Sentence examples for cases of extortion from inspiring English sources

In Maryland, I am happy to say, there were few cases of extortion.

Il Giornale di Sicilia reported that several other cases of extortion were now being investigated.

There were around 6m cases of extortion; the police put the number at 7,272.

The Senate received judicial functions and for the first time became a court of law, competent to try cases of extortion in the senatorial provinces.

Wanted in India on charges relating to more than 30 cases of extortion, the 43-year-old high school dropout had been "below the radar" until the recent series of threats to Bollywood figures, police officers said.

Mr. Chidambaram has justified a large military presence by citing examples of splinter groups that have refused to come to the negotiating table, raising concerns about the "threat of violence and cases of extortion".

"At that point, given that it was a clear-cut case of extortion, we contacted law enforcement and turned the investigation over to them".

He was taken into custody after interfering in the arrest of his brother in a case of extortion, a source close to the investigation said.

In this latest case of extortion, maybe the Angels will move and become the Los Angeles Angels of Las Vegas.

In France itself cases of OAS extortion, assassination or plastic-bomb explosions have mounted almost daily.

Short and stocky, with broad features spread on an amiable face, his days are packed prosecuting those accused in headline-making cases of murder, extortion and bombings.