The irony in this case is that in his previous job as New York's attorney general, Spitzer was not only an attack dog against corruption, particularly on Wall Street, but he also prosecuted several prostitution rings.

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Fantine, unemployed, but with a daughter to support, sinks into more and more desperate measures, eventually prostitution, disease and death.

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Charges against the former IMF chief were later dropped in the United States, but he has been warned he could be investigated in France over accusations he participated in a prostitution ring.

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