Sister Ping | |
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鄭翠萍 | |
 Sister Ping, date unknown | |
| Born | January 9, 1949 |
| Died | April 24, 2014 (aged 65) |
| Resting place | Kensico Cemetery |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Occupation(s) | Red Guard leader, shopkeeper, human smuggler |
| Years active | 1984 until 2000 |
| Organization | Fuk Ching (Snakeheads) |
| Criminal status | Convicted |
| Spouse | Cheung Yick |
| Children | 4 |
| Criminal charge | human trafficking, hostage taking, money laundering, trafficking in ransom proceeds |
| Penalty | 35 years in prison |
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| Traditional Chinese | 鄭翠萍 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 郑翠萍 | ||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 萍姐 | ||||||||||||
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Cheng Chui Ping (traditional Chinese: 鄭翠萍; simplified Chinese: 郑翠萍; January 9, 1949 – April 24, 2014), also known as Sister Ping (Chinese: 萍姐), was a Chinese woman who ran a human smuggling operation bringing people from China into the United States between 1984 and 2000. Operating from Chinatown, Manhattan, Ping oversaw a snakehead smuggling ring which brought as many as 3,000 Chinese into the United States, earning her more than $40 million.[1] The United States Department of Justice called Ping "one of the first, and ultimately most successful, alien smugglers of all time."[2]
Born and raised in Fujian province, Ping moved to Hong Kong in 1974, and then New York City in 1981. She was arrested in Hong Kong in 2000 and extradited to the United States in 2003.[3] In 2006, she was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison, and remained there until her death.
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DOJ-PRwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Preston, Julia (2006-03-17). "Ringleader Gets 35-Year Term in Smuggling of Immigrants". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-23.