http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/new_york+crime+chinatown_bus+chinatown PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/33467 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/33467 <p>NEW YORK -- Sixteen people linked to Asian organized crime were arrested overnight by a task force of FBI, NYPD, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigators for allegedly extorting bus companies, WNBC.com has learned.</p> <p>Law enforcement sources told WNBC.com that a federal indictment charges the individuals with various acts of violence and extortion targeting operators of bus companies which do business between New York and east coast cities.</p> <p>Fifteen of the arrests took place in the New York City metropolitan area and one other person was arrested in Florida, sources said.</p> <p>Details about the charges are expected to be released later today as the those arrested appear in federal court in Manhattan.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Fifteen of the arrests took place in the New York City metropolitan area and one other person was arrested in Florida, sources said.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>