Triad gangs cause problems in Chinatown

Title

Triad gangs cause problems in Chinatown

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

13 Jun 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:10

Description

Report on London’s Chinese community demanding tough police action to crack down on growing intimidation and violence from Triad gangs. Community spokesman Malcolm Mann(?) describes the goings on, and the problems they are causing. Inspector Paul Swallow says police hands are tied by the Chinese’s own code of silence.

Contributors

Oni Bhattacharya; Malcolm Mann(?); Paul Swallow

Keywords

London; Interethnic relations; Police; Violence; Policing practice; Chinese (cultural identity); Organized crime; Blackmail; Chinatown

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