1.   In recent days, charges have surfaced that corruption may have prevented police from breaking up the ring earlier.

2.   Its government has been stung by criticism that widespread corruption has prevented it from halting the flow of narcotics into the United States.

3.   Kuchma said his government has moved to address complaints by American and other foreign businessmen, who say bureaucracy and corruption prevents effective business operations.

4.   The ANC has called for another delay, saying intimidation and corruption would prevent a free and fair vote.

5.   Gore will ask Russian leaders to clamp down on commercial crime and argue that rampant corruption is preventing US investors from pouring billions of dollars into the Russian economy.

6.   His work was probing whether alleged high-level corruption in the justice system prevented the BCM case from going to court six years ago.