leixiaojie/Triads2 25 October 2009http://www.geocities.com/leixiaojie/Triads3 Chinese Triads (Page 3) Annie Le Blanc Leixiaojie 5 February 2019 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091026062323/http://geocities.com/leixiaojie/Triads3 26 October 2009 Origin of name Several theories exist as to how the Triad got the moniker "14K", with no definitive reason on record, however several explanations have been proposed such as: the original 14 founder members were part of the Kuomintang the "14" refers to the organization's original birthplace at Number 14 Baohua Road in Xiguan, while "K" is the first letter of the Kuomintang "K" refers to Kwang Chow (also known as Guangzhou), which was the birthplace of Hongfashan Zhongyitanghttp://www.illuminatedlantern.com/cinema/archives/triads.php Peter Nepstad 2001-03-15 Triads The Illuminated Lantern en 2012-10-24 2012-04-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120418114933/http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/cinema/archives/triads.php dead "K" refers to Kowloon-Kiu Kiang Street in Sham Shui Po, which was the birthplace of the 14K Triad in British Hong Kong24 April 2026 Inside 14k: how a Hong Kong triad grew into a global crime syndicate South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/chinese-culture/article/3350992/inside-14k-how-hong-kong-triad-grew-global-crime-syndicate 13 October 2026 15 July 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260715090334/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/chinese-culture/article/3350992/inside-14k-how-hong-kong-triad-grew-global-crime-syndicate the "14" represents the road number of it's former headquarters and "K" stands for Kowloon "K" refers to founding member Kuomintang Lieutenant-General Kot Siu-wong's surname "Kot" "14K" represents 14K gold, which as a synthetic alloy is harder than pure gold and thus along with excellence symbolizes the strength of the organization大公報, 1986-12-02 十四K原名洪發山 四七年在廣州成立 始創人葛肇煌 會壇設在寶華路十四號 遷港改稱十四號 zh https://sls.hkpl.gov.hk/digital-collection/tc/contentcoverpage.html?currentPosition=308&searchId=f6bfb2120c334aa99340b1c72477a87d&catalogueId=270377d99cb711ef9c2&mainKeyword=%E7%B4%85%E6%A3%8D&isHKMP= History The 14K was formed in 1945, by Kuomintang Lieutenant-General Kot Siu-wong zh 葛肇煌 in Guangzhou, China, as an anti-Communist action group.https://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/14-k-triad 14-K Triad Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium (TRAC) en 2018-11-22 subscription In 1949, the group relocated to British Hong Kong after the Kuomintang evacuated China following the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War.https://books.google.com/books?id=-L8B8ydtHZ4C&pg=PA466 Prunkun Henry 14K (Hong Kong) Shanty Frank G. Mishra Patit Paban amp 2007 Organized Crime: From Trafficking to Terrorism, Volume 1 Santa Barbara, CA ABC-CLIO 466 978-1-57607-337-7 After the Chinese Civil War ended in the victory of the Communists in 1949, a defeated Kuomintang army fled in early 1950 from Yunnan province into Burma, a state which then as now has a weak government that does not exercise control over all of its territory.Schneider 2009 454 In the part of Burma controlled by the Kuomintang adjoining Yunnan, it became a centre of growing opium.Schneider 2009 454 The 14K became the main distributors of the opium grown by their allies in Burma, shipping the opium to Europe and North America, becoming the pioneers in establishing the smuggling networks in the "Golden Triangle" in Southeast Asia.Schneider 2009 454 Compared with other triad societies, the 14K is one of the largest and most violent Hong Kong-based triad societies, and its members appear to be more loosely connected. 14K factional violence is out of control, because no dragonhead is able to govern all factions of 14K worldwide. While Hong Kong's 14K triad gang dominates its traditional areas of operation and has expanded far beyond the region, its focus remains China-centric. Hong Kong triads, including the 14K, have expanded their activities in mainland China. A key motivation for members to cross into China is to avoid police security and anti-gang crackdowns in Hong Kong.Varese Federico 2011 Mafias on the Move: How Organized Crime Conquers New Territories Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press 978-1-4008-3672-7 During the 1956 riots, the 14K confronted the colonial government at the time. The riot caused 60 deaths and over 400 hospitalisations. After the riot, the colonial government arrested over 10,000 14K members, with 600 of them being deported to Taiwan. The government then created the Triad Societies Bureau, in order to assist law enforcement in combating triad activities.Wang Peng Kwok Sharon Ingrid 2022-03-30 Hong Kong Triads: The Historical and Political Evolution of Urban Criminal Polity, 1842–2020 Urban History 50 3 445–467 10.1017/s0963926821001024 247874529 0963-9268 free In 1997, there were a number of gang-related attacks that left 69 people dead. Under Wan Kuok-koi (nicknamed "Broken Tooth Koi", 崩牙駒), the 14K was being challenged by the smaller Shui Fong Triad. In 1998, a gunman believed to be connected to the local 14K killed a Portuguese national and wounded another at a pavement café in Macau. In 1999, a Portuguese court convicted 45-year-old mob boss, Broken Tooth Koi, on various criminal charges and sentenced him to 15 years' imprisonment. His 14K gang was suspected of drive-by shootings, car bombings and attempted assassinations. Seven of his associates received lesser sentences. Since the crackdown in Macau, the 14K triad resurfaced in cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago in the United States; Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto in Canada; Sydney in Australia; and the UK.http://www.gangresearch.net/ChicagoGangs/tongs/kimarticle4.html The Origin of Asian and Chinese Gangs in Chicago's Chinatown (Page 4) Hannah Kim Gang Research.net 13 February 2015 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20150716181744/http://www.gangresearch.net/ChicagoGangs/tongs/kimarticle4.html 2015-07-16 Structure and membership The organizational structure of Chinese organised crime in the United States is quite complex. Broadly defined, there is a great variety of Chinese criminal organisations. These include gangs, secret societies, triads, tongs, Taiwanese organized crime groups, and strictly US-based tongs and gangs. According to Ko-lin Chin, the foremost academic expert in the U.S. on Chinese organized crime, there is no empirical support for the belief that there is a well-organised, monolithic, hierarchical criminal cartel called the "Chinese Mafia." Chin says: "My findings do not support the notion that a chain of command exists among these various crime groups or that they coordinate with one another routinely in international crimes such as heroin trafficking, money laundering, and the smuggling of aliens" (1996:123). One of the structural characteristics that makes Chinese organized crime different from other forms is the relationship between some of the street gangs and certain adult organisations. The latter are called tongs. Tong-affiliated gangs, like the Wah Ching, have an ah kung (grandfather) or shuk foo (uncle) who is their tong leader. The top gang position is the dai-dai lo (big big brother). Communication between the tong and the gang occurs principally between these two individuals. Below the dai dai lo in descending order are the dai lo(s) or big brothers, the yee lo/saam lo (clique leaders), and at the bottom the ma jai or little horses (sai-lo). There are a variety of norms and rules that govern the gangs. These include respecting the ah kung, beating up members of other gangs on your turf, not using drugs, following the orders of the dai lo, and not betraying the gang. Rules violators are punished, sometimes severely, such as through physical assault and killing. Recruiting The typical target for recruitment is the youth. In California there have been cases of 14K members recruiting teens in Asian densely populated areas such as San Francisco or Orange County. In Hong Kong, 14K members would usually recruit teens in poorer areas such as Kowloon, Kwun Tong, or Tuen Mun while also targeting certain schools.https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/report-youth-gang-violence-california Report on youth gang violence in California Attorney General's Youth Gang Task Force 1981 Sacramento, CA California Department of Justice Role of women Women have a relatively small role in the 14K triad, as it is a male dominant society.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12117-006-1034-3 Finckenauer James O. Chin Ko-lin December 2006 Asian transnational organized crime and its impact on the United States: Developing a transnational crime research agenda Trends in Organized Crime 10 2 18–107 10.1007/s12117-006-1034-3 152011491 1084-4791 subscription A exception to the rule would be Mary "Rosebud" Ong, who in the 1980s laundered proceeds of crime worth billions of US dollars for various Triad syndicates in British Hong Kong, as well as acting as a negotiator between 14K Triads and corrupt Philippine National Police officers in the mid-1990s.Gould Terry Paper Fan - The hunt for Triad gangster Steven Wong en 427 randomhuse 1 January 2004 Canada 0679313559 https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=mJ73apsJaZAC 29 September 2026 7 September 2001 Bribery raps filed vs 10 PNP officials PhilStar https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2002/09/07/175001/bribery-raps-filed-vs-10-pnp-officialsPeople of the Philippines vs. P/CSUPT. Reynaldo M. Acop, et al. (Criminal Case No. 27746) - 2001 https://sb.judiciary.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/F_Crim_27746_Acop_06_15_2011.pdf judiciary.gov International activity Africa South Africa Two 14K groups, 14K-Hau and 14K-Ngai,https://www.africaportal.org/documents/4034/paper48.pdf Triad Societies and Chinese Organised Crime in South Africa Peter Gastrow September 2003 Crime & Justice International 19 76 12–18 Africa Portal 11 August 2022 11 August 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220811121242/https://www.africaportal.org/documents/4034/paper48.pdf dead are among seven Chinese criminal organizations operating in South Africa, represented in both Cape Town and Johannesburg, specialising primarily in extortion and abalone trafficking. In 2000, the estimated gross income from the illegal exportation of abalone to Hong Kong was US$32 million.http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/ChineseOrgCrime.pdf Berry LaVerle B. Curtis Glenn E. Elan Seth L. Hudson Rexford A. Kollars Nina A. Transnational activities of Chinese crime organizations April 2003 Library of Congress 13 October 2019 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150702205150/http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/ChineseOrgCrime.pdf 2015-07-02 Asia Japan The National Police Agency stated in 1997 that the 14K had been expanding its operations in Japan since the 1980s and had branches in Fukuoka, Osaka, Sapporo and Tokyo, each with at least 1,000 members. The 14K in Japan has been involved in counterfeiting credit cards and has cooperated with yakuza groups in the importation of large numbers of illegal Chinese migrants. Myanmar 14K has been connected to scam centres in Myanmar, financing the construction of the city of Shwe Kokko.2025-02-07 She Zhijiang: From Shwe Kokko Kingpin to Klong Prem Prison https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40046012 2025-08-16 nationthailand en-US Philippines The 14K Triad began trafficking multi tonne shipments of methamphetamine to drug distributors in the Metro Manila region in the 1990's. 30 August 2001 Crame was center of drug trade in '98 PhilStar https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2001/08/30/131902/145crame-was-center-drug-trade-14698 The 14K Triad has been involved in smuggling arms to Abu Sayyaf and has reportedly cooperated with the Islamic group in laundering and transmitting ransom money, taking a percentage of the ransoms in exchange for their assistance. Thailand The 14K is the largest Chinese crime syndicate operating in Thailand. In January 2000, a haul of 100 kg off of heroin bound for the United States confiscated during an operation in Bangkok was attributed to the 14K. In addition to heroin, the 14K is involved in the smuggling and sale of the amphetamine ya ba. Using Bangkok as a commercial and trafficking base, they transport and distribute the Burmese-manufactured drug to the Thai narcotics industry. The influx of other Chinese gangs and syndicates into Thailand has led to a series of turf wars between the 14K and smaller rival groups, fighting over territory in Thailand and sections of neighbouring Cambodia. Europe Belgium and the Netherlands The 14K triad has been active in the Netherlands since as early as the 1970s, when members of the gang controlled Chinese restaurants in numerous cities in the country.http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/note/join/2011/453191/IPOL-LIBE_NT%282011%29453191_EN.pdf Asian Organized Crime in the European Union Dina Siegel-Rozenblit 2011 European Parliament 9 October 2019 5 August 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230805222106/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/note/join/2011/453191/IPOL-LIBE_NT%282011%29453191_EN.pdf dead Dutch police authorities believe that the 14K took full control of heroin importation into the Benelux countries in 1987. The 14K established a direct connection with Hong Kong, via Bangkok, the chief transit point. In the Netherlands, the 14K is divided into seven-to-ten-person cells, mainly in Amsterdam, that function as relay posts for moving heroin elsewhere in Europe. Authorities believe that Belgium now plays an equally important role. Heroin laboratories that were discovered in the Netherlands have been reassembled in Flanders, with strong bases in Brussels and Antwerp. A foothold in Belgium has brought the narcotics traffickers closer to the money-laundering banks of Luxembourg. In 1998, the chief of Belgium's security agency stated of Chinese criminal organizations in the country: "They include several hundred Asiatics and have a strong familial characteristic. Their activities are very diverse, also including [besides narcotics] gambling and illegal workshops. They also are developing money laundering, both small-scale (restaurants, etc.) and large-scale, such as real estate and even industrial projects." For example, the 14K controls illegal gambling casinos in Antwerp. Belgium and the Netherlands form two corners of a triangular narcotics route of the 14K triad. The third corner is Paris. France The 14K is among the leading triads in France, where it has cooperated with Turkish, Albanian and Nigerian crime groups in heroin trafficking. Ireland The first reported triad activity in Ireland came in July 1979 when the 14K attempted a takeover of a Dublin-based Chinese gang's protection rackets which led to a deadly gang fight resulting in two deaths. Tony Lee, allegedly a high-ranking member of the 14K's Cork branch, was killed along with Michael Tsin of the rival Dublin faction.https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-night-the-bloody-triad-wars-erupted-on-the-streets-of-dublin-37185349.html The night the bloody Triad wars erupted on the streets of Dublin Liam Collins 5 August 2018 Irish Independent In August 1983, twelve members of the 14K were arrested in Limerick in connection with attempting to extort money from the owners of Chinese restaurants in the city. Nine of the men were believed to have come over from the UK. During the operation, a hoard of weapons including knives, pickaxes, bars and clubs were found.https://theirishmob.com/the-triad-gang-war-of-dublin-in-1979/ The Triad Gang War of Dublin in 1979 Owen Forsyth 18 January 2019 The Irish Mob The 14K and other triads gained a firm foothold in Ireland in the 1980s when large numbers of Chinese restaurants opened in Cork and Dublin. The triad association is still very much active but now operate in smaller groups run by members and distant relatives of the Nam and Tsin family. Underbosses, bosses and high ranking soldiers are believed to have "14K" tattooed on them using ink mixed with blood that's been blessed by Kuang Kong. This dilutes the ink and gives a faded effect which symbolises life in purgatory. Leaked diplomatic cables obtained by the Irish Independent in 2011 included intelligence reports by the Garda Síochána (Irish police) on Chinese organized crime in the country, specifically the activities of the 14K and their rival Wo Shing Wo. The reported criminal activities of the triads included the trafficking of women and children from China into Ireland, involvement in casinos, and money laundering. Gardaí also reported a great deal of interaction between the Chinese gangs operating in Ireland and Scotland.https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/chinese-triad-gangs-trafficking-women-into-ireland-for-sex-industry-cables-26740491.html Chinese Triad gangs trafficking women into Ireland for sex industry – cables Tom Brady 8 June 2011 Irish Independent The 14K has a branch in Spain, operating from Madrid. United Kingdom Triads in the United Kingdom The 14K was the first triad society to arrive in the United Kingdom, emerging from the Chinese communities of London, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester during the post-war period. Although nearly all triad groups operating in the UK at the time were affiliated with the 14K, each operated independently of the Hong Kong 14K and generally viewed each other as rivals. Other triad societies did not arrive in the UK until 1964, when the Labour Party encouraged large-scale immigration, bringing a huge influx of Hong Kong diaspora.https://books.google.com/books?id=ISGtDwAAQBAJ&dq=14k+triad+liverpool&pg=PT220 Gangland UK Christopher Berry-Dee 21 September 2009 Kings Road Publishing 9781843586913 Google Books While active predominantly in Birmingham and the north of England,http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/403582.stm Triad link to Essex murder 26 July 1999 BBC News the 14K has a strong presence in London, where they have been involved in turf wars with their rival Wo Shing Wo as well as Fujianese snakehead gangs.https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/terror-of-the-triads-6958303.html Terror of the triads Graham Keeley 13 April 2012 Evening Standard On 3 June 2003, alleged 14K member You Yi He, who was the subject of a police investigation into people-smuggling at the time of his death, was shot and killed in London's Chinatown.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/3832739.stm Chinatown shooting 'gangs link' 23 June 2004 BBC Newshttp://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/apr/10/china.gambling Triads 'infiltrate' Soho casino Tony Thompson 10 April 2005 The Guardian The 14K has battled Wo Shing Wo for control of rackets in Glasgow.http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/scots-die-in-triads-shooting-948239 Scots die in Triads shooting Cara Page 10 February 2007 Daily Record The two groups have cooperated in cigarette smuggling in Scotland.https://books.google.com/books?id=ExVh1Iua6mMC&dq=14k+triad+scotland&pg=PA59 The Politics of Cross-border Crime in Greater China: Case Studies of Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao Shiu Hing Lo 11 August 2009 M.E. Sharpe 9780765623041 Google Books In July 2003, 14K members were ambushed in a machete attack on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street by Wo Shing Wo, in a dispute over the control of protection rackets.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/TRIADS+IN+TURF+WAR;+Battle+for+control+of+city.-a0105550836 Triads in Turf War; Battle for control of city Andrew Walker 18 July 2003 Daily Record Thefreelibrary.com North America Canada The 14K has been among the most active triad societies in Canada, maintaining a chapter in Toronto.https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/AsianOrgCrime_Canada.pdf Asian Organized Crime and Terrorist Activity in Canada, 1999-2002 Neil S. Helfand July 2003 Federal Research Division dead https://web.archive.org/web/20190401040601/https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/AsianOrgCrime_Canada.pdf 2019-04-01 The 14K established its chapter in Toronto in 1976.Schneider 2009 458 The 14K was reported in the 1970s to be recruiting actively within the Chinese-Canadian community as well bringing new members from Hong Kong.Schneider 2009 459 Initially, the group was made up of members from Hong Kong but later recruited from the Vietnamese community, and absorbed the remnants of the defunct Ghost Shadows. In 1988, the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) estimated the number of members in the 14K's Toronto branch at 150, with around 40 criminally active in heroin trafficking, migrant smuggling, theft and extortion.Schneider 2009 469 The Sam Gor syndicate is composed of 14K and other Triads and has Canadian roots in and leadership from the Big Circle Boys.https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-asia-has-an-organized-crime-problem-canada-is-well-placed-to-help/ Opinion: Asia has an organized-crime problem. Canada is well placed to help Jeremy Douglas 28 October 2019 The Globe and Mailhttps://www.cnn.com/2018/11/14/opinions/asia-organized-crime-intl/index.html Parts of Asia are slipping into the hands of organized crime Jeremy Douglas November 15, 2018 CNN Mexico Intelligence reports from the Attorney General of Mexico and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency have indicated that the 14K triad is among the suppliers of raw materials used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine to the Sinaloa Cartel.https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1403433/hong-kong-triads-supply-meth-ingredients-mexican-drug-cartels Hong Kong triads supply meth ingredients to Mexican drug cartels Bryan Harris 12 January 2014 South China Morning Post United States The 14K has a presence in New York, California, Chicago, Boston and Houston. The 14K has had connections to the leadership of the Ping On triad in Boston and Wah Ching in San Francisco. High-ranking 14K member Hui Sin Ma aka Frank Ma, who was born in China and illegally immigrated to the U.S. in the 1980s, began his criminal career in Boston and San Francisco before settling in Queens, New York, where he became associated with the On Leong Tong and their youth gang the Ghost Shadows, as well as the Hip Sing Tong, along with their youth gang the Flying Dragons. In Queens, he oversaw heroin dealing, illegal gambling, a luxury car-theft ring, extortion rackets and immigrant smuggling.https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/nyregion/18chinese.html The Last of the Asian Godfathers Alan Feuer 16 April 2010 The New York Times Ma ordered numerous killings to protect his criminal enterprise. In 1996, he fled to China to avoid detection by police. He later returned to the U.S. and was arrested in 2003. In 2010, with the cooperation of one of his underlings, John Chan,Forsythe Michael Michael Forsythe Pallaro Bianca Root Jay Weiser Benjamin 2024-12-09 How a Criminal With Close Ties to China Became a New York Power Broker https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/nyregion/chan-china-nyc-influence.html live https://archive.today/20241209080635/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/nyregion/chan-china-nyc-influence.html 2024-12-09 2025-08-26 The New York Times en Ma was convicted of murder and narcotics charges and sentenced to life in prison. Frank Ma was described by law enforcement as "one of the last of the Asian godfathers." Oceania Australia The 14K is among the main groups responsible for heroin trafficking in Australia. Based in Chinatown, Sydney, 14K members did racketeering, loan sharking, and protection money to all Chinese restaurants; they made their most income from heroin sales in Sydney city and surrounding areas. Their rivals were Wo Shing Wo, Lo San, Big Circle and Sun Yee On.The Australian Federal Police made an Asian task force to crack them all down called the OAK Task Force; it completely wiped them out by the year 2000. Riv New Zealand New Zealand police have stated that the 14K is the most powerful Asian crime syndicate operating in the country. They are involved in the importation of pseudoephedrine, a chemical precursor in the illicit manufacture of methamphetamine, from Hong Kong and mainland China, which they sell to local drug trafficking gangs, the Head Hunters and the Hells Angels.https://www.scmp.com/article/724511/asian-drug-links-reach-south-meth-deals Asian drug links reach south with meth deals John Carney 12 September 2010 South China Morning Post In August 2008, the 14K was allegedly involved in a high-profile kidnapping of a Chinese family near Papatoetoe, Auckland. The plan was to demand a ransom, but they were found before the money was paid.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/kidnapping/news/article.cfm?c_id=1500895&objectid=10527441 Xin Xin's family flee over Triad gang threat Meng-Yee Carolyne 17 August 2008 The New Zealand Herald 14 September 2011 See also Tiandihui Green Gang Bamboo Union Tung Kuei-sen Chen Chi-li Bibliography Schneider Stephen Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada 2009 John Wiley & Sons Toronto 978-0470835005 2nd References Category:Triad groups Category:Kuomintang Category:Organised crime groups in Australia Category:Organised crime groups in Belgium Category:Organized crime groups in Canada Category:Gangs in Toronto Category:Organized crime groups in China Category:Organised crime groups in England Category:Gangs in Birmingham, West Midlands Category:Organised crime gangs of London Category:Gangs in Liverpool Category:Gangs in Manchester Category:Organized crime groups in Brazil Category:Organised crime groups in France Category:Organised crime groups in Hong Kong Category:Organised crime groups in Ireland Category:Organized crime groups in Japan Category:Organized crime groups in Macau Category:Organized crime groups in Mexico Category:Organised crime groups in the Netherlands Category:Organised crime groups in New Zealand Category:Organized crime groups in the Philippines Category:Organised crime groups in Scotland Category:Organised crime groups in South Africa Category:Organised crime groups in Spain Category:Organised crime groups in Thailand Category:Organized crime groups in the United States Category:Chinese-American gangs Category:Gangs in Boston Category:Gangs in California Category:Gangs in Chicago Category:Gangs in New York City Category:Gangs in Texas Category:Gangs in Hawaii Category:Gangs in South Korea Category:Chinese organizations established in 1945 Category:Organized crime groups in Melbourne Category:Organized crime groups in Sydney Category:Gangs in San Francisco