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Triads, Chinese mafia organisations, are brutal criminal cartels and economic powerhouses, now going global.

As Xi Jinping makes China ever stronger, the triads in Taiwan are getting involved in politics to promote closeness to Beijing.

In 1997 and 1999, the retrocession of Hong Kong and Macau to China offered the triads a golden opportunity.

Originating in 17th century China as secret societies, Triads gradually developed into criminal organisations. 

Roberto Saviano, the author of "Gomorrah", writes about his role model: Judge Falcone, who was murdered by the Mafia in 1992.

In Spain, a special police unit fighting the Colombian mafia took down a network that had recruited 1,000 women.