Huge Firearms Cache Intercepted Ahead of Municipal Elections

May 5, 2018May 5, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment firearms, guns, organized crime

More than 100 guns were intercepted by customs police at the Port of Keelung, April 29, and 6 suspects were arrested last night in Sanxia District of New Taipei City, as police continue a crackdown on organized crime groups ahead of municipal elections to be held in November this year. The cache of 109 firearms was found in a shipping container of injection molding machines sent from Hong Kong. The cache included 102 handguns, 5 assault rifles, a sub-machine gun,

Violent Crimes

December 15, 2017December 15, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Bamboo Union, Chinese Union Party, debt collection, kidnapping, organized crime

A taxi driver was kidnapped at gunpoint in Banciao District by thugs who tortured him with electric shocks, and punched him up before making off with NT$6,000. The incident happened December 11, but was only reported in Taiwan’s Chinese language news media today. At around noon Monday, a 44 year-old taxi driver named Liao arranged to meet a woman named Lin to pay for ‘overtime services’ owed after Liao had hired Lin to accompany him at a KTV the previous