21.   Police confiscated thousands of forged dollar and drachma bills Wednesday after arresting a man believed linked to an international counterfeiting ring, authorities said.

22.   Remnants of an international ring that smuggled hundreds of ancient treasures out of Egypt and China remain intact despite recent arrests in Britain and Egypt.

23.   The two men are suspected of heading an international ring that smuggles drugs between Brazil and Germany, said Ivana Moosova, a police spokeswoman in Prague.

24.   The two were believed to be part of an international ring dealing in smuggled objects, police spokeswoman Rositsa Marinova said.

25.   The two leading defendants were found guilty of running an international human trafficking ring that charged tens of thousands of dollars per person to smuggle them to England.

26.   Uganda has arrested a man suspected of being part of an international ring that scammed money from airlines with stolen credit cards, a newspaper reported Monday.

27.   Authorities in the United States and Britain broke up an international counterfeit ring after the arrest of a British national in West Virginia, officials said Wednesday.

28.   Egyptian police arrested two Pakistanis who lead an international ring forging European passports and visas, security officials at Cairo airport said on Sunday.

29.   Nine Pakistanis, suspected to be members of an international terrorist ring or a radical Pakistani opposition group, were detained earlier this month by police.

30.   Police believe they are part of an international ring which operates between Zaire, north Africa and Europe.