Black Societies and Triad-Like Organized Crime in China (II)

Broadhurst, Roderic; Zhong, Lena

Black Societies and Triad-Like Organized Crime in China (II)

Broadhurst, Roderic & Lena Zhong 2021, 'Black Societies and Triad-Like Organized Crime in China (II)' in Felia Allum and Stan Gilmour, [Eds.],Handbook of Transnational Organised Crime, Routledge: London: 2nd Edition

18 Pages Posted: 12 Jul 2021

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Roderic Broadhurst

School of Regulation & Global Governance (RegNet); Australian National University (ANU) - Cybercrime Observatory

Lena Zhong

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: December 8, 2020

Abstract

This chapter briefly outlines the criminal activities of ‘black societies’ or triad-like crime groups in China and discusses theories about their emergence and resilience. We review measures taken to suppress organized crime, including developments in the criminal law and anti-corruption efforts in the PRC and legal reforms in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). We explore Chinese definitions and views about criminal organisations, corruption and current efforts to crush the underworld and its hidden influence on the PRC party-state.

Keywords: China, corruption, black societies, organised crime

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Broadhurst, Roderic and Zhong, Lena, Black Societies and Triad-Like Organized Crime in China (II) (December 8, 2020). Broadhurst, Roderic & Lena Zhong 2021, 'Black Societies and Triad-Like Organized Crime in China (II)' in Felia Allum and Stan Gilmour, [Eds.],Handbook of Transnational Organised Crime, Routledge: London: 2nd Edition, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3882285