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Chinese Crime Syndicates Bolster the Heroin Trade

Organized crime groups in China, called triads, have become some of the biggest forces in the international heroin trade. Writer Gerald Posner links their rise to the power vacuum left by the Sicilian mafia, as well as the policing policies of Chinatowns throughout the U.S. Posner's book about the subject is called Warlords of Crime.

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Other segments from the episode on December 6, 1988

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 6, 1988: Interview with Gerald Posner; Commentary on Guitar Slim; Interview with Robert Pinsky; Review of Humphrey Carpenter's book "A Serious Character."

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