Asian organized Crime: The New International Criminal -- Hearings Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, June 18 and August 4, 1992

• NCJ Number: 148449
• Date Published: 1992
• Length: 219 pages
• Corporate Author: US Congress
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Legislative Hearing/Committee Report
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

As part of a series of hearings, this hearing focused on testimonies concerning crime organizations from Asia, their international operations, and their activities in the United States.

Abstract

The opening statement by Senators Nunn and Roth emphasized the growing threat of Asian organized crime, especially of Hong Kong-based secret crime organizations which use latest technology to spread their activities to other countries. Witnesses who testified before the committee included a committee staff investigator, two detectives from the Metropolitan Toronto Police Department, and two convicted heroin smugglers who were also members of Hong Kong crime triads. A representative of Financial Crime Enforcement Network spoke on money laundering operations while an executive of VISA International explained how crime organizations use counterfeit credit cards to defraud credit card organizations. A member of the CIA discussed the role of organized crime groups in trafficking heroin from Southeast Asia to the United States. To conclude the hearing, a Japanese criminal described Japan's organized crime scene. The prepared statements of the witnesses in order of appearance as well as numerous exhibits are appended.