extortion

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Officials say that most cases involved ordinary criminality - land disputes, theft, extortion, or personal feuds - that were later framed as religious violence.

From BBC

Police records seen by the BBC also showed that although police had identified some suspects, the group were treated as "individuals requiring safeguarding" rather than as potential offenders involved in extortion or blackmail.

From BBC

Rogers reported the extortion scam to the Fed and sat for a more than two-hour interview with the inspector general’s office.

From The Wall Street Journal

These are "cruel practices that compound grief with extortion", she added.

From Barron's

The scourge of extortion in Peru, which has risen tenfold in two years, cannot be beaten without a major security overhaul, the prosecutor heading the South American country's fight against organized crime told AFP.

From Barron's