The men earned $4.7 million in illicit profits from their scheme, the Government said.

He devoted a proportion of his illicit profits to building an orphanage.

The Iamonte clan started to invest their illicit profits in the area.

A few years ago, officials said, such an offer would have been viewed as a prized promotion with prospects of huge illicit profits.

The program produced illicit profits of at least $1.7 billion for Mr. Hussein.

He poured his illicit profits into the business, and pretty soon he was leading the pack."

Even with illicit profits of millions, he added, "the gain is so small and the potential damage is so large."

When the value of the stocks rose, he quietly sold off the shares he controlled, making huge illicit profits.

With illicit profits in his possession, Vendible had gone in for promoting various legitimate enterprises.

All the time, investigators believe, he determines the distribution of illicit profits, decides on new projects and resolves family squabbles.

"The companies' collusive behavior enabled them to charge higher prices, allowing them to pocket illicit profits.

It is also bringing more serious charges - such as harboring illegal immigrants and money-laundering of illicit profits - against employers who hire them.

Traffickers have found it relatively easy to hide illicit profits because of the lack of uniformity in bank, tax and drug laws of various countries.

The 1984 law is a powerful tool used by prosecutors to strip drug dealers of illicit profits they have sunk into luxury cars, boats and buildings.

And the ramifications can be even greater because the illicit profits made from these types of illegal ventures often fuel other kinds of organized crime."

- Christopher Walken (right) plays a drug lord who, on his release from prison, decides to share his illicit profits with the poor.

He asked Mr. D'Arco if some of his illicit profits might have been squirreled away somewhere for future use.

In Spain, a criminal investigation was opened over the money laundering for the oil-for-food program because of the illicit profits handled through Spanish firms.

The SEC alleged, "The tips generated 'illicit profits and loss avoidance' of more than $23 million."

The mobility of criminals, the international effects of their activity, and the easy transfer of illicit profits to overseas havens have transformed attitudes.

The United States is demanding tougher enforcement against drugs and money-laundering, or routing illicit profits through intermediaries to disguise the source of the money.

They also said he had been disrespectful to older capos, delivering ultimatums to them about how illicit profits from gambling and labor rackets should be shared.

My crew are instead more determined and more motivated than ever to pursue the whalers to cut their kill quotas and damage their illicit profits.

The ravages of civil war and the lure of illicit profits have driven Afghan farmers to give up traditional crops in favor of opium poppies.

The ILO Global Report (2005) estimated at US$31.7 billion the total illicit profits produced in one year by traffickers.