 Operating in an extensive transnational black market, Snakeheads reap considerable profits from their smuggling operations and both are regarded and consider themselves not as criminals but as resourceful guides.The earliest snakeheads went into business around the 1970s ferrying customers from Fuzhou or Changle into Hong Kong.Today, Snakehead operations have expanded enormously into other countries; however, the majority of Snakehead customers still originate from the Fujian province in China.