The Dragon Syndicates
Author | : Martin Booth |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 0786708697 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780786708697 |
Rating | : 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Dragon Syndicates by : Martin Booth
Download or read book The Dragon Syndicates written by Martin Booth and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the more than two-thousand-year history of the Triads, the one-time Chinese secret society that has evolved into an international criminal fraternity, bound by ritual and archaic oaths, involved in world-wide extortion, gambling, prostitution, money laundering, fraud, narcotics, immigrant smuggling, and other criminal enterprises. Reprint.