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Final Bank Secrecy Act Regulations Are Issued |
On July 8, 1985, the U.S. Department of Treausry issued a final rule establishing a new procedure under which the Secretary of Treasury may issue reporting requirements in response to money-flow and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
1985-09-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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Export Administration Act: An Alien View |
After substantial debate, more than two years of controversy and intense lobbying by affected parties, Congress finally agreed on a compromise position to revive the Export Administration Act for... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
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1 |
1985-09-01 |
United States |
Export Enforcement |
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Recovery of Evidence Passed to a Foreign Country Under Judicial Assistance Principles |
On Feb. 6, 1985, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court unanimously confirmed that the Republic of Italy enjoys immunity against a civil complaint where Italian authorities had made a judicial assistance... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
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1 |
1985-09-01 |
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Evidence Sharing |
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Accused Nazi War Criminal Extradited to Israel |
On November 1, 1985, the Department of Justice announced that the Sixth Circuit Court of Appelas rejected an effort by John Demjanjuk to avoid a request for extradition by the Israeli Government. ... |
Bruce Zagaris |
1 |
3 |
1985-11-01 |
Israel |
Extradition |
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More Indictments for Money Laundering in Boston |
On October 15, 1985, The Bank of New England, two head tellers, an officer and a customer were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of illegally concealing cash transactions worth more than $... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering |
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The Medvid Incident-Senate Subpoena on Soviet Freighter Raises Legal and Political Questions |
The Senate Agricultural Committee, chaired by Senator Jesse Helms, issued a subpoena on November 8, 1985, directing Soviet sailor Miroslav Medvid to appear before a special panel of Senators or... |
Jay Rosenthal |
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4 |
1985-12-01 |
United States |
Jurisdiction |
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Court Reduces Sentence for Violating Export Administration Act |
On August 29, 1985, U.S. District Court Judge Richard L. Williams reduced the sentence of D. Frank Bazzare, who was found guilty of violating the Export Administration Act, from imprisonment for five... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Export Enforcement |
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Private Bar and Badalamenti Case Gives Impetus To Opposition To New Money Laundering Bill |
A decision by U.S. District Judge Pierre N. Leval (S.D.N.Y.) on July 11 (84 Cr. 236) that it is unconstitutional for the government to seize legal fees that defendants paid their lawyers in narcotics... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
1985-09-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering |
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Swiss Authorities Drop Criminal Case Against Marc Rich |
The Swiss Government has decided to dismiss a criminal action against Marc Rich & Company's principals, March Rich and Pincus Green, and the other individuals, accused of violating Swiss law and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
1985-09-01 |
Switzerland |
Economic Espionage |
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U.S. Begins to Link Tax with Immigration Issues |
John Arrowsmith, Immigration Judge for the District of Columbia, has begun a policy of requiring all applicants for suspension of deportation and political asylum to present documentary evidence that... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
United States |
Immigration |
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Ex-Yale Teacher Tried as a Nazi Collaborator |
On November 7, 1985, the trial of Vladimir Sokolov, began in the U.S. District Court in Waterbury, Connecticut, on charges that he willfully concealed his activites as a Nazi collaborator who wrote... |
Bruce Zagaris |
1 |
3 |
1985-11-01 |
United States |
War Crimes |
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Meese Speech in Switzerland Outlines U.S. Treaty Progress |
The Honorable Edwin Meese III., Attorney Gerneral of the United States, spoke before the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, the Swiss Bar Association, and the Swiss Bankers Association on December 5... |
Doris Weidinger |
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4 |
1985-12-01 |
Switzerland |
International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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Copyright Owners Adopt New Strategy in Fight Against Satellite Signal Piracy in Central America and the Caribbean |
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is taking the lead among lobbying groups representing various copyright industries in pushing for increased linkage between satellite signal "piracy"... |
Jay A. Rosenthal, Esq. |
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2 |
2016-02-04 |
Caribbean |
Piracy |
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Unitary Tax Developments |
On July 8, 1985, the Treasury released its draft unitary tax legislation with technical explanation. New section 6039A would require that a "reporting corporation" file an information return with... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
1985-09-01 |
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Tax Enforcement |
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Netherlands Antilles Examines Future of Offshore Sector |
On November 15 and 16, 1985, several organizations in the Netherlands Antilles held programs on the future of the financial center of the Netherlands Antilles. On November 15, 1985, the Vereniging... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
Netherlands Antilles |
Offshore Banking |
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SEC Chief Speaks to Swiss on Insider Trading |
Gary Lynch, SEC Enforcement Head, visited the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, at the occasion of the second round of discussion between the two countries at the end of August, 1985. In his... |
Bruce Zagaris |
1 |
3 |
1985-11-01 |
Switzerland |
Trade Enforcement |
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Swiss Supreme Court Rules Judicial Assistance Request Requires Sufficient Facts But Does not Require Examination of Laws of Requesting State |
On November 27, 1985, the highest court of the Swiss Confederation, the Federal Court, ruled that judicial assistance requests must be sufficiently explicit, and its I. Public Law Division denied a... |
Clemens M. Kochinke |
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4 |
1985-12-01 |
Switzerland |
Compliance |
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U.S. Offers Rewards for Trans World Airlines Hijackers |
On October 17, the Justice Department announced that it had charged three men with murder and piracy for the hijacking of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) jet in June and the shooting death of one of its... |
Bruce Zagaris |
1 |
2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Counter-terrorism |
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Final Regulations On Information Returns For Foreign-Owned Corporations, And Information Returns By U.S. Persons Re Foreign Corporations Are Published |
On July 24, 1985, final regulations were promulgated relating to information returns required of U.S. persons with respect to certain foreign corporations, and information returns required of certain... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
1985-09-01 |
United States |
Information Exchange |
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Argentine Bank Secrecy: New Limitations on Bank Secrecy in Argentina |
After a parliamentary tug of war over several months, the Senate as the last instance approved a Government bill to severely restrict the bank and securities secrecy. In the opinion of the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
Argentina |
Bank Secrecy |