The Green Gang was a Chinese secret society and criminal triad organization prominent in Shanghai during the early to mid 20th century. It originated from the Luojiao Buddhist sect and grain transport boatmen along the Grand Canal. The gang engaged in criminal activities such as opium trafficking and operated through networks of hometown associations. Key leaders included Du Yuesheng and Huang Jinrong.
CRIMENET has extracted 4 linkages for this organization, including 2 cooperative ties across 2 organizations, 2 other connections and footprints in 1 country.
After the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek's regime on the mainland in 1949, the Green Gang left Shanghai and in the early 1950s opened heroin refineries in Hong Kong.