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Canada’s Extradition Act Amendments Take Effect |
On November 2, 1992, the Honorable Kim Campbell, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Member for Vancouver Center, announced that the amendments to the Extradition Act, passed by... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Canada |
Extradition, Legislation |
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Turkish Government Seizes Bulgarian Arms |
On October 23, the Turkish authorities in the Bosporus seized 2,000 crates of weapons and four tons of chemicals on board the Cape Maleas, a Greek Cypriot ship. The ship was traveling from the... |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Bulgaria, Turkey |
Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking |
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IRS to Expand its Simultaneous Examination Programs and its Interagency Cooperation with U.S. Customs |
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8 |
4 |
1992-04-01 |
United States |
Customs, International Cooperation, Tax Enforcement, Treaties |
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Canadian Bill to Streamline Extradition Process Tabled |
On September 17, 1991, the Honorable Kim Campbell, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, tabled a bill in the House of Commons that will considerably reduce the delays in extradition... |
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7 |
10 |
1991-10-01 |
Canada |
Extradition |
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Senate Ratifies Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes |
On August 11, 1992, the United States Senate ratified the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal. The Convention has the purpose of... |
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8 |
8 |
1992-08-01 |
United States |
Environment, Export Enforcement, Legislation |
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Jersey Moves Forward with Regulation of its International Financial Sector |
Jersey is preparing to regulate its international financial sector and particularly trust company administration, investment business and insurance services. It has published a consultative paper... |
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8 |
9 |
1992-09-01 |
Jersey |
Banking Supervision, Regulation |
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India Requests Extradition of Former Union Carbide Chairman in Bhopal Case |
On March 27, India took steps to seek extradition from the United States Government of Mr. Warren Anderson, the former chairman of Union Carbide, so that he can be tried at Bhopal on charges of... |
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8 |
3 |
1992-03-01 |
India, United States |
Arrest, Extradition |
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Books |
1. Law of War J.J. Busuttil, Naval Weapns Systems and the Contemporary Law of War.(Clarendon Press; Oxford Univ. Press)(1998)...[more] |
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15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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U.S. Requests Extradition of Colombians Arrested in Operation Green Ice |
U.S. authorities have initiated actions leading to extradition to the United States of four Colombians arrested in Costa Rica on September 24, 1992. The Colombians supposedly are linked to the... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Colombia, Costa Rica, United States |
Arrest, Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition, Freezing of Assets, Money Laundering, Organized Crime |
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Hearing on Alvarez-Machain Case Bodes Well for U.S. Government |
On April 1, 1992, the oral argument in the Alvarez-Machain case seemed to turn the trend of the case in favor of the U.S. Government. The dialogue between Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia and... |
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8 |
4 |
1992-04-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Extradition, Kidnaping, Prosecution |
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Nomination of Barr May Raise Consideration of U.S. Extraterritorial Policy |
On October 16, President George Bush announced that he would nominate acting Attorney General William P. Barr for Attorney General. Barr, who is 41, would be the youngest attorney general since... |
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7 |
10 |
1991-10-01 |
United States |
Jurisdiction |
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U.N. Visits Libya on Lockerbie Sanctions |
During the week of August 24-31, the United Nations attempted to persuade Libya to surrender to a Scottish court the two agents accused of the Lockerbie bombing. Following the U.N. Security Council’s... |
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8 |
8 |
1992-08-01 |
Libya |
Kidnaping, Sanctions, Terrorism, United Nations |
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Austria’s Entry into EC Forces Initiative to End Anonymous Accounts |
In order to meet the obligations of the European Community’s Anti-Money Laundering Directive upon its entry into the European Economic Area next year, the Government of Austria is considering a bill... |
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8 |
9 |
1992-09-01 |
Austria |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Organizations, Legislation, Money Laundering, Taxation |
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Recommendations and Conclusions of U.N. Ad Hoc Expert Group on Strategies to Combat Transnational Crime |
On May 27-31, 1991, in Smolenice, Czechoslovakia, approximately 15 to 20 ad hoc experts met to consider strategies to combat transnational crime. The following are the conclusions and recommendations... |
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7 |
7 |
1991-07-01 |
World |
International Cooperation, International Courts, International Crimes, United Nations |
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EC Proposes Administrative Penal Sanctions for Fishing Violations Presaging Additional Area of Direct Penal Enforcement Sanctions |
To remedy difficulties in the enforcement of the European Community’s common fisheries policy, an EC report of the European Commission published on March 16 on the surveillance of the EC’s CFP... |
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8 |
3 |
1992-03-01 |
Europe |
Environment, Maritime, Sanctions, Wildlife |
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Documents |
1. Extradition United Kingdom House of Lords: Regina v. Bartle and the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and Others -- Ex Parte Pinochet, 38 I.L.M. 581-663 (1999)... [more] |
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15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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Committee on International Criminal Law Hears Update on State Department’s International Enforcement Activities and on Application to U.S. Bill of Rights Abroad in Criminal Cases |
On October 30, 1992, the Committee on International Criminal Law held a meeting during the Fall meeting of the Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association. Bob Harris, Department of State’s... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
United States |
Extradition, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Kidnaping, Murder, Mutual Legal Assistance, Terrorism, Treaties |
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Polish Court Grants U.S. Extradition Request of Banker Convicted of Tax Crimes |
On April 19, 1992, in a potentially precedent-setting case, the P.A.P. news agency reported that the Polish Government through its Justice Minister announced that it has agreed to extradite David... |
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8 |
4 |
1992-04-01 |
Poland, United States |
Extradition, Forgery, Fraud, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
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Business Group Moves to Prosecute Software Piracy and Illegal Bulletin Boards |
On November 24, 1992, Business Software Alliance (BSA) at a press conference in Washington announced a worldwide campaign to prosecutive and stop electronic bulletin board systems that are... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
United States |
Copyright, International Cooperation, Piracy |
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Bush Administration Reports Skepticism to Congress on Establishing a Permanent International Criminal Court, But More Positive on One for the Persian Gulf Crimes |
The Bush Administration in a report to Congress on the feasibility of establishing an international criminal court required pursuant to P.I. 101-513 has stated that it has become “increasingly... |
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7 |
10 |
1991-10-01 |
Iraq, United States |
Crimes against Humanity, International Courts, International Criminal Court |