1.   Convicted with him were Gaston Merz, the former head of commercial services in Bern, and Werner Garmann, who heads the order completion unit in Bern.

2.   Also convicted with Geagea were Ghassan Touma, Tony Obeid, Rafik Saadeh and Raymond Jerjes, all former members of the Lebanese Forces.

3.   Also convicted were a businessman charged with managing the brothel and two women accused of working as prostitutes there.

4.   Convicted with him was Li Suqin, who received three years.

5.   If convicted, their sentences would be separate from the time they have been detained.

6.   Twenty percent of those suspected or convicted of crimes are foreigners, says Peter Martens, a crime-prevention researcher.

7.   If convicted of theft, the man, who said all the money was his, could face up to five years in prison.

8.   Also convicted was former president General Olusegun Obasanjo, who received a life sentence.