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Charles Ford Investigations is a legal investigation company, based in Houston , Texas serving attorneys, businesses, insurance companies and individuals with quality investigations. CFI has trained and employed professional private investigators in Houston since 1979. By maintaining a diverse staff and large network of colleagues, CFI can offer a wide range of investigative services around the United States.
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is an independent, statewide agency that provides assistance to the state's criminal justice system in the areas of criminal investigations, forensic laboratory services and computerized criminal justice information. The Bureau consists of three divisions:
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Iona Uiagalelei, former Assistant Chief of the Department of Property Management for the American Samoan government, was sentenced Monday, Jan. 7, 2008, in federal court in Hawaii for obstructing a federal sex trafficking investigation. In August 2007, Uiagalelei pleaded guilty to witness tampering for instructing two Chinese women to provide false and misleading information to a federal grand jury, the federal prosecutor, and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.
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In 1999, the first-ever felony indictments for cruelty to animals on a factory farm in the U.S. were issued against three workers after a PETA investigation into a pig-breeding facility called Belcross Farm in North Carolina. In that case, all three workers were convicted for their parts in the beating and bludgeoning of pigs, including the skinning of a sow who was still conscious. Read more about PETA’s investigation at Belcross.
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The New York Times says that the FBI has begun an investigation that includes almost the entire mortgage industry—from the lenders to the brokers to the Wall Street banks who packaged the loans as securities. They're cooperating with the SEC and wouldn't name which firms they're targeting, but the Times said that it includes 14 companies. more
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The investigation is ... looking into questions regarding the timing of the study's release. According to published reports, the two-year drug trial concluded April 2006 but wasn't announced until January 15, 2008. Reports also suggest Merck and Schering-Plough knew the results of the trials but delayed sharing the findings with patients and did not change its marketing approach.
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