1.   At this point, however, there are no plans to create a special smuggling unit as there are for drugs and white collar crimes.

2.   It is the fastest-growing white collar crime in America and is being conducted on a scale unthinkable just a few years ago.

3.   On Wednesday, Senate subcommittees debate penalties for white collar crimes and restrictions on exports to Cuba.

4.   The government numbers show that U.S. attorneys were far more willing to prosecute cases of bank robberies, drug trafficking and white collar crime.

5.   The program also proposes to toughen penalties for white collar crimes, which today are laughably light.

6.   Although Vietnam began using the death penalty as a deterrent to white collar crime last year, its use has only now been formally adopted in the criminal code.

7.   China has stepped up use of the death penalty in an effort to combat rising white collar crime, as well as violent crimes.

8.   In a bid to curb the spread of institutional and business corruption, tough new penalties have been introduced to punish white collar crime in Vietnam.

9.   In a widening investigation of German white collar crime, prosecutors said Monday they would examine kickback allegations against Ford and Volkswagen.

10.   In December, the government introduced the lash for white collar crimes such as embezzlement, tax fraud, bribery and criminal breach of trust.