712:"white paper fan" (business adviser) Philip Wong was murdered by a gang of contract killers armed with machetes in Glasgow on 9 October 1985. It is believed Wong was murdered after refusing to do business with the Wo Shing Wo who wanted a share of his lucrative Chinese video rental business. Three men wanted for the murder have never been traced. In February 1999, Wo Shing Wo member and former Glasgow brothel manager Tony Yeung was jailed for his part in a multi-million-pound fake credit card scam. Wo Shing Wo footsoldiers ambushed 14K members in a machete attack on Glasgow's
606:. 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. In March 2002, four self-confessed Wo Shing Wo members were deported from Ireland after being involved in several assaults and robberies in Dublin. Eight people believed to be working for the Wo Shing Wo, including a senior member of the gang, were arrested after local gardaí and members of the
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659:. Acting independently from the Hong Kong branch, the group's activities in the country include fraud, drug trafficking, firearms smuggling, extortion, money laundering, prostitution, illegal gambling, the smuggling of illegal immigrants, tax evasion, and the large-scale importing of counterfeit goods. The Wo Shing Wo was formerly heavily involved in the illegal harvesting and exportation of
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each route, about 30 drivers pay at least HK$ 10,000 a month as a "protection fee" to the Wo Shing Wo. The WSW then make sure no other driver could run the routes, leaving the drivers able to earn HK$ 10,000 and HK$ 20,000 a month. Three other minibus routes running between Tsuen Wan and
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1169:TRIADS IN TURF WAR; Battle for control of city.
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223:prostitution
172:1930–present
162:Sham Shui Po
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49:verification
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2169:Los Viagras
2137:Gente Nueva
2068:Los Pelones
2058:Gulf Cartel
1998:El Salvador
1950:Los Priscos
1920:Cali Cartel
1915:Bloque Meta
1547:South Korea
1516:(including
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1440:Sio Sam Ong
1298:Wo Shing Wo
1114:Gangland UK
778: 1962
623:Netherlands
494:red minibus
447:love hotels
420:, numerous
361:Sheung Shui
304:Wo Shing Wo
164:, Hong Kong
138:Wo Shing Wo
2238:Categories
2127:Los Ántrax
2063:Los Metros
2036:Los Negros
1833:Zwi Migdal
1744:Zwi Migdal
1734:Ashkenazum
1637:Đại Cathay
1632:Bình Xuyên
1435:Mamak Gang
1293:Sun Yee On
966:13 October
788:References
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683:Manchester
671:See also:
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288:Sun Yee On
248:kidnapping
197:Membership
82:newspapers
2198:Venezuela
2174:Los Zetas
2073:Los Rojos
1870:Zoe Pound
1866:(Curaçao)
1857:Caribbean
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1313:Shui Fong
1303:Wo Hop To
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641:Amsterdam
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548:Wo Hop To
516:Melbourne
506:Australia
477:Kevin Lau
470:Chinatown
466:Wo on Lok
390:Hong Kong
345:Tsuen Wan
334:Hong Kong
293:Wo On Lok
239:extortion
189:Ethnicity
177:Territory
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1903:Colombia
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1454:Pakistan
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768:CY Leung
754:fugitive
560:Albanian
481:Ming Pao
462:Mong Kok
453:(1997).
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353:Mong Kok
320:Jyutping
184:globally
112:May 2007
18:Wo Group
1892:Yardies
1878:(Haiti)
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1753:Bolivia
1651:'s gang
1649:Dung Hà
1645:'s gang
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1445:Wah Kee
1402:Lebanon
1343:Dacoity
699:Glasgow
661:abalone
637:Ah Kong
574:Ireland
544:Toronto
532:Antwerp
526:Belgium
375:History
369:Hongmen
365:Fanling
312:Chinese
283:Ah Kong
200:Unknown
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