11.   Japanese companies opt for congestion to make it difficult for corporate racketeers from disrupting the meetings.

12.   Last April, police sealed off much of downtown Washington and prevented demonstrators from disrupting meetings of the IMF and World Bank.

13.   Local media have linked the clients to organized crime groups, called sokaiya, that blackmail companies by threatening to disrupt shareholder meetings or reveal embarrassing information.

14.   Moreover, they have vocal supporters who have disrupted meetings and who have promised to challenge the city with force if the squatters are removed.

15.   One evening, a gold-toothed man from the slums came by to warn Duval about rumors that someone was going to disrupt a meeting with parents.

16.   One moment of excitement came when a dozen protesters outside the hotel used a bullhorn to disrupt the meeting, but they were silenced within seconds.

17.   Police all week have been waging a battle of wits with the protesters, who promise to disrupt meetings of world finance ministers Sunday and Monday.

18.   Protesters were organizing demonstrations, preparing mobile kitchens, and dreaming up ways to disrupt the meetings of world leaders and financiers.

19.   Sokaiya are gangsters who blackmail companies with threats to disrupt shareholder meetings.

20.   Sokaiya extort money from companies by threatening to disrupt shareholder meetings.