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The first murder happened on New Year’s Eve—Gregorian calendar, not Chinese. The police wrote it off as g**g violence, but even they knew it was too grisly for gangs. At least that was the word around the deli counters and bars of Little Italy. In Chinatown, nobody talks about the gangs. Certainly not with white guys who smell like pork. The underground gambling parlors in my neighborhood are all run by rival Chinese gangs overseen by the tongs, semi-legitimate Benevolent Associations. Above these groups are the international triads, organized crime syndicates that rival the Italian mafia with deep roots in Chinese secret societies and Southeast Asian d**g cartels.
What any of that has to do with Tibetan monks is anybody’s guess. Most of my clients are Caucasian. I don’t know much abou
