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Policing Advance Access published online on April 15, 2008
Policing, doi:10.1093/police/pan007
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Investigating Chinese Crime Entrepreneurs

Sander Huisman*

* Dutch National Crime Squad, The Netherlands

Correspondence: Sander Huisman, Unit Operational Expertise, Senior Researcher, Dutch National Crime Squad, The Netherlands. Email: sander.huisman{at}klpd.politie.nl

This article gives a brief overview of how Chinese criminals, residing in the Netherlands, organise their illegal businesses. It will focus on the smuggling of precursor chemicals PMK and BMK, which are used for the production of, respectively, MDMA and amphetamine. The Chinese crime community that is being described here is predominantly Cantonese speaking. Chinese criminals from Hong Kong and the Guangdong province who live in Europe have been traditionally active in the smuggling of various illegal goods (they are not involved in human smuggling). Since the early 1990s, these criminals have shifted their attention to the trading of precursor chemicals that are smuggled from China. In describing the organisation of their activities, the article will also address the backgrounds of the Chinese criminals and several cultural aspects that play a significant role in the way they organise their crimes. Finally, several recommendations will be put forward that have to be taken into account when investigating Chinese criminal groups.

The author would like to thank Gerard Robben (public prosecutor in the investigation that is being used in this article) and Marielle van Heeswijk (operational analyst in this investigation) for their helpful comments on earlier versions. The views expressed in this article are mine, and do not reflect the opinion of the Dutch National Crime Squad.


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