New Jersey has never been short of political scandals, but the one that unfolded yesterday was surprising even by the standards of the state that inspired “The Sopranos.”
![[SB124836925711976351]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-EC774_0723nj_D_20090723132247.jpg)
David Bergeland, The Bergen Record/ Associated Press
Federal agents swept across New Jersey on Thursday, charging 44 people — including mayors, rabbis, and even one alleged trafficker in human kidneys — in a decadelong investigation into public corruption and international money-laundering.
