The fact that the indictment specified manslaughter instead of murder is regarded as a distinct Arbuckle victory.
Although the indictment specified that Mr. Turoff got the $30,000 payoff in 1984 from a Compumeter account at Hyfin, he was not accused of extortion or accepting a bribe.
Authorities attribute to the Medellin cartel about 80% of the cocaine smuggled into the United States, and the indictment specifies smuggling and distribution of more than 22 tons of cocaine, valued at $1 billion.
Mr. Arsenault did not dispute many of the claims in the eight-count indictment, which specifies eight payments of $12,500 to $45,200 between Sept. 27, 1994, and April 30 , 1996
The indictments charge that Gene Allen and others introduced the man they knew as Harry McBride to a man who they said had killed seven people and "didn't talk". No murder was committed, however, and the indictments do not specify whether the plan went beyond a discussion.
The indictment for the Croatian conflict from 1991 through 1995 reads: "Vojislav Seselj, as president of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) from at least February 1991 throughout the time relevant to this indictment, recruited or otherwise provided substantial assistance or support to Serb volunteers... who perpetrated crimes as specified by this indictment".
Testimony at the trial in Brooklyn Federal District Court, he reminded the jurors, had placed Mr. Massino at the scene of four of the seven murders specified in the indictment.
Large manufacturers, a hospital, bank, convent and even the New York State Department of Labor Building -- which houses the Office of Asbestos Control -- are among the 39 buildings specified in the indictment.
The investigations were conducted under the direction of Del Ponte's predecessor, Louise Arbour of Canada, but the prosecution staff has maintained contact with the witnesses it plans to call to testify to the accusations, including 344 killings specified in the indictment, said a tribunal source.
For example, one defendant, Bobby Joe Burton, was charged in a federal indictment with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute crack cocaine, but the indictment did not specify any quantity.
The indictment does not specify how much the scheme cost purchasers of industrial diamonds.
