A former south suburban police officer was convicted by a federal jury Friday of conspiring to rob motorists of cash and drugs during traffic stops and extorting people in exchange for declining to ...

President Trump has personally stipulated that hefty financial penalties be part of agreements his administration is negotiating with the elite universities. Critics call it extortion. By Michael C.

Derek Miller is a professor of English and the chair of the Standing Committee on Theater, Dance, and Media at Harvard. To the Trump Administration: Here are my midterm comments on your “extortion” ...

Mr. Grillo is a contributing Opinion writer who has covered organized crime in Latin America for two decades. He wrote from Mexico City. If you are buying a lime in the United States — to juice up a ...

Adult video platform PornHub is being extorted by the ShinyHunters extortion gang after the search and watch history of its Premium members was reportedly stolen in a recent Mixpanel data breach. Last ...

A shop owner facing threats shutters the clothing store that had been in his family for generations. A leader of a citrus growers association is kidnapped and killed after refusing mob demands for a ...