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World Service,01 Jan 2006,22 mins

The Triads and the Hong Kong Film Industry

Global Perspective

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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Hong Kong film industry was a money-making machine and organised crime followed the money. Not only did they use it for money laundering, but also to turn around a quick buck.

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