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Congress Scrutinizes Justice Department Memorandum Authorizing Kidnapping and other Alternatives to Extraditions |
Facing a contempt proceeding by the House Judiciary Subcommittee, the United States Department of Justice has provided to Congress as 29-page opinion prepared in June 21, 1989 that justifies... |
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7 |
8 |
1991-08-01 |
United States |
Crimes, Extradition, Kidnaping |
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Canadian Proposes to Link Human Rights and Foreign Aid Raises Whole Tie of Enforcement of International Human Rights |
During the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Harare, ZImbabwe, Canadian Prime Minsiter Brian Mulroney proposed that foreign assistance be directly tied to the human rights record of the... |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Canada, Zimbabwe |
Human Rights, International Cooperation |
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Polly Wants Protection, Not a Cracker Contend Concerned Onlookers |
How many parrots must be trapped, shipped, and imported to make one sale? And at what price? For each exotic bird sold in the United States, it is estimated that 75% of the 20 million caught do not... |
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8 |
7 |
1992-07-01 |
United States |
Environment, Legislation, Wildlife, Wildlife Smuggle |
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U.S. Renders Assistance in Holding U.S. Proceedings in Italian Mafia Trial |
During two weeks in July 1992, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held proceedings as part of a Mafia trial that started in Palermo, Sicily in March. The transfer of a portion of... |
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8 |
8 |
1992-08-01 |
Italy, United States |
Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime, Prosecution, Treaties, Witness Protection |
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Spanish Court Charges Menem's Sister-in-Law and Others with Drug and Money-Laundering Crimes |
On December 17, three major Madrid papers, El Pais, El Mundo, and El Sol reported that drug and money-laundering charges were filed against Ms. Amalia Yoma, the sister of... |
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8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
Argentina, Colombia, Panama, Spain, United States |
Bank Secrecy, Money Laundering |
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U.S. Issues Proposed Regulations Restricting Export of Additional Pre-Cursor Chemicals |
On December 11, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued proposed regulations restricting the export to fourteen South American countries of hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid... |
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8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela |
Drug Enforcement |
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Joint Drug Projects in Burma, Laos and China |
The secretary of the Myanmar Burmese Central Committee for Drug Abuse and Control, Police Major General San Thein, and Joint Secretary Police Colonel Ngwe Soe Tun held a meeting on September 11, 1992... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-10-01 |
China, Laos, Myanmar |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Training |
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Canadian Justice Ministry Proposed Extradition Appeal Process |
On July 10, 1991, The Honourable Kim Campbell, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, released proposals to reduce considerably delays in extradition cases. The proposed changes to the... |
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7 |
7 |
1991-07-01 |
Canada |
Adjective Enforcement, Extradition |
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House of Commons Report on BCCI Urges Regulatory Reforms While Liquidator Issues Accusations Against 1986 Auditors |
On March 11, the House of Commons Treasury and Civil Service Committee report, entitled Banking Supervision and BCCI: International and National Regulation, recommended supervisory reform. The... |
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8 |
3 |
1992-03-01 |
United Kingdom |
Banking Supervision, Regulation |
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International Tax Enforcement Increases 8 |
Several developments indicate that international tax enforcement will increase in the immediate future, leading both to increased cooperation and tension between governments on the one hand, and... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
World |
International Cooperation, Legislation, Tax Enforcement, Taxation |
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ABA Committee Explores Interaction Between International Human Rights Law and International Criminal Law |
On August 13, 1991, the Committee on International Criminal Law, Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association, along with the counterpart Committee in the Section of International Law and... |
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7 |
8 |
1991-08-01 |
European Union, United States, World |
Human Rights, International Crimes, International Law |
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International Environmental Law Conference Sees New Enforcement Regimes |
One of the clear themes emerging out of a two-day conference of the American Bar National Instiute on international environmental law is that enforcement mechanisms in international environmental law... |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
United States, World |
Environment, International Cooperation, International Law |
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European Laundering Convention Progresses |
On September 25, Finland signed the European Laundering Convention, bringing the number of signatory states to sixteen. |
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7 |
10 |
1993-10-01 |
European Union |
European Union, Money Laundering |
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CARICOM Seeks Solutions to De-risking and Unfair Labeling of Region as a Tax Haven |
On October 28, 2016, Antiguan & Barbudan Prime Minister Gaston Browne set forth the outcomes and conclusions of the two-day conference on correspondent banking, de-risking and the labeling of... |
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32 |
11 |
2016-11-10 |
Caribbean |
Banking Supervision, International Cooperation, Money Laundering, Tax Havens |
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Research Perspectives on International Criminal Law |
The phrase “international criminal law” was coined by Jeremy Bentham in 1820. The very existence of such a branch of the law remained controversial until recently. It is hardly questionable today... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
World |
Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition, Genocide, Human Rights, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Jurisdiction, Money Laundering, Taxation, Terrorism |
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U.S. and Spain Conclude Securities Enforcement Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding |
On July 8, 1992, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) concluded a Memorandum of Understanding in conjunction with a meeting of the... |
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8 |
7 |
1992-07-01 |
Spain, United States |
Fraud, International Cooperation, Jurisdiction, Mutual Legal Assistance, Securities Exchange Commission |
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Organization of American States Issued Opinion Declaring Kidnapping in Alvarez-Machain a Violation of International Law |
The last week of August, the Inter-American Juridical Committee, an organ of the Organization of American States (O.A.S.), issued an opinion to the Permanent Council of the O.A.S. declaring that the... |
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8 |
8 |
1992-08-01 |
Latin America and South America, North America, United States |
Extradition, International Law, Kidnaping, Legislation |
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US and Uruguay Conclude Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty |
On May 6, 1991, the U.S. and Uruguway signed a Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (MLAT). The MLAT constitutes the second MLAT that the U.S. has concluded in the last month with a... |
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7 |
5 |
1991-05-01 |
United States, Uruguay |
Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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Guernsey Joins IOSCO to Strengthen Fraud Prevention |
Guernsey's Financial Service Commission (FSC) has been admitted as a member of the International ORganization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). According to a media report, John Roper, Director of... |
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8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
United States |
Economic Crimes |
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FinCEN Starts Global Investigations Division |
On August 28, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced the start of its Global Investigations Division (GID), which will have responsibility to implement targeted... |
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2019-08-30 |
United States |
Money Laundering |