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	Nam Cam
		Truong Van Cam (1948–June 3, 2004) (Vietnamese: Trương Văn Cam), better known as Nam Cam (English translation: Fifth Orange) was a famous Vietnamese gangster and former soldier in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, South Vietnam.
		Nam Cam was a devout anti-communist, and he remained in Vietnam during the Fall of Saigon, to help defend South Vietnam from the invading North Vietnamese army and their Viet Cong agents.
		On June 3, 2004, Nam Cam was executed in Long Binh prison by firing squad, along with his four Captains Pham Van Minh, Nguyen Huu Thinh, Chau Phat Lai Em and Nguyen Viet Hung.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/n/na/nam_cam.html (712 words)

	Nam Cam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Truong Van Cam (1948–June 3, 2004) (Vietnamese: Trương Văn Cam), better known as Nam Cam (English translation: Fifth Orange) was a famous Vietnamese gangster and former soldier in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, South Vietnam.
		When Nam Cam was 15 years old, he was arrested for stabbing a man to death in a fight.
		Nam Cam was a devout anti-communist, and he remained in Vietnam during the Fall of Saigon, to help defend South Vietnam from the invading North Vietnamese army and their Viet Cong agents.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nam_Cam (646 words)

	A Cinderella Tale from Vietnam: the Story of Tam and Cam
		The step-mother adored Cam--for Cam was the name of the baby girl--and she told her husband so many lies about poor Tam that he would not have anything more to do with the latter.
		The step-mother and Cam could not bear to see her happy and would have killed her most willingly, but they were too afraid of the King to do so.
		Cam became jealous of the bird, and sought her mother's advice about it.
	www.pitt.edu /~dash/tam.html (2420 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Vietnam executes alleged crime kingpin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Nam Cam, 57, whose real name is Truong Van Cam, was the kingpin of Ho Chi Minh City's underworld, using restaurants as fronts for brothels and gambling dens, after starting his life as a dockworker and later a fighter for the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese army.
		Nam Cam's trial exposed close ties between his mafia and members of the Communist Party -- embarrassing a leadership that prided itself on being tough on corruption.
		Nam Cam was convicted of several charges, including ordering the death of a rival gang member, running gambling dens and bribery.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2004/06/03/vietnam_executes_alleged_crime_kingpin (471 words)

	Vietnam mafia boss executed ... - Jun. 04, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Nam Cam, more formally known as Truong Van Cam, was found guilty last June of ordering the assassination of a rival underworld figure and bribing state officials to protect his criminal network.
		Nam Cam, a former South Vietnamese army veteran, ran gambling dens, restaurants, brothels and protection rackets during his decade-long reign as Ho Chi Minh City "godfather" until he was arrested in December 2001.
		Humiliated and enraged by her gall, Nam Cam is then said to have given the order for her to be killed.
	www.inq7.net /wnw/2004/jun/04/text/wnw_6-1-p.htm (565 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Reputed crime boss in Vietnam convicted of slaying, other crimes
		Nam Cam is accused of running a criminal empire complete with gambling dens, hotels and restaurants that fronted for brothels.
		The two men allegedly had sought Nam Cam's early release in the 1990s from a labor camp where he was serving time on earlier charges.
		Nam Cam's wife, Phan Thi Truc, was found guilty of giving bribes, loan sharking and sheltering criminals, which carries up to 20 years in jail.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20030604-0148-vietnam-gangsterstrial.html (537 words)

	SBS - The World News
		Cam was found guilty on June 4 of ordering the assassination of a rival underworld figure and bribing state officials to protect his criminal network.
		Cam appealed his two death sentences and also asked for the death penalty imposed for bribery to be reduced to a custodial sentence.
		Cam ran gambling dens, restaurants, brothels and protection rackets during his decade-long reign as the city's crime kingpin until he was arrested in December 2001.
	www9.sbs.com.au /theworldnews/region.php?id=71818®ion=2 (348 words)

	Court sets out to free a city of corruption - theage.com.au
		The hit was traced to Nam Cam, and Vietnamese authorities began to move against the mob boss, ending his generation-long reign and unravelling an extensive criminal network that reached the upper echelons of the ruling Communist Party.
		According to their accounts, Nam Cam began his criminal career at a young age, and was sentenced to three years in prison for murder when he was 15.
		In August 2001, one of Nam Cam's lieutenants was killed, allegedly at the direction of a Taiwanese criminal who had been Dung Ha's business partner.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/03/09/1047144868386.html (945 words)

	Thanhnien News
		Vietnamese godfather Nam Cam (L) A former top prosecutor of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 4 was arrested by city police in the afternoon of Nov. 3 for alleged association with the notorious Nam Cam mafia crime gang.
		Tho, the number-two man in Nam Cam’s crime ring, was detained in neighboring Dong Nai Province on August 15 after two years on the loose.
		Nam Cam was also believed to have control of other criminal activities including drug trafficking, loan sharking and illegal nightclub operations.
	www.thanhniennews.com /print.php?catid=3&newsid=3034 (443 words)

	THE “NAM CAM” GANG
		Last year, Nam Cam was arrested and officially prosecuted on several counts that include: mastermind in murders, assaults, usury, gambling den operation and bribery.
		Nam Cam, or “Cam the fifth sibling,” full name Truong Van Cam, had been an RVN dishonorably discharged soldier in Qui Nhon before 1975 with a history of law breaking.
		Other observers think that the crack down on Nam Cam Gang and his accomplices is a scheme of Nong Duc Manh, the current general secretary and those siding with him to consolidate his throne.
	www.vietquoc.com /news2002/na051802.htm (1285 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - International - All bets off on the death of Vietnam's Mr Big (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Nam Cam’s arrest just over a year ago revealed just how close he was to those in power.
		Nam Cam’s criminal gang was a family affair.
		However, others argue Nam Cam, a former dockworker born in then French-ruled Saigon in 1947, had over-played his hand and that crooks who are smart enough to keep a low profile will not be worried by his show trial.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=258372003 (736 words)

	Vietnam mafia boss gets death for murder, bribery - Jun. 06, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		HO CHI MINH CITY -Vietnamese mafia boss Nam Cam was sentenced to death for murder and bribery by a court here Thursday after a trial that exposed a web of corruption at the heart of the Communist government.
		Nam Cam's wife Phan Tri Truc was handed a 20-year sentence for bribery, harboring fugitives and usury.
		During his decade-long reign as the city's "godfather," Nam Cam ran gambling dens, restaurants, brothels and protection rackets, raking in an estimated two million dollars a month.
	www.inq7.net /wnw/2003/jun/06/wnw_5-1.htm (448 words)

	Mafioso Nam Cam executed
		HCM CITY — The mafia boss Nam Cam and his four accomplices were executed by a firing squad on Thursday, following the 2001 corruption scandal that involved 150 people.
		The execution took place at Long Binh execution ground in HCM City’s District 9, after the appeal was rejected by President Tran Duc Luong on May 7.
		Nam Cam—Truong Van Cam is his official name—was handed two death penalties for murder and bribery at the appeals court last October.
	vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn /2004-06/04/Stories/09.htm (100 words)

	VOA News Report
		Nam Cam, whose real name is Truong Van Cam, will face a firing squad.
		According to testimony in the trial, Nam Cam, the king of Ho Chi Minh City's underworld, ran an empire that was raking in two-million dollars a month through nightclubs, gambling and protection money.
		Nam Cam was arrested in late 2001 in what the government hailed as a blow against organized crime.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/06/mil-030605-20d07f48.htm (410 words)

	Vietnam disrupts crime network, but will reforms follow? \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In the case of Nam Cam, whose alleged crimes have been presented at great length by the state media since his arrest in December 2001, it was a spate of murders that sent alarm bells ringing in Hanoi, Vietnam's seat of power.
		Two rival gangsters were slain, reportedly on Nam Cam's orders, shining a light on his seedy criminal empire that ranged from backstreet casinos to cross-border smuggling and protection rackets.
		Some speculate that Nam Cam's downfall may be linked to a political power struggle at the top, and that his criminal reach is much higher than the officials paraded before the court last week.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0304/p07s02-woap.htm (1034 words)

	Nam Co on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Nam Tai Electronics, Inc.'s Subsidiary, Nam Tai Electronic and Electrical Products Limited Announces Placing and Public Offer Allotment Results; Placing and Public Offer Are 4 Times and 3.8 Times Covered Respectively.
		Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. Q3 Sales Up 48.1%, Operating Income Up 29.4%, EPS $0.44 Up 120%.
		Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. Raises Annual Dividend From $0.40 to $0.48 - Dividends of $0.12 to Be Paid Quarterly -.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/n/namc1o.asp (297 words)

	CNN.com - Death for Vietnam mafia boss - Jun. 5, 2003
		Truong Van Cam, popularly known as Nam Cam (fifth orange), showed no emotion when the sentence was passed in Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court.
		Nam Cam's wife and son-in-law were also sentence, both for 20 years, and his daughter Truong Thi Lan imprisoned for six years.
		"The Nam Cam scandal is the mother of all corruption scandals," Carlyle Thayer, a Vietnam expert at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, told The Associated Press.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/05/vietnam.trial (520 words)

	[vnforum] Politiburo Member Reprimanded Over Vietnam Gangster Scandal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Gangster Truong Van Cam, alias "Nam Cam," faces charges in February together with some high-powered public figures over a corruption scandal that has already been a huge embarassment for the communist regime.
		According to press reports, Nam Cam received help from officials in Vietnam's commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City as he allegedly organized assassinations, drug trafficking, prostitution, gambling and other rackets.
		Nam Cam was first arrested in 1995 in the former Saigon, but released 30 months later following the intervention of top-level cadres.
	www.saigon.com:8081 /pipermail/vnforum/2003-January/000787.html (375 words)

	cam on Encyclopedia.com
		CAM [cam] mechanical device for converting a rotating motion into a reciprocating, or back-and-forth, motion, or for changing a simple motion into a complex one.
		A simple form of cam is a circular disk set eccentrically on a shaft in order to induce (when the shaft rotates) a rising and falling motion in a rod or some other moving part held against its edge.
		There are cams of many diverse shapes, e.g., oval, elliptical, and scalloped-edged, each shape being designed to induce the particular kind of motion required in a moving part.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/c/cam.asp (314 words)

	155 suspects prosecuted for 24 charges in Nam Cam case
		HANOI - The Supreme People's Procuracy on Monday gave indictments to 155 suspects implicated in the underworld Nam Cam gang, sources from the agency said, adding that the suspects were prosecuted for 24 charges.
		Truong Van Cam (nickname Nam Cam) was charged with seven offences such as murder, assault, gambling, organising gambling, bribery, aiding and abetting criminals, and organising illegal emigration.
		In connection with securing the release of Nam Cam in 1995, Tran Mai Hanh, former Director General of the Voice of Viet Nam Radio, was prosecuted on charges of bribery and disclosure of work secrets.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /patrick.guenin/cantho/vnnews/nccase.htm (337 words)

	Police nab Nam Cam’s ‘right arm’
		Tho was a close associate of the crime boss Nam Cam, who was executed early this year.
		Tho, considered the ‘right arm’ of the crime boss Truong Van Cam, alias Nam Cam, is also his nephew.
		Nguyen Huu Thinh, Tho’s son, was also given the death penalty at the Nam Cam crime trial.
	vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn /2004-08/18/Stories/07.htm (150 words)

	Vietnam Awaits Corruption Trial Outcome (phillyBurbs.com) \| Asia
		Vietnam's media have closely followed the case since the defendant, better known as Nam Cam, was arrested in December 2001 on seven charges, including ordering the slaying of a rival gang member, gambling and giving bribes.
		The Nam Cam case has also tarnished the reputation of Ho Chi Minh City and aids their more conservative political opponents based in Hanoi in the north, Thayer said.
		Nam Cam is accused of running a business empire in the southern city, with gambling dens, hotels and restaurants that fronted for brothels.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/90-06032003-100895.html (672 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Nam Cam: Vietnam's Godfather
		Born to a poor family in the former Saigon in 1947, Nam Cam's first brush with the law came at the age of 15, when he was arrested for killing a man during a fight.
		The father of eight children, Nam Cam is known throughout the city's underworld as an inveterate gambler and womaniser.
		In return Nam Cam is said to have ordered her death.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/2794607.stm (411 words)

	Wanted: lawyer for Vietnam mafia don
		HANOI - It might be the biggest criminal case ever in Vietnam, but lawyers are apparently gun shy of representing the star defendant, mob king Nam Cam.
		Truong Van Cam, accused of ordering the killing of a rival gang member, gambling, extortion and fraud, is expected to stand trial in his home turf of Ho Chi Minh City in early December, but so far no lawyers have agreed to defend him, state-run media said.
		Cam, known by his alias Nam Cam (five orange), is one of three defendants who have been turned down by communist Vietnam's legal elite.
	pro.wanadoo.fr /patrick.guenin/cantho/vnnews/don.htm (295 words)

	VNY2K - Vietngu2020: Ziendan TiengViet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Outsiders viewed the trial, involving 155 defendants in three courtrooms, as scripted theater that reflected a tug of war between Nam Cam, the government and the Communist Party.
		Both were found guilty of taking bribes to help Nam Cam get an early release from a labor camp in the mid 1990s.
		Nam Cam's attorney said the trial was the most freedom he has enjoyed representing a client in a country where judges typically interrupt or silence defense lawyers.
	vny2k.net /ZiendanTiengViet/print.asp?id=156 (691 words)

	Vietnam to rush notorious mob gang to trial
		Truong Vinh Trong, a secretary of the ruling Communist Party, told the official Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper investigators were accelerating their probe into Truong Van Cam, or Nam Cam, and his gang in order to open a trial in July.
		He did not give further details of the case, but the setting of a court timetable follows criticism in the official media of delays in bringing Nam Cam to trial after he was arrested late last year.
		Cam, Vietnam's most famous alleged mob godfather who local media say was once jailed for beating someone almost to death, is in custody with about 60 members of his gang.
	pro.wanadoo.fr /patrick.guenin/cantho/vnnews/mob.htm (309 words)

	Vietnam's Big Time Gangster is sentenced to Death (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Truong Van Cam, known as Nam Cam, will face a firing squad along with five associates for spinning a web of bribery, gambling and murder that entangled officials high in the government.
		Outsiders viewed the trial, involving 155 defendants in three courtrooms, as scripted theater that reflected a tug of war involving Nam Cam, the government and the Communist Party.
		Nam Cam, 56, a former dockworker and veteran of the army of South Vietnam, ran a criminal empire in the country's largest city until his arrest in December 2001.
	www.streetgangs.com /topics/2003/060602viet.html (443 words)

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