Mercenaries, money and political connections
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The leader of the alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, Simon Mann has spent all of his adult life in the murky worlds of special forces and mercenaries.
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A search for investing opportunities in military and defense.
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Organized crime may have brought in more than $2 trillion in revenue last year, about twice all the military budgets in the world combined, a report issued yesterday said. The "State of the Future" report, published by the Millennium Project of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, said organized crime entities generated income from money laundering, counterfeiting, and piracy, ...
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By Rozana Sani  YOU may have heard of, been cautioned on or even fallen victim to "black money" scams, fake animal vaccine sales, lottery prize and inheritance scams, all operated through the Internet. Now brace yourselves for the "hitman" scam.
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The killing of 17 Iraqis by Blackwater contractors puts the spotlight on private security companies. Who are these guns for hire, and who pays when they mess up?
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Organized crime may have brought in more than $2 trillion in revenue last year, about twice all the military budgets in the world combined
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Once, drug gangs mostly fought each other, now they're joining forces to wage open warfare on the government
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Some laud moves with the two nations. Others are suspicious.
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JUTIAPA, Guatemala  - In towns along Guatemala's drug corridor between El Salvador and Mexico, drug traffickers flush with money see this year's elections as a new way to extend their power.
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NEW YORK - Suitcases full of cash, secret bank accounts, covert operatives, corrupt politicians on the take. A report detailing alleged illicit U.N...
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Shadowy corporate figures who cut backroom deals. Stealthy terrorists who drive cabs by day. Immigrants who steal across the border by night.
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By MAY WONG    SAN JOSE, Calif.  -- Sometimes it pays to befriend an enemy...
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'Blood Diamond' tries to mix African politics and action.
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A brief history of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund:
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What if governments and insurance companies nip the incentive for the dangerous illegal organ trade by paying donors with free healthcare or cash? Plus: Indian Organ Mafia Busted In Bodyhack.
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Games with a political and social agenda have provided a novel take on world events.
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By Julio Ojeda-Zapata and Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Sep. 22--Ah, temptation: You're a political campaign worker who is offered juicy inside info on your boss's archrival.