At checkpoints throughout the province, the security forces openly extort bribes. |
Federal forces routinely extort money from detainees' relatives as a condition for release. |
The two were eventually netted by the FBI, but the attempt to extort money from her was hard on her and her children. |
Others are kidnapped and killed to extort lucrative ransoms from their families. |
The administration proceeded to extort large sums of money, ostensibly to repay this cost, and the states ended up following suit. |
Their threats extort facilities and subsidies from the regimes that increase their strength and influence. |