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ARRESTED. WINNIE MADIKIZELA-MANDELA, 65, controversial ex-wife of Nelson Mandela; on 85 counts of fraud involving more than $100,000; in Pretoria. The charges involve an alleged scheme to obtain loans for nonexistent employees of the African National Congress Woman's League, of which she is president...
...like so many love affairs, this one may end in tears. The federal agencies that people are counting on to ensure their safety are struggling to meet a challenge unlike any other in living memory. The FBI was fashioned to fight conventional crime--drug gangs, computer fraud, car theft, the Mob. Now it's asked to fight secret terror cells with international reach. A public health system that was fraying in peacetime must cope with the reality of anthrax and the threat of worse. The Immigration and Naturalization Service, which used to focus on holding back the millions who want...
Once bin Laden has money in a bank he controls, it is not hard for him to pass it through mainstream U.S. financial institutions. "By the time money gets here, it could be anyone's," says Alan Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who specialized in financial fraud. And the money can be used for anything. In testimony on the embassy bombings, a bin Laden associate said he received a $250,000 wire transfer from the Shamal bank to his bank in Texas and used the money to buy an airplane for bin Laden...
According to the Post, as of Sept. 25 the Justice Department has detained a total of 352 people in its investigation, 98 of whom are being held on immigration charges. Others are being held for identification fraud and even traffic violations. In light of these numbers, it seems that the Justice Department is detaining these individuals for minor crimes while they search for new evidence. While we all yearn to see those responsible for the attacks brought to justice, evidence should be collected first and arrests made later. The Bill of Rights says we are innocent until proven guilty...
...some success in cutting him off from his assets. Al-Qaeda gets funds from sympathizers in oil-rich gulf states and from otherwise legitimate Islamic charities. Recently it has turned more to criminal sources, including arms dealing. Cells have been forced to use petty theft, credit-card fraud and other scams to finance themselves...