11. The Justice Department is probing allegations that FBI documents relating to the siege had been destroyed. 12. The SEC is probing allegations of insider trading involving the proposed acquisition. 13. UN investigators are currently probing allegations that UN peacekeepers and aid workers abused children in refugee camps in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea, among others. 14. Transportation Department will probe allegations that FAA officials were pressured to certify low-fare airlines. 15. U.S. regulators are probing allegations that Sumitomo Bank of California broke federal banking laws by hiding risky loans, said a spokesman for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. 16. A congressional committee on Friday began probing allegations by a former hostage that the army accepted bribes to halt attacks against a Muslim extremist kidnap group. 17. A German member of the commission probing bribery allegations in the International Olympic Committee was quoted as saying Saturday that he was stunned by the extent of the affair. 18. A second inquiry is probing allegations that his party was illegally funded. 19. According to Guatemalan law, the commission, comprising six opposition lawmakers, will have two weeks to probe the allegations. 20. Although authorities have occasionally probed allegations and slapped families with fines, many Koreans believe the practice persists. |