intimidation

There is plenty of material to work with: incidents of witness intimidation and jury tampering; pre-emptive settlement offers climbing to eight figures; and even the recent California wildfires, which disrupt the lives of all concerned.

They are being sold by the US as a war on drug trafficking but all the signs suggest this is really an intimidation campaign that seeks to remove Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro from power.

Tisch said when people refused to pay, the organised crime families used threats and intimidation to get people to hand over the money.

The goal is to silence with fear and intimidation a Christian network that in recent years has launched about 100 small churches in 40 cities across China and reaches tens of thousands of people online.

Ahead of the gig at Manchester Academy, which is on the University of Manchester campus, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said universities had the powers to "take action to prevent harassment and intimidation".