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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... |
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2023-10-06 |
Switzerland, United States |
Extradition, Tax Enforcement |
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Washington College of Law Holds Book Launch for Book on the ICTY |
On April 4, 2018, the Washington College of Law (WCL) hosted a launch of Professor Diane Orentlicher’s new book, Some Kind of Justice: The ICTY’s Impact in Bosnia and Serbia (Oxford U. Press, 496... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2018-04-06 |
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Human Rights |
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Mexico – United States extradition relations since 1994 |
With a porous long border, Mexico and the U.S.A. have a long history on how to deal with crime that goes beyond their respective borders. To pursue fugitives charged with committing criminal acts... |
Roger Labardini |
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2023-01-13 |
Mexico, United States |
Extradition, Fugitive, Jurisdiction, Kidnaping, Rendition |
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Criminal Magisterial Bench Book to Provide Guidance for Magistrates |
The Criminal Magisterial Bench Book, the first of its kind in the region, is an initiative of the Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project. The Bench Book project, which... |
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2018-07-06 |
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International Courts |
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4TH Circuit Agrees to Hear Emoluments Suit En Banc and Trump Announces and then Retracts Announcement His Hotel Will Host the G7 Meeting |
On October 15, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit agreed to rehear en banc the emoluments lawsuit brought by the attorneys general of Maryland and the... |
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2019-10-25 |
G-8 member countries |
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EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Releases Recommendations on the Implementation of Adopted Measures |
On November 11, 2016, the European Union Counter-Terrorism Coordinator (CTC) released his recommendations which draw on his report on the implementation of the counter-terrorism measures which had... |
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2016-11-18 |
Europe |
Counter-terrorism, European Union, INTERPOL |
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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... |
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2017-05-12 |
United States |
Compliance, Disclosure |
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Criminal Magisterial Bench Book to Provide Guidance for Magistrates |
The Criminal Magisterial Bench Book, the first of its kind in the region, is an initiative of the Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project. The Bench Book project, which... |
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2018-07-06 |
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International Courts |
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Russia Withdraws Its Signature from the Statute of the International Criminal Court |
On November 16, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his Foreign Ministry to inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations that Russia no longer intended to participate in the Rome... |
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2016-11-18 |
Philippines, Russia, Ukraine |
Human Rights, International Courts, International Criminal Court, International Organizations, War Crimes |
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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... |
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2018-06-22 |
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Sanctions |
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International Tax Enforcement Continues to Rise |
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Bruce Zagaris |
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2011-11-28 |
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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 |
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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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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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1985-09-01 |
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Evidence Sharing |
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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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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 |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
United States |
War Crimes |