The leaflet said the two ethnic groups were using illicit wealth to buy houses in the neighborhood at inflated prices.

Mr. Rubino tried another tack, asking if politics could not also provide sources of illicit wealth.

During a simple lunch of noodles at a sidewalk restaurant, a local man was asked where to look for signs of the illicit wealth.

Initially, though, Swiss officials saw nothing remarkable in the notion that a foreign leader's relative might have stashed illicit wealth in their banks.

An arrogant, brawling, greedy mobster who relishes the illicit wealth that flows to him as the leader of one of the nation's most powerful Mafia groups.

American authorities hope that the steps will help deter corruption in developing nations because political leaders will find it harder to channel illicit wealth into ordinary investments.

Raul Salinas is in prison on charges that he gained illicit wealth while he was a public servant.

More illicit wealth than To- land had ever seen.

He had rescued men of the law; millions in illicit wealth had been regained; The Shadow's part had ended.

"But you do gain considerable illicit wealth by cheating on contracts with state agencies," the Judge said.