Extortion

American companies operating in Mexico are facing mounting threats from organized crime, including extortion, hijackings, and coercion

The group allegedly charged transportation workers and business owners a weekly fee of around $8; and if they failed to comply, they were at risk of being kidnapped or killed

A Tennessee woman allegedly stole a man's car, and then demanded that he pay her $375 and cover her $80 hotel bill to get it back.

It was in Trujillo in 2006 that gangs began to impose their violent extortion methods, demanding a "tax" on the transport sector, according to former security minister Ricardo Valdes.

A San Jose councilman allegedly engaged in copulation with a minor and discussed a young boy's genitals in texts exchanged with a man he claimed was extorting him.

Jemeire Perry was charged with sexual extortion, unlawful imprisonment and related charges after threatening a woman with arrest unless she agreed to have sex with him

The most common perpetrators of extortion were police officers, immigration officials, drug-traffickers or gangs and the military

Public transportation drivers in Southern Mexico are being terrorized and extorted by Central American street gangs.

A 21-year-old woman who was part of a group of people blackmailing pedophiles could be placed behind bars for extortion.

A woman and four other individuals found themselves charged with extortion on Wednesday after she allegedly faked a hostage video in order to get her mother to pay her over US$50,000.

At least eight people dead from gang war after one group goes against agreement, made cartel leader looked like a fool.

A former Marine in California pleaded guilty on Friday to "sextortion" and cyberstalking after he attempted to blackmail multiple victims to send him sexually explicit photographs.

Mob consigliere Ralph DiMatteo, was able to walk out of a Brooklyn federal prison on a $5million bond despite objections of federal prosecutors.

Drug cartel soldiers and pro-cartel townspeople attacked the Mexican military Saturday, a day after residents claimed military troops tried to disrupt protesters.

Marie and Occius Dorsainvil have been arrested on Friday after they tortured an alleged lover of Marie's before extorting over $50,000 from the man.

Many of the inmates were linked to at least five inside gangs known to extort money from other inmates within the prison walls.

Karim Benzema was one of five people put on trial last month over a deceitful attempt to extort Mathieu Valbuena, in a scandal dating back to June 2015. 

The reputed octogenarian boss and underboss of New York City’s Colombo crime family were among the 14 people arrested amid alleged ties to corruption and health care fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office confirmed on Tuesday.

Twenty-two women have accused Deshaun Watson of exposing himself, touching them with his penis or kissing them against their will during massage sessions.

Myles Frazier has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for having paid for sex with minors, producing child pornography, and cyberstalking targets for extortion.

A Wyoming woman has been sentenced to 21 months in jail after confessing to faking a sexual assault report to extort money from her alleged attacker, a Cheyenne court upheld on Monday.

A 35-year-old Filipina was shot multiple times roughly a month after she sued local police. It has yet to be established if the accused had a hand in the death of the woman from Cebu.

Police arrested Natividad Arlem Torres and Mercedes Torres, two sisters who are charged with blackmailing and extorting El Tri soccer star Oribe Peralta on Wednesday. According to investigation documents, the sisters had compromising photos of Peralta that they took at a party in January.

47 percent of extortions reported by migrants as part of a new study by a Saltillo shelter were committed by members of Mexico’s federal police.

A Mexican federal official, who was not authorized to speak on the record, told the Associated Press that cartels "extort the merchandise from mining companies and then export it through legal companies, or they rob trucks full (of ore) that later turn up in a legal manner."

Mexican refugee Carlos Gutierrez had his feet chopped off in 2011 by extortionists after failing to pay up. He fled to the US and plans to 670 miles for "Pedaling for Justice."

The letter, signed by Carlos Slim and two other heads of large Mexico corporations, names names. A construction-materials transportation syndicate as well as a new rapid-transit bus project have been infiltrated by organized crime, accuse the firms.

In Peña Nieto’s first eight months on the job, murder rates have fallen sharply. But kidnapping and extortion has gone up significantly, suggesting that the Mexican president’s security record may be more of a mixed bag than he’d like to admit.