TY - BOOK N2 - The rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss--Sister Ping--and the intricate human trafficking network she created from her business in New York City's Chinatown, together with a panoramic tale about the gangland gunslingers who worked for her, the immigration and law enforcement officials who pursued her, and the generation of penniless immigrants who risked death to realize their own version of the American dream. AB - The rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss--Sister Ping--and the intricate human trafficking network she created from her business in New York City's Chinatown, together with a panoramic tale about the gangland gunslingers who worked for her, the immigration and law enforcement officials who pursued her, and the generation of penniless immigrants who risked death to realize their own version of the American dream. T1 - The snakehead :an epic tale of the Chinatown underworld and the American dream / DA - c2009. CY - New York : AU - Keefe, Patrick Radden, ET - 1st ed. CN - HQ281 CN - HQ281 PB - Doubleday, PP - New York : PY - c2009. ID - 338573 KW - Human trafficking KW - Illegal aliens KW - Human smuggling SN - 9780385521307 SN - 0385521308 TI - The snakehead :an epic tale of the Chinatown underworld and the American dream / LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2008050049-b.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2008050049-d.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2008050049-s.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2008050049-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2008050049-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2008050049-s.html ER -