The Bamboo Union is the largest triad in Taiwan, founded in 1957 by waishengren children in Taipei. It has roughly 20,000 members and is involved in drug trafficking, contract killing, and extortion. The gang has historic ties to the Kuomintang and operates internationally in the United States, China, and other countries.
CRIMENET has extracted 9 linkages for this organization, including 3 cooperative ties across 3 organizations, 1 conflicts across 1 organization, 5 other connections and footprints in 8 countries.
Territory: Taiwan, China , United States , Britain, Australia, Canada and France
Territory: Taiwan, China , United States , Britain, Australia, Canada and France
Territory: Taiwan, China , United States , Britain, Australia, Canada and France
Territory: Taiwan, China , United States , Britain, Australia, Canada and France
In October 2015, the Bamboo Union was linked to the kidnapping of Hong Kong businessman Wong Yuk-kwan.
In the 1980s the gang was sold a large quantity of firearms by the corrupt governor of a province of the Philippines.
Territory: Taiwan, China , United States , Britain, Australia, Canada and France
leader Chang An-lo , nicknamed "White Wolf," moved to Las Vegas in 1968 to study and keep order of the Bamboo Union's expanding empire, particularly in the Chinatowns of California and the gambling halls of Las Vegas.