STATEMENT OF ROBERT S. MUELLER III, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, CRIMINAL DIVISION, UNITED STATE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, BEFORE THE SENATE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, UNITED STATES SENATE, REGARDING ASIAN ORGANIZED CRIME, NOVEMBER 6, 1991

• NCJ Number: 147234
• Author(s): R S Mueller
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 52 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Presentation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Reprinted by National Youth Gang Information Center, Document Number D0097

Annotation

The speaker discusses the the threat posed by Asian organized crime groups, and what the Department of Justice (DOJ) is doing about it.

Abstract

DOJ has been expanding its efforts against Asian organized crime groups. In the last several years, it has developed a number of major criminal prosecutions, and enlarged and refined its planning and intelligence. The four major Asian organized crime groups are 1) Chinese groups, including triads, criminally influenced tongs, and street gangs; 2) the Japanese criminal society known as the Boryokudan or Yakuza; 3) Vietnamese groups, consisting largely of street gangs often affiliated with Viet Ching or Chinese groups; and 4) Korean gangs, some of which are closely associated with the Japanese Boryokudan. So far, Asian organized crime has been confined to certain urban areas with relatively large Asian populations. The speaker summarizes their activities in the following cities: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Portland (OR), Sacramento, and San Francisco. He reviews two selected cases, and concludes his speech with descriptions of present and future DOJ initiatives.