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Twins jailed over 'mafia' extortion

TWIN brothers who were the youngest gang leaders in Chongqing were jailed for 17 years and fined 100,000 yuan (US$14,648) each yesterday following a citywide crime crackdown. Chongqing No.2 Intermediate People's... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Nov 06 2009

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