41.  The country is divided up into clan-based fiefdoms and kidnappings are a common way of extorting money.

42.  The father of a junior highschool student accused of beating and extorting money from a classmate apparently committed suicide by drinking chemical fertilizer, police said Tuesday.

43.  The local police commander, Col. Hector Dario Castro, told reporters that rebels had been extorting money from the company which owned the buses.

44.  The guerrillas have a court and land registration offices, and raise funds by extorting money from landowners and businessmen, robbing banks and attacking police stations for weapons.

45.  The image of the police force has been tainted by several scandals with highway police being accused of extorting money from truck drivers.

46.  The military has repeatedly accused the rebels of extorting money from civilians and stockpiling food and other essential items.

47.  The report also accuses police officers of extorting money from Afghan arrested, but not formally charged.

48.  The source, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity, said the two victims had been extorting money for months from Sri Lankan merchants.

49.  They have repeatedly accused the rebels of extorting money from civilians and stockpiling large quantities of food and other essential items.

50.  Humanitarian organisations have repeatedly complained about the behaviour of soldiers, accusing them of extorting money from refugees and the local population.