The businesses that got shot up include a smoke shop, a cafe whose owner refused to pay $700 per week for protection, and a ...

police received more than 14,000 extortion complaints. But the problem is believed to be more prevalent as many victims fail to report cases out of fear. Million-dollar profits make the shakedown ...

The apparent shakedown — and evidence definitively ... believe was used in at least two shootings but later abandoned. Extortion rings aren’t unheard of in the city, but typically target ...

The corporate world might welcome being freed from this quadrennial shakedown. The swearing-in, the congressional luncheon, and the parade down Pennsylvania Avenue are all paid for by the federal ...