Sentence examples for conduct a sting from inspiring English sources

But while it can request phone records and other evidence, it does not have the powers of a law enforcement agency and is – for obvious reasons – unable to conduct a sting operation of the kind that cost the News of the World £100,000 in still unrecovered bank notes but landed the now defunct tabloid with a sensational scoop.

Power helped the police conduct a sting operation to catch Williams; police also interrogated Williams's girlfriend Florence Seymour, who then confessed to having helped Williams hide the murder weapon.

A front-page article yesterday about an announcement by federal authorities that they had broken a global pornography ring misstated the title of Kenneth Weaver of the United States Postal Service, which helped conduct a sting operation.

The hero of this satirical first novel is a Manhattan chef squeezed by bullies on both sides of the law when the F.B.I. decides to conduct a sting to snare the Mafia racketeer who is bankrolling his restaurant.

In the Kassar investigation, the government used informants to help conduct a sting operation that began a few years ago, with informants posing as players in a deal to sell weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

"People should understand that this is not a complaint number but a helpline, and an official will advise and explain to the public how to conduct a sting operation," AAP leader and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal told a news conference.

Parliament held an unusual session on Friday, demanding answers from the spy chief who accused Washington of conducting a "sting operation on us".

Norwegian authorities politely declined and conducted a sting operation with the assistance of British law enforcement.

"And now they have conducted a sting operation on us," General Pasha said, according to one lawmaker.

In 2007, Mr. Craig was arrested by an undercover police officer conducting a sting operation against men looking for sex with other men at the Minneapolis-St.

In his trial, he testified that he was conducting a sting operation when he took the money, and he was acquitted.