Flying Dragons gang leader Johnny Eng faces so many separate counts of heroin smuggling that prosecutors from various jurisdictions have to join forces. But Eng’s defense lawyers ably attack the government’s cooperating witnesses in court. And Beryl faces a personal deadline that might make sticking around to the end of the trial impossible.

For more check out: 

Gerald Posner’s book Warlords of Crime.

Fredric Dannen’s pieces in The New Yorker, "Revenge of the Green Dragons” and “Defending the Mafia.”

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Flying Dragons gang leader Johnny Eng faces so many separate counts of heroin smuggling that prosecutors from various jurisdictions have to join forces. But Eng&rsquo;s defense lawyers ably attack the government&rsquo;s cooperating witnesses in court. And Beryl faces a personal deadline that might make sticking around to the end of the trial impossible.
For more check out:&nbsp;
Gerald Posner&rsquo;s book&nbsp;<a href="https://www.posner.com/warlords-of-crime">Warlords of Crime</a>.
Fredric Dannen&rsquo;s pieces in&nbsp;The New Yorker, <a href="https://www.ledegraf.com/classic-new-yorker/revenge-of-the-green-dragons/">"Revenge of the Green Dragons</a>&rdquo; and <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1994/02/21/defending-the-mafia">&ldquo;Defending the Mafia.&rdquo;</a>
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In the late 1980s, a group of women connected through the mahjong parlors in Manhattan’s Chinatown were caught in a massive undercover drug bust. This bust was just the beginning of an even bigger case. Host Lidia Jean Kott and co-reporter Shuyu Wang interview sources who’ve never spoken on record before, including witnesses, defendants, and federal prosecutors, to reconstruct a case that still has repercussions today.

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In the late 1980s, a group of women connected through the mahjong parlors in Manhattan&rsquo;s Chinatown were caught in a massive undercover drug bust. This bust was just the beginning of an even bigger case. Host Lidia Jean Kott and co-reporter Shuyu Wang interview sources who&rsquo;ve never spoken on record before, including witnesses, defendants, and federal prosecutors, to reconstruct a case that still has repercussions today.
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The Chinatown Sting

Episode 5: The Mastermind

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