Justice Dept. charges organized crime group for alleged plot to murder U.S. citizen

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Justice Dept. charges organized crime group for alleged plot to murder U.S. citizen













































-A federal court in New York Friday unsealed murder-for-hire and money laundering charges against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization for plotting the murder of a U.S. citizen who has been targeted by the Government of Iran for speaking out against the regime’s human rights abuses.

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