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Lawyer for ex-DEA agent: Charges mired in anti-Italian bias

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NEW YORK (AP) — The indictment of a former federal agent charged with pocketing $250,000 in bribes to protect the Mafia is rooted in a “racial animus” toward Italian Americans, his lawyer contends.

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Lawyer for ex-DEA agent: Charges mired in anti-Italian bias

3 years ago·United States

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Washington Times

Lawyer for ex-DEA agent: Charges mired in anti-Italian bias

NEW YORK (AP) - The indictment of a former federal agent charged with pocketing $250,000 in bribes to protect the Mafia is rooted in a “racial animus” toward Italian Americans, his lawyer contends.Federal prosecutors have failed to identify “a single penny” Joseph Bongiovanni took from gangsters in Buffalo, New ...

3 years ago·United States

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680 News

Lawyer for ex-DEA agent: Charges mired in anti-Italian bias

NEW YORK — The indictment of a former federal agent charged with pocketing $250,000 in bribes to protect the Mafia is rooted in a “racial animus” toward Italian Americans, his lawyer contends.Federal prosecutors have failed to identify “a single penny” Joseph Bongiovanni took from gangsters in Buffalo, New York, during his two decades with U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, his defence attorney alleges in new court filings. “The government ha…

3 years ago·Toronto, Canada

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NBC New York

Bribery Charges Against Former NY DEA Agent Mired in Anti-Italian Bias: Lawyer

The indictment of a former federal agent charged with pocketing $250,000 in bribes to protect the Mafia is rooted in a “racial animus” toward Italian Americans, his lawyer contends

3 years ago·New York, United States

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