Police crack down to cut flow of cash into prostitution, people smuggling, drugs, extortion
Triads are making $1.7 million a day out of hard-core pornography in the 'most visible and tangible evidence' of organised crime activity in the city, it has been revealed.
The $6 billion-a-year industry is 'highly lucrative' for the 14K and Wo Shing Wo triads, police say.
And it is being used to fund large-scale drug production and trafficking, people smuggling, prostitution and extortion rackets.
Based on the latest official figures, this equates to about 17,000 customers a day each paying the going rate - about $100 for six discs - for pirated hard-core films in Mongkok's black market.
Police have launched a 'zero-tolerance crackdown' in the problem areas of Sino Centre, Ho King Commercial Centre and Sim City.