Sentence examples for abuse and extortion from inspiring English sources

Amnesty International reiterated warnings that dangerous criminals were continuing to prey on the thousands of vulnerable migrants and refugees travelling north via Macedonia, citing "violent abuse and extortion at the hands of the authorities and criminal gangs".

This week's indictment accusing Hastert of manipulating bank accounts and lying to the FBI to allegedly cover up past "misconduct" has left hometown admirers searching back through fond memories and struggling to understand how alleged sexual abuse and extortion could have emerged from that period.

Sanjoy Sachdev was arrested after couples in his shelter accused him of abuse and extortion.

Even the migration detention center — notorious for abuse and extortion of Latin American migrants — is considered relatively cushy.

In Texas, Lamda Legal has successfully fought on behalf of Passion Star, a transwoman who endured repeated sexual abuse and extortion across seven different facilities.

Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) published a harrowing assessment - From Torment to Tyranny - of the law's impact on the lives of LGBT Ugandans, including arbitrary arrests, police abuse and extortion, loss of employment, evictions and homelessness, and LGBT people fleeing the country.

SINCE Nigeria passed a law criminalising homosexuality in January, Gordon Austin has faced attacks, abuse, arrests and extortion in the south-western city of Ibadan.

The result is that eastern European and African women, who make up 47 per cent and 26 per cent respectively of Amsterdam-based prostitutes according to recent government figures, are vulnerable to abuse, blackmail and extortion.

The two eventually agreed to joint custody, but they've gone back and forth in court over allegations of domestic abuse, vandalism and extortion. .

They felt they had little choice but to leave Rwanda and chance it through dangerous countries like Libya, and, according to UNHCR, "along they way they suffered abuse, torture, and extortion".

More come from Myanmar and Laos than Cambodia, and they have all long been subject to abuse by employers and extortion by officials.Worries about a crackdown are felt most acutely by Cambodians in Thailand, mainly for political reasons.