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...Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Sting, Ziggy Marley, Bette Midler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Benefit Beat | 6/10/1991 | See Source »

...which videotaped the sting operation, claims that police officers protected seven air shipments of cocaine and laundered money, besides escorting the fake drug dealers around Detroit in police cars. "This is a sad day," said police chief Stanley Knox. "It's only a few people, but it's going to hurt everybody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: A Sad Day for Detroit's Finest | 6/3/1991 | See Source »

...STING: THE SOUL CAGES (A&M). Oh shut up. Maundering, egocentric speculations on spiritual anomie, all in polite tempos. There are occasional signs of life: the hit single All This Time shows Sting can still shake loose when he likes. He should make a habit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Mar. 18, 1991 | 3/18/1991 | See Source »

B.C.C.I.'s fondness for drug money brought the bank to grief in Florida and eventually led to recent mammoth losses. Undercover customs agents first stumbled onto B.C.C.I. money laundering during a sting operation. As part of the scheme, agents sent several million dollars of Medellin cartel drug funds through a B.C.C.I. bank in Miami. What happened next was worthy of Alice in Wonderland. Bank officers noticed the agents' amateurish attempt at money laundering and offered to teach them more sophisticated methods. Example: the bank would wire funds to B.C.C.I. branches around the world before handing the cash back to drug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Capital Scandal | 3/4/1991 | See Source »

...Sting with Concrete Blonde March 9 at the Centrum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Concerts | 2/21/1991 | See Source »

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