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Russia's general prosecutor began criminal cases against S.P.I. vodka factories in Russia.

This week two ministers began criminal trials: one for sexual harassment, the other for corruption in handing out jobs.

In Athens in the 4th century bce, magistrates began criminal trials by reading the charge and asking the defendant if he admitted guilt.

When the Swiss balked at American demands for information from additional banks, Washington began criminal investigations into more institutions, including Credit Suisse and Julius Baer.

The Health and Safety Executive last month began criminal proceedings against the company for failing to ensure the safety of its employees and passengers.

Seven months after government agencies began criminal and civil investigations into MF Global, Mr. Giddens's efforts may end up as the gravest threat to those who were at the center of the collapse.

But a new round of cooperation will occur against a more contentious background, as Russia enforces restrictive new laws and begins criminal prosecutions of political activists.

Last month, the Supreme Court ordered the government to begin criminal proceedings against former army and spy chiefs in an election-rigging case that dated to the 1990s.

This week, Mr. Ashcroft changed the attorney general's surveillance guidelines, which will allow special agents in charge of field offices to begin criminal investigations without the express approval of headquarters.

A1 Swiss Paper Leak Investigated Switzerland has begun criminal investigations to track down the source of a leak to the Zurich-based newspaper SonntagsBlick of what it reported was a secret document referring to clandestine C.I.A. prisons in Eastern Europe.

China's top prosecutor has begun criminal investigations into three top officials, two of whom are linked to ex-security tsar Zhou Yongkang.