CHINESE TRIADS: CEREMONIALS, RITUALS AND OATHS OF THE MOST IMPENETRABLE ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP

Abstract

Nowadays, the Chinese Triads are considered one of the most impenetrable and difficult organized crime groups around the world to investigate. This secrecy is achieved thanks to its structural system, but most importantly due to their rituals and oaths, which establish severe punishments if norms are broken. The Chinese Triads are one of the most ancient gangs, which still maintain their activities and have enough power to spread networking over the world. Despite the territorial expansion over five continents, the rituals and norms have contributed to maintaining and strengthening the brotherhood from their homeland territories to a worldwide scale.