1.   Because illegal blood rings often use unsterile collection methods, poor peasants like Yang are routinely exposed to blood-borne diseases, scientists say.

2.   The ring was using special radio scanners to listen in on communications between cellular telephones and central switchboards.

3.   The theft ring used a variety of methods to steal vehicles.

4.   Pedophiles meet children through Internet chat rooms or e-mail, and pornography rings use it to transmit porn.

5.   Federal prosecutors claim the ring used couriers to carry drugs to Puerto Rico from St. Martin and Barbados on airline flights.

6.   Italian police also seized the Papillon supermarket chain which the ring allegedly used to channel its earnings.

7.   Ringo said the drug ring used several buildings and homes scattered around Camden to store drugs, cash and weapons.

8.   Prosecutors allege the drug ring used threats, violence and even murder to control a lucrative drug market.

9.   The ring allegedly used violence and even murder to protect the lucrative cocaine market in Camden.

10.   The BKA said the money-laundering ring used a network of carriers to take drugs money to Switzerland, where it could be concealed in Swiss bank accounts.