21.   Similar illegal dealings were discovered in the southern city of Mostar by the deputy head of a Bosnian Croat-run municipality.

22.   The aim was to control illegal dealing in hard currencies.

23.   De Michelis is also being investigated in connection with a number of other corruption scandals generally linked to illegal financial dealings within the Socialist party.

24.   Vladimir Seks, deputy speaker and head of a parliamentary commission investigating the affair, said it was clear there had been illegal dealings.

25.   White-collar crimes, involving corporate embezzlement, illegal stock dealings and trading in fake invoices, will also be targetted, Tao said.

26.   The company has repeatedly and vigorously denied any involvement in illegal dealings or accounting.