11.   Prosecutors arrested Koike in May for extorting money from Nomura Securities.

12.   Prosecutors arrested two high-ranking officials of the Japanese Finance Ministry on Monday on charges of accepting bribes from banks they were regulating.

13.   Prosecutors have already arrested top executives at Yamaichi and Nikko, and Japanese media report arrests at Daiwa are imminent.

14.   Prosecutors on Friday arrested former Nomura President Hideo Sakamaki on suspicion he oversaw the payoffs.

15.   Prosecutors yesterday arrested two Finance Ministry banking inspectors on charges of accepting bribes from the banks in return for favorable treatment.

16.   Prosecutors yesterday arrested Yamaichi Securities Co. executives on similar charges.

17.   Prosecutors arrested Peter Graf at the family home in Bruehl, near Mannheim, for fear that he might flee Germany.

18.   Prosecutors arrested three Nomura executives last month, along with Koike and his brother.

19.   Prosecutors had arrested him the previous day.

20.   Prosecutors have arrested seven executives from Yamaichi, including President Atsuo Miki.