1.   Police uncovered taped phone conversations in which heads of the drug cartel were discussing million-dollar contributions.

2.   The current investigation was launched after Medlar released taped phone conversations with Cisneros to the news media.

3.   When rebuffed, McLendon then secretly began wearing a recording device and taped phone conversations with Columbia officials discussing the alleged activities, Wilbanks said.

4.   A second batch of taped phone conversations aired Thursday night on a national TV news show revealed Mendes apparently discussing kickbacks and fraudulent contract bids.

5.   A rash of recent scandals involving secretly taped phone conversations is underscoring how widespread electronic eavesdropping is in Mexico.

6.   At the time, the evidence was based on taped phone conversations of kingpins discussing million-dollar payoffs.

7.   Five days after the Cunha killing, another Alagoas congressman, Augusto Farias, came forward with taped phone conversations that he said implicated Albuquerque in a murder plot.

8.   In a taped phone conversation, the two government ministers discuss the publicly unspoken formula for divvying up FM radio frequencies.

9.   The inner workings of the privatization were revealed in illegally taped phone conversations of the former communications minister, Luiz Carlos Mendonca de Barros.

10.   The men, who had earlier been acquitted of the charges, were retried after an imprisoned gang member discussed their involvement in taped phone conversations.