Sentence examples for extortion of from inspiring English sources

I asked about extortion of business owners.

They engage in petty crime and low-grade extortion of local shopkeepers.

There was no extortion of funds from any athlete," Papa Diack said.

Extortion of bribes from the populace remains common practice, often to supplement provincial government coffers.

"Isis is trying to get more hard cash through extortion of the local population," Stringer said.

The police have long said E.T.A.'s income stems partly from blackmail and extortion of local businesses.

This, in turn, legitimises the extortion of our libraries who must hold a prestigious collection to "compete".

Along with a third brother, Tommy, they ran a ruthless organisation which started with the extortion of market traders in north London before moving into international drug smuggling.

These are mostly young men in their 20s, desperate to escape the daily extortion of money by the rebels or information by the army.

In response they devise a pervasive and brutal system of extortion of slum residents that generates a lot more money and involves powerful politicians.

According to Le Monde, there are 21 criminal investigations in progress into alleged extortion of money for political purposes from Kurds and Kurdish businesses in France.