00:00I spend a lot of time with folks who are victims, who are witnesses, and with the criminal defendants themselves.
00:05I would always speak with anyone who wanted to speak with me.
00:07And I would tell you, when you're talking to someone who's committed a crime, they're just like you and me.
00:11They're making a risk-reward calculation.
00:14What is the upside of committing the crime?
00:16What is the downside?
00:18What is the consequence if they get caught?
00:21The reality right now in New York is there are no consequences.
00:23So these are very calculated business decisions that people are making.
00:27They know that if they can take things and resell them, they're going to make a profit.
00:31And there will be no consequences if they get caught.
00:34So the scenario that she's posing, first of all, it's important to know that if there's a mother who's coming
00:41in and trying to get Tylenol for her sick kid, no one's prosecuting that case.
00:45Those are not the cases that we prosecute.
00:47We are prosecuting organized crime.
00:50And I will tell you from firsthand experience, I used to prosecute gangs where these are violent gangs.
00:57Members of the gang would shoot and murder other people in their neighborhoods.
01:01And you know what was funding then?
01:03The revenue stream for those gangs were two things.
01:06Drug trafficking and financial crime.
01:09Drug trafficking and financial crime.
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