41.   An Italian investigation uncovered an arms and drug trafficking ring that used Bulgaria as a gateway from Turkey to Europe.

42.   Three Taiwanese men and one Malaysian face the death penalty after being arrested in Malaysia for involvement in a drug trafficking ring, reports said Wednesday.

43.   Police said they were part of a trafficking ring and are suspected of counterfeiting identity papers using computers and stolen photographs.

44.   Police suspect that all ten Europeans were recruited by a drug trafficking ring based in Southeast Asia.

45.   Presiding judge Dang Minh Ngoc said earlier this week that the case involved the largest and most organised drug trafficking ring to operate in Vietnam.

46.   The arms were uncovered Wednesday in a search during an inquiry into a trafficking ring for stolen cars, they said.

47.   Thanks to his statements, a captain of the Interior ministry, Vu Xuan Truong was arrested for organising a heroin trafficking ring from Laos into Vietnam.

48.   The decrease also followed the smashing of several international human trafficking rings, it said.