"So I'm already making yearly protection payments to the Mob, and I don't see why I should stand for being shaken down for anything extra."

His activities as a collector of protection payments had caught the attention of authorities earlier, and he had to leave New York City for a while.

The protection payments started off huge and got bigger.

Extorting protection payments continued to be its primary function.

Didn't make his protection payments, huh?

In recent years the family has operated freely in several western Mexico states; such activities are only possible as the result of protection payments to the authorities.

The protection payment is determined by a fisherman's rate of catch, the size of the vessel and the number of engines.

The Trat police chief later stated that the attack was prompted by the casino failing to make a protection payment to the rebel group.

The Stones also gained control of vice in the South Side, demanding protection payments from prostitution operations and drug dealers.

The protection payments were described by crime family members as a "street tax," the affidavit said.