[thinden]

Last week 50 people were arrested in Operation Spiderweb and authorities are now piecing together a complicated paper trail, expecting more arrests to follow.

sounds like somebody we know got out of italy in the nick of time?

p.s. "a billion lira just ain't what it used to be".

[mancini]

sounds like somebody we know got out of italy in the nick of time?

Timing is everything, isn't it. I'm trying to go back before the end of the year to, you guessed it, SICILY (no kidding!). Who's up for it? I think I could sure use someone to watch my back down there! ----------------------------------------------------------

A top executive with Mr. Rich's companies said there was no link between Mr. Rich and the companies identified in the documents.

And we should always believe what top executives of companies say . . . when you can find them, that is.