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Forbes - Thu Dec 10, 2:01 pm ET

Company dealt with indicted Haitian telco official.

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CrimeCraft: Kingpin hits iPhone and Facebook
GamePro - Thu Dec 10, 1:53 pm ET
Vogster's persistent world, online, gang-warfare shooter gets supplemented with a Mafia Wars style iPhone and Facebook App.
Ex-federal agent pleads guilty in smuggling case
KFDA-TV Amarillo - Thu Dec 10, 12:45 pm ET
Associated Press - December 10, 2009 12:35 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A retired U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of taking part in a cocaine smuggling operation and leaking law...
Bikers jailed over witness intimidation
Detroit Free Press - Thu Dec 10, 3:28 am ET
A federal judge on Wednesday locked up two members of the Highwaymen Motorcycle Club accused in a racketeering case after listening to testimony that they threatened a witness. U.S. District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds revoked the bond of club president Michael Cicchetti and member Erick Manners.
Former ICE Agent accused of drug smuggling strikes plea deal
KOLD News 13 Tuscon - Thu Dec 10, 4:42 pm ET
TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) - A retired ICE agent from Green Valley accepts a plea deal for his role in a cocaine smuggling operation. Richard Padilla Cramer pleaded guilty today to obstruction of justice in a Florida court.
Retail crime climbing; organized crime rings moving in
Standard-Examiner - Thu Dec 10, 3:51 pm ET
Worldwide retail losses from crime rose nearly 6 percent from last year to $115 billion -- up 8 percent in the United States to $46 billion -- according to a new study. -- read more
Study finds overuse of drugs on foster children
Chicago Tribune - Thu Dec 10, 1:36 am ET
UIC study says understaffed site overmedicated kids UIC study alleges an overuse of drugs on juveniles at understaffed Streamwood psychiatric hospital.
TV Review: American Gangster - "Chaz Williams: Armed & Dangerous"
Blogcritics.org - Thu Dec 10, 2:17 pm ET
"At one time I was considered like incorrigible. I think they were right."
2 motorcycle club members held
Detroit Free Press - Thu Dec 10, 12:19 am ET
Prosecutors are concerned about the safety of witnesses from the Highwaymen Motorcycle Club.
Counsel for eBay Endures Fiery Cross-Examination by Craigslist Lawyer
Law.com - Wed Dec 9, 11:12 pm ET
In the court battle between Internet titans eBay and Craigslist, the tables were turned Wednesday as the lead lawyer for Craigslist attempted to effectively put eBay on trial with a withering cross-examination of an eBay in-house lawyer. And eyebrows were raised when a top eBay executive testified he considered it tantamount to "extortion" when Craigslist's two founders demanded that they be ...
Mexican civilian authorities must investigate pattern of serious abuses by military
Amnesty International - Thu Dec 10, 3:20 am ET
New evidence of serious human rights violations carried out during military operations to combat organized crime and drug cartels in Mexico has been unveiled in an Amnesty International report.
Retired federal agent to change plea in drug case
The San Francisco Examiner - Thu Dec 10, 12:08 pm ET
PHOENIX — A retired U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of taking part in a cocaine smuggling operation and leaking law enforcement information to smugglers is scheduled to change his plea Thursday in a Florida courtroom.
'Caffeine psychosis' blamed in WSU accidents
Seattle Times - Thu Dec 10, 3:10 am ET
The motorist accused of striking down two pedestrians on the Washington State University campus may be suffering from "caffeine psychosis," his lawyer said.
WV Court Expects Not Guilty Plea from FL Man Tied to Motorcycle Club
WHSV Harrisonburg - Thu Dec 10, 11:43 am ET
A Florida man indicted on federal racketeering charges along with 54 other members and associates of the Pagans Motorcycle Club is due to enter a plea in the case.
SOUTHGATE: Former mafia boss attracts crowd at Downriver Prayer Breakfast
The News-Herald - Thu Dec 10, 10:25 am ET
SOUTHGATE — Michael Franzese, dubbed “The Born Again Don,” said some of those who attended the 22nd annual Downriver Prayer Breakfast might have come to see him because “‘The Sopranos’ (TV program) is no longer on the air,” but he hopes that it is his message of faith and hope that they will carry with them.
The Ticker
Boston Herald - Thu Dec 10, 12:21 am ET
Lee extortion Laura Goldman, the woman who threatened to kill Boston financier Thomas H. Lee, was sentenced to five years probation under a plea deal for attempted extortion....