White devil
Subtitle: the true story of the first white Asian crime boss
By: Bob Halloran
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781940363790
Subjects: Organized crime; Gangsters; Chinese American gangs; Asian American criminals; Social conditions; Biography
Description: "In 2013, "Bac Guai" John Willis, aka White Devil, was sentenced for drug trafficking and money laundering ... was "leader of a vast conspiracy." Journalist Bob Halloran tells the tale of the only white man to rise through the ranks in the Chinese mafia. Willis began as an enforcer. ... Abandoned, alone ... his mother dying [at] 16 years old, he was picked up by a man he once rescued from a fight. Soon he [met] ... Chinese [and other Asian] mobster friends and started working for them.--