11.   Following the raid, Japanese Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said he hopes Yamaichi will be severely punished for the alleged violations.

12.   Following anti-hacker raids across Canada last summer by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, at least one judge ruled that the evidence was obtained illegally.

13.   He said he expected a decline in those sales following a raid on the bank by tax officials earlier this year.

14.   Last week, the prosecutors arrested five Yamaichi executives, following a raid six weeks earlier.

15.   Peruvian stocks and Brady bonds rose following the raid, on speculation that terrorism in Peru may now diminish.

16.   Since July, when Columbia replaced its entire senior management following the raids, the company has been publicly stating its interest in cooperating with the inquiry.

17.   Some tenants complain that the raids have been followed by laxity on the part of law-enforcement officials and social service agencies alike.

18.   The Excel raid was followed by similar actions at an IBP Inc. plant in Nebraska and the BeefAmerica raid in Norfolk.

19.   Those raids were followed by a third, early on Thursday morning.

20.   A statement said the arrests followed raids in the past two days on several companies that provided investment, immigration consultancy and travel services.