1.   Experts and local authorities say the recent busts here are the first hard evidence that organized criminal syndicates have been smuggling girls into Seattle.

2.   Modern piracy ranges from desperate fishermen pulling off petty larcenies at sea to highly organized syndicates slaughtering crews to steal multimillion-dollar vessels.

3.   Organized syndicates are nothing new in racing.

4.   Owens said the investigation had uncovered a highly organized syndicate which had allegedly been planning a large scale importation of the high-grade heroin.

5.   Police in Ho Chi Minh City last month uncovered an organized smuggling syndicate which used state-owned companies as a front to smuggle goods into Vietnam.

6.   Leong Hon Keong, head of the enforcement branch at PPD, said organized syndicates are smuggling in many of the animals.

7.   Owens said the investigation had uncovered a highly organized syndicate which had allegedly been planning a large scale of importation of the high-grade heroin.