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But allegations last week that much of the money was being siphoned into narcotics and terrorism, with the complicity of police officers, has focused the spotlight on the links between organised crime and betting syndicates.

Meanwhile, the case of Tebartz-van Elst has focused the spotlight on the church's opaque financing.

The shifting balance has focused the spotlight on the actions of the United States, the Gulf Arabs and Turkey.

According to Labour's shadow business minister, Ian Murray, the nationalisation of RBS had focused the spotlight on its investment decisions.

The opening this winter of the Bridgemarket development under the Queensboro Bridge has focused the civic spotlight on a splendid array of newly restored cream-colored Guastavino vaults in which the project is set.

Meanwhile, the five-year anniversary of the war has focused a spotlight on the costs so far and on future projections.

The crisis has focused a spotlight on the role of Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, the head of Pakistan's intelligence service.

In the last year or so, the Vinegar Hill House on Hudson Avenue, a restaurant that opened in late 2008, has focused a spotlight on the neighborhood.

The findings come at a time when reports that less than half of American students are proficient in science has focused a national spotlight on the inadequacies of science education in the nation's public schools.

The case has focused a national spotlight on parental overinvolvement in youth sports.

But the case has focused a rare spotlight on how aggressively an organization that prides itself on exposing anti-Semitism responds to perceived threats that, for many Jews, carry the emotional weight of historical persecution.