Blood Brothers: Crime, Business and Politics in Asia

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Bertil Lintner’s “Blood Brothers” exposes Asia’s complex organized crime networks, detailing how bankers, gangsters, officials, and agents fuel a global threat. From Chinese gangs in Western Chinatowns to Vietnamese heroin traffickers in Australia, and Russian and Japanese syndicates’ far-reaching influence, Lintner reveals how these groups operate.

He tackles the debate on whether illicit deals are an “Asian way of life,” navigating arguments about corruption and specific ventures like drug trafficking and gun-running. Lintner’s deep dive into these criminal fraternities—including Russian gangsters, Japan’s yakuza, Taiwan’s United Bamboo Gang, and the Vietnamese Triad—seeks to answer a critical question: How can global civil societies be protected from these increasingly globalized mobsters?

This book stands as a prime example of vital investigative journalism.