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U.K. Press Baron Breached Organised-Crime Law, Claims Publisher Hollinger.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 2004
By Brett Arends, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 11--Daily Telegraph press baron Lord Black and his associates -- including his wife Barbara Amiel.
Directors at his Hollinger International media empire are suing the former chairman and associates for UKpound 700 million and accuse them of breaching America's organised crime laws while running the company between 1997 and 2003. Black strongly denies the accusations.
Among the most serious are that he abused his control of Hollinger to buy some of its local US newspapers for at least UKpound 17 million less than they were worth.
In one case, say the directors, Black and long-term associate David Radler were actually paid UKpound 85,000 to take...
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