31.   When potential defendants confess to financial crimes and agree to cooperate with prosecutors, as Whitacre did, they rarely touch the money they obtained illegally without government approval.

32.   A French parliamentary report into financial crimes in Europe says the tiny principality of Monaco is a money-laundering paradise with laws that fail to meet international standards.

33.   A Finance Ministry probe uncovered evidence of financial crimes that could put some of the organizers in jail, according to news reports Tuesday.

34.   A French parliamentary report into financial crimes said Luxembourg was an obstacle in the international fight against money laundering.

35.   Another oligarch, Vladimir Gusinsky, remains jailed in Spain as Russian officials try to extradite him on charges of financial crimes.

36.   But in March, the same judge sentenced Pascoal to more than six years in prison for tax fraud and other financial crimes.

37.   China executes more people than any other country, and also applies the death penalty to people convicted of financial crimes.

38.   Countries claiming Switzerland is failing to tackle financial crime should stop unfair attacks and recognize the real progress the Alpine nation has made, a top official said Thursday.

39.   Crimes coming under the new bail restrictions include murder and other violent crimes, as well as treason and major financial crime.

40.   For instance, until caving into European Union pressure, Berlusconi had opposed a change that would have made it easier to extradite suspects wanted for financial crimes.