I presume that you mean the Triads? > The white-clad activists are suspected to be linked to local organized crime gangs known as triads that operate in the vi

I presume that you mean the Triads? > The white-clad activists are suspected to be linked to local organized crime gangs known as triads that operate in the villages on Hong Kong’s more remote fringes, a Hong Kong Democratic Party official told The Wall Street Journal. I gather that the Triads have had a long and complex relationship with Chinese governments. Going back centuries. So I think that there's more to it than hiring criminals. But I'm not clear just what it is.