1.   Although he has been charged with only minor economic crimes, he has been held incommunicado.

2.   Assistant US Attorney Mark W. Pearlstein, chief of economic crimes prosecutions, said that Hersch took advantage of the nascent electronic filing system.

3.   Alexander Kulikov, deputy interior minister, also acknowledges that new kinds of economic crime are flourishing in the new market economy, giving the police significant difficulties.

4.   But as Berezovsky noted in a public response, economic crimes are a malleable offense that can be easily twisted to political purpose.

5.   But, law-enforcement officers are too overworked to crack down on petty economic crime.

6.   Charged only with minor economic crimes, Liu was held for months at a military detention center.

7.   In addition to aggressive investigations into money laundering and other economic crimes, she also turned her attention to arms trafficking and support for terrorist organizations.

8.   Joe Shannon, chief of the economic crimes unit, and Ann Diamond, chief of litigation of the civil division, will handle the inquiry, Curry said.

9.   Lupien said the prisons will probably see a new flood of inmates in coming years because of increases in economic crimes and drug-related crimes.

10.   Lockyer said sex crimes have gained plenty of publicity, but he thinks intellectual piracy and other economic crimes will be a bigger target for prosecutors in coming years.