Articles

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Title Abstract Authorsort descending Volume Issue Date Published Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Conferences and Related Activities This article gives details on three upcoming conferences: the 1992 Oxford Conference on International & White Collar Crime; a conference on international money laundering initiatives; and a... 8 4 1992-04-01 World Conferences
Brazil Government Requests Mutual Assistance from Uruguay on Money Laundering Investigation On December 7, the Uruguayan Supreme Court was reported to be studying a request from the Brazilian Government to investigate narcotics-related money laundering that is occurring in the Uruguayan... 8 10 1992-12-01 Brazil, Uruguay Drugs & Trafficking, Investigation, Jurisdiction, Money Laundering
Bhopal Crime Case Begins Without Union Carbide Chair On November 27, 1991, the criminal case began in India on the alleged responsibility of the former chairman of Union Carbide Corportation, a U.S.-based company and eight executives of its Asian... 7 12 1991-12-01 India Environment, Prosecution
More International Cooperation and Congressional Action Called for to Combat Credit Card Fraud by Asian Organized Crime During the hearing on June 18, 1992, before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations “Asian Organized Crime: the New International Criminal.” Testimony from Donn Sickles, Vice President, Security... 8 7 1992-07-01 Asia Counterfeiting, Fraud, Organized Crime
Isle of Man Moves to Regulate Professionals in the Offshore In a bill now working its way through Parliament, the Financial SErvices Commission has proposed a bill to require all companies undertaking investment business in or from the Isle of Man to obtain... 7 5 1991-05-01 Isle of Man Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Tax Havens
European Community Targets Organized Crime On Friday, September 18, the European Community agreed to crack down on the mafia and organized crime in general, particularly through a campaign against money laundering and front companies A joint... 8 10 1992-10-01 Europe Border Security, Drugs & Trafficking, Europol, Extradition, International Cooperation, Money Laundering, Organized Crime
Implications of BCCI Problems As the investigations into the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) continue, several policy issues concerning international criminal assistance are raised...(more)... 7 7 1991-07-01 Europe, World Bank Secrecy, Banking Supervision, Money Laundering
SEC Suspends Conflict Minerals Reports Due to Litigation Decisions On April 7, 2017, Acting Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Michael S. Piwowar announced that, as a result of a final judgment declaring an SEC rule requiring reporting... 2017-05-12 United States Compliance, Disclosure
New U.S. Money Laundering Law Has Several International Provisions On October 28, 1992, President Bush signed into law HR 5334, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, which contains new money laundering provisions that have significant international... 8 11 1992-11-01 United States Financial Crimes, Legislation, Money Laundering, Mutual Legal Assistance
Mexico Opens First U.S. Drug Office The Mexican Federal Judicial Police will open its first U.S. office in San Antonio in September as part of a joint U.S.-Mexican effort to combat drug trafficking.  The decision to open a U.S. office... 7 8 1991-08-01 Mexico, United States Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation
Germany to Adopt EC Insider Trading Regime and Strengthen Centralization of Enforcement in the Wake of Scandals In the wake of an insider-trading "scandal," involving the investigations by Frankfurt city prosecutors of approximately 150 cases of possible tax evasion connected with securities trading, calls and... 7 11 1991-11-01 Europe, Germany Compliance, European Union, Trade Enforcement
Senate Permanent Subcommittee Proposes Initiative Against International Aspects of Insurance Fraud On July 1,  the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) issued a report, entitled “Problems with the Regulation of the Insurance and Reinsurance Industry,” which found that serious... 8 7 1992-07-01 United States Fraud, International Cooperation, Investigation, Prosecution
Conferences This article gives details on an upcoming conference that will be held in November 1992…[more] 8 9 1992-09-01 World Conferences
Bush Administration Requests Relaxation of Drug Certification Process On May 2, 1991, Melvin Levitsky, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Task Force on International Narcotics Control on the... 7 5 1991-05-01 United States Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking
Swiss Banker Arraigned for Helping US Taxpayer Conceal Assets Extradition from Italy On September 29, 2023, former Swiss banker Rolf Schnellmann was arraigned in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of York before Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang after Italy extradited him... 2023-10-06 Switzerland, United States Extradition, Tax Enforcement
Libya Appeals for Negotiations on Lockerbie Extradition Requests, But Does Not Renew Lobbyist Contract On September 25, 1992, Mohammed Bakhari, Libya’s treasury minister, publicly appealed to the Bush Administration for negotiations on the extradition of two suspects wanted in the 1988 bombing of a... 8 10 1992-10-01 Libya, United States Extradition, Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction
Bolivia Announces Offer to Drug Traffickers On July 17, the Bolivian Government annoucned an offer for drug traffickers.  The offer allows them to: surrender in the next 120 days; to admit guilt and identify their accomplices; surrender assets... 7 7 1991-07-01 Bolivia, United States Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking
Trump Reverses ZTE Penalties in Exchange for Trade Concessions On June 7, 2018, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation, of Shenzhen, China (“ZTE Corporation”) and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications... 2018-06-22 Sanctions
FinCEN Imposes Penalty against Compliance Officer for U.S. Bank On February 26, 2020, the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) imposed a fine of $450,000 against former compliance officer Michael LaFontaine, after he agreed that... 36 3 2020-03-12
Environmentalists Finally Hook Japan to End the Use of Drift Net Fishing In an important victory for environmental groups seeking to jump-start international environmental enforcement law, on November 26, the Japanese cabinet approved a moratorium on drift net fishing on... 7 12 1991-12-01 Japan Environment, Wildlife

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