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April 16, 1955 - Wan Kuok-koi

His rise through the 14K triad made him one of the most prominent organized crime figures in Macau during the 1990s, a period marked by open gang warfare and a wave of bombings and assassinations that destabilized the territory ahead of its 1999 handover to China. Operating at the intersection of criminal enterprise and legitimate business fronts, he cultivated a public profile unusual for a figure of his kind — most notoriously through a 1997 film that appeared to document his own exploits. His eventual prosecution and imprisonment came to symbolize the broader effort to suppress triad influence in Macau during its political transition.

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Wan Kuok-koi

Wan Kuok-koi (Chinese: 尹國駒; born 1955), popularly known as Broken Tooth Koi (崩牙駒), is a "businessman" and former leader of the Macau branch of the 14K triad, considered Chinese mafia. He was released after about 14 years in prison in December 2012. In the years since, he has reportedly been involved in illicit gambling and online fraud factories in Myanmar, associated with illicit drug production and transnational organized crime groups operating in and around the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia. In December 2020, the U.S. sanctioned Wan under the Global Magnitsky Act.

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