Inter-American Bar Association Conference Papers |
On the XXV Conference of the Inter-American Bar Association, in Acapulco, Mexico, several papers were submitted for the Committee on Criminal Law and Procedure. Bruce Zagaris, the Committee's... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1985-11-01 |
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Law Enforcement |
U.S.-Swiss 2d Round of Mutual Assist. Negotiations |
The Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung (#201, 1985) reported on September 1/2, 1985, on page 11, that the second round of talks between the Swiss and American judicial assistance authorities provides a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
Switzerland |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
Riggs National Bank Is Latest Bank to Be Fined Under BSA |
The Department of Treasury has fined Riggs National Bank (Riggs) for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). The fine amounted to $269,750 for 1,226 violations that occurred between 1980 and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
AIDP Sets Agenda for XIV International Congress in 1989 |
The Association de Droit Penal (AIDP) Board of Directors has confirmed the following topics for the XIV International Congress of Penal Law to be held in 1989: I. Corporate Criminal Responsibility;... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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4 |
2016-02-09 |
World |
Law Enforcement |
Narcotics Trade Control Act Introduced |
Last month H.R. 3404, the "Narcotics Control Trade Act" was introduced in Congress. H.R. 3404 provides that the products of drug producing nations will not be eligible for most-favored-nation trade... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
Challenge to U.S. Support of Contras Dismissed |
On August 13, 1985, in Sanchez-Espinoza et al v. Reagan, et al, U.S. App. D.C. No.83-1997, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed the dismissal of an action challenging the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Law of War |
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 |
USAID Regional Administration of Justice Grant to ILANUD |
A current project for the Regional Administration of Justice grant to the United States International Development Cooperation Agency for International Development is described in a Project Paper. A... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
United States |
U.S. Federal Government |
GAO Report on Nazi War Criminals |
On June 28, 1985, the GAO released a report, entitled "Nazis and Axis Collaborators Were Used to Further U.S. Anti-Communist Objectives in Europe-Some Immigrated to the United States". After World... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
Europe |
Holocaust |
BSA Rules Released |
The Department of Treasury has published notice of a revised system of records on October 11, 1985 (50 F.R. 41616). The Notice affects three Bank Secrecy Act forms: Currency and Monetary... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
Central American Counterterrorism Act of 1985 |
The Central American Counterterrorism Act of 1985 has now reported out of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations on the Central American... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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4 |
1985-12-01 |
Central America |
Counter-terrorism |
Spanish Firm Pleads Guilty to Violating Export Administration Act |
On September 5, 1985, Piher Semiconductors SA of Barcelona (Piher) pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the Export Administration Act, and specifically to reselling of high technology, national-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
Spain |
Export Enforcement |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
Israel |
Extradition |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |