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Will Bribery Probe Hit IDT?

Forbes - Thu Dec 10, 2:01 pm ET

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"Gomorra" author honored by Milan's Brera Academy
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 1:54 pm ET
Nobel Laureate Dario Fo presented Italian "Gomorra" author Roberto Saviano with an honorary degree and heaps of praise on Thursday for his courage in daring to expose the mafia.
Ex-federal agent pleads guilty in smuggling case
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 12:32 pm ET
A retired U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of taking part in a cocaine smuggling operation pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice Thursday in a Florida courtroom.
Conflicting reports over Egypt works at Gaza border
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 11:10 am ET
Residents of the Egyptian side of the border town of Rafah, a smuggling haven within tunneling distance of the Gaza strip, say engineers have begun a using heavy earth-moving equipment for a set of mysterious excavation works.
On Syria border: No sign of Saddam loyalists
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 9:13 am ET
Iraq's border with Syria runs for hundreds of miles through barren land patrolled by a relative scattering of security forces. But despite claims about exiled Saddam Hussein loyalists sneaking across to disrupt Iraq's upcoming elections, the only evidence around one key outpost is faded slogans of Saddam's banned Baath Party painted on the wall of a decaying grain elevator.
Harold A. Ackerman, Federal Judge in New Jersey, Dies at 81
New York Times - Wed Dec 9, 10:59 pm ET
Mr. Ackerman was a federal judge in New Jersey for three decades whose hundreds of cases included trials of crooked politicians, corrupt union officials and reputed organized crime chieftains.
UIC study alleges an overuse of drugs on juveniles at understaffed Streamwood psychiatric hospital
Chicago Tribune - Thu Dec 10, 8:03 am ET
UIC study says understaffed site overmedicated kids One of Illinois' largest psychiatric hospitals dosed foster children with dangerous combinations of mood-altering drugs, sometimes using the medicines as "chemical restraints" to control youth who needed counseling, according to a sharply worded new report by the University of Illinois at Chicago's department of psychiatry.
Italy Blocks Arrest of Government Official for Mafia Collusion
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 10, 7:33 am ET
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Italy’s Chamber of Deputies voted to block the arrest of Nicola Cosentino , an undersecretary of finance, on suspicion of colluding with the Camorra organized crime group.
Mob's Role in Strip Club Excuses Taxes, Judge Says
Law.com - Thu Dec 10, 11:40 am ET
The estate of a businessman held to be responsible for taxes on a once-prosperous Manhattan strip club does not have to pay more than $4 million in back taxes because the club became so thoroughly infested by organized crime that it was unmanageable, a state administrative law judge has determined. The judge concluded that the late Frank Marchello was thwarted in carrying out his corporate ...
NYC concrete-testing racketeering trial starts
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 7:54 pm ET
NEW YORK — The builders needed concrete. The strength test results they got were anything but, prosecutors said Wednesday at a racketeering trial surrounding concrete tests for such landmarks as the new Yankee Stadium and ground zero's tallest skyscraper.
Judge reverses Oakwood man's guilty verdict at racketeering trial
Staten Island Advance - 2 minutes ago
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Benny DiCostanzo denied all along that he was a mobster, even after a jury found him guilty on one of two counts in a racketeering trial that ended with convictions against a longtime Gambino soldier and...
Chris Weitz defends 'New Moon' pirate; Summit stays mum
Film Journal - 11 minutes ago
Is three years in prison too much for a Chicago woman who was caught using a digital recording device during a screening of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon"?
Biker pleads not guilty in racketeering case
Charleston Daily Mail - 16 minutes ago
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Florida man indicted on federal racketeering charges along with 54 other members and associates of the Pagans Motorcycle Club has pleaded innocent.Court records show Dale Wright waived his right to attend an arraignment Thursday in U...
Immigrant Of The Day: Edward G. Robinson of Romania
Immigration Portal - 49 minutes ago
Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg;1893–1973) is a Hollywood legend who was born in Romania. Although he has played a wide range of characters, he is best remembered for his roles as a gangster, most notably in the film Little Caesar (1931).
Current TV’s “Vanguard”: "Cocaine Mafia"
The Huffington Post - 1 hour 24 minutes ago
I grew up hearing about Colombian drug cartels dumping huge amounts of cocaine into the United States to feed America's insatiable craving for the fine...
Josephus Eggelletion pleads guilty to money laundering, will resign
Miami Herald - Thu Dec 10, 11:03 am ET
Suspended Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion pleaded guilty Thursday morning to one count of money laundering in West Palm Beach federal court.