11.   They believe the shipments were arranged by mafia groups, but say these groups may now have decided to seek other, less risky routes to potential customers.

12.   They claimed to help arrange overseas shipments of various metals and provide short-term financing for purchasers.

13.   Valdez became a top operative in the organization, arranging drug shipments and assassinations, the Mexican and American police have charged in court.

14.   Vanover also said he had been in telephone contact with Morris and Bryant to arrange the shipment of marijuana from Texas.

15.   Police and customs agents arrested the pair Friday as they tried to arrange shipment of the heroin, sent from Bangkok, on from Auckland to Australia.

16.   Another New Orleans group, the Nicaraguan Independent Committee for Assistance, arranged free shipment of relief supplies to Nicaragua in December on a cargo ship.

17.   He said Lebanese nationals residing in the United States and Colombia were involved in arranging the shipments to Lebanon.

18.   Investigators said a chemist who lives in Europe helped arrange shipment of the precursor chemicals.

19.   Officials from British Nuclear Fuels, which arranges the shipments for the governments of Japan, France and England, could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

20.   Simmonds had met previously with undercover DEA agents in San Juan to sell the cocaine to them and arrange its shipment to the United States, the embassy said.