The Macau area has always been quite famous for the notorious gangs that run the gaming district throughout Hong Kong. When one of the most notorious leaders of the Macau crime syndicates, known as Broken Tooth Koi was arrested 15 years ago, the arrest was received much celebration by individuals in the area that had been forced to experience the reign of the mob leader throughout the area. After serving nearly 15 years in prison, the notorious leader is now set for release from prison. He will hardly recognize the city that he and his associates terrorize throughout the 1990s with their brutal war. He is scheduled to walk free from a Coloane Prison soon after being behind bars for more than 15 years, according to a Macau government official.
When he was originally sent to prison, he was convicted of loansharking, money laundering, and being a gang leader. This was in 1999, a month before Portugal handed control over the colony that it had been in charge of for nearly 40 years, back over to China. He had been responsible for brutal war with rival triads, and various organized crime gangs that were present throughout the area during that time. He also had a dominance of the lucrative casinos throughout the area, collecting money for many.
He was arrested shortly after a bomb was used in the car, which went on to attempt to kill the director of investigative police, Antonio Marques Baptista, who had been investigating the gangs. He had been jogging when the bomb went off, and was not hurt in the attack.
According to reports, officials in the area have been warning casinos and advising them to invest in security, and keep close eye on him after he gets out. The worry is, is that he will attempt to seize control of the organized crime in the area again, which has seen an uptick in recent years after number of brutal wars between rival gangs. Leaders in the area have also warned Wan to behave himself following his release, and it is reported that a close I will be kept on him to make sure that he does not rekindle the ties to organized crime that he once had.
The fear is that his return to the area would lead to the gang violence that rocked the area and claimed hundreds of lives during the 1990s in Macau. Some worry that he is scheming, attempting to get in on the junkets, which is in operation allows money to big-time gamblers, and make big profits by collecting on the debt that is created. Analysts say that when he leaves prison, you will find that he has lost much of the power and influence that he had in the 1990s, during his time in prison. Of course, the environment throughout the area is quite different than when he went to prison as well, with organized crime not having the same stranglehold that it once did on the whole of Macau.