I guess this was expected. South Korea has become an economic giant in Asia and the mob wants in on the action.
The Chosun Ilbo has an interesting
article on the mafia in South Korea.
Quote:
The National Intelligence Service submitted the report to a National Assembly oversight committee on Thursday. It warns that mainland Chinese triads, which are estimated to have some 1 million members, are involved in trafficking of drugs and people, while Hong Kong triads specialize in the purchase of luxury goods with fake credit cards. The NIS said four members of a Hong Kong triad were charged with such offenses in September.
The Sumiyoshikai Yakuza ring took over a hotel here in the name of a Korean-Japanese member in July, the INS said. In cooperation with domestic organized crime, eight Japanese organizations including the biggest Yakuza ring, the Yamaguchigumi, are trying to enter the Korean financial and real estate markets, the secret service says.
Twenty of the notoriously unsubtle Russian mafia gangs set up fisheries businesses in Korea and are meddling in the trade, it said.
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Better start looking for guys looking like Joe Pesci! :p
11-26-2005, 10:32 AM
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