NCJ Number
147236
Date Published
1992
Length
34 pages
Annotation
This document contains statements given at the US Senate Hearing on Asian Organized Crime, August 4, 1992.
Abstract
The hearing focused on Chinese and Japanese crime groups. The speakers were: 1) Senator William V. Roth, Jr. of Delaware; 2) Scott E. Orchard, Staff Investigator, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, accompanied by 3) W. Leighton Lord III; 4) David Cohen, Associate Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, accompanied by 5) Brian Soderhold, Assessment Group, Counter Narcotics Center, and 6) Martin Roper, Deputy Director, Counter Narcotics Center; 7) Johnny Kon a.k.a. Kon Yu Leung, convicted heroin smuggler, former leader of the Flaming Eagles Gang/Big Circle Gang, and member of Wo On Lok Triad; and 8) "Bully," Japanese Yakuza associate. The two latter persons gave insider views on their respective crime groups.