| Every state in Europe with commercial interests in the Mediterranean had knuckled under to the extortion. |
| Crimes leading to imprisonment included prostitution, drug use, larceny, robbery, parole violation, and extortion. |
| Bangkok overloads you with life, with white heat and hassle, with seediness and enterprise, with extortion and ancient beliefs. |
| Not a day passes without reports of mugging, murder, dacoity, extortion and kidnap making it to the front page. |
| The military has also been widely accused of involvement in arms running, people smuggling, drugs, illegal logging and extortion rackets. |
| The feud is the result of a long-standing turf war between the two groups to control the North's drug trade and extortion rackets. |
