out in vancouver and the markham/toronto area they in no way face the same scrutiny. the chinese groups especially mostly because they are not necessarily just criminals. the major chinese criminals are similar to russian criminals of the 1980's and 1990's. the chinese are a mix of criminal,member of the intelligence community,former police or army with connections to communist party and in some cases political parties in canada. a little off topic for this thread i know but the chinese ability to infiltrate levels of power in canada is far greater than the mafias.