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    Extortion is the practice of obtaining benefit (e.g., money or goods) through coercion. In most jurisdictions it is likely to constitute a criminal offence...
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  • Extortion is the act of obtaining benefit through coercion. It can also refer to: Extortion (band), a hardcore punk band from Perth, Western Australia...
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    Black Hand (Italian: Mano Nera) was a type of extortion racket, active in the United States from the early 20th century to the 1920s in Italian-American...
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  • The Extortion (Spanish: La extorsión) is a 2023 Argentine thriller film directed by Martino Zaidelis [es] from a screenplay by Emanuel Diez which stars...
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  • Extortion, is a 2017 American thriller film, starring Eion Bailey, Bethany Joy Lenz, Barkhad Abdi, and Danny Glover. Kevin Riley and his family get stuck...
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  • Call Sign Extortion 17: The Shoot-Down of SEAL Team Six is a 2015 non-fiction expose, written by best-selling author and former U.S. Navy JAG Officer...
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    U.S. CH-47D Chinook military helicopter operating with the call sign Extortion 17 (pronounced "one-seven") was shot down while transporting a Quick Reaction...
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    Arson Arms trafficking Blackmail Bribery Burglary Cybercrime Embezzlement Extortion False pretenses Forgery Fraud Gambling Intellectual property violation...
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  • ("Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion") is a fictional organisation featured in the James Bond novels by Ian...
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  • Larry Ray, is an American criminal who was convicted of sex trafficking, extortion, forced labor, conspiracy, money laundering, and other offenses. In 2023...
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  • Keisatsuchō kōiki jūyō shitei dai-hyakujūyongō jiken), was a famous extortion case from 1984 to 1985 in Japan, primarily directed at the Japanese industrial...
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  • family's counterfeiting operation, the barrel murders, and the black hand extortion letters. On November 15, 1909, Morello, Lupo, and others were arrested...
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  • extortion. For example, "racket" may refer to the "numbers racket" or the "drug racket", neither of which generally or necessarily involve extortion,...
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  • investigation, he was convicted of an additional 40 counts, including conspiracy, extortion, money laundering, and running a continuing criminal enterprise from inside...
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  • failure to pay, the protection racket is generally considered a form of extortion. In some instances, the main potential threat to the target may be caused...
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    2025, but New York City resident James William Lewis was convicted of extortion for sending a letter to Tylenol's manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson, that...
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  • multi-extortion approaches in 2021. By 2022, this number grew to 44 families using this technique. Groups like Babuk and SnapMC pioneered double extortion ransomware...
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  • he was arrested in Germany for pimping, human trafficking, assault, extortion, weapons violations, and racketeering. He confessed during his trial in...
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    in Mumbai in the 1970s. Ibrahim is wanted on charges including murder, extortion, targeted killing, drug trafficking, and terrorism. He was designated...
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  • a form of extortion and may be covered in the same statutory provision as extortion. Although the two are generally synonymous, extortion is the taking...
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  • The Great Burrito Extortion Case is the sixth studio album by American rock band Bowling for Soup, released on November 7, 2006. According to the band...
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  • showing that it can also be used offensively. It can be used to mount extortion based attacks that cause loss of access to information, loss of confidentiality...
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  • The Final Mission of Extortion 17: Special Ops, Helicopter Support, SEAL Team Six, And The Deadliest Day of The U.S. War in Afghanistan is a book by Ed...
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  • including drug trafficking, arms trafficking, money laundering, racketeering, extortion, and loan sharking. The 'Ndrangheta is believed to exert influence over...
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    territory (including control of banks, petroleum reservoirs, taxation, extortion, and robbery of economic assets) kidnapping for ransom donations from...
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    federal law enacted in 1946 that prohibits actual or attempted robbery or extortion that affects interstate or foreign commerce, as well as conspiracies to...
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    Sittenfeld was convicted on federal charges of bribery and attempted extortion in connection with an undercover investigation by the FBI. In May 2025...
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  • include labor and construction racketeering, gambling, loansharking, extortion, money laundering, prostitution, fraud, hijacking, and fencing. The family...
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    criminal activities, including loansharking, illegal gambling, prostitution, extortion, political corruption and murder. Capone was convicted of income tax evasion...
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    Van der Sloot was extradited to the United States to face trial for extortion and wire fraud, with both charges being linked to Holloway's disappearance...
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