Chinese Criminal Entrepreneurs in Canada, Volume I

• Main Author: Chung, Alex (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security
• Subjects: Organized crime.; Transnational crime.; Public safety.; Critical criminology.; Criminology.; Law-Asia.; Violence.; Crime.; Organized Crime.; Trafficking.; Crime Control and Security.; Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime.; Asian Criminology.; Violence and Crime.

This book explores the historical origins, activities, and structure of the archetypal 'new' Asian criminal entrepreneurs in Canada, known as The Big Circle Boys (BCB). It traces their illegal immigration abroad from Guangzhou, the extent to which they are organised and violent, and what t...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Organised Crime
• 3. BCB Origins
• 4. BCB Organisation
• 5. BCB Activities 1: Non-Drug-Related
• 6. BCB Activities 2: Drugs Trafficking
• 7. BCB Structure
• 8. BCB Violence
• 9. BCB Community
• 10. Conclusion. .