Mike Moy says he was a gang member in New York City's Chinatown. He was recruited at his school's gates and then got involved in a gang in the 1970s. Moy claims he was involved in gambling houses, counterfeit money, bootleg kung fu movies, gunrunning, and credit-card fraud. He then joined the New York City Police Department as an officer in 1995 and worked there for 26 years. Moy discusses the Chinatown gang's links with the Italian Mafia and how extortion worked. He talks about the locations of safe houses in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan, and the secret smuggling tunnels around the city. Moy founded the YouTube channel Chinatown Gang Stories, where he speaks with former gang members about their lives. Find more of Moy's interviews here: null https://www.instagram.com/chinatowngangstories/ 00:00 Introduction 00:35 Chapter 1 | The Rivalries 02:09 Chapter 2 | The Money 04:45 Chapter 3 | The Weapons 05:36 Chapter 4 | Smuggling Tunnels 07:13 Chapter 5 | The Recruitment 08:54 Chapter 6 | The Hierarchy 10:09 Chapter 7 | Changing Times 11:48 Chapter 8 | Becoming a Cop 14:34 Chapter 9 | The Aftermath MORE HOW CRIME WORKS VIDEOS: How 8 Crimes Actually Work (From Bank Robbery to the New York Mafia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jr6gpZ_x8w How Investigating A Serial Killer Actually Works | How Crime Works | Insider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHLYtKi0xJI How The Triads (Hong Kong Mafia) Actually Work | How Crime Works | Insider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzZF9krC34M ------------------------------------------------------ #ChinatownGangs #HowCrimeWorks #Insider #Researched Insider is great journalism about what passionate people actually want to know. That’s everything from news to food, celebrity to science, politics to sports and all the rest. It’s smart. It’s fearless. It’s fun. We push the boundaries of digital storytelling. Our mission is to inform and inspire. Visit our homepage for the top stories of the day: https://www.insider.com/ Insider on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/insider Insider on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insider Insider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisisinsider Insider on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Insider/2708030621 Insider on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@insider How New York Chinatown Gangs Actually Work | How Crime Works | Insider