White devil

By Bob Halloran

Subjects: Organized crime, Biography, Boston (mass.), social conditions, Gangsters, Asian American criminals, Chinese American gangs, Social conditions, Criminals, united states, Criminals, 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.--