51.   US authorities shut down the Boston-based US branch of the firm in November, after accusing it of laundering money for terrorists.

52.   Russian Interior Ministry officials have joined forces with their counterparts in Switzerland to prevent the Russian mafia from laundering money in Swiss banks, ITAR-TASS reported Thursday.

53.   Several Luxembourg banks were accused of laundering money for the leaders of Iraq, Libya and Zaire, in a Belgian economic newsletter broadcast by Belgian television Sunday.

54.   The judge ruled that the banker did not try to hide the origin of the funds and was not aware of laundering money.