crime syndicate, based in Asia-Pacific. The organization is made up of members of five different triads (14K (triad), Bamboo Union, Wo Shing Wo, Sun Yee On and Big Circle Boys). Sam Gor is understood to be headed by Chinese-Canadian Tse Chi Lop. The Cantonese Chinese syndicate is primarily involved in drug trafficking, earning at least $8 billion per year. Sam Gor is alleged to control 40% or more of the Asia-Pacific methamphetamine market, while also trafficking heroin, ketamine and synthetic drugs, and precursor chemicals. The group is active or working with organized crime partners in a variety of countries, including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, New Zealand, Australia, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and Vietnam." Sam Gor previously produced meth in Southern China and is now believed to manufacture mainly in the Golden Triangle, specifically Shan State, Myanmar, responsible for much of the massive surge of crystal meth in recent years. The group is understood to be headed by Tse Chi Lop, a Chinese-Canadian gangster born in Guangzhou, China. Tse is a former member of the Hong Kong-based crime group, the Big Circle Gang and has been compared in prominence to Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán and Pablo Escobar. Sam Gor is made up of 14K, Wo Shing Wo, Sun Yee On, Big Circle Gang and Bamboo Union. The group also does business with many other local crime groups such as the Yakuza in Japan and the Comanchero Motorcycle Club and Lebanese mafia in Australia. The Triads is a popular name for a number of Chinese criminal secret societies, which have existed in various forms over the centuries (see for example Tiandihui). However, not all Chinese gangs fall into line with these traditional groups, as many non-traditional criminal organizations have formed, both in China and the Chinese diaspora. Hong Kong-based Triads 14K Group 十四K Wo Group 和字頭 Wo Shing Wo 和勝和 Wo On Lok (Shui Fong) 和安樂(水房) Wo Hop To 和合圖(老和) Sun Yee On 新義安(老新) Luen Group 聯字頭 Big Circle Gang 大圈 Sio Sam Ong (小三王) Chinese-American gangs (See also Tongs) Wah Ching 華青 Ping On Black Dragons 黑龍 Jackson Street Boys 積臣街小子 Secret societies in Singapore ai Lok San / Pek Kim Leng Wah Kee華記 Taiwan-based Triads United Bamboo Gang 竹聯幫 Four Seas Gang 四海幫 Celestial Alliance Mainland Chinese crime groups (see also Hanlong Group) Chongqing group 重慶組 Defunct Honghuzi gangs Green Gang 青帮 Boshe group Triads in Cholon Wu Bang Southeast