Yugoslav Jail Aides Held
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BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — Officials at a Yugoslav prison were arrested for taking bribes from relatives of jailed foreigners, the official Tanjug news agency said. It said 16 staff members of the jail in Sremska Mitrovica, northeast Yugoslavia, were charged with taking about $20,000 in foreign currency in return for promises of better treatment of foreign prisoners.
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