From Great Britain to the States: it's a crash on the rebound that of the Murdochs. The US Justice Department is preparing subpoenas, which a special office must in any case approve, as part of the investigation into the illegal wiretapping of the group: in this case, News Corp. is suspected of having spied on some family members of the victims of the Sept. 11. A hypothesis which, if confirmed, would have a devastating impact on the Australian tycoon's media empire. The FBI is investigating this trend of 11/XNUMX.
According to the little that is leaking out, there would be three authorities interested in Murdoch, in the wake of theBritish investigation that led to the closure of the tabloid News of the Word: in addition to the Justice Department and the FBI, the Sec is also involved. And if from the company they claim to have no news of any concrete accusation, the problem for Murdoch is called the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: a US law that pursues US companies bribing foreign officials, as happened with these bribes paid by News of the World to the British police. In Great Britain there are two main investigations concerning the Murdoch's local arm, News International: illegal wiretaps and bribes to Scotland Yard.
