Asian gang activity

At the national and, in some cases, provincial level, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police 's Organized Crime Branch is responsible for investigating gang-related activities including triads. My paper will focus on some of these gangs such as the Triads and the Tongs and will also explore some of the reasons why some Asian-Americans feel it necessary to join these gangs even though it seems to contradict the Asian "model-minority" myth. In March , four men followed year-old Vutha Au from Santa Rosa and stopped at a gas station near Jenner, California , where they fatally shot him in public. And media success is forgettable because of the tiny market for Asian Americans in the media. In December , a high ranking member named Derek Pires was arrested in Fall River , Massachusetts following a shooting that left no injuries. Rumors have it that triads have now migrated to the U.

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