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When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories (1992)

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jaunte6/13/2012 7:40:12 pm PDT

re: #70 Kragar

The criminal probe of Sheldon Adelson’s casino empire


Jacobs has also claimed in that suit that Adelson told him to hire a Macau public official, Leonel Alves, who was listed as Sands China’s counsel for more than a year. Paying a public official in any capacity raises questions of bribery under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Sands in court papers denied illegal activity.
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Jacobs further alleged that Adelson personally demanded secret investigations of Macau officials, “so that any negative information obtained could be used to exert ‘leverage’ in order to thwart government regulations/initiatives viewed as adverse to LVSC’s (Las Vegas Sands Corporation’s) interests.”…