Flying Dragons (gang)

Flying Dragons (gang)

The Flying Dragons (zh-c|飞龙帮) are a well known Chinese street gang affiliated with the Hip Sing Tong, and are active in New York City's Chinatown as well as having a presence in Hong Kong, Canada and Australia. The gang moved heavily into heroin trafficking after the Italian-American Mafia lost the trade as a result of the Pizza Connection prosecutions in the mid-1980s. The Flying Dragons was believed to be started somewhere in the late 1890's to early 1900's.

The boss of the gang, Johnny "Onionhead" Eng, was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment for running a heroin distribution ring in 1993.

External links

* [http://markgribben.com/?page_id=29 Ah Gow] from The Malefactor's Register
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10617F939580C768DDDAB0994DA494D81 New York Times - Ex-Head of Chinatown Gang Is Guilty of Leading Drug Ring]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F1061EF935580C728FDDAB0994DA494D81 New York Times - Five Indicted In a Robbery At a Church]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10617FE35580C718EDDAE0894DA494D81 New York Times - Wider Chinatown Gang Warfare Feared]
* [http://www.ganglandnews.com/darco.htm Gang Land - Little Al Vs. Onionhead in Turf Beef]
* [http://www.mafianj.com/asian/tongs.shtml The Mafia in New Jersey - Asian Organized Crime Groups - Tongs and Street Gangs]


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