Blood pacts, animal sacrifice, burning of written oaths or honor tests. The Asian mafias They carry out rituals in the purest Scorsese style, but far from the cinematographic, the protocol exceeds folklore, and is enshrined as a point of force of loyalty Towards the network, strengthening its continuity.
If we talk about mafia in Spain, the general interest usually focuses on the Balkan clan, the Moroccans, the Russians, the Italian Ndrangheta and the local drugs or families of drugs. More stealthy, but equally powerful, are the Chinese triads, that in recent decades have further strengthened their presence in Europe. A few days ago, in fact, a great police operation in coordination with Customs Surveillance and Europol managed to dismantle the Tian Xia She network, a powerful Trafficking muscletraffic and extortion, with arrests carried out in Barcelona, Madrid, Zaragoza, Toledo or La Rioja.
They were configured as secret societies with a strong mystical and patriotic component
The triads arose after the fall of the Ming dynasty in the seventeenth century. In their origins they were configured as Secret societies With a strong mystical and patriotic component, represented by an equilateral triangle that evoked the earth, heaven and man. Over time, they forgot the political resistance and social of which they used to deal with, and found greater benefits in criminal and criminal chores, especially during opium wars and taiping rebellion.
The term mafia It implies true Behavior standards that not only characterize the great Italian families, but any criminal organization of sectarian dyes with fierce pillars of behavior that more than profit seeks to be able. They function as hierarchical networks with a strict loyalty code. Each group has a leader, and criminal activities are organized by levels of responsibility, often attributed by numerical series. To the great boss, usually called Dragon Head either Mountain Master, The number 489 is assigned. Why of that number disagrees with the majority of studies.
Initiation rites may include offerings with animal blood and wine
Their ceremonies include secret rituals that reinforce belonging to the group. From blood pacts to honor tests. Initiation rites may include offerings with blood of animals and wine, or mixes with the blood of the new member. Symbolic gestures include burning a sheet of paper with written promises or reciting up to 48 votes. All to seal belonging to the clan and under the beginning of the Guanxi (关系), that is, the cultivation of personal relationships and contact networks.
Throughout history, some triads have operated under the extreme concept of “Laogai” (Literally, “reform through work”). A system that was articulated after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 and that followed the work field model of the USSR. The objective was to reform oppositions or common criminals. Triads have reused the concept through serious physical punishments close to torture against disobedient and dissident.
They are dedicated to drug traffic as heroine and methamphetamines, weapons, people, money laundering, falsification of products and extortion. They cornered laws of their own community in exchange for protection, and are strong in the game and clandestine bets. They also invest in legal businesses such as restaurants, factories and stores, because somehow the money will have to be washed.
One of its main activities is Labor and sexual exploitation of young people of Asian origin. That was precisely the greatest discovery when uncovering the Tian Xia She network. They use well -structured channels to bring their victims to Europe through counterfeit documents and clandestine routes. Once in Spain, they are forced to work in slavery conditions in workshops, restaurants and, above all, in prostitution.
In Europe they operate in cities such as London, Paris and Amsterdam, and have large networks in the US, South America or Africa, beyond their Asian natural habitat. Over time they have gone extending its influence Also in Spain, taking advantage of the Chinese communities established in cities such as Madrid, Barcelona or Valencia. A settlement produced largely by the Chinese diaspora and before the migratory flows of the last decades.
Its extension is explained by the support networks they build internationally, and thanks to collaboration with other European criminal organizations, such as Albanian or Romanian mafias. Today they are in the European focus of criminal containment because they maintain a remarkable roots. They have sophisticated and diversified. Although they are more discreet than other mafias, they are still among the most feared. Just observe your internal rules. They are stealthy, but nothing subtle. Its danger is no Chinese story.
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