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Shortly after Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s decisive 10-point triumph in Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary, her campaign won another key victory. By trumpeting a record $10 million fundraising haul in the 24 hours after the primary, the Clinton camp managed to silence speculation about whether she’ll be able to compete in the next round of states after emptying her coffers in Pennsylvania. Even as questions were being raised about the timing, number and type of donations that comprised the one-day windfall, the cash-strapped campaign managed a rare political feat. It not only amplified the significance of Clinton’s decisive win, it also achieved...

<p>Gov. Eliot Spitzer has informed his most senior administration officials that he had been involved in a prostitution ring, an administration official said this morning. He is set to make an announcement . . .</p>

Clinton Campaign Vows To Check Contributions Solicited by Supporter BRISTOW, Va. -- When Hillary Rodham Clinton held an intimate fund-raising event at her Washington home in late March, Pamela Layton donated $4,600, the maximum allowed by law, to Mrs. Clinton's presidential campaign. But the 37-year-old Ms. Layton says she and her husband were reimbursed by her husband's boss for the donations. "It wasn't personal money. It was all corporate money," Mrs. Layton said outside her home here. "I don't even like Hillary. I'm a Republican." The boss is William Danielczyk, founder of a Washington-area private-equity firm and a major fund-raising...

WASHINGTON — Former President Clinton starred at a Bethesda, Md., fundraiser Wednesday night, turning his glitter into an expected $500,000 in gold for wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, money that will go into her campaign treasure chest. The money was to come from 300 friends of Weldon Latham, a high-powered African-American attorney, long-time Democratic Party activist and national co-chairman of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. "When we did the fundraiser for Al Gore (during the 2000 campaign), Bill Cosby was the special guest. Bill Clinton is the special guest this time. He is extremely entertaining," Latham said in a joint telephone news...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2006 – Iraqi police and coalition forces captured two insurgents Oct. 9 in Samarra, Iraq, and Iraqi police shut down an insurgent financial operation Oct. 9 in Tikrit, military officials in Iraq reported. Iraqi police and coalition forces conducting a joint patrol captured two suspected insurgents who were attempting to enter Samarra by vehicle through a gap in the city’s surrounding berm. A search of the suspects’ vehicle revealed a sniper rifle. The individuals were detained for questioning. The combined patrol also apprehended an individual after receiving small-arms and indirect fire at a checkpoint. After determining the...

"S. Korean Dollar Payments to Kaesong (North Korea) Illegal"

Seven people, including two affiliated with Limelight Films Inc., a film and TV distribution company, have been charged as part of a two-year investigation into allegations of drug trafficking, money laundering and arms dealing. Bruno D'Esclavelles, 45, chief executive of Limelight, and Alexander de Basseville, 35, who is affiliated with Limelight's parent, the Swiss firm ADB Swiss S.A., were arrested in Alexandria, Va., and charged with conspiracy to distribute the drug Ecstasy. Federal officials say de Basseville met several times over two years with undercover agents posing as international drug traffickers. De Basseville offered to launder drug money, supply weapons...

South Korean bank joins US sanctions against North Korea 27 minutes ago Korea Exchange Bank, controlled by US equity fund Lone Star, has terminated all transactions with Banco Delta Asia, accused by Washington of laundering money for North Korea. The bank is the first South Korean financial institution to join US-imposed sanctions against the Macau-based bank. "We terminated all transactions with the Banco Delta, including remittance and foreign exchange dealings, on Wednesday" a bank spokeswoman told AFP. The decision was made to protect the interests of clients and the bank, she said. "This is a voluntary decision and there were...

Russian organized crime has become a significant problem for California law enforcement agencies. During the past several years, some Russian emigres have established a growing number of loosely structured criminal networks in this state that are involved in sophisticated criminal activities. The law enforcement intelligence community has also become aware of at least four structured Russian criminal organizations operating in California. Russian organized crime includes crime groups from all the republics which comprised the former Soviet Union. These crime groups are operating in many of the major cities in California including Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, and San...

ACCUSED LEADER OF INTERNATIONAL COUNTERFEIT MOTION PICTURE NETWORK ARRESTED ON U.S. CHARGES AFTER EXPULSION FROM CHINA -- Arrest & Charges in U.S. stem from first joint IPR investigation by ICE and Chinese authorities -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi today announced that Randolph Hobson Guthrie III has been arrested in the United States pursuant to an 18-count indictment filed in the Southern District of Mississippi charging him with trafficking in counterfeit goods and money laundering. ICE agents arrested Guthrie at Los Angeles International Airport on...

MANITOWOC MAN FOUND GUILTY OF EXPORTING RESTRICTED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS TO CHINA MILWAUKEE — The United States Attorney’s Office announced yesterday that a jury in Federal Court in Milwaukee, Wis., convicted Ning Wen, 56, of Manitowoc, to nine counts of conspiring to export more than $500,000 in restricted electronic components to the People’s Republic of China. The charges also include money laundering and making false statements to the FBI. U.S. Attorney Steven M. Biskupic stated, “The case involved the export of restricted electronic components that had a wide variety of uses including military radar and communications applications. The verdict helps insure...

Jordanian pleads guilty to money laundering By TIM MCGLONE, The Virginian-Pilot © July 23, 2005 Last updated: 12:35 AM NORFOLK — Eddie Akkawi came here from Jordan at 19 with little cash, speaking little English and with an eighth -grade education. He entered the fast-food world and quickly established himself as a suave businessman, opening several restaurants with friends who, like him, came here from Jordan in pursuit of the American dream.Thirteen years later, having learned English and amassed wealth, Akkaw i stood before a federal judge and listened as that dream shattered.Eyad “Eddie” Akkawi, 33, pleaded guilty Friday to...

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) - A federal judge threw out evidence against four men charged with laundering more than $60 million through their chain of U.S. Virgin Islands grocery stores, ruling that FBI agents acted in "reckless disregard for the truth." The ruling, released Monday, found that the FBI's search warrant was obtained improperly. It said agents, who had claimed to have seen suspicious tax records from the men, admitted they had only seen a computer printout of the records and did not thoroughly verify the evidence with the U.S. Caribbean territory's Internal Revenue Bureau. U.S. Attorney spokesman...

We all know that PETA is quite possibly the most annoying and certainly the most arrogant of all the leftist groups currently attempting to alter our way of life. However, I doubt that outside of a few nosy people and former PETA employees anyone knows how they care for homeless pets in Hampton Roads, Virginia (their headquarters, right)...They kill them! That's right, this warm fuzzy bastion of animal rights kills every once beloved family pet who has the misfortune of being carried through PETA's doors. People take animals to PETA instead of local shelters because they believe that they will...

Caracas 05.03.05 | Eva Golinger the "...attorney leading the investigation of the CIA and the US Government involvement in the coup and in the ongoing destabilization campaign in Venezuela..." [1] appears as the registrar of a legal entity (DOMESTIC NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION ) called "Venezuela Solidarity Committee" [2]. Golinger's findings about the aforesaid investigation have been posted in a website registered, according to WHOIS, by journalist Jeremy Bigwood called Venezuelafoia.info. On 07 May 2004 Golinger sent an email with the following remarks: I do have a non-profit organization, established legally under the laws of New York State, but it has never...

Riggs Bank yesterday admitted it was criminally liable for failing to take adequate measures to prevent potential money laundering by former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and officials of Equatorial Guinea. Riggs pleaded guilty to one felony count of failing to file suspicious activity reports and agreed to a fine of $16 million. The fine, if approved by U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina on March 29, will bring to $41 million the total civil and criminal penalties paid by the 160-year-old bank to resolve anti-money-laundering deficiencies in its former embassy and international operations. (snip)

Alumna Pamela Hoffler-Riddick, a 1998 doctoral graduate, was arrested Monday in connection with a drug ring centered in Virginia.Erin Zlomek News Editor U.S. Customs officials arrested a Virginia Tech alumna Monday after an indictment charged her with five counts of money laundering in connection with a multimillion-dollar drug ring. An indictment names 1998 doctoral graduate Pamela Hoffler-Riddick in association with a drug trafficking project dubbed “Operation Blowfish” by authorities. Hoffler-Riddick is an assistant superintendent in charge of 35 schools in Prince George’s County. The Washington Post reported Hoffler-Riddick is accused of using drug proceeds to pay off loans for two...

Realty firm positions itself in anticipation of exec's imprisonment Sunday, January 16, 2005 BY GEORGE E. JORDAN Star-Ledger Staff Alan Hammer, acting chairman of Kushner Cos., said the real estate venture is selling some of its apartments simply because it is a good time to sell. The sale of an unspecified number of apartments, the backbone of the Kushner empire, with estimated assets of $3 billion, comes as the company has quietly sold off other pieces of its real estate portfolio and shut down some of its fledgling enterprises.

U.S. authorities are seeking to extradite from Britain a 30-year-old British computer specialist accused of running Web sites in this country to promote jihad and funnel cash to terrorist organizations, including al Qaeda. Babar Ahmad was named in a federal grand jury indictment in August in Bridgeport, Conn., on charges of conspiring to support terrorists, providing material support to terrorist organizations, conspiring to kill, kidnap or injure U.S. citizens, and money laundering. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesman Dean Boyd said Mr. Ahmad is scheduled for an extradition hearing Thursday in London. Extradition papers said Mr. Ahmad, arrested Aug....

SEIU International Union Hit with FEC Complaint for Laundering of Dues Money into 2004 Campaigns Union officials funneled workers’ forced-dues dollars to candidates through America Coming Together (ACT) group and Democrat National Committee FOR RELEASE: November 10, 2004 E-mail this page Free e-mail alerts Washington, DC (November 10, 2004) - The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation today filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) for unlawful electioneering with workers’ dues during this fall’s elections. The complaint alleges that SEIU union officials handed over tens of millions of dollars of...

He and his wife, Lisa, go down to the eastern shore of Maryland for a getaway weekend, and then, by coincidence, they meet Hubbell and his wife down there. Hubbell, also from the Rose Law Firm, at the time the country's de-facto top law enforcement law officer because Janet Reno in effect was taking her orders from Hubbell. They go over to the estate of Michael Cardoza, who is the son-in-law of Nathan Landau, a big deal Democratic fund-raiser, and Cardoza is also the head of Clinton's legal defense fund. Supposedly, this was all poolside chit chat. Baloney, it was...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The state Fair Political Practices Commission on Tuesday accused a prominent lawyer of laundering contributions to the election campaign of Mayor James Hahn. Pierce O'Donnell allegedly arranged maximum donations from law firm employees and others, and then reimbursed them. He made 26 illegal contributions totaling $25,500, according to the accusation filed in Sacramento. The panel charged with enforcing California's campaign laws requested that O'Donnell be fined at least $94,000. If the case is not settled, an administrative hearing will be scheduled in coming months, said Steven Russo, head of enforcement for the commission. O'Donnell, 57, said...

Gaps in the fight against money laundering remain in several European countries nearly three years after they agreed to joint action to fight crime and terrorism, the European Union's head office warned on Tuesday. The 25 EU leaders last month listed the money laundering decision as one of a half dozen measures with "a decisive role to play in combatting terrorist activities" in Europe. However, the European Commission said in an interim report that "a number of member states still have a long way to go" to fully implement the June 26, 2001, framework. "There are so many different problems...

South Korean [fmr. Pres. Kim Dae Jung] Cash Transfer to North Korea Designed to Dodge American CIA by Choi Jae-hyeok (jhchoi@chosun.com) The (S. Korean) National Intelligence Service worked to make sure its transfer of $200 million to North Korea would go undetected by U.S. intelligence authorities according to statements by the S. Korean NIS and banking officials obtained by the special prosecutor team investigating the cash-for-summit scandal. Because of the detail involved, this conflicts with the Pres. Kim Dae-jung government's claim in February that the cash was sent as part of the Hyundai Group's economic cooperation projects in North...

<p>Actor Don Johnson is caught up in a money-laundering probe by German authorities, who say they found the "Miami Vice" star in a car with a suitcase stuffed with $8 billion worth of share certificates, bonds and credit notes when he crossed the Swiss border, it was revealed yesterday.</p>

<p>SARAJEVO, Bosnia — Bosnian police yesterday raided offices used by a Saudi-based charity blacklisted by the United States for suspected links to terrorism, a top official said.</p> <p>The operation targeting offices used by the al-Haramain Islamic Foundation in the central Bosnian town of Travnik was carried out on the orders of the Supreme Court of the Federation.</p>