1.   They lead an international syndicate of banks with the co-arrangers comprising Banque National de Paris, Industrial Bank of Japan and Credit Lyonnais.

2.   They have had little assistance from the West, even though these fledgling democracies are up against sophisticated international criminal syndicates that are better organized, financed and equipped.

3.   This includes a mysterious international syndicate of elderly men who have some connection to the aliens.

4.   What worries law enforcement officials most is that international criminal syndicates are increasingly getting involved in illegal immigration.

5.   He blamed the government of former President Sali Berisha for enabling foreigners who may be linked to terrorism and international criminal syndicates to enter this former Communist country.

6.   Police said Wednesday they believed they had busted an international syndicate that used Singapore as a transfer point for drug shipments.

7.   Several international counterfeiting syndicates are believed to be operating in the Philippines.

8.   The government said Sunday it has arrested eight people, including two Taiwanese, and smashed an international syndicate that was smuggling mainland Chinese to Canada via Japan.

9.   Tsang said mutual trust between security authorities is vital for breaking up international syndicates.

10.   With a weak judicial system and lax law enforcement, Cambodia has attracted a number of international criminal syndicates, especially those dealing in drugs and smuggling of humans.