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Note: The following text is a quote: Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York SECURITY COUNCIL AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADDS NAME OF ONE INDIVIDUAL TO CONSOLIDATED LIST On 27 May 2009, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the addition of the entry specified below to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. C. Individuals associated with Al-Qaida QI.H.269.09....

Reputed hitman captured by FBI Frank 'The German' Schweihs, 75, had disappeared from his Dania Beach home in April, one of two defendants in a Chicago mob case who slipped away from federal lawmen. Associated Press A reputed mob enforcer from Dania Beach who had been the focus of a manhunt since April, when federal prosecutors unsealed racketeering-murder charges against him, was arrested Friday in Kentucky, the FBI announced. Frank ''The German'' Schweihs, 75, was captured without incident by the FBI at his apartment in Berea, Ky., a rugged, hilly area 40 miles south of Lexington. Until April, Schweihs, allegedly...

CHICAGO - A reputed mob enforcer who has been the focus of a nationwide manhunt since federal prosecutors unsealed racketeering-murder charges against the alleged top echelon of the Chicago underworld was arrested Friday, the FBI announced. Frank "The German" Schweihs, 75, was captured without incident when agents swooped down on an apartment he had recently rented in Berea, Ky., a hilly area 40 miles south of Lexington. Schweihs was one of two defendants who slipped away just before federal prosecutors in April unveiled the long-sealed indictment against reputed Chicago mob boss James Marcello and 13 others in the FBI's Operation...