The bank raid is thought to have been one of the UK's biggest cash robberies.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Orde to give briefing on robbery

But this weekend, European negotiators - and Germany - may well have to decide whether they care enough about tiny Cyprus taking responsibility for its own banking problems to let it become not just the first Eurozone country to raid ordinary bank deposits, but also the first to leave the euro.

BBC: Is Cyprus small enough?

At least four people, including a Frenchman, have been killed in a raid on a bank by suspected separatist rebels in Senegal's Casamance region.

BBC: Four killed in Senegal's Casamance region

The summit was designed to address some of the most common risks faced by businesses, including poor IT security which potentially allows criminals to raid contacts, steal identities and infiltrate bank accounts.

BBC: Scottish minister to tackle cyber crime appointed

At Dresdner Bank, the tax-collectors scalped the bank's leadership: bad publicity created by their raid was the main reason for a messy boardroom coup in December last year.

ECONOMIST: Tax raids

The raid resulted in the arrest of two officials in the bank-inspection division on charges of corruption, and it was those charges for which Mr Mitsuzuka so nobly took responsibility.

ECONOMIST: In Japan, he went