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1. Warlords in Afghanistan paid U.S. protection money
(World/International)

... Extortion and Corruption Along the U.S. Supply Chain in Afghanistan" confirmed Roston's allegations. The six-month investigation was conducted by the staff of the House Subcommittee on National Security ...

2. N.Y. mob sting: Sixteen organized crime members are charged
(U.S./Nation)

... and others participated in a racketeering enterprise (hereinafter, the Krasniqi Organization) that was engaged in kidnapping, narcotics trafficking, extortion, robbery, and the interstate transportation ...

3. Your Wrong
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... giving, Beth does not practice....oh what is it called....oh you know that other crime JVS committed, EXTORTION......Now, Dear God please help all the families find closure & help stop this type of ignorance ...

4. N.J. ranked No. 21 in corruption
(N.J./State)

... is based on data ranging from public corruption and embezzlement to private sector fraud racketeering and extortion and forgery and counterfeiting. The analysis calculated the numbers on a per-100,000 ...

5. Annie ‘China' Cooper of Jersey City sentenced to 6 years in prison for role in major prostitution ring
(N.J./State)

... prison, including 10 years and 10 months of parole ineligibility. Brown pleaded guilty to racketeering and theft by extortion. Anthony Evans, 52, of Jersey City, was also sentenced Friday to three years ...

6. Legalized Extortion and Exploitation Of Medicare & other Ins. & Pharmaceuticals
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... care. This exploitation (extortion) is perfectly legal and all doctor's do it, I was told. This must add up to billions of dollars weekly! I was even told by friends I could be hurt for opening up my ...

7. Allen ‘Prince’ Brown gets up to 18 years for running major Jersey City prostitution ring
(N.J./State)

... months of parole ineligibility, by state Superior Court Judge Kevin G. Callahan in Jersey City. Brown pleaded guilty on April 1 to first-degree racketeering and second-degree theft by extortion. The ...

8. N.J. mob indictments handed to Lucchese crime family
(N.J./State)

... enterprise that transacted billions of dollars in wagers, primarily on sporting events, and relied on extortion and violence to collect debts. The indictment also charges a former New Jersey corrections ...

9. Five New Jerseyans, including union leader and Newark cop, arrested for roles in longshoremen shakedown
(N.J./State)

... secretary-treasurer of ILA Local 1478, on second-degree charges of extortion and commercial bribery. LaGrasso is vice president of the Atlantic Coast District of all ILA locals. Also arrested was LaGrasso's ...

10. Pimp pleads guilty to in major Jersey City prostitution ring
(N.J./State)

... of tricks. Allen "Prince'' Brown, 48, pleaded guilty today to first-degree racketeering and second-degree theft by extortion before state Superior Court Judge Kevin G. Callahan in Jersey City, according ...

11. Disney Betrays The Public Trust
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... States to investigate this extortion and prosecute Disney under the RICO statues. I also request the FCC immediately revoke WABC's broadcast license over their betrayal of the public trust. ...

12. Legislation stiffening penalties for jury tampering signed into law in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... sexual assault; robbery; carjacking; aggravated arson; burglary; extortion; strict liability for drug induced deaths; terrorism; producing or possessing chemical weapons, biological agents or nuclear or ...

13. N.J. Senate panel approves bill stiffening penalties for jury tampering
(N.J./State)

... or manslaughter; vehicular homicide; aggravated assault; disarming a law enforcement officer; kidnapping; aggravated sexual assault; sexual assault; robbery; carjacking; aggravated arson; burglary; extortion; ...

14. 'The Wedding Song' probes special bond between 2 women
(Entertainment/Movies)

... took advantage of the existing resentment of the French and the Jews, who seem to have been conflated in the minds of Arab Tunisians. Limitations and extortion quickly came into play, and Jewish men were ...

15. The big sting: 1,785 gang members arrested across U.S.
(U.S./Nation)

... after deportation. Like any street gang, these transnational gangs also have a propensity toward violence. Their members commit a number of violent crimes, including robbery, extortion, assault, rape and ...

16. N.J. Corruption: Jersey City politician pleads guilty to extortion
(N.J./State)

... to commit extortion. She admitted that she accepted corrupt cash payments from a cooperating witness in return for exercising her future official authority in favor of that cooperating witness The 61-year ...

17. Leaders of New York’s Bonanno organized crime family indicted in Brooklyn
(U.S./Nation)

... gambling, extortion, extortion conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury. The defendants arrested on Wednesday in New York City were arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marilyn D. Go, at the ...

18. Sex and the subordinate: Why we shouldn’t wink at the Letterman affair
(Opinion/Commentary)

... been consensual, so no harm done. The studio audience laughed and laughed through Letterman's announcement of the affairs and alleged extortion. The show's production company, Worldwide Pants, issued ...

19. Battered European men seek shelter from their abusive wives
(World/International)

... form of violence - psychological. It goes from a ban on seeing children regularly to extortion of money on the pretext of children's needs." Family violence, mostly against women, has been getting greater ...

20. Former Morris County sheriff's officer Lee Maimone sentenced to prison for demanding money from inmate
(N.J./State)

... pleaded guilty on Aug. 14 to theft by extortion. At the time of the guilty plea, Maimone was ordered to forfeit his job as a sheriff's officer. He is permanently barred from public employment in New Jersey. ...