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Four jailed for alcohol-smuggling VAT and tax fraud | UK news | The Guardian
www.guardian.co.uk | Feb 10, 2012
Fraud worth £50m a year in unpaid duty and VAT afforded gang members a luxury lifestyle, investigators say

MPs slam the Government’s “pathetic” handling of hate preacher Abu Qatada’s blocked deportation -
www.mirror.co.uk | Feb 8, 2012
He has called on British Muslims to martyr themselves with attacks in a holy war designed to kill and maim innocent people.

FitchResearch
www.fitchratings.com | Feb 7, 2012
Fitch Ratings About Us Contact Us Press Room Events Help Search Sign in Autologin Printer-Friendly Page Click Here for Printer-Friendly Version Fitch Assigns Initial 'BB+' IDR to Corrections Corp.; Credit Facility at 'BBB-' Ratings Endorsement Policy 07 Feb 2012 11:26 AM (EST) Fitch Ratings-New

RBPCDC, CSI and NC Rural Center Present Entrepreneurial Workshop for the Formerly Incarcerated |
www.prlog.org | Jan 23, 2012
RBPCDC, CSI and NC Rural Center Present Entrepreneurial Workshop for the Formerly Incarcerated. Community Success Initiative, NC Rural Center and STOP the Funeral Initiative Second Chance Program Partner to Host Entrepreneurial Workshop For Formerly Incarcerated Individuals on Wednesday, January

Prison Beating Clouds Stanford Trial - WSJ.com
online.wsj.com | Jan 20, 2012
R. Allen Stanford is headed to trial on Monday for an alleged $7.2 billion fraud. But the effects of a 2009 beating he suffered in prison are complicating the case against him.

Myanmar frees dozens of political prisoners - FT.com
www.ft.com | Jan 13, 2012
Myanmar released dozens of high-profile political prisoners on Friday – including student leaders, monks, journalists and the former head of military intelligence – in the strongest sign yet of the nominally civilian government’s commitment to a

Drew 'Bo' Brownstein: NY Judge Sentences Denver Trader To Year In Prison For Insider Trading
www.huffingtonpost.com | Jan 12, 2012
NEW YORK -- The Denver owner of a hedge fund was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in prison after he admitted making up to $2.5 million by trading on insider information he got from a longtime friend. U.S. District Judge Robert Patterson also ordered 35-year-old Drew "Bo" Brownstein to serve

Ambassador Bridge owner ordered to jail - The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com | Jan 12, 2012
Manuel Moroun, partner sentenced for not complying with court orders on construction projects

Newsvine - Maine private prison bill headed to dead files
www.newsvine.com | Jan 9, 2012
A bill carried over from last year's session to allow a privately run prison in Maine has been killed.

Judge rules Stanford competent to stand trial - Business - US business - msnbc.com
www.msnbc.msn.com | Dec 22, 2011
Jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford is mentally competent to stand trial on charges he bilked investors out of $7 billion in a massive Ponzi scheme, a judge ruled Thursday