It cannot be denied, however, that organized crime wields enormous clout in Taiwan, even to the point where it can stand up in defiance of political parties and the government itself. Promises to weed out the influence of organized crime have been made on numerous occasions in the past, but they have all come to nothing.
然而不可諱言，國內黑金勢力盤根錯節，隱然已成龐然怪物，足以和政黨、甚至政府機制相抗拮，導致過去多年來屢次聲言要剷除黑金都無法成功。