Shui Fong
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Shui Fong (Chinese: 水房幫; lit. 'Water Room Gang'), also known as the Wo On Lok (WOL), is one of the main Triad groups in Southern China, operating especially in Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese communities abroad.
Founded | 1930s |
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Founding location | Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong |
Years active | 1930s–present |
Territory | Hong Kong, Macau, mainland China, and Chinese communities globally |
Ethnicity | Chinese |
Activities | Counterfeiting, drug trafficking, extortion, human trafficking, loan sharking, money laundering, murder, prostitution |
Rivals | 14K Wo Shing Wo |
Today it is one of Hong Kong's most active triad groups, along with Sun Yee On, 14K and the "Wo" family of triads, especially the Wo Shing Wo. It runs extortion operations, loan sharking, narcotics and the control of nightclubs, mahjong dens and massage parlours. According to police, its turf extends across Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui, Mong Kok and Sham Shui Po.[1]
In Macau, Shui Fong is one of the "Four Major Gangs" (四大黑幫), the others being Wo Shing Yee, 14K and the Big Circle Gang.