11.   Police could arrest people with barely a shred of evidence, bribing judges was common and suspects often spent years in jail without having their day in court.

12.   An Italian appeals court ordered a former defense minister Monday to stand trial on charges of helping Premier Silvio Berlusconi bribe a judge.

13.   Ke said Liu promised to use the money to bribe judges to help Ke win a real estate lawsuit he eventually lost.

14.   Sources in the Justice Ministry said Banyaga had bribed judges and had incriminating evidence against him destroyed, RNA reported.

15.   Masautso Phiri was sentenced by the Supreme Court for alleging in an article last December that judges had been bribed by President Frederick Chiluba.

16.   The justice ministry is investigating whether the three judges who declared Manulife bankrupt had been bribed.