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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 |
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Smuggling Cars from Hong Kong to China |
Traders have discovered that Chinese import tariffs can be dodged by shipping cards, trucks and other merchandise from Hong Kong to Vietnam’s province of Quang Ninh to be driven across the porous... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-10-01 |
China, Hong Kong |
Border Security, Maritime, Smuggle, Theft, Trade Crimes |
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Swiss Government Implements Tightened Anti-Money Laundering Law |
On February 4, 1992, the Swiss Government’s Banking Commission promulgated new guidelines effective May 1 pursuant to a Swiss law that was enacted in 1990. Under the law, Swiss banks must investigate... |
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8 |
3 |
1992-03-01 |
Switzerland |
Banking Supervision, Financial Crimes, Investigation, Legislation, Money Laundering, Regulation |
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U.S. and Canada Will Increase Simultaneous Tax Examinations |
On November 10, 1992, at the Tax Executives Institute’s annual conference, S. Claude Lemelin, chief of tax treaty administration for Revenue Canada in Ottawa, stated that simultaneous examinations,... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Canada, United States |
International Cooperation |
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Foreign-Owned Vessels Detained in Liberian Waters |
In a series of incidents in Liberian waters, vessels have been seized. |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Liberia, Spain |
Piracy |
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International Narcotics Strategy Control Report Highlights Legal and Policy Developments in Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement |
In March 1992, the U.S. Department of State’s International Narcotics Control Strategy Report revealed that significant progress has resulted on both the level of international organizations and... |
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8 |
4 |
1992-04-01 |
World |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, FATF, Law Enforcement, Money Laundering |
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Odebrecht and Braskem Plead Guilty and Agree to Pay $3.5 billion to 3 Countries to Resolve Corruption Charges |
On December 21, 2016, Odebrecht S.A. (Odebrecht), a global construction conglomerate based in Brazil, and Braskem S.A. (Braskem), a Brazilian petrochemical company, pleaded guilty and agreed to pay... |
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2017-01-06 |
Brazil, Switzerland, United States |
Corruption, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, International Cooperation |
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Japan Enacts Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement Laws |
On October 2, the Japanese National Diet enacted two anti-money laundering statutes. The two laws were declared publicly on October 5 and are in force. |
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7 |
10 |
1991-10-01 |
Japan |
Drug Enforcement, Financial Enforcement, Financial Supervision, Money Laundering |
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5 Countries Form Joint Chiefs of Global Enforcement (J5) |
On July 2, 2018, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs announced an alliance on tax enforcement between the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, the United States and Australia to combat... |
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34 |
7 |
2018-07-06 |
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Financial Enforcement |
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U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Denial of Prisoner’s Request for Transfer and Lack of Regulations |
On December 27, 1991, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia Circuit in the case of David F. Bagguley v. George W. Bush in a per curiam opinion upheld a decision to deny a... |
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8 |
8 |
1992-08-01 |
United States |
Drugs & Trafficking, Prosecution, Regulation, Transfer of Prisoners, Treaties |
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Canada Justice Ministry Reports Annual International Activities |
The Annual Report for the Department of Justice Canada for 1989-90 contains several interesting developments...(more)... |
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7 |
5 |
1991-05-01 |
Canada |
Crimes against Humanity, Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance, United Nations |
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Obtaining Information - The Ways and Means |
According to a recent estimate, the European Community is defrauded of between 1.5 and 3.1 billion pounds each year. With the advent of the single market, member countries will be encouraged to... |
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8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
European Union, Europe |
Economic Crimes |
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Russia and U.S. Agree to Increase Intelligence Cooperation on Enforcement Matters |
On October 18, 1992, the Russian intelligence service and the Central Intelligence Agency completed discussions on increasing already existing cooperation in the exchange of intelligence and... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-10-01 |
Russia, United States |
Border Security, Customs, Drugs & Trafficking, Intelligence, International Cooperation, Organized Crime, Smuggle, Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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Bank for International Settlements Considers Sanctions Against Central Banks without Sufficient Regulatory Controls as a Result of BCCI Debacle |
As a result of the huge losses suffered due to the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, the Bank for International Settlements Committee on Banking Regulation is considering... |
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8 |
3 |
1992-03-01 |
World |
Banking Supervision, Financial Crimes, Regulation |
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Japan Imposes $57 Million Back Taxes & Surcharges on US Subsidiary |
On November 2, 1992, a spokesman for Nihon Unisys Ltd. announced that the Tokyo Regional Tax Bureau has imposed 6.888 billion yen ($57 million) in corporate back taxes and surcharges as a result of a... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Japan, United States |
Intellectual Property, Tax Enforcement, Taxation |
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Brazilian Government Announces its Intent to Revise U.S. Extradition Treaty Due to U.S. Abductions |
On September 24, 1992, Brazilian Justice Minister Celio Borja stated that he wants to renegotiate and revise the extradition treaty signed between Brazil and the United States. Borja wants to clarify... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Brazil, United States |
Extradition, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Jurisdiction, Kidnaping, Treaties |
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Fisheries Enforcement Cooperation between Namibia and Angola |
Friction has arised between Namibia and Spain over illegal fishing in Namibian waters. On June 25, 1991, two Spanish fishing vessels were detected fishing illegally in Namibian waters during a... |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Angola, Namibia, Spain |
Environment, Trade Enforcement, Wildlife |
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IMB Outlines Proposals for Regional Piracy Centre |
The ICC-International Maritime Bureau is currently promoting the idea of creating a Regional Piracy Centre for South East Asia, and publishing a Piracy Guide. This article examines its proposals in... |
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8 |
4 |
1992-04-01 |
Asia |
Law Enforcement, Maritime, Piracy, Robbery |
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Costa Rica Arrests and Extradites U.S. Citizen Charged with Business Opportunity Fraud |
On February 12, 2015, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Florida (Miami) announced that Costa Rica has extradited Jon White, a U.S. citizen charged in connection... |
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2016-08-17 |
Costa Rica, United States |
Conspiracy, Extradition, Fraud |
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Mexico-US Border Flares Up Again |
On October 3, it was reported that the Mexican Government has again protested to the U.S. the alleged aggression by U.S. border patrol agents against Mexicans in Mexico. |
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7 |
10 |
1991-10-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Border Security, Immigration |
