Sentences with phrase «by organized crime in»

According to this account, the music was born in the brothels of New Orleans, came of age in the illegal speakeasies of Chicago in the 1920s, and reached maturity nurtured by organized crime in Harlem, Kansas City, and other corrupt communities in the 1930s.

Not exact matches

The region's violence is in large part driven by drug trafficking and organized crime — in Mexico, fragmentation of criminal groups has stoked more bloodshed in recent months.

By the 1980s, organized crime groups controlled nearly all of the ready - mix concrete supplies in the New York area.

Prosecutors who specialize in terrorism, narcotics trafficking and organized crime, led by the acting head of the Justice Department's criminal division, will bring prosecutions designed to restrict the flow of money to terrorist groups, Sessions said.

Toward the goal of clean capital markets, in 2004 Byrne began a vigorous citizen - journalist campaign focusing on regulatory capture, hedge fund mischief, settlement system failures, systemic risk, and the possibility of economic warfare against the US by organized crime and foreign governments.

Nearly three - dozen organized crime members were busted by federal authorities in Manhattan for an odd mishmash of crimes — trafficking 5 tons of stolen chocolate as well as hordes of illegal cigarettes.

The testimony before the legislature followed a rally outside organized by Birnbaum, North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Carver and other police union officials to complain about the conditions and decry an increase in crime.

Speaking at the one day National Security Summit organized by the Nigerian Police force and Sun Newspapers in Abuja with the theme «Community partnership approach to internal security and crime management» yesterday, Buhari said, «In order to further strengthen the security of the public space, consideration is being given to the expansion of the CCTV Monitoring System across major cities and towns in the country while police accountability mechanism will be strengthened»in Abuja with the theme «Community partnership approach to internal security and crime management» yesterday, Buhari said, «In order to further strengthen the security of the public space, consideration is being given to the expansion of the CCTV Monitoring System across major cities and towns in the country while police accountability mechanism will be strengthened»In order to further strengthen the security of the public space, consideration is being given to the expansion of the CCTV Monitoring System across major cities and towns in the country while police accountability mechanism will be strengthened»in the country while police accountability mechanism will be strengthened».

Fact 1: The UCRRA was created in 1987 by an act of the state legislature to protect the county taxpayers from the ravages of a waste hauling and disposal industry controlled by organized crime.

Murphy joined State Sen. Martin Golden, a retired New York Police Department officer, and State Sen. Fred Akshar, former Broome County undersheriff, at a press conference in Albany on Jan. 30, organized by State Sen. Patrick Gallivan, a former New York State trooper, sheriff of Erie County, member of the NYS Board of Parole and chairperson of the Senate Crime and Corrections Committee.

When the hero of the show and one of the antagonists have a romantic tone right out in the open, as... Referred to as flash robs, flash mob robberies, or flash robberies by the media, crimes organized by teenage youth using social media rose to international

White, Exley, and Vincennes find themselves drawn into a tangled and sticky web of violence and betrayal following a multiple murder at a coffee shop that is believed to be part of an effort by Mickey Cohen (Paul Guilfoyle) to consolidate his hold on organized crime in L.A..

Breezy, sleazy, and sometimes - intense, Rob the Mob depicts a very specific sliver of time in New York history, a time overrun by crack, graffiti, and omnipresent organized crime.

In short order, he loses his job, his girlfriend, his apartment, gets mugged, has his nose broken, and arrives at a sympathetic buddy's apartment just in time to be intercepted and abducted by members of an organized crime fraternity who believe that he is, in fact, his conveniently absent buddIn short order, he loses his job, his girlfriend, his apartment, gets mugged, has his nose broken, and arrives at a sympathetic buddy's apartment just in time to be intercepted and abducted by members of an organized crime fraternity who believe that he is, in fact, his conveniently absent buddin time to be intercepted and abducted by members of an organized crime fraternity who believe that he is, in fact, his conveniently absent buddin fact, his conveniently absent buddy.

Robert Woodfield (Eric Roberts) is a lawyer who grew up walking a tightrope between both sides of the law; after the death of his parents, he was raised by Charlie Mason (Dean Stockwell), a union representative who wants to do the right thing for his men, but who also has one foot in organized crime.

All the Money in the World tells the real - life story of the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III (played by Charlie Plummer), by an organized crime syndicate, and his billionaire grandfather's cold and controversial refusal to pay his ransom.

Inspired by a real life heist in London, «Snatch,» centers on a group of twenty - something, up and coming hustlers who stumble upon a truck load of stolen gold bullion and are suddenly thrust into the high - stakes world of organized crime.

Informed by a real life gold bullion heist in London, the show centers on a group of twenty - something, up and coming hustlers who stumble upon a truck load of stolen gold bullion and are suddenly thrust into the high - stakes world of organized crime.

According to CNN, the crew for «Transformers: Age of Extinction» faced attempted extortion by groups linked to organized crime while filming in Hong Kong in 2013.

In the 2044 of Looper, time travel exists, but it's mainly used by a giant organized crime syndicate, which sends hit men who have outlived their usefulness back in time to be murdered by their younger selveIn the 2044 of Looper, time travel exists, but it's mainly used by a giant organized crime syndicate, which sends hit men who have outlived their usefulness back in time to be murdered by their younger selvein time to be murdered by their younger selves.

Based on James Ellroy's novel, LA Confidential is a modern noirish tale of how police corruption and the flourishing of organized crime go hand in hand, as well as how public decisions are dictated by public image, strange bedfellows, and the allure of the Hollywood glamour industry.

There are a lot of big, attention - getting films in 2012, and one that I forget about once in a while is Gangster Squad, the film in which Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer follows the efforts of a squad of LA cops (Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Nick Nolte, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Mackie) to stop the incursion of organized crime into LA, led by Sean Penn as famed mob boss Mickey Cohen.

Just recently, late November 2013, we have witnessed a presidential fraud in Honduras, which comes to legitimize a previous coup d'etat, and all the human rights violations and violence being suffered by the peoples of Honduras, in particular against the first nations and Garifuna peoples, and in favor of the rule of organized crime in the region.

Like most of the police, indeed, like most residents, Brunetti had always assumed that the men from Senegal were under the control of organized crime, the reason most often offered to explain their politeness in dealing with the public: so long as their manner did not call attention to them, few people would trouble to ask how they so successfully managed to remain invisible to and undisturbed by the authorities.

Publishers Weekly organized a petition to the White House and it has been endorsed by the Romance Writers of America, Independent Book Publishers Association, American Society of Journalists and Authors, California Writers Club, Sisters in Crime, and the San Francisco Writers Conference.

Then one of the boys is drugged and left to die in a field, saved only by the fateful intervention of a passing homeless man, and Grave's investigation begins to turn up leads that point to government and organized crime connections.

A story on ABC News reported an enormous scam perpetrated by an organized crime operation in India.

It is obvious that these property crimes are being centrally planned and executed by someone with an honorary masters in organized crime management.

Horse slaughter everywhere has been found to be tied to organized crime http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/15/horsemeat-scandal-the-essential-guide#113 And in fact, Oklahoma horse slaughter dealer George Baker was indicted on February 8 by a grand jury on counts including conspiracy and racketeering.

Yakuza Kiwami is a fantastic remake by Sega that portrays the gritty underground world of organized crime in Japan.

In 2012 she was selected to participate in an Art Crime Investigation Seminar organized by Robert Wittman, founder of the FBI's Art Crime TeaIn 2012 she was selected to participate in an Art Crime Investigation Seminar organized by Robert Wittman, founder of the FBI's Art Crime Teain an Art Crime Investigation Seminar organized by Robert Wittman, founder of the FBI's Art Crime Team.

«American Art Today: Faces and Figures,» The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum (formerly The Art Museum at FIU), Florida International University, Miami, FL, January 17 — March 9, 2003 «The Harlem Renaissance and Its Legacy,» Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, January 18 — April 13, 2003 «A Century of Collecting: African American Art in the Art Institute of Chicago,» Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, February 15 — May 18, 2003; catalogue «Structures of Difference,» Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, February — April 13, 2003 «The Space Between: Artists Engaging Race and Syncretism,» Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, March 18 — June 8, 2003 «Visual Poetics: Art and the Word,» Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL, April 25 — November 16, 2003; brochure «Visualizing Identity,» The Jack S Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, August 27, 2003 — January 4, 2004 «Drawing Modern: Works from the Agnes Gund Collection,» Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, October 26, 2003 — January 1, 2004; catalogue «Skin Deep,» Numark Gallery, Washington, D.C., March 15 — April 26; brochure «Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self,» curated by Coco Fusco and Brian Wallis, International Center of Photography, New York, NY, December 12, 2003 — February 29, 2004; traveled to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 2004; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, 2005; catalogue «Supernova,» San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, 2003 «Fast Forward: Twenty Years of White Rooms,» White Columns, New York, NY, 2003; catalogue «Today's Man,» curated by John Connelly, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2003 «The Disembodied Spirit,» curated by Alison Ferris, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME, 2003; catalogue «The Alumni Show,» curated by Nina Felshin, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 2003; catalogue «Crimes and Misdemeanors,» Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2003 «DL: The Down Low in Contemporary Art,» Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos, Bronx, NY, 2003 «The Paper Sculpture Show,» organized by ICI, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY, 2003; traveled to Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA; Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN; Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston - Salem, NC; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA «An American Legacy: Art from the Studio Museum,» The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, 2003 «Stranger in the Village,» Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY, organized by the Museum of Modern Art, NY, 2003 «On the Wall: Wallpaper and Tableau,» The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2003 «Family Ties,» curated by Trevor Fairbrother, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, 2003 «Influence, Anxiety, and Gratitude (Toward and understanding of trans - generational dialogue as a gift economy),» curated by Bill Arning, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, 2003 «American Art Today: Faces & Figures,» The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL, 2003

16 That figure, again with no qualification, was used in speeches by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a climate change crusader, such as his call on May 6, 2015 to use the RICO Act — a law intended to combat organized crime syndicates — to put «deniers» in jail.17 The same claim appeared in the U.K. Daily Mail.

Last month, a man by the name of Jagadish Shukla (along with several other scientists) sent a letter to the President and Attorney General Loretta Lynch, demanding that RICO charges — that is, «racketeering, influenced and corrupt organization» charges — be brought against so - called «climate deniers,» as though those who disagree with the theory that global climate change is inherently man made and undeniably catastrophic, were joined together in a conspiracy that amounts to organized crime.

RICO was enacted by section 901 (a) of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 While its original use in the 1970s was to prosecute the Mafia as well as others who were actively engaged in organized crime, its later application has been more widespCrime Control Act of 1970 While its original use in the 1970s was to prosecute the Mafia as well as others who were actively engaged in organized crime, its later application has been more widespcrime, its later application has been more widespread.

What Article 28 (3) with its omission of public policy grounds seems to suggest in my view is that — to a certain extent — the mere fact of a 10 years residence has created a link between the EU citizen and the host Member State that is similar to the link between a national and its state; as a consequence expulsion can only be a valid means if this link is deliberately destroyed by the EU citizen; this would be the case of a serious security threat, i.e. an individual determined to engage in actions that jeopardize the security of the host Member State's society at large, which could indeed be the case of organized crime.

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) was passed by congress to seek out and eradicate organized crime in the United States.

Some insurers have remarked to Marsh that incidences of mortgage fraud backed by organized crime have begun to surface in the claims notifications of some of the smaller law firms involved in, particularly, «buy to let» transactions.

It also determined Mr. Hernandez was inadmissible by reason of organized criminality, under s. 37 (1)(b), since there were reasonable grounds to believe he had engaged, in the context of transnational crime, in the activity of people smuggling.

It targeted three spheres: reducing violence from political parties and elections, reducing violence by gangs, youth, and the state in marginalized communities, and reducing violence from organized crime.

In September, a Panamanian judge rejected Mossack Fonseca's claim that the raids directed by the country's special prosecutor for organized crime, Javier Caraballo, were unlawful.

It is obvious that these property crimes are being centrally planned and executed by someone with an honorary masters in organized crime management.

OFAC is the US Treasury Department, which is responsible for economic and trade sanctions against countries and individuals accused by the US authorities of involvement in terrorism, drug trafficking, human rights violations, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, transnational organized crime and other unlawful activities.

Recovered $ 45,000 in stolen merchandise by apprehending multiple organized retail crime suspects.

Conducted investigation interviews and court processing for minors referred to the juvenile court.Created, organized and maintained files, daily case notes and electronic databases.Referred offenders to appropriate community agencies to complete services in compliance with court orders.Developed professional relationships with offenders through home, school, detention and community visits.Supervised all cases referred to the juvenile court.Completed statistical analysis by developing, updating and maintaining statistical and related records and reports.Organized office schedules and maintained relationships with necessary agency contacts.Maintained relationships with employment and community contacts.Participated in probable cause and revocation hearings to stay informed of the relevant legal processes.Communicated with victims of crimes to verify that restitution was being received properly and promptly.Worked in collaboration with offenders to engage them in case planning.

Ontario's Safer Communities — 1,000 Officers Partnership program will assign 500 officers to priority areas identified by the government in its fight against crime in Ontario, including 143 assigned duties to combat organized crime, especially marijuana grow operations.