Title: Financing Illegal Migration Chinese Underground Banks And Human Smuggling In New York City
Description: This unique study explores the relationship between informal financial systems, illegal migration and human smuggling. Focusing on Chinese illegal immigrants working in the US, it examines the motivation and patterns of the use of illegal fund transfer systems, providing a revealing insight into the workings of Chinese underground banks.

"This seminal work on underground banks in New York's Chinatown sheds light not only on the inner workings of a secretive banking system, but also on the broader issues of human smuggling, organized crime, and national security. Through the examination of the transnational movement of money, Linda Shuo Zhao provides a rich and nuanced account of the lives of smuggled Chinese in the United States."--Ko-lin Chin, Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, USA
Subjects: Illegal aliens, Chinese, united states, Human smuggling, Emigration and immigration, Informal sector (economics), Financial institutions, Chinese Banks and banking, Organized crime, Chinese, Finance, Noncitizens, Illegal immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Aliens, Chinesen, Finanzierung, Illegale Einwanderung, Organisiertes Verbrechen, China, Illegale Migration, Informeller Finanzsektor, New York, Organisierte Kriminalität, Crime