21.   The search is on for a young British trader who disappeared, leaving a billion dollars worth of unanswered questions in the wake of the Barings PLC collapse.

22.   The young trader tried to reach his homeland after the bankruptcy, believing he could get a fairer trial in Britain, but was arrested during a stopover.

23.   Young traders, many of them women, sit in hundreds of cubicles, with computer screens and telephones.

24.   The young British trader has been anxious to avoid extradition to Singapore where he fears he would not get a fair trial.

25.   The offences were committed while the young trader tried desperately to cover up massive losses he had been running up.