TRIAD: Complicated Shadows - the inside story of the secret unit that took down Hong Kong's deadliest Triad Society.

‘TRIAD: Complicated Shadows’ is a true story. It tells of the most dangerous and secret intelligence project ever undertaken by the Royal Hong Kong Police Force. Commissioned in 1979 by American and British governments, it ended in 1987. The story is about a series of related operations and crafted actions against the world’s most successful and violent group of organised criminals, the Triad. The story has the ultimate stamp of authenticity, from unfiltered gang behaviour and vicious, unexpected moments of brutality, to the unglamorous dedication of the best operatives Hong Kong and its allies had to offer. As the original script of the Triad’s ritual initiation ceremony was seen and secured for the first time since 1923, those behind the assassination of an iconic politician and the murder of a global superstar became shockingly evident and starkly clear. The author sets out what it is really like to be an undercover operative working in extreme settings, showing the ploys, stratagems, techniques, and methods used in the hope of enforcement’s success.