The residents contend that the city allowed companies to dump industrial and chemical wastes illegally into a landfill designed for household wastes, and that toxic chemicals leached out into surrounding water and land, where they sickened neighborhood children.
Now, after the conviction of Sotheby's former chairman, A. Alfred Taubman, on Wednesday for his pivotal role in the conspiracy -- designed to illegally stifle the competition and reap millions for the venerable companies -- the economic situation for the houses looks many times worse.
Both have turned to immigrant activists, some of whom came to the country illegally, to help design their platforms on the issue. .
In a nutshell, according to reports last week in The New Zealand Herald and elsewhere, a former OneWorld employee, Sean Reeves, has accused members of McCaw's team of illegally obtaining design secrets from the current Cup defender, Team New Zealand.
By mimicking authentic, properly manufactured and tested medicines to suggest they were of EU origin, they illegally infiltrated the highly-regulated system designed to protect the public and pharmaceutical industry, the court heard.
"Illegally profiting from a federal program designed to assist our nation in recovering from one of our worst economic crises is reprehensible," said David B. Fein, the United States attorney in Connecticut, whose office brought the charges.
More than 140 people have died and many others made seriously ill in the east of India after consuming illegally made alcohol with a poisonous additive designed to give the spirit an extra kick.
Their redactions are a violation of the classification guidelines, which are designed to protect the public from agencies illegally classifying information for non-national-security reasons, such as trying to censor embarrassment or cover up mistakes.
The first missions, designed to help spot people crossing the border illegally or avoiding ports of entry, are expected to start next month.
