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	Extortion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person obtains money, behaviour, or other goods and/or services from another by wrongfully threatening or inflicting harm to this person, reputation, or property.
		Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime groups.
		The term extortion is often used metaphorically to refer to usury or to price-gouging, though neither is legally considered extortion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Extortion (277 words)

	EXTORTION
		Extortion is defined by the World Book Encyclopedia as an attempt to obtain money from a person by threatening to make a criminal charge against the person.
		This is the detaining or taking of another person beyond the aid of family, friends, and the law for the purpose of acquiring a ransom for his or her return.
		This is the most serious form of extortion in our modern law system and it is punishable by imprisonment for five to forty years and a large fine.
	www.iejs.com /Law/Criminal_Law/extortion.htm (1567 words)

	RICO ACT, Jeff Grell, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, RICO, Attorney at Law - Civil RICO in a Nutshell
		Extortion does not necessary involve the use of force or the threat of the use of force.
		Extortion is a serious crime because it causes victims to believe they are perpetrators, and by exploiting that fear, the extortionist can repeatedly and openly engage in acts of extortion with little threat of being prosecuted.
		Many people are confused by extortion "under color of official right." Extortion under color of official right occurs when an agent of the government uses his or her legitimate governmental powers to obtain an illegitimate objective.
	www.ricoact.com /ricoact/nutshell.asp (13524 words)

	Criminal Resource Manual 2403 Hobbs Act -- Extortion By Force, Violence, or Fear
		Generally, the extortionate obtaining of property by the wrongful use of actual or threatened force or violence in a commercial dispute requires proof of a defendant's intent to induce the victim to give up property.
		Several courts of appeals have limited the claim-of-right defense to the context of labor-management disputes by refusing to extend the defense to extortionate violence and economic fear in commercial disputes and public corruption cases.
		However, other courts have held that the extortionate use of fear of economic harm in commercial disputes is subject to a claim-of-right defense on the grounds that, unlike violence, the use of economic fear is not inherently "wrongful." See United States v.
	www.usdoj.gov /usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/crm02403.htm (1984 words)

	The contagiousness of aircraft hijacking
		The extortion category includes incidents involving both extortion (i.e., demands other than for transportation) and diversion to a particular destination because the primary motive in these cases is presumed to be other than transportation.
		Because reporting of foreign extortion hijackings was highly correlated with their outcomes (see table 2), it was not possible to disaggregate foreign extortions to the same extent that foreign transportation hijackings were disaggregated.
		Because of the lack of temporal overlap in the transportation and extortion hijackings, it was not possible to disaggregate transportation hijackings to the extent that was done in table 4.
	pegasus.cc.ucf.edu /~surette/hijacking.html (7649 words)

	extortion on Encyclopedia.com
		EXTORTION [extortion] in law, unlawful demanding or receiving by an officer, in his official capacity, of any property or money not legally due to him.
		In most states of the United States, extortion is more widely defined to include the obtaining of money or property of another by inducing his consent through wrongful use of fear, force, or authority of office; flmail, ransom, and threat of force are included under this definition.
		Extortion and exploitation in the Nguyen campaign against Catholicism in 1830s-1840s Vietnam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/e1/extortio.asp (850 words)

	FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
		Extortion is the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, or the obtaining of an official act of a public officer, induced by a wrongful use of force or fear, or under color of official right.
		Every person who extorts any money or other property from another, under circumstances not amounting to robbery or carjacking, by means of force, or any threat, such as is mentioned in Section 519, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three or four years.
		Upon conviction of a felony violation under this chapter, the fact that the victim was an elder or dependent person, as defined in Section 288, shall be considered a circumstance in aggravation when imposing a term under subdivision (b) of Section 1170.
	caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /cacodes/pen/518-527.html (437 words)

	DRUDGE REPORT 2004® (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The extortion attempt is timed to cause the maximum disruption and damage to Fox and O’Reilly.
		The extortion attempt is timed to coincide with upcoming Presidential election, to cause maximum disruption and damage to Plaintiffs, while at the same time benefiting Fox’s major competitor CNN.
		By reason of Defendants’ attempted extortion, Plaintiffs are entitled to declaratory and injunctive relief as well as compensatory and punitive damages in an amount to be determined at trial.
	www.drudgereport.com /fox.htm (3485 words)

	Legal Definition of Extortion
		EXTORTION - The use, or the express or implicit threat of the use, of violence or other criminal means to cause harm to person, reputation, or property as a means to obtain property from someone else with his consent.
		The Hobbs Act defines "extortion" as "the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right." 18 U.S.C. S 1951(b)(2).
		Close it when you're done and you may be back here.)
	www.lectlaw.com /def/e073.htm (106 words)

	D wedding put extortion off the hook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Underworld sources also revealed that Dawood had strictly instructed his men to stay away from the phone and the business of extortion calls as he did not want the auspicious period to be clouded by ill luck.
		Mumbai Police Commissioner A N Roy attributes the decline in extortion calls to the recent crackdown on the gangsters and major seizure of arms at JNPT.
		And those who are calling up for extortion money are actually the small-timers, who want to make easy money by using the names of the so-called gangsters,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detection) Dhananjay Kamlakar, rubbishing the publicity stunts of B-list gangsters like Ravi Pujari.
	ww1.mid-day.com /news/city/2005/august/117340.htm (712 words)

	EXTORTION BY INSURANCE COMPANIES
		Pertinent Definition of Extortion from the Hobb's Act Extortion.- The obtaining of property from another induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or FEAR, or under COLOR OF OFFICIAL RIGHT 18 USCA $871 et seq.; $1951 7.
		Extortion by wrongful use of fear encompasses threats of economic loss...Furthermore the fear need not be the product of the defendant's actions.
		The way it is operating today, most of the insurance industry is engaged in racketeering, fraud, extortion and incompetent practice of medicine without licenses by diagnosing across state lines and in some cases with no medical licenses at all.
	graham.main.nc.us /~bhammel/INS/jm22.html (1032 words)

	Online extortion works \| The Register
		To my mind, this is one of the great extortion scenes in literature (and I'd love to hear if my readers can think of any others).
		The lesson that Henry knew, and that is still known today by mobsters, loan sharks, and, increasingly, cyber-criminals, is simple: extortion works.
		Extortion is always a problem for law enforcement, since the flmailer has something over those he's flmailing.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2004/12/14/online_extortion_works (1057 words)

	Union Corruption: Why It Happens, How to Combat It (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nearly a decade later, in 1971, a commission, the Bi-State Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, concluded that the Brooklyn docks were heavily infiltrated by the Gambino crime family, the New Jersey docks by the Genovese crime family, and the Manhattan docks by a Florida-based crime syndicate.
		In 1946 he was charged with extortion for forcing small grocers to buy permits from the Teamsters to use their trucks.
		Illustrating how a fine line can separate embezzlement from extortion, the president of a Teamsters local in nearby Morris County, New Jersey was convicted in federal district court of receiving kickbacks from the owners of a Parsippany-Troy Hills, N.J. firm hired to handle the union’s welfare fund.
	www.nilrr.org /corruption.htm (20610 words)

	Kidnap Ransom Extortion
		It would be relatively straight forward if companies were exposed only to day to day commercial and competitive threats, however many business hazards today are far more difficult to protect and quantify.
		Kidnap Extortion and Detention are real dangers for companies operating both overseas and in domestic markets.
		They are often overlooked by management on the grounds that "it won't ever happen to us", but the damage this can inflict on a business can be very severe - as the annual roll call of corporate and individual victims around the world testifies.
	www.kidnapransom.com /Kidnap___Ransom/kidnap_ransom.html (333 words)

	Forgery Lawyers - Extortion Attorneys
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		Extortion (or flmail) differs from robbery in that the threats, stated or implied, that cause the victim to give money or property to the offender are not threats of immediate violence but rather threats of future harm.
		The intimidation might involve violence-for example, a threat to kill or injure the victim or a member of the victim's family.
	www.law4usa.org /forgery_lawyers.htm (1939 words)

	How a Bookmaker and a Whiz Kid Took On an Extortionist — and Won - CSO Magazine - May 2005
		Allec rushed to the office, and soon he was holding the printout of an extortion e-mail demanding $200,000.
		The online version of extortion provides unique advantages (relative anonymity, low probability of prosecution, lots of easy targets, diminished chance of physical violence) that have made it a highly lucrative business alternative for bad guys.
		The extortion rings are proving to be deeper and more organized than even those involved suspected.
	www.csoonline.com /read/050105/extortion.html (8019 words)

	JS Online: Chvala charged with extortion
		Chvala was charged Thursday with 20 felony counts, including three counts of extortion and seven counts of misconduct in public office, in a 67-page criminal complaint.
		The multiple charges of extortion, misconduct in public office and filing false state reports against Chvala collectively add up to a possible prison term of 85 years and fines totaling $200,000.
		Three extortion charges against Chvala involved payments he is accused of demanding for favorable consideration on legislation from the Wisconsin Realtors Association, the Wisconsin Wholesale Beer Distributors Association and William Petersen, the owner of a Lake Geneva mansion who wanted to obtain tax benefits in exchange for donating the property to the state.
	www.jsonline.com /news/state/oct02/88618.asp (2216 words)

	Extortion via DDoS on the rise
		While reports of this type of crime have circulated for several years, most victimized companies remain reluctant to acknowledge the attacks or enlist the help of law enforcement, resulting in limited awareness of the problem and few prosecutions.
		Quantifying the extortion problem is difficult because the FBI, ISPs and third-party research firms can't provide figures on the number of distributed DoS attacks that include demands for money.
		Companies are not required by law to report these crimes, Porter says, and she suspects a fear of being sued over the consequences an attack might pose to one's customers contributes to the reticence of many to do so.
	www.networkworld.com /news/2005/051605-ddos-extortion.html (1196 words)

	Carnegie Mellon/InformationWeek - Cyber Extortion Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This research has two goals: First, generate the first academically available statistics on the advent and threat of cyber extortion against small and medium sized businesses.
		Second, create immediately usable guidelines for organizations that may be "at risk" to extortion.
		The guidelines will describe the most common methods extortionists use against their targets, how to ready your information infrastructures against this, and what to do if you become a victim of extortion - regardless if you plan to work with law enforcement or not.
	www.andrew.cmu.edu /user/gbednars (402 words)

	♫ Crazy Beat Records -Extortion
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	www.crazybeat.co.uk /Extortion.htm (527 words)

	Bali Police Extortion - Indonesian Mafia
		Besides that, the police set a very bad example to others, who then feel it is acceptable to take money from others by unfair means (such as the many cheating money changers who short change customers).
		Partly because police officers may well be involved with gangs, partly because the police are generally only interested in making extortion money (not actually doing real police work).
		Yes, we know, the alleged motoring offence is often false (although the same system of extortion applies to real motoring offences as well).
	www.fugly-bali.org /police.html (1885 words)

	Technorati Tag: extortion
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		Here is something you can do to prevent cyber extortion and promote network neutrality.
	www.technorati.com /tag/extortion (467 words)

	Big Labor's Immunity Against Anti-Extortion Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		With the Hobbs Act of 1946, extortion by union militants affecting commerce became a federal offense.
		A large number of states base their extortion statute on provisions of the Model Penal Code (MPC), which creates an exclusive list of threats that are considered extortion.
		Indeed, the ineffectiveness of state extortion laws as applied in cases of union violence provides yet another basis upon which to argue that FUVA is both constitutional and necessary.
	www.nilrr.org /unviol2000.htm (5697 words)

	Super Bowl fuels gambling sites' extortion fears \| InfoWorld \| News \| 2004-01-29 \| By Paul Roberts, IDG News Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		These attacks are part of a new trend of e-commerce business extortion, including financial services companies as well as online gaming sites, according to Paul Lawrence, general manager at Top Layer Networks Inc. of Westboro, Massachusetts, which sells technology to thwart DDoS attacks.
		Now the agency is investigating several extortion attempts against U.K. companies, all involving sports betting.
		Online sports books have borne the brunt of the DDoS attacks and extortion attempts in recent months because the sites are attractive targets, Lawrence said.
	www.infoworld.com /article/04/01/29/HNsuperbowl_1.html (2146 words)

	Experts fret over online extortion attempts - Security - MSNBC.com
		While there have been a string of reported payoffs by online gambling sites, there is no hard evidence that more general e-commerce sites have buckled under. Some experts are skeptical of widespread extortion claims, which often come from vendors who sell software solutions to denial of service attacks.
		The arrests in Russia this summer of three alleged masterminds of an extortion ring targeting online bookies did reveal just how successful such an operation could be: authorities say the suspects had netted hundreds of thousands of dollars from October 2003 through early 2004 in extortion payments.
		The attack was part of a deliberate extortion attempt, the company said.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6436834 (1464 words)

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