1.   A powerful banking syndicate that controls loans in the small country.

2.   And with the powerful professional syndicates increasingly under the control of the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood, Copts complain that they are disenfranchised.

3.   This stalking nightmare who will stop at nothing to cover up his crimes committed on behalf of a powerful Italian syndicate is as sinister as film characters get.

4.   Abacha remains popular among some Nigerians for his strong-armed tactics in the high-crime country, which is notorious for its powerful criminal syndicates.

5.   He is popular among some Nigerians for his strong-arm tactics in a country notorious for its powerful criminal syndicates.