11.   At the same time, he testified, he was paying bribes to members of the Brookhaven Town Board and Planning Board.

12.   Barquero, who was indicted with King, allegedly was the conduit for paying bribes from Owl Securities to Costa Rican officials.

13.   Berlusconi has acknowledged that his companies may have paid bribes, but he has said he was not aware of the payments.

14.   Berlusconi has acknowledged that his company paid bribes to tax officials but denied any personal involvement.

15.   Berlusconi is accused of paying bribes to finance police in order to reduce the amount of taxes he owed for his subsidiaries Mondadori, TelePiu, Videotime and Mediolanum.

16.   Berlusconi is currently on trial because magistrates believe his company paid bribes to tax police to receive more favorable tax audits.

17.   Berlusconi next year faces trial on charges of paying bribes to the tax police.

18.   Both Roh and General Dynamics denied bribes were paid or accepted.

19.   A New York State judge yesterday agreed to freeze the assets allegedly owned by the Sogemin representatives who paid bribes to Davila.

20.   According to the FBI, the stock promoter who paid the bribes was associated with the Gambino crime family.