1.   Another area of the operation had involved laundering profits through the illegal currency market in Russia, as well as trade in east European arms.

2.   Newspaper reports have said that some funds are a front for laundering profits from prostitution, drug running, and smuggling.

3.   Newspaper reports also have charged that some funds are a front for laundering profits from prostitution, drug running, and smuggling.

4.   Russia and Switzerland signed an agreement Friday pledging to combine efforts to prevent Russian organized crime from laundering profits in Swiss banks.