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| My big, fat Triad wedding |
| 2008-04-12 |
BANGKOK - If it's your job to report on Asia's sex industry, suffice it say that it's not too uncommon to encounter some extremely strange bedfellows. When you find yourself in Hong Kong things are, of course, no different. But here the local sex industry is pervaded by the subtle and omnipresent influence of the Chinese organized crime syndicate known as the Triads. That said, I shouldn't have been so surprised to find a story where I certainly wasn't looking for one ... |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #5 ...but silence on the organized sexual slavery of women world-wide. Given that its buried in the piled of ignore priorities, Prez. Bush actually has a policy on that along with actions never heard of because the MSM hates his guts. But then again, the Donks and their sympathizers were rather fond of slavery as long as it didn't include them. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-04-12 18:16 |
| #4 The stories of the Triads are pretty amazing. They take organized crime to entirely new plateaus, and are utterly intertwined with the enormous ruling families of Asia. Some have private armies at their disposal. For almost 40 years prior to the turnover of Hong Kong to mainland China, the FBI planned for what they estimated would be an enormous transfer of Triad operations to North America. What they didn't figure was that the Triads are so integrated into society over there, that the government doesn't really matter. Capitalist, communist, evil alien overlords, whatever. It still boils down to extended family, money and power. Some years ago a book was written about one such family. Political and military leaders in half a dozen countries, complex and intertwined marriages and business arrangements, hundreds of corporations, you name it. And all sorts of both legitimate and Triad connections. It's just business. Kinda puts the Sicilians to shame. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-04-12 10:19 |
| #3 24/7 media outrage for the sexual abuse of 400 in a religious compound but silence on the organized sexual slavery of women world-wide. |
| Posted by: Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-04-12 10:03 |
| #2 Sparrow is editor in chief of Asian Sex Gazette and has reported on sex in Asia for over five years. Now that sounds like a fun job... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-12 09:41 |
| #1 3dc, that was very interesting. Thanks for posting it. |
| Posted by: Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 2008-04-12 07:38 |