11.   A German lawyer representing Martin Frankel, the former financier arrested in Germany after an international manhunt, said Wednesday that he has quit the case.

12.   A Mexican court has thrown out one of the last two charges remaining against a former financier accused of swindling his bank out of millions of dollars.

13.   A former Hong Kong financier who fought extradition from Britain for four years arrived in Hong Kong Saturday to face trial on corruption charges, the anti-graft agency said.

14.   A former Swiss financier wanted on charges of embezzlement in his home country has been extradited after spending more than two years in a prison cell in the Bahamas.

15.   Aidid claims control of southern Mogadishu, but Ato, his former financier and right hand man, has a strong military presence there.

16.   An associate of former fugitive financier Martin Frankel pleaded guilty Monday to federal securities fraud and tax charges.

17.   Ato is a former financier and right hand man of Gen. Mohamed Farrah Aidid, whom he replaced as leader of the Somali National Alliance last month.

18.   But in recent months, his militia have clashed with those of Osman Hassan Ali, known as Atto, his former financier.

19.   But the former financier had other plans.

20.   Federal authorities have agreed to transfer former financier Martin Frankel to another prison after he complained of conditions at a maximum security prison.