The failed mergers between Canada's largest banks appear to have claimed another high-profile victim.

The first high-profile victim in the travel industry of the economic downturn was XL Leisure Group, which collapsed nearly 18 months ago.

Bettencourt was reported to be one of the most high-profile victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, losing € 22 million.

Now, he said, the death penalty is used especially when a high-profile victim is murdered, usually a white person.

Campbell Malone, the lawyer who has represented some of the most high-profile victims, says he is "profoundly gloomy" about the prospects for the future.

Early in 1984, the division was closed - the first high-profile victim of the crash.

While Guardian writes: "Nasr is one of the more high-profile victims of a phenomenon known as "twittercide"."

Goldman's voice is part of a rising chorus of high-profile victims' rights advocates.

In 2002, Forbes was among the list of high-profile victims of convicted former Cleveland stockbroker Frank Gruttadauria.

He committed computer intrusions on some very high-profile victims, including NASA and a Defense Threat Reduction Agency server.