Hong Kong 1600s to 2015

HONG KONG

1680s – Sex slavery, buying girls and women, drug smuggling, Triads in Hong Kong. Sun Yee On, sex slavery. Wo Shing Wo triads and extortion. Opposition to the Qing dynasty in the 1680s. (The history of organised crime. David Southwell ©2006).

1842-1898 – Hong Kong became a British colony in 1842, after China’s defeat in the first opium war. The British got Kowloon in 1860 and more in 1898 from China. (Empire of secrets. Calder Walton ©2013).

1 Feb 1864 – Hong Kong. Otago Daily Times NZ. Papers Past.

5 Feb 1864 – Hong Kong. Daily Southern Cross NZ. Papers Past.

1894 – Plague struck Hong Kong. Colonial authorities used quarantine and charities. Bacteria was called Yersinia Pestis. (History Today. March 2013 UK).

Early 1930s – Triads in Hong Kong. Opium wars in 1842. Gambling and sex slavery. There were eight main Triads in Hong Kong. Yee On, unions and corruption. (The history of organised crime. David Southwell ©2006).

1941-45 – Oliver Lindsay. The battle for Hong Kong 1941-45. Hostage to fortune. Spellmount publishers ltd 2002.

25 Dec 1941 – Hong Kong fell to Japan. 1,816 British and other POWs on the “Lisbon maru” for shipment as slaves to Japan. (Japans Gestapo. Mark Felton ©2009 UK).

10 July 1949 – Hong Kong cold war. Michael Davidson. The Observer UK.

July 1952 – The US communications intel based at the British. Send an extra 800 US force Sigint unit to Hong Kong to join the British and Australians. Hong Kong and intel gathering. (GCHQ Richard J Aldrich ©2010 UK).

7 June 1955 – Hong Kong local intel committee papers of the joint intel committee far east JOIC FE. The public attitude of the Chinese population in south east asia and Hong Kong in the event of war. Hong Kong the critical years 1945-49. (Empire of secrets. Calder Walton ©2013).

1960s – Heroin refineries along the Thai, Burma border, most syndicates were dominated by Triads in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, with links to KMT, above the law corrupt police. (Merchants of madness. B Lintner. M Black ©2009 Thailand).

1960s – On 22 June 1971 in Vietnam heroin and US GIs. 1960s Hong Kong heroin labs, international syndicates Chinese.  (Politics of heroin in southeast Asia. Alfred W McCoy).

Mid 1960s – Raw opium from the golden triangle was smuggled on Chinese fishing boats from the Thai coast to Hong Kong, where it was refined into heroin in labs in remote areas of Hong Kong. (Merchants of madness. B Lintner. M Black ©2009 Thailand).

April 1965 – John Pullman, Meyer Lansky’s courier and financier went to Hong Kong, drugs and gambling there. (Politics of heroin in southeast Asia. Alfred W McCoy).

18 Aug 1967 – Long term study, Shibuya BRL intel in Hong Kong in the era. (Empire of secrets. Calder Walton ©2013).

1968 – USA military in Vietnam 1965. Frank Carmen Furci, US mafia, went from Vietnam to Hong Kong in Aug 1967. 1968 Frank Furci in Hong Kong, Corsican syndicates in Saigon. Santo Trafficante visited Furci in Hong Kong in 1968 then Trafficante went to Saigon. Corsican gangsters there. (Politics of heroin in southeast Asia. Alfred W McCoy).

1969 – Mr Kaplan a journalist who worked for Truth newspaper Auckland, then worked for a Hong Kong paper. China Mail story. Josip Kumarich was murdered. Josip Kunnarich Air India flight arrived in Hong Kong 30 Oct 1969, he was detained by airport security and sent to Kowloon city police station. Taimahatan police station He was found dead in police custody, Lies corrupt the legal system.(Justice. Kevin Ryan ©1997 NZ).

1969 – Murder inquest into death of Josip Kumarich, his killers were members of the Hong Kong police. In Nov 1969 two of his brothers, Tony and Ivan, came from Yugoslavia, emigrated to NZ. 1968 Josip flew to Yugoslavia. Josip died in Hong Kong. Kai Tak airport died from al alleged heart attack. Flown back to NZ 5 Nov 1969. Kevin Ryan Hong Kong 11 Dec 1969. (Justice. Kevin Ryan ©1997 NZ).

1973 – Sparticus education. In 1973 Nugan and Michael Hand set up Nugan Hand bank. Nugan ran operations in Sydney where as Hand set up a branch in Hong Kong. Australia to access a money laundering facility for illegal transfers of Australian money to Hong Kong. John Simkin Sept 1997- June 2013.

1979 – BCCI’s biggest Asian outpost was  Hong Kong. In 1979 BCCI had 50% of Hong Kong metropolitan bank. BCCI nearly got 100%. BCCI changed its name to Bank of Credit and Commerce Hong Kong ltd.

1982-97 – Corruption 14K, the Wo Shing Wo and Sun Yee On were all expanding across Asia. Building empires of gambling, sex slavery, extortion, drug trafficking, money laundering. Hong Kong and Macau bases. Triads brought into some of the casinos controlling high rollers that doubled as money laundering bases. Corrupt Hong Kong police. When Hong Kong returned to China in 1997 they went global. Vietnam and Australia launderers and drug runners. Operation Gordian. (p37 The Sting. Nick McKenzie ©2012 Aust).

1990s – Triads, heroin trafficking and sex slavery, money laundering and extortion. Triads in the Chinese community worldwide. (The history of organised crime. David Southwell ©2006).

1990-91 – General Khun Sa, warlord in Burma who controlled 80% of the regions opium trade. In 1990 he was indicted in the US on federal drugs charges but remained a fugitive. In Mid 1991 he had deposited about $300 million in BCCI. The accounts were fed from Taiwan and Hong Kong.

August 1996 – President Hinckley visits Asian saints, and dedicated Hong Kong temple. Ensign p74 LDS.

1 July 1997 – At midnight the colony of Hong Kong was returned to China the end of UK 99 year lease. Intel moved to Australia. (GCHQ. Richard J Aldrich ©2010 UK).

2000 – Roderic Broadhurst Crime trends in Hong Kong university of Hong Kong.

2001 – Macau crime and the casino state. Leong Vengmei uni of Hong Kong pokfulan rd. (Worldcat database).

26 Nov 2001 – Hong Kong says Russian Mafia ring in Hong Kong. Macao vice trade. BBC London.

26 Nov 2002 – Casinos pay huge taxes in Macao. BBC London. Casino tycoon Stanley Ho runs 11 casinos in Macao.

2004 – Emerald group publishing. Journal of money laundering control. Macau casinos and organised crime. Angela Veng Mei Leong.

15 Jan 2005 – BBC London. Hong Kong daily reports China’s crack down on border casinos. 68 casinos have shut, the dept has detained casino bosses and cut off phones.

24 Jan 2005 – Hong Kong crime down on 2003 but some drug seizures up. BBC London.

3 April 2005 – Hong Kong Triads cut off Britons fingers. Attack on businessman by men wearing surgical masks has police shocked. Simon Perry. Sunday Telegraph London. Crime by triads has gone up by 120% in the last year.

27 May 2005 – Hong Kong police drug trafficking. BBC. 100 million seized.

30 July 2005 – Drugs. BBC.

15 November 2005 – Ian McWalters The link between organised crime and corruption. A Hong Kong perspective. Int anti corruption conference.

2006 – Chinese triads in the Chinese community worldwide. Opium, Tongs and Triads. The 14K triad originated in 1945. Gambling, sex slavery, smuggling, loans and extortion. Hong Kong and Macau casinos, corruption and heroin trafficking. (The history of organise crime. David Southwell ©2006).

2006 – Macao the Chinese Las Vegas. Sceren network NY film library (Worldcat database).

2007 – A concise history of Hong Kong. John Mark Carroll. Chinese, British colonial. Google books.

8 Jan 2008 – Sixty arrested in Hong Kong operation to combat Chinese drug trafficking. BBC London. Heroin cocaine.

2009 – The politics of cross border crime in greater China, case studies of mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Lo Sonny shiu Hing ebook ME Sharpe (Worldcat database).

2010 – Macao and US China relations. Yufan Hao ebook Lanham Rowman Littlefield (Worldcat database).

2010 – Macao and Sino US relations. Yufan Hao ebook. Rowan Littlefield pub group (Worldcat database).

2010 – According to Hong Kong police the Triads date back to the 17^th century, when Manchurian invaders destroyed the Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty. Queen Victoria headed a government run drug trafficking cartel, the opium trade. The British colonized Hong Kong, while millions of Chinese became addicted to opium. Drugs were exported under the Royal seal. (Slavery inc. Lydia Cacho ©2010 UK).

1 Feb 2010 – Harrah seeks Crons Macau casino stake. The Age Melbourne vic. Ceasars palace casino, one of eight in Las Vegas, US casino companies.

1 Feb 2010 – Buyer interest in Packers Macau casino, gambling. Vanda Carson. Sydney Morning Herald Sydney NSW. The worlds biggest casino operator, Harrah entertainment. Meko Crown owns two casinos in Macau.

31 March 2010 – Business insider Australia. Reuters and PBS unite to uncover organised crime in Macau casinos. Lauren Streib.

1 July 2011 – Papers hush hush about Chinese Communist party in Hong Kong. BBC London UK.

27 January 2012 – ABC news. Bribes, Chinese mob ties alleged at casino of Gingrich money man. Brian Ross, Mathew Mosk, Cindy Galli and Rhonda Schwartz.

7 March 2012 – ABC news watchdog, mob ties at Chinese casinos owned by US firms. Matthew Mosk.

12 March 2012 – Asia Sentinel. Taking on the Macau casinos.

28 June 2012 – Macau triads attack investor at his casino. Keith Bralsher and Neil Gough. Int Herald Tribune. Hotel investor Ng Man-Sun.

1 Aug 2012 – Australia forum. Australia govt smashed Hong Kong drug ring. Mark Benson. Meth and heroin.

24 October 2012 – Reuters. Insight Nevada struggles with dark side of Macau casinos  by Joseph Menn.

2013 – Google inc invests $300m in new Hong Kong data centre. Running by 2013 Asian internet use. (AP 8 December 2011).

 7 February 2013 – Casinos took in MOP 30.7 billion in August. Macau casinos.

3 March 2013 – Court documents say dragon head, Lai Tong Sang laundered Triad cash in Canada. Triad leader from Macau laundered millions of dollars in Canada. Simon Kwok Chow a leader of the 14K triads in Vancouver with links to Macau. (by Dene Moore Canadian free press Vancouver).

12 June 2013 – Ketamine Hong Kong reaches out to addicts. The Gold Coast bulletin Southport QLD. Australia.

6 Aug 2013 – police reveal rare method of trafficking cocaine into Hong Kong. Two men arrested 2kg cocaine seized Mong Kok.

7 September 2013 – Casinos in Asia. The rise of the low rollers. Macau, the worlds casino capital. Macau uses Hong Kong int airport.

9 September 2013 – SJm to buy shares in land to triple size of casino resort. By Vinicy Chan. Macau area.

11 September 2013 – Chinese ultra rich increase, some escape to Hong Kong. Tomohiro Ohsumi Bloomberg.

12 September 2013 – Siono Biopharm after CCTV bribes report. Hong Kong by Bloomberg news.

18 September 2013 – Hong Kong riddled with British spies, reports say. China real time report. The Wall street journal. blogs.wsj.com. Ta Kung Pao.

7 June 2014 – Smuggler spirited 89 out of China. Bribes, triads students to Hong Kong. Chris Buckley. Int New York Times. Hong Kong underworld.  Triads from China, political fighters after the Tianamen crackdown in 1996.

30 June 2014 – Hong Kong must maintain vigilance against human trafficking. South China Morning Post. Trafficking of people for sex is a serious violation of their human rights, its dehumanising.

10 Aug 2014 – South China Morning Post. Human sex trafficking, a Japanese man in Hong Kong is a suspect, being investigated in a child monitoring APP Application to track children. Bryan Harris. Mitsutoki Shigota aged 24.

4 Oct 2014 – Hong Kong police arrest triads. Times of Oman, Muscat.

4 Oct 2014 – Hong Kong police deny triads hired to attack protesters. Anadolu agency AA.

5 Oct 2014 – Hong Kong police arrest triads, protests, clashes. Manila Bulletin.

20 Oct 2014 – Hong Kong Triads blamed for stirring up latest violent clashes. Daily Telegraph London UK.

22 Oct 2014 – Poor in politics. Telegraph UK. Leung comments. Authorities have a distrust of the public. Political system biased to the rich.

22 Oct 2014 – Hong Kong has too many poor people to allow direct elections, leader says. Quartz. Hong Kong’s 7 million residents. Leung, the influence of the city’s poor in elections.

8 Nov 2014 – Chinese corruption crackdown on Macau casinos. NPR. Macau’s global capital from casino’s globally $45 billion, 7 times that of Las Vegas.

26 Nov 2014 – Hong Kong police arrested 86 people as protest sites were cleared. Financial Times. Key protest sites in Mongkok. Fox news.

5 Dec 2014 – Bloomberg Business week. Kim Dotcom’s Megaupload can renegotiate $40 million in Hong Kong frozen. Lulu Yilun Chen in Hong Kong. Extradition from NZ to US on charges of racketeering, money laundering and wire fraud charges.

5 Dec 2014 – NZ Herald. Kiwi, New Zealander, held in Bali Indonesia for allegedly smuggling 1.7kg meth from Hong Kong. Anna Keask. Anthony Glen De Malmanche.