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CONVICTED. JOSEPH (Big Joey) MASSINO, 61, the once powerful Bonanno Mob boss; of racketeering, arson, extortion and money laundering; in New York City. The former 400-pounder--dubbed "the Last Don" for evading prison while the heads of New York's other four Mafia families were behind bars--was also...
The Barbary States of North Africa--Algiers, Tunis, Morocco and Tripoli (today's Libya)--had for centuries sustained themselves by preying on the maritime commerce of others. Income was raised by direct theft, the extortion of bribes or "protection" and the capture of crews and passengers to be used as...
justice system last month abolished its jurisdiction. It remains unclear when new courts will be established, allowing the trial to resume. Steps Toward Justice SIERRA LEONE The U.N.-backed trial of 13 suspects indicted for war crimes committed during the 1991-2002 civil war opened in the capital, Freetown. Progovernment...
At his arraignment last week on grand jury charges in his child molestation case, Michael Jackson had a new, more subdued demeanor, as well as a new lead attorney by his side--Thomas Mesereau, who replaced Mark Geragos after Jackson complained that Geragos (also Scott Peterson's attorney) wasn't...
As the feeling of helplessness grows, some businessmen, recalling that extortion was less prevalent during the years of military rule, are nostalgic for the days when the army ran the country. Others are worried that a more serious threat than a military coup is the likelihood that Islamic fundamentalists, who...