Four Seas
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The Four Seas Gang is a triad society based in Taiwan
. It includes mainland Chinese and their descendants who fled to Taiwan with the KMT
. The Four Seas Gang has an estimated membership of over 5,000 in Taiwan. Its members have extended their influence to cities in the southern region of California
. Its American constituents are a branch off of the original Taiwan
society. There are also smaller factions that are merely street gangs, warring with other gangs of low notoriety. Four Seas Gang is active in alien smuggling in Southern California.
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
. It includes mainland Chinese and their descendants who fled to Taiwan with the KMT
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...
. The Four Seas Gang has an estimated membership of over 5,000 in Taiwan. Its members have extended their influence to cities in the southern region of California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Its American constituents are a branch off of the original Taiwan
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
society. There are also smaller factions that are merely street gangs, warring with other gangs of low notoriety. Four Seas Gang is active in alien smuggling in Southern California.
External links
- Organized Crime in California
- Asian Organized Crime - Australian Parliamentary Inquiry
- Repatriated gang chief sentenced to 22 months
- Taiwan's gangs go global
- The Ultimate Arbitrator
- Police in Shanghai arrest Taiwanese criminal gang head Taipei Times Staff Writer (Nov. 9, 2000).
- Chang's son stabbed by a member of the Four Seas gang in an elevator (April 1998).