Glico again targeted by blackmailer

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the head office building in Osaka's Nishi-Yodogawa Ward of Ezaki Glico Co., which received a blackmail letter in June from a man who demanded 50 million yen not to poison the company's products, police sources said Aug. 11. Glico, a major maker of confectioneries and other food products, was also the target of a series of high-profile extortion attempts in the 1980s, which remain unsolved.

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