All language subtitles for 02-Law.and.Order.Special.Victims.Unit.S06E02.Debt.720p.WEB-HD.x264-eng

(male announcer)
In the criminal justice system,

sexually based offenses

are considered
especially heinous.

In New York City,

the dedicated detectives

who investigate
these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad

known as
the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

I got six of my own
plus 11 grandkids.

I know
when something's not right.

How long has the baby
been screaming like that?

All day.

My husband's been super
for 30 years.

Always been a nice building.
Good families.

The woman in 2D.
How long she lived here?

Mrs. Wu?
Couple of years.

Always nice and quiet.

Don't speak a lot
of English though.

Mrs. Wu, police.

Everything okay in there?

Someone's moving.
Give me the key.

[baby screaming]

Mrs. Wu!
Hello?

Closet.

[baby screaming]

(Tanner)
No sign of the mother

and the little girl
only speaks Chinese.

Got that covered.

You know their names?

Landlady says
the baby's Suzie.

This is Hannah.

Hannah.

[in Mandarin]
My name is George.
I'm here to help you.

[responding in Mandarin]

Please find my mama.

Honey, is this your mama?

[Huang translates]

(Benson)
Where did your mama go?

[Huang translates]

[Hannah responds in Mandarin]

(Huang)
Mama locked the door

and said
give the baby a bottle

when the hand
points to the red.

Every three hours.

[speaking in Mandarin]

(Huang)
I used up all the milk.

Suzie was crying.

I gave her some crackers,
but she kept crying.

(Benson)
How long has your mama
been gone?

[Huang translates]

[responds in Mandarin]

A really, really long time.

(Stabler)
You know, I'd say

judging from the empty
formula bottles,

that mama's been gone
a week.

Mother's name is Jiao Wu.

Illegal immigrant.

No criminal record.

We checked jails,
hospitals.

No sign of her
in the system.

No husband in the picture.

ACS know the family?

No. And they said
it's gonna take a couple days

to find a Chinese
foster home.

Well, she taught
her six-year-old

how to feed the baby.

Left a supply of formula.

Sounds like she planned
on being gone quite a while.

Probably shackin' up
with a boyfriend.

It's the number one reason
for home alones.

You know, if that landlady
had not called the cops,

those kids coulda died.

They're ready.

(Benson)
Okay, Hannah,

I need you to think
really hard.

Did your mama say
where she was going?

[Huang translates]

[Hannah responds in Mandarin]

To meet a man.

Do you know the man?

[translates]

No. Has her mama
left them alone before?

[translates]

[responds]

Auntie Li Mei
usually watches us.

(Benson)
Does your mom

have other friends?

[Huang translates]

[responds in Mandarin]

Miss Penny.

She works at the market
next door.

(Miss Penny)
Jiao has a sister,

but I never met her.

Do you know where she lives?

She didn't say.

Jiao pretty much kept
to herself.

(Stabler)
Keep her boyfriend
to herself?

(Miss Penny)
Why?

Because she left her two kids
alone for a week.

Jiao would never leave
her kids for him.

Who was he?

Some rich white guy.

Can't blame her
for tryin' to marry for money.

For citizenship.
You ever meet him?

No.

I told her be careful.

Lotta creeps out there

like Asian women.

How did they hook up?

Dating service.

(Stabler)
You got a name?

Golden Happiness.

It's an introduction service
for Asian women.

Totally legal, detectives.

That go for your clients?

Illegal immigrants
have the right to get married.

(Stabler)
Not if it's a scam
to get a green card.

These women don't pay me
a dime.

The white guys do
and they're all citizens.

(Benson)
How much do you charge?

Flat fee.
8,000.

Guaranteed to find you a wife
or your money back.

How closely do you screen
these guys?

I check their credit.

So you could be handing over
vulnerable women to psychopaths.

Not my problem.

If they've got the dough,
I've got the girls.

Who got Jiao Wu?

Pretty girl.
A lot of guys liked her picture.

Let's see.

Lucky winner,

Howard Kendall.

Hot shot Wall Street guy.

(Benson)
Howard Kendall
has one DV assault,

a couple of calls for DWI
plus resisting arrest.

Drunk with a temper, huh?

Maybe he lost it
when he found out

Jiao only wanted him
for his money.

Can I help you?

Yeah, we're looking
for Howard Kendall.

I'm Howie.

You're the mail boy.

Who the hell are you?

Police. Why don't we talk
in your office, Howie?

Yeah, I know Jiao Wu.

We went out a couple times.

Awful fast worker, Howie.

Two, three dates with a woman
who barely speaks English

and we hear
you're getting married.
Not anymore.

We broke up.

(Benson)
Why?
Jiao's a lying bitch.

She told me she was 25.

Then I find out she's 33

with two brats.

I still would've
married her,

but then she dumped me
last week

when I told her
I was a mail clerk.

You sound like an angry guy.
Damn right.

She called the wedding off

and then she welshed
on three grand she owed me.

(Benson)
For what?
Wedding dress.

She said she couldn't return it.
I told her to leave.

You get rough with her?

Maybe I shoved her.

But not so hard
that she had to call you.

No, she didn't.
Jiao's missing.

She's probably out scammin'
some other sucker.

Or maybe you pushed her harder
than you meant to.

No, she was fine.

She called the next day

askin' for this purse
she left at my place.

I told her to come here
and get it

but she never showed.

You still got that purse?

Yeah, it's right here.

Yeah.

That's an Hermes Birkin bag.

It's gotta be $10,000 retail.

(Howie)
Must be fake.

She said she made it
at work.

(Stabler)
Where's that?

I don't know.
Some sweatshop in Chinatown.

The counterfeit squad
can help us with that.

(D'Allesandro)
Leather's good quality

but the machine stitching's
a giveaway.

Hermes bags are hand sown.
It's definitely a fake.

We got a witness that says
the bag was made locally.

Any idea by who?

We used to raid sweatshops
every week

for makin' phony hand bags,

designer jeans,
even T-shirts.

But since 9-11,

we put all our man power
into DVDs.

Bootleg movies pose a threat
to national security?

When Al-Qaeda's
selling them.

Interpol raided
a sleeper cell,

found 20,000 copies
of The Lion King.

Cheap to make.

The profit margin's
higher than drugs

and a helluva lot
less risky.

Using Mickey Mouse to fund
terrorist attacks on America.

What next?

Baby formula, brake pads.
Hell, even double-A batteries.

Best bet
to find a sweatshop

is to track it back
from the retailer.

You got
a Chinatown connection.

Let's start on Canal Street.

Nice bag.
Kate Spade.

Only $40.

Yeah, I'm lookin'
for leather.

We got a nice Coach.
$50.

Everybody has those.

I'm looking
for something really special

like Prada, Ferragamo--
Oh, do you have Hermes?

You got good taste.

How about this?

Take your pick.

I will take this one
right here.

Very nice.
For you, 300.

You got yourself a deal.

All right.

Go.

Police!
Whoa, what's goin' on?

You're under arrest
for trademark infringement.

I didn't know
they were fake.

That's funny since
the real ones cost 10 grand.

Guy gave me
a good discount.

We can get you one
on your prison term

if you tell us
where you got this bag.

They make them
over on Eldridge Street.

(Benson)
Police!

Nobody leaves!

[Policeman translates]

We're not Immigration.
We just need your help.

[Policeman translates]

We're looking
for a woman who works here.

Jiao Wu.

Jiao has not come to work
for a week.

Do you have any idea why?

No, but she's been
very upset.

Said she's been having
problems.

We heard Jiao has a sister.

Do you know her?

Jiao's missing.

We just want to speak
with her sister.

Li Mei Wu.

Works at the laundry
on Pell Street.

That's Li Mei up there.

She speak English?

Always taking classes.

Thank you.

Li Mei Wu.

Yes?

Detective Benson.
This is Detective Stabler.

We'd like to talk to you
about your sister.

Did something happen?

We don't know.

We found Hannah and Suzie
alone in the apartment.

Oh, no.
Are they all right?

Right now
they're in foster care.

How long has Jiao been gone?

(Benson)
We think about a week.

This is all a mistake.
You'll see.

Hannah feeds the baby like
she's had a lot of practice.

Does your sister leave them
alone when she goes to work?

No. No, never.

Jiao takes them
to a baby-sitter,

a woman who works night
at the factory.

She--she loves the girls.

She's a good mother.

When was the last time
you talked to her?

About two weeks ago.

We had a fight.

(Stabler)
About what?

About money.

She wanted to borrow some
and I said no.

You know why
she wanted the money?

For her wedding.

What did Hannah tell you?

Not too much.

Jiao taught Hannah
never to talk to the police.

She's afraid of Immigration.

Please let me see Hannah.

She'll talk to me.

[speaking in Mandarin]

[Mandarin]

She say
she don't know anything.

Can I take the girls home?

There's a family court hearing
the day after tomorrow.

She's lying.

That's not
what Hannah said.

She said mama went to give
the man money

for our big sister.

Jiao has another child?

Her name is Ping.

(Benson)
Where is Ping now?
I don't know.

Don't lie to us again.

Please,
if I say anything else,

they'll be killed.

(Stabler)
Li Mei, you've got
to trust me.

I am afraid.

I understand
that you're afraid.

But I can't help you,
your sister, or her daughter

unless you do trust me.

You've got to tell me
everything.

Now let's start with Ping.

How old is she?

15.

Ping was only a baby

when Jiao and her husband
came here.

They couldn't take her
on the boat.

We saved every penny
to bring her to America.

And then Jiao's husband left
and took all our money.

Where's Ping now?

I don't know.

Come on.

Hannah told you Jiao paid
the man

to bring her over here
from China.

Yes, but I don't know
if Ping is here.

And the wedding money
is for the smugglers, right?

These snakeheads
charge $50,000.

And until you pay off
the debt, they own you.

These snakeheads.
I need names.

I don't know.

Li Mei, these are the people
who have your sister.

Every second you waste
keeps us from finding her.

Please, you must believe me.
I don't know.

I-I begged her not to go.

I told her
that these people kill

if you don't pay them back.

Your sister took a huge risk.

Do you have children,
Mr. Stabler?

Yeah, I've got four.

Then...

wouldn't you deal
with murderers

to get your baby back?

(Benson)
You think the snakeheads
killed Jiao?

She's dead,
she can't repay her debt.

They kill members
of her family first

to intimidate her.

More like they stash Jiao
in some sweatshop

to work off what she owes.

Probably in Chinatown.

But nobody there
talks to outsiders.

Especially the police.

I'll take a few days,
ask around.

It doesn't matter
you know the language.

They'll make you
for a cop.

Have you got a better idea?

Use Li Mei.

You can't send her
out there alone.

(Stabler)
I wasn't planning to.

I'll go with her.

And they won't make you
for a cop.

I'm not going to be doing
any questioning.

She'll do the talking,
I'll play her boyfriend.

I'll do it.

Miss Wu,
that's against our policy.

Agent Wong will be handling
the investigation.

No, they don't know him.

They're not going to tell him
anything.

I can't allow a civilian
to be put at risk.

Fine. Then I go myself.

Jiao is my sister.

She is all I have.

I don't stop
until I find her.

Why don't we grab
a cup of coffee?

(Huang)
Don't do it, Captain.

I'll be with her
every step of the way.

The minute it gets hairy,
I'll yank her out of there.

She'll be safe.
Too dangerous.

You heard Li Mei.
She's going with or without us.

I'm there,
I can protect her.

Background information only.

The first hint of trouble,
I'm shuttin' you down.

(Li Mei)
Mr. Zhang comes
from our village in China

and runs the district
association.

My sister often comes to him
for advice.

[Li Mei greets Zhang
in Cantonese]

Who are you?

I'm with her.

You not come here
to pray.

No, Mr. Zhang.

Just to ask you
for your help.

My sister and I, we had
a stupid fight the other day.

With the company
you're keeping,

I'm not surprised.

I want to say sorry to her,
but she's not home.

Have you seen her?

[responds in Cantonese]

Thank you, Mr. Zhang.

So what'd he have to say

after he lectured you for dating
a white guy?

Jiao came to visit him.

Asked whether it was safe to
visit the INS detention center.

Did he say
who she wanted to visit?

No, he didn't know.
But it must've been my niece.

Ping must've been caught
coming in.

Makes sense Jiao would want
to see her daughter

before she got deported.

Maybe they found out
my sister is illegal

and locked her up too.

Li Mei, we checked.
She hasn't been deported.

She's not in jail.

We must go
the detention center.

I'll check it out
after I drop you off.

No, no.
I'm going with you.

Li Mei, listen to me.
You're undocumented.

I can protect you on the streets
but not from the Feds.

(man)
A 15 year old named Ping Wu

was popped at JFK getting off
a flight from Jamaica.

I thought Chinese smugglers

brought their "cargo" in
by container ships.

Not since the Golden Venture

ran aground back in '93.

So how do they
get them here now?

They fly from China to Cuba

then take a boat to some
small Caribbean island.

Then a commercial flight
to the states,

try to blend in
with the tourists.

How did she get caught?

The girl's papers
were really bad fakes.

She get deported?
No.

Straight to detention,

then her attorney filed
an asylum claim.

You still got her
in your lockup?

I'll check.

A pending asylum claim
makes her eligible for bail.

Yeah. Three grand bond
posted last week.

By a Jiao Wu?

That's her mother.

No, by Winnie Chan.

Don't know that name.

Okay, we'll also need

the lawyer's contact
information.

Roger Baker.
Office on Essex Street.

Every detainee
at the Center knows me.

I'm the only guy left
who will do deportation cases

without cash up front.

No good deed
goes unpunished.

What do you mean?

The address that Ping
gave Immigration is phony.

So is the relative
who bailed her out.

Guess I'm not getting paid.

You don't sound surprised.

Unfortunately,
it happens a lot.

Then why do you do it?

This is still
the United States.

All our grandparents
came here from somewhere else.

These people are entitled
to the same chance.

I wish she trusted me.

I think she had a good shot
at asylum.

On what grounds?

She converted
to Christianity,

was being persecuted
for practicing her faith.

That plus her age--

I could've gotten her
a green card.

Ping's mother hire you?
No.

Ping called herself.

My number
gets passed around a lot.

Give us a call if Ping
gets in touch with you, okay?

I will, but she won't.

Did you find Ping?

Your niece got sprung
from the detention center.

Nobody knows
where she went.

Why aren't you looking
for her?

There's nothing more
we can do tonight.

No, no.

First my sister is missing
and now my niece.

You're wasting time.
Listen to me.

Hannah and Suzie are due
in family court

tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM.
You meet us there.

I'll recommend
that the children

are released to you.

And then what?
I'll keep looking.

You take care
of those children.

I will be there tomorrow
at 9:00.

(Stabler)
It's five to 10:00.

Where the hell is Li Mei?

She's--she'll be here.

She wouldn't be this late.
There's something wrong.

All parties
on the matter of the Wu children

step forward.

I want you to go see
if you can find her.

I'll get the case recalled
for this afternoon.

Li Mei was here
last night.

She wasn't scheduled to work,

but she said she needed
some overtime.

When did she leave?

About 5:00 AM.

She had to get dressed
for court.

Make a good impression
on the judge.

She never made it there
and she's not at home.

Well, then I don't know
where she is.

Look, pal, I got two women
missing already.

You don't want
to piss me off today.

I talk to you,
my trucks can have accidents...

my store can burn down.

Bad things could happen to you
if you don't talk to me.

This kid Tommy--
gangster wannabe.

He came in here
to see Li Mei last night.

For what?

Money.

So he was shakin' her down?

You did nothing to help her?

She's an employee.

I got my own family
to worry about.

She leave with him?

Down the back stairs.

[muffled groan]

Oh, my God.

Li Mei.
Li Mei!

Manhattan SVU,

I need a bus Canal and Ludlow
immediately.

Li Mei.
Li Mei.

...on the way.
Come on.
Hang in there.

Hang in there.

It's gonna be all right.

It's gonna be all right.

How is Li Mei?

They beat the hell
out of her.

Nasty cut on her head.

A few broken ribs,
but she'll be all right.

They taught her a lesson.

Next time, she won't be
so lucky.

Detective,
you can see her now.

I'll wait out here.

Li Mei,
who did this to you?

Leave me alone.

Stop. You're in no shape
to move.

I am not talking to you.

Who's Tommy?

Did he want money
or was he trying to scare you?

Li Mei, I know you're afraid.
You've got to talk to me.

My sister is dead.

How do you know that?

The man who beat me...

said they cut her throat.

When Jiao
didn't get her daughter,

they--she told them
that she would go to the police.

And now Jiao's debt
is my debt.

Who beat you up?

Was it the kid
at the laundry?

No, no.
Not Tommy.

Then who?

It was too dark.

I-I-I couldn't see
his face.

Please, please,

just go, just go.

Li Mei...

I'm sorry.

What can I do
so you'll trust me?

Can you protect my nieces?

They'll kill
Hannah and Suzie

if I don't give them
all my savings tomorrow.

I promise you nothing
will happen to them.

When I know they're safe,

I'll do anything you want.

Has anyone been here
to see you?

[Li Mei translates]

[Hannah responds in Mandarin]

A man came when she
was playing outside,

told her to give me
this picture.

It's Ping.
Look how she's dressed.

Snakeheads
are pimpin' her out.

[Hannah speaking Mandarin]

She's asking
about her mother.

Don't-don't tell her
that she's dead

until we know for sure.

[speaking in Mandarin]

You sure they'll be safe?

Cops will be on the girls
'round the clock.

Nobody's getting near them.

Go.

Where are you meeting
the snakeheads?

No, no.
I can't.

We had a deal.

That was before
I saw the picture.

If they find out
I am helping you,

they will kill Ping.

Come on, Li.

Why are we here?

Something you need to see.

Cardillo.
Take all the time
you need.

Who are all these people?
Nobody knows.

These are the dead
we can't identify.

Please, don't make me--

No. Look.
All of them.

Young women exploited,

thrown out like garbage.

Stop it.
Just stop it.

Have you seen enough?

Why are you doing this?

Because the snakeheads
will keep killing girls

until someone stands up.

I can't promise you
we'll find Ping in time,

but the only chance we have

is if you tell me
where that meeting is.

Chinatown.

In a restaurant.

Mobile one.
Street's clear.

(Stabler)
Leader to Ghost one, report.

[whispering]
I'm in.

Ghost two?

Have no sign of her yet.

Hold your positions.

Little sister's on the set.
Stand by.

Got an eyeball on her.

Little sister's in.

It's all there.

Better be.

Sit.

Have some tea.

I'll see you next week.
Same amount.

Subject's on the move.

Red leather jacket.

Red jacket on foot

moving south on Mott.

I got him.

Just turn right
on Elizabeth.

We got the eyeball.

He's going
into the pool hall.

It's all here, man.

Nice and clean.
Very easy.

Red leather jacket
is making the handoff.

Corner table.

This subject
is an Asian male

in a dark blue suit.

We're a go.
I repeat, go.

Police! Put your hands
on the table now!

Put down your cue and put
your hands on the table now.

Who are you?

No.

What's that?

What's your name?

You speak English?

Oh, Ricky Yao.

You're under arrest
for extortion.

Call my lawyer.

Go to my place
and wait for me.

I'll be there soon.

Don't bet on that, pal.
Let's go.

Where's Jiao Wu?

Who's that?

The woman you murdered.

You have the wrong guy.

We've got your errand boy
next door.

First one to talk
gets a deal.

How about the two of us,

candlelight,

bottle of Cristal.

I don't date scum.

Such a beautiful woman
with such a foul mouth.

What a turn on.

Shut up and wait
for your lawyer.

I bet Junior's already
spillin' his guts.

You can't scare me
into talking.

I know my rights.

Tommy, you're a smart kid.

What do you think'll happen

when Ricky Yao finds out
you led us to him?

You're settin' me up
to be killed.

After what you did to Li Mei,

I don't give a crap what Ricky
does to you.

I'm not a rat.

Ricky knows I'll never
betray him.

I'm not worried.
Tommy won't talk.

My partner can be
pretty persuasive.

Can your partner
promise him a future?

Tommy's a bright kid.

He knows I can off him
opportunities.

Like sharing your cell
at Rikers?

Is he gonna be
your punk there too?

I'm not going to jail,
Detective.

You have nothing on me.

Just a coupla counts
of assault and extortion.

Not to mention three open
homicides.

Check my rap sheet.
No charge has ever stuck.

That's because your witnesses
seem to disappear

or get amnesia.

Not this time, Ricky.

That's a promise.

What is it with this
tough guy act?

I know underneath
you're a good kid.

Stop blowin' smoke
up my ass.

All right.

Where were you born?

Here.

Your parents?

They're from Fujian,
little village,

middle of nowhere.

Coming to America,
they took a lot of risks

for a chance at
a better life, huh?

Some life.

My dad was a teacher
in China.

Here he's nothin' but
a delivery man,

ridin' around
on a stupid bicycle,

shovin' menus under doors.

"Beef flied lice,
two dollar."

You ever ask yourself
why he does it?

He tells me all the time.

For me so I can have
a better life.

Well, that's what
I'm tryin' to do.

By workin' for Ricky Yao?

I earn more in a week

than my dad makes in a month.

You shake people down.

I-I pick up the money.

I-I don't hurt anyone.

You muscle working people
like your dad

for their last dimes
and hand it over to Ricky Yao.

You're rippin' off poor folks
to make that dirtbag rich?

Tommy, talk to me.

I can't betray my people.

Ricky Yao's not your people!
Don't ya get it?

He preys on your people!

He beat up Li Mei in that alley.

Be a man.

You stand up for her.

Now, Ricky told Li Mei
her sister was dead.

That true?

Yeah.
You see it happen?

No, I...

Ri--Ric--Ricky called me over...

to his whorehouse
out in Flushing.

He told me to bring
a shovel.

Found the room Ping
was photographed in.

She was here, but the house
has been cleaned out. No girls.

We're checkin' the grounds
right now, I'll let ya know.

Methane probe hit something
that's decomposing

under those trees.

Well, it looks like
we got somethin'.

Dead cat.

Keep searchin'.

You wake up
half the neighborhood

because someone gave Miss Kitty
a proper burial?

Uh, yeah, well...

You notice any guys
workin' out here last week?

Just the moving van.

All those lovely exchange
students went back to China.

Anyone digging?
No.

No. But they did repave
the garage last week.

Hand me the crowbar.

One, two, three.

[sighs]

Jiao Wu.

Yes, this is
my sister.

If you can just
sign the form...

When can I bury her?

As soon as the autopsy's done.

Come on.

I know they killed Ping.

We don't know that.

I know she's dead.

Listen to me,
we're not givin' up.

We're gonna find her.

How?

We got Ricky Yao.

(Novak)
You ready to deal?

(Ricky)
Like I told that hot
lady cop

I have nothin' to say.

Maybe this will change
your mind.

We found Jiao's body buried
underneath your whorehouse

in Flushing.

Check the property rolls.

Mrs. Chan owns that place.

Sweet old lady.

Grandma didn't
slit Jiao's throat.

How do you know?

Do you have any
direct evidence

linking my client
to this murder?

We have enough to arrest him.

Anyone could have
killed that woman.

Especially if the place
was a whorehouse.

(Ricky through speakers)
So many man coming and going.

(Novak)
We'll find witnesses.

Meanwhile, we'll hold you
on the extortion.

And my client will make bail
at arraignment.

By the way, I hear your
detectives are very concerned

about a missing girl.

(Ricky)
Jiao's daughter.

What was her name?

Oh yes, Ping.

Have you found her?

We get the girl...

I'll recommend reduced
sentencing.

Murder two--12 1/2 to 25.

You'll have to do better.

Young girls get lost
so easily.

(Ricky)
I could be very helpful.

No.

Too bad about the kid.

I hear she's a real nice
piece of ass.

Ping's gotta be alive if he's
using her as a bargaining chip.

Or maybe he's playin' us.

I think he's sweatin'
over her.

Maybe she saw Ricky
murder her mother.

Ping was at that brothel.

He can't let her
testify against him.

Second he gets
to Central Booking,

he makes a phone call,
she's dead.

We're done with Ricky Yao,
you can process him.

I can drive him downtown,
give you a little time.

Liv, I can't do anything
in an hour.

Talked to a friend in vice.

Bunch of Chinese hookers
got picked up last night.

Ricky Yao's girls?
Yeah.

Vice shuttered the brothel,

but he's probably got it back up
at another new spot by now.

Are the girls at Rikers?

Immigration.
Waiting to get deported.

Kathy's cousin
works Central Booking.

Mistakes happen.

Or he could get on a bus.
To Attica.

Give us time to talk
to those hookers.

We gotta get to Ping
before he gets to a phone.

When I met Ricky, he said
I was gonna be a waitress.

Stupid me,
I believed him.

How many other girls has
he got working for him?

About a hundred
come through each year.

Where are the brothels?

Ricky owns houses
all over the place.

Queens, plus Chinatown,

some in Brooklyn.

Maybe you can save other girls
from what you went through.

You recognize her?

Name's Ping Wu.

Yeah. Came in with a bunch of
new girls about a week ago,

when we were at the house
out in Flushing.

Well, she wasn't picked up
in the raid last night.

She's very young,

so Ricky probably had her
working at a private party.

We need to find her.

Do you have any idea
where they are now?

I could probably find out

if you can help me
beat this deportation.

If your information is good,

we'll work out a deal.

I want a deal in writing.

Get me a lawyer.

Call Roger Baker, see if he'll
do another pro bono case.

Baker! That's the sonuvabitch
who filed my asylum claim,

and then he sent me
to Ricky Yao.

(Huang)
Thank you for coming
Mr. Baker.

How can I help you?
My cousin was caught
at the airport.

She will be sent back
to China.

They say you are
very good lawyer.

I've had some success.

Please...help her.

First, I need
to take a look at her case.

Okay.

Shing Shing...

Mr. Baker, this is
my cousin Shing Shing.

I could file
asylum papers for her.

But that's expensive.

I cannot pay very much
right now.

Maybe a few hundred dollars.

Your cousin is young?
She, she's a hard worker?

She is.

I think she could make
good money

working for a friend of mine.

The debt would be repaid
in no time.

[speaking Mandarin]

[responds in Mandarin]

She says...
she'll do anything.

Good.
I'll bail her out.

Take her to see this man.

Ricky Yao?

Yeah.

You're not goin' anywhere.

I don't know what that hooker
told you,

but I didn't kill anyone.

Yeah, you're just a saint
with a law degree.

I'm just tryin' to help
these people, okay?

Your big house
in the Hamptons...

Your power boat, the Porsche,

your Chinese clients
help you pay for that?

The market's been good to me.

You're buy your toys
with blood money.

I never hurt anyone.
Okay?

Is that what you tell yourself

so you can sleep at night?

These people are
gonna be deported.

I'm helping them
stay in this country.

By being Ricky Yao's
sex slaves, huh?

To be used up and buried
when he's done with 'em.

You're a pimp
and a murderer.

No. Now listen, listen.

Yao--Yao calls me when people he
smuggles are picked up by INS.

I-I spring 'em
with phony asylum claims

and then he--he fronts the bail
and they go to work.

In his whorehouse.

The--the pretty girls.

The other ones work
straight jobs.

Where's Ping Wu?
Where's Ping Wu!

I thought she was cute.
She would make good money.

I-I sent her to the brothel.

Where did he move her to?

Where'd he move her to?

I...
[chokes]

Mosco--Mosco Street.

Your honor, they put my client
on the bus to Attica.

It appears to have been
a clerical error, your honor.

It better have been,
Miss Novak.

With the court's apology,
Mr. Yao.

In recognition of this
glaring violation of his rights,

I'm releasing the defendant
on his own recognizance.

Thank you.

(judge)
Miss Novak...

Do you plan to present
this case to the Grand Jury?

(Novak)
Yes, your honor.

(counsel)
Then my client asserts his
right to testify

in his own defense
pursuant to 1AD-80.

(judge)
So noted.

I'll see you
back in court on Monday.

Mr. Yao?
You're free to go.

Court is adjourned.

[gavel bangs]

[ladies scream]

Police, nobody move.

Stay right where you are.

Have you seen this girl?

Ping Wu!

[woman screaming]

Okay,
look at this picture.

Have you seen this girl?
Is she here?

Where is she?
Down the hall.

Down the hall.

Officer, get that man
off the phone.

[speaking Mandarin]

Too late!

[woman screams]

We're walkin' out
or she's dead.

Don't hurt her.

(Benson)
Okay, okay, take it easy.

Put the gun down.

Ping, it's okay.

It's okay. We're gonna take you
to your family, okay.

[Huang translating to Mandarin]

(Benson)
Let's get her outta here.

[Huang translating to Mandarin]

Is she okay?
She's fine.

The blood's not hers.

Ping.
[in Mandarin]

You can come with us
to the hospital, okay?

Come on.

Thank you.

Elliot.

Internal Affairs
is waitin' on ya.

And they'll want this.

( wolf howling )