1.   The ring involved three overlapping but competing cartels, the officials said.

2.   The ring involved a Texas couple, Russian Webmasters and others from around the world.

3.   The smuggling ring involved Montesinos as well as retired Peruvian military officers, the local media reported, adding that the intelligence service protected the officers.

4.   Biener said police continue to investigate whether the suspected drugs-for-sex ring may also have involved the production of child pornography.

5.   Bulgarian authorities faced possible trade sanctions before they took steps to squeeze the organized crime rings involved in the CD piracy.

6.   Smuggling rings sometimes involve officials.