sources say former auditor hideio yamada and hisashi mori were behind the manipulation. they say yamada tried to prevent bank officials from acknowledging the loans when asked by outside auditors. we wanted to get more insight on the olympus investigation. so w spoke with nhks kaori nagao. >> the focus has shifted now to finding the money. they diverted funds overseas to hide the losses. sources say the evidence showing the cash flow has already been discarded. data on a pc of former olympus accounting employee put the losses at 118 billion yen as of 2003. that's more than $1 million at today's exchange rate. however, the final tally might never be known. official or unofficial documents detailing the losses have been disposed of. they're trying to find out whether anybody made money out of this scheme. prosecutors are likely to speak to people outside olympus. three former investment firm employees are accused of instructing former olympus auditor hideo yamada how to hide the losses. they also allegedly suggested setting up the overseas funds to hide the debt, and in ad

sources close to the matter say former olympus vice president hisashi mori and former auditor hideomadaitted they played apart. they say former president ysuyoshi kikukawa didn't know what they were doing. they admitted false securities without reporting the losses. olympus spokespersons say they realize the gravity of the situation and have offered full cooperation in the investigation. >>> nhk world's kaori nagao joins us now. where is this investigation expected to go to from here? >> the focus has shifted to following the money. they allegedly divested funds overseas as it tried to hide the losses. sources say the evidence showing the cash flow has already been discarded. a former accounting employee put the losses at 118 million yen as of 2003. that's more than $1 million at today's exchange rate. however, the final study might never be known. official or unofficial documents obtaining the losses have been disposed of. >> what else are investigators focusing on? >> they're trying to find out whether anybody made money out of this scheme. prosecutors are likely to speak to people ou