Ghost Shadows

The Ghost Shadows or GSS (traditional Chinese: 鬼影幫; simplified Chinese: 鬼影帮; Jyutping: gwai2 jing2 bong1) was a Chinese American street gang that was prominent in New York City's Chinatown from the early 1970s to the mid 1990s. Formed in 1971 by immigrants from Taiwan and Hong Kong, the gang is affiliated with the On Leong Tong. They adopted the colors black and white as their clothing to match the name of the set. Throughout the 80s, the gang was often engaged in bloody turf wars with other Chinatown gangs such as the older Flying Dragons, affiliated with Hip Sing Tong and the Division Street Boys affiliated with Tung On Association, and their activities included extortion, kidnapping, murder, racketeering, drug trafficking and illegal gambling. The Ghost Shadows' influence was widespread, having links to Chinatowns in other cities as well as links to Italian-American Mafia families. The organization is defunct due to Federal RICO crackdowns during the 1990s.

Ghost Shadows
Founded1971[1]
Founding locationNew York City
Years active1970s–1990s
TerritoryNew York City, Houston Texas, Providence, Rhode Island
EthnicityCantonese and Taishanese[2]
Criminal activitiesRacketeering, extortion, illegal gambling, assault, murder, armed robbery and kidnapping
AlliesOn Leong Tong, Big Circle Gang, Tiny Rascal Gang [3]
RivalsFlying Dragons

Members

Applehead

Applehead (pronounced Apo with silent-L) one of the original founders of Ghost Shadows and a leader of breakaway factions of Ghost Shadows[4] Bayard Boys during the late 1970s up to his indictments on RICO statutes in the mid-1980s.

References

  1. "Ghost Shadows to be arraigned today". United Press International. February 18, 1985. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. Transnational activities of Chinese crime organizations
  3. Valdez, Investigator Al. "The Tiny Rascal Gang: Big Trouble". www.policemag.com. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  4. "Youth gang leader isn't smiling anymore" , 1978, Peter Arnett, AP
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