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- ↑ Chinese Organized Crime and Illegal Alien Trafficking: Humans as a Commodity (US Department of State)
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- 1 2 Humphreys, Adrian (25 January 2021). "Captured Canadian, one of world's biggest drug kingpins, learned the trade from Montreal Mafia". The National Post. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ↑ Big Circle Boys were involved drug trafficking and credit card fraud. A dozen people tied to the group were arrested after the RCMP uncovered a “credit card factory” operating out of Vancouver homes. Police estimated it had the potential to bring in $200-million Archived 2021-02-22 at the Wayback Machine , Global News
- ↑ One of Asia’s biggest crime bosses is arrested: Tse Chi Lop’s drug-trafficking syndicate has spread across the world Archived 2021-02-03 at the Wayback Machine , The Economist Jan 30th 2021