Lan Zhanfei was robbed, and the behind-the-scenes mastermind is the 'Fuqing Gang'?
Let's chat about a gossip, without specific evidence, just take it as a story.
The incident started when the big internet celebrity Lan Zhanfei was robbed in South Africa.
This group of robbers started their layout six months in advance. They are very capable, on one hand, they bribed people from the airline, thoroughly understanding the flight information of Lan Zhanfei from Kenya to Cape Town, and on the other hand, even hotel staff were bribed by them.
On the night of the incident at twelve o'clock, the robbers directly used a room card to unlock Lan Zhanfei's door, and reportedly this was a five-star hotel.
The person who broke in was a man with a Chinese face, accompanied by two black assistants, all holding knives. Lan Zhanfei was asleep at the time and was easily controlled.
In the next four to five hours, the robbers not only drained his bank card and Alipay funds but also forced him to operate his phone to apply for various online loans, even collecting his fingerprints, hair, saliva, and other personal biological information. If Lan Zhanfei reported to the police, they could use this evidence to fabricate a rape case, allowing the local police to arrest Lan Zhanfei first.
After everything was done, the robbers gave Lan Zhanfei an ultimatum: he must buy a plane ticket to return home for eight o'clock the next morning, or else they would kill him. The purpose of doing this was to prevent him from reporting to the police in South Africa.
The above information was extracted based on public reports, and my first reaction was that from the perspective of professionalism and organization, this case is definitely not a simple random kidnapping or robbery.
Ordinary people may have the courage to commit a crime, but to have connections in aviation and hotels, with such skilled techniques, and even think of using legal loopholes to counter the victim, this is certainly not something an ordinary petty thief can do.
They must be particularly familiar with the social environment in South Africa, and may even have relatively reliable protection in the local area, with the possibility of a shadow of organized crime behind them.
So, does South Africa have organized crime?
I checked and found that South Africa, although considered relatively developed and stable in Africa, has a terrible public security situation, with a crime rate even higher than some war-torn countries.
There are many gangs in the country, with local traditional gangs like 'Americans' and 'Difficult Life' active in towns and communities in Cape Town, being important sources of violence; the 'Black Axe Gang' deeply involved in online fraud and drug smuggling, closely related to local officials; the 'Construction Gang' and 'Water Cart Mafia' controlling economic industries, collecting 'protection fees' everywhere.
Of course, the likelihood of those mentioned above directly participating in the robbery of Lan Zhanfei is small. Even if Lan Zhanfei has many fans, they are mostly Chinese, and foreigners wouldn't have started targeting him six months ago.
So, is there a gang in the local area mainly composed of Chinese or people of Chinese descent?
Upon checking, there really is.
The largest Chinese criminal gang in the area is called the 'Fuqing Gang', and this gang has a significant background.
Since the 1990s, a large number of residents from China's southeastern coastal areas began to go to South Africa to seek fortune, mostly making a living by running supermarkets and small businesses.
Due to the turbulent situation in South Africa at that time, these Chinese merchants often carried large amounts of cash, making them easy targets for robbery and kidnapping.
Some people, for self-protection or to take advantage of the chaos, began to form alliances, gradually forming the 'Fuqing Gang'.
After 2010, the 'Fuqing Gang' in South Africa grew stronger, even beginning to commit crimes across borders, initially mainly collecting protection fees, later developing into carjackings, in-store robberies, and kidnapping for ransom, with most victims being Chinese in Africa.
Even now in South Africa, wherever there are Chinese people, there are traces of the Fuqing Gang.
In fact, not only in South Africa, but many countries worldwide have the 'Fuqing Gang', and their influence is not small. They even dare to challenge the Yamaguchi-gumi in Japan.
Based on the style of this crime, technical means, and meticulousness, the Fuqing Gang is the biggest suspect.
However, it must be emphasized again that the above is merely a personal guess based on public information, without conclusive evidence, and everything should still be based on official reports.
