Word: mobbing
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...Bank of New York irregularity is only one on a list of scandals, involving alleged money laundering, mob operations and corruption in high places, that are suddenly in the spotlight. The stories are old news in Moscow, where the highway robbery that has stripped the country of assets and enriched a handful of crony capitalists has been going on ever since "reform" arrived in 1991. An impoverished, disillusioned populace long ago lost its capacity for outrage. With bombs exploding around their country, looming war in the Caucasus and rumors of a political crisis to worry about, Russians have written...
DIED. CHARLES CRICHTON, 89, British film director of The Lavender Hill Mob, among other comedies of the '40s and '50s; in London. Most recently, Crichton was nominated for an Oscar for the farcical 1988 John Cleese blockbuster, A Fish Called Wanda, his first feature film in nearly 25 years...
...ordinary Turks were disgusted by the behavior of their officials, they were gratified by their own. Neighbors banded together to pull survivors and corpses out of the wreckage. Companies and private foundations set up soup kitchens. Looters were often met with mob justice: a stomping. Said a Western diplomat: "Before, people relied on this deified state. This time, for the first time, civil society made an impact. This will bring profound political and cultural changes over time...
...sense of the word. But Vito (Burt Young), who is the godfather here, sees opportunity in this alliance--a chance to off-load some of his talentless son's paintings and do a little money laundering via Michael's auctions. Before you know it, Michael has acquired his eponymous Mob nickname, is burying stiffs in Brooklyn and, finally, wearing a wire for a comically clueless FBI, whose forces include a hearing-challenged agent...
...there is another worry: influence peddling. "Whenever any mob pulls down this kind of money, you have to be concerned about its possible political influence," says TIME's William Dowell. Especially when the mob in question is based in a country where capital is flying out of the country at hyper-speed and allegations of kickbacks and corruption permeate the government all the way to the office of President Boris Yeltsin. Those suspicions have led to speculation that Yeltsin's ongoing game of Whack-a-Mole with his cabinet is an attempt to ensure that a friendly, non-prosecutorial government...