including the United States, Australia, Germany, Russia, Belgium, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, France, South Africa, England, Spain, Georgia, Hong Kong, Armenia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines
In January, the center ordered eastern and southeastern zone troops to conduct cross-border raids into Vietnam.
Triads were also common in Vietnamese cities with large Chinese (especially Cantonese and Teochew ) communities. During the French colonial period , many businesses and wealthy residents in Saigon ... and Haiphong were controlled by protection-racket gangs.
In addition to their presence in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand , the Philippines , and Vietnam , yakuza groups also operate in South Korea , China , Taiwan , and in the Pacific Islands (mainly Hawaii ).
The group is active or working with organized crime partners in a variety of countries, including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, New Zealand, Australia, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and Vietnam.
US$1 million from Vietnam's Tien Phong Bank
crossed the border in 1865 from Guangxi , China into northern Vietnam
Areas of Influence: ... Vietnam