11.   Officials attributed the decrease to improved crime-fighting techniques by Latvian police, including preemptive raids to break up powerful crime syndicates.

12.   The attacks have reportedly included raids on Hindu homes and businesses, extortion, beatings, torture and rape.

13.   These included police raids last July on two foreign-operated brokerage firms to search for evidence that the firms had sent faxes containing inaccurate financial information.

14.   What little action has been taken has been in California, including a raid on a West Hollywood cannabis club in October.

15.   There were violent attempts to stop voting going ahead in some areas, including raids on polling stations, roadblocks and the destruction of ballot boxes and essential documents.

16.   There were violent attempts to stop voting in some areas, including raids on polling stations, road-blocks and the destruction of ballot boxes and essential documents.

17.   Younger suspects said they were subjected to methods similar to those used by the Israeli army, including house raids, blindfolding and isolation.