No one knows how widespread sexual blackmail is, but the case echoes other instances of sexual coercion that have surfaced in recent years, including agents criminally charged in Atlanta, Miami and Santa Ana, Calif.
Since then, a series of inquiries and legal cases have been exploring just how widespread the practice was, and the newspaper was shut by its owner News International.
One indication of how widespread these deals were was seen in a case brought by an investor who bought a Cards shelter in 2000 to shield more than $68 million from taxes.
There are now an estimated 1.5 million cases of Zika infection and the number is growing fast, though nobody knows how widespread the disease is because there are no symptoms in about 80% of cases.
I don't doubt her; I'm not sure, however, how widespread the phenomenon was, and whether Wasson makes the case for its significance on her say-so alone.
It's unclear how widespread Barksdale's abuses were, but in at least four cases, Barksdale spied on minors' Google accounts without their consent, according to a source close to the incidents.
The overwhelming majority of respondents were absolutely clueless on how widespread rape was in the country, and in nearly all cases sharply downplayed the number of rapes.
Because most cases go unreported, it is difficult to determine how widespread the phenomenon is.
The report, published in JAMA Pediatrics, focused on cases at a single hospital in Denver, so it was unclear how widespread the problem may be.
It is unlikely that many ordinary Chinese will be especially surprised by these revelations of high-level wrongdoing: cases involving numerous lesser officials in recent months have already made clear how widespread corruption is among the elite.
Depression is a lot more serious than just a case of the blues – and it might come as a surprise to learn just how widespread the problem is.
