3 NJ mayors, lawmakers arrested in corruption case
• APThe mayors of three New Jersey cities, two state legislators and
several rabbis were among more than 40 people arrested today in a
sweeping corruption investigation that began as a probe into an
international money laundering ring that trafficked in goods as diverse
as human organs and fake designer handbags.
Among 44 people arrested were Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano III,
Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell, Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini,
state Assemblyman L. Harvey Smith and state Assemblyman Daniel Van
Pelt.
