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Downtown Express
,
118–119

drive-by shootings,
229
,
231
,
233

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),
166
,
217

drugs, drug trafficking,
229

federal law-enforcement policies on,
165–166
,
217

heroin trade,
52
,
191–192
,
289

Eastern District of New York, United States District Attorney's Office for:

Green Dragons case developed by,
233

RICO statutes used by,
190–191
,
192

White Mare narcotics cases prosecuted by,
191–192

see also
Vinegrad, Alan

EconoLodge,
184
,
186
,
187

Edwards, Cliff,
203–204
,
207–208

E-5 Communications,
68

Eldorado Jewelry Store,
227

emerging crime groups,
166
,
252

Eng, Kan Wah,
75

Eng, Sammy,
75

extortion,
114
,
118
,
134–135
,
153
,
234–235
,
242
,
251
,
277

face, Asian concept of,
60

Fat Minh,
see
Do, Minh Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI):

ATF vs.,
165
,
217

Cosa Nostra
investigations handled by,
166

Green Dragon case developed by,
232
,
233

White Mare narcotics operation of,
191–192

Ferraro, Geraldine,
84

films, gangster wars depicted in,
72–73
,
200

Five Dragons,
83

Floyd, Pretty Boy,
98

Flushing, Chinatown gang activity in,
232

Flying Dragons,
192

BTK conflicts with,
46–48
,
53
,
57–59
,
62
,
114
,
130

Hip Sing tong allied with,
52
,
70

newer gangs vs.,
232

Pell Street area controlled by,
37

Vietnamese unit of,
37

Foochow Paul (Paul Wong),
232

Fort Chaffee,
219

Frogmen,
72

Fuk Ching,
62–63
,
87
,
288

Fukienese American Association,
87

Fukien Province, gang formed by immigrants from,
27

Gan, Ying Jing,
134
,
135
,
136–138
,
147–148
,
232

court testimony of,
277
,
285–286

husband's murder witnessed by,
153–154

marriage of,
124–128
,
137–138

police negligence charged by,
153–154

gang colors,
230

gang violence:

city government/community summit meeting on,
80–83
,
85–89

escalation of,
229
,
230
,
231
,
232

press coverage of,
72
,
89

Genovese crime family,
259

getaway cars, hired cars used as,
149–150

Ghost Shadows,
192

BTK threats to,
44
,
59
,
61–62
,
68
,
73
,
114

drive-by shooting linked to,
231

newer gangs vs.,
232

On Leong tong allied with,
52

prosecutions connected with,
37–38
,
285

rivalries within,
231

Golden Discount Trading,
147
,
150
,
152

Golden Star jewelry store, BTK robbery of,
115–119

Golden Star tea room, shootings at,
70

Golden Triangle, narcotics production and,
191
,
233

Golden Venture
,
288
,
289

Gotti, John,
113
,
166
,
286–287

Greater New York Vietnamese-American Community Association,
87

Greco, Joe:

at interrogation of Tinh Ngo,
139
,
140
,
141

Jersey City gun-trafficking case of,
131–132
,
133
,
160

Major Case Squad liaison arranged by,
131–132
,
138

Green Dragons,
136
,
232–233
,
287
,
288

Gun Control Act (1968),
165

guns:

BTK supplies of,
106
,
131
,
133
,
185–186
,
187
,
188
,
190
,
202
,
209
,
269

increased sophistication of,
229

purchase requirements for,
106

widespread availability of,
230

guon xi
,
84

Hai (BTK member),
77
,
149

Hai, Tang,
251

Hamilton, Alexander,
165

Hannum, Phil,
101

Hardboiled
,
73

Hau Giang, wartime devastation of,
18

Hawaii Dat,
see
Nguyen, Dat

heroin trade,
52
,
191–192
,
289

Hip Sing tong:

leadership of,
68
,
69

youth gangs associated with,
52
,
69–71

Hobbs Act,
267

Ho Chi Minh,
219

Holiday Inn,
185
,
186

home invasions,
100

Hong,
see
Nguyen,

Jimmy Hong, LV,
156

arrests of,
136
,
267
,
286

BTK member beaten up by,
168
,
170
,
171
,
172
,
214
,
215
,
272

as Canal Street
dai low
,
135
,
168
,
170

merchant's identification of,
136
,
137
,
138
,
149
,
154

physical appearance of,
135

prosecution of,
276

surveillance of,
254
,
255
,
256

Hong Kong gangster movies,
72–73
,
200

Hoover, J. Edgar,
165

Huynh, Johnny,
168–170
,
214

Huynh, Richie,
71

IAACI,
see
International Association of Asian Crime Investigators

illegal aliens, smuggling of,
63
,
82

Immigration Act (1965),
49

Immigration and Naturalization Service,
187

“Immortal Love Poems” (Thai),
274

Intel-series computer chips, heist of,
222

Internal Revenue Service,
165
,
215

International Association of Asian Crime

Investigators (IAACI),
101
,
133–134
,
291

Ivester, Kathy,
103
,
106
,
209

Jabil Circuit Company,
221–222

Jade Squad,
60–64
,
85

Jagmohan, Margaret,
214

Jagmohan, Nigel:

BTK disciplinary procedures against,
168
,
170–171
,
172
,
173
,
180
,
214
,
224
,
272

at Canal Street robbery,
168–170
,
214–215

ethnic background of,
171

evidence given by,
214–215
,
272

Jamaican gangs:

ATF investigations on,
132–133
,
138–139
,
166

RICO prosecution used against,
190–191

jewelry-store robberies:

ATF-NYPD thwarting of,
225–227

Golden Star heist,
115–119

Sun Wa heist,
103
,
107–113
,
162
,
203
,
204–205
,
208

unauthorized,
168–170
,
214–215

Jungle Man,
see
Ngo, Hoang Justice Department, U.S. agency divisions within,
166

Kam Lum,
70

Kel transmitters,
175

Kha Manh,
20
,
21
.

Khmer Rouge,
19
,
108
,
206
,
207

Killer, The
,
72–73

Kim Bo restaurant,
130

Kinh Do restaurant,
241–242
,
244
,
255

Koch, Edward I.,
84

kong su
,
70

Korean gangs,
27

Kroboth, Al,
7–8

Kumor, Dan:

as ATF liaison with NYPD,
132
,
138–141

baseball game attended by,
209–212

bombing plan thwarted by,
245–252

brutal disciplinary actions reported to,
172–173
,
180

BTK arrests and,
184–185
,
187–190
,
221
,
222
,
223
,
264
,
266–269

career background of,
132–133
,
164
,
166
,
248

Doraville shooting reported to,
162–163
,
166–167

family background of,
138
,
209
,
210–211

FBI rival case and,
231–232
,
233–234

Georgia gang activities investigated by,
202–203
,
204–209
,
213

hidden recording device arranged by,
173–176
,
180
,
193

at interrogations of Tinh Ngo,
138
,
139–140
,
159–160
,
161–163
,
277

Jagmohan's statement obtained by,
214

Mafia connection investigated by,
252–253
,
256–257
,
259

Oldham's relationship with,
139
,
183
,
215

personnel problems handled by,
215–218
,
267

Philadelphia childhood of,
209
,
210–211

physical appearance of,
162

private life of,
181
,
189
,
210–211

prosecutorial evidence assembled by,
271

racketeering prosecution sought by,
190
,
208

robbery plans reported to,
180–185
,
202
,
223
,
226–227
,
253–259

Tinh Ngo's cover protected by,
187–189
,
201
,
202–203
,
228
,
260–261
,
262

Tinh Ngo's relationship with,
161–163
,
167
,
209–212
,
236
,
240
,
264–265
,
282

in Tung On investigation,
289

Vietnamese gangs researched by,
133–134

work schedule of,
181

Lai, Paul,
87
,
290

Lai, Thanh,
47–48

Lai, Tung,
98

Bridgeport operations and,
93
,
94
,
95

fingerprint evidence against,
208

at jewelry-store heist,
107–112
,
208
,
278

Lam, Michael,
40

Lam, Phat:

at BTK gathering,
40

in Connecticut BTK operations,
91
,
95
,
103

as
dai low
,
95

Lan, Uncle,
see
Tran, Lan Ngoc

Lantin, Rhona,
231

Lao-tzu,
11

Latino gangs,
230

Lau, Manson,
87

Le, Triet,
160–161

Lee, Douglas:

background of,
59–61

David Thai surveillance and,
61
,
62–64

prosecutorial witnesses gathered by,
273

Lee, Virgo,
80–83
,
85–88
,
113

Lim, Kim Lee,
107
,
108
,
110
,
205–207
,
208
,
277

Lim, Odum:

background of,
206–207

BTK robbery of,
107–109
,
208

courtroom testimony of,
277
,
285–286

government investigators aided by,
204
,
205–207

shooting of,
109–110
,
112
,
162
,
163
,
203
,
206
,
209
,
278

Lin, Shiauh-Wei,
154

Little Cobra (BTK member),
98

arrest of,
116–117

Bridgeport robberies and,
96
,
97

at BTK funeral,
1

evidence gathered against,
208

at Golden Star robbery,
116

prosecutorial evidence given by,
272

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