Word: crackdowner
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...words of contrition did not come easily to the banker. "The events of the past several weeks have taught us a painful lesson," conceded William Brown, chairman of the Bank of Boston (assets: $22 billion). What Brown learned was that the Government is serious in its crackdown on money laundering, a $100 billion-a-year practice by which legitimate businesses like banks accept piles of small bills from criminals in return for cashier's checks or other financial instruments...
...government action, he had left Bulawayo to drive to Harare, 250 miles away. At a press conference he denounced "the siege of Bulawayo" and accused the government of pursuing a deliberate policy of intimidation. To his chagrin, Nkomo discovered on his return to Bulawayo that during the crackdown, government forces had confiscated his bulletproof Mercedes-Benz sedan...
Just as the smoke was beginning to clear in Crossroads, the government struck back with its biggest nationwide political crackdown in years. In a carefully choreographed maneuver across several cities, South African security police swooped down on 70 homes and offices belonging to opponents of the government and, in particular, members of the United Democratic Front (U.D.F.), a broad- based alliance of more than 700 nonwhite community organizations, trade unions and church groups. Over a dozen dissidents were detained. Seven were charged with treason and joined eight other political activists in jail, awaiting what is expected to be a "show...
...reasons behind the sudden crackdown remain shadowy. Critics charge that the government will use the forthcoming trial to portray the avowedly peaceful Front as a champion of the militant African National Congress and thus justify a purge of all such opponents of apartheid. But Botha's supporters claim that he is trying to defuse "revolutionary elements" before negotiating with black moderates and point out that the fist of short-term law enforcement is by no means incompatible with the open hand of long-term conciliation. Nonetheless, said U.S. Ambassador to Pretoria Herman Nickel, "The plain fact is that images...
...pornographic posters had disappeared in Kabuki-cho, love hotels had transformed themselves into business hotels, and some strip joints had become coffee shops. The only neon in sight ornamented conventional pubs and restaurants, sushi shops and fast-food outlets. The first police patrol of the area after the crackdown booked only 27 offenders, mainly for soliciting, keeping a restricted business open after hours or permitting minors on the premises. One barker was unfazed. "Politicians and police think they can stamp out pink," he said, "but it all has to go somewhere --someplace darker and dirtier...