1.   Joseph Estrada, the embattled president of the Philippines, stood firm Monday in a widening scandal involving alleged kickbacks from illegal gambling rackets.

2.   He had an illegal racket as table tennis authorities detected too much glue on his the pad.

3.   The Dili-based band is led by Eurico Guterres, the alleged former head of an illegal gambling racket.

4.   He was arrested in April to face trial on allegations that he took kickbacks from illegal gambling rackets, engaged in insider trading, and skimmed off government funds.

5.   A former French diplomat who served in Sofia faces charges for running an illegal racket to issue French travel visas to Bulgarian prostitutes, a legal source said Wednesday.

6.   Ejercito is accused of helping his father amass the wealth by taking kickbacks from illegal gambling rackets.

7.   Prosecutors allege Estrada held a secret account at Equitable-PCI through which he allegedly laundered proceeds of kickbacks from illegal gaming rackets and embezzled state funds.

8.   The affair has led to a public debate in India, with claims the children were sent abroad as part of an illegal begging racket.

9.   The affair has led to a public debate in India, with claims that the children were sent abroad as part of an illegal begging racket.

10.   The illegal financing racket marked the declining years of the socialist government, but also led to the exposure of corruption across the political spectrum.