71.   The announcement followed the arrest earlier this month of Olev Saluste, who headed the MILITARY finance department, and a police chief, Major Meelis Smirnov.

72.   The CAD is a finance ministry department that goes after white-collar criminals.

73.   The director general is the most senior bureaucrat in the finance department and is responsible directly to the finance minister.

74.   The finance department said savings in interest payments are expected given the low interest rate environment.

75.   The jets also hit government buildings, including the provincial finance department and the local police headquarters, they said.

76.   The justice and foreign affairs departments will work with the finance department in this endevour, Camacho said.