11.   He said he believed the shipments were the work of a powerful international smuggling gang.

12.   Makhashev said his kidnappers are apparently a mobile and well-equipped international gang.

13.   Now, international criminal gangs are using Ukraine to bring drugs to Europe.

14.   Officials say international criminal gangs are using Ukraine to bring drugs to Europe.

15.   Operation Tango dismantled six international gangs which worked together to traffick illicit drugs around the world, police said.

16.   Processing plants for heroin and opium poppies also proliferated with the help of international gangs during that period.

17.   The EU leaders have agreed in principle to create a European police force called Europol, which would help police forces in member nations crack down on international gangs.

18.   The prince said there are no criminal gangs with ties to international gangs, nor are there any organized gangs that operate inside Saudi Arabia on a national scale.

19.   The regional centers will exchange information on money laundering, terrorism, international gangs and other drug-trafficking activities.

20.   The regional centers would exchange information on money laundering, terrorism, international gangs and other drug-trafficking activities, he explained.