He has not denied the payments, but says the money was extorted.

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He was sentenced for leading a group that killed dozens of people and also extorted shop owners in the outskirts of Brazil's largest city.

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Police say many contributions are extorted, or obtained through credit-card fraud.

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They will be sent to "implement" the so-called peace agreement that has been extorted from the parties to the conflict over nearly three weeks of marathon negotiations in Dayton, Ohio.

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As leader of Italy's Socialists from 1976 to 1993, Craxi was among the orchestrators of a system in which the main parties, and their officials, fed off bribes extorted from companies bidding for public contracts.

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Put another way, the fact that one major company has been punished by two major exporters does not stop other companies from being routinely extorted, nor does it compel other governments to enforce their laws.

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Over the past two years, cybercriminals extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from critical infrastructure companies, according to Alan Paller, director of the SANS Institute, an organization that hosts a crisis center for hacked companies. (See: America's Hackable Backbone).

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