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Credit Card Fraud Grows in Latin America |
In 1994, credit card fraud, which has long been a problem and a growth industry in the United States, has started to accelerate in Latin America. The magazine Semana reported that more than US$4.9... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
7 |
2009-07-01 |
United States, Latin America and South America |
Fraud |
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French Court Rules Lawsuit Against Three African Presidents for Embezzlement Admissible |
On May 5, 2009, a French magistrate ruled that an action against three African leaders accused of embezzlement is admissible despite the opposition of the Paris prosecutors’ office when the case was... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
7 |
2009-07-01 |
France, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Gabon |
Corruption, International Courts, Embezzlement, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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Bank Supervisors Agree to Accelerate Implementation of Minimum Standards for International Banking Supervision |
On June 13, 1996 at the biennial International Conference of Bank Supervisors in Stockholm (Stockholm Conference), Mr. Tomasso Padoa-Schioppa, chairman of the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
7 |
2009-07-01 |
Switzerland, Sweden, G-10 member countries |
Bank Secrecy, Economic Crimes, Financial Supervision, Banking Supervision |
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Controversy in Liberia Over Asset Seizure from Nigerian Visitor |
On May 5, 2009, a French magistrate ruled that an action against three African leaders accused of embezzlement is admissible despite the opposition of the Paris prosecutors’ office when the case was... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
7 |
2009-07-01 |
France, Nigeria, Liberia |
Corruption, International Courts, Asset Forfeiture, Embezzlement, Asset Seizure |
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Singapore New Extradition Warrant for Leeson Will Likely Have Success as Britain Decides Not to Request Extradition |
At the end of April 1995, Singapore officials in Germany revealed that they timely delivered a new extradition warrant for former Barings trader Nick Leeson Singapore traders filed a new request... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, Germany, Singapore |
Extradition, Human Rights, Fraud, Forgery |
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Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act Reintroduced in U.S. Congress |
On March 2, 2009, the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act (STHAA) was introduced as S. 506 and H.R. 1265 on the following day in the 111th Session of the U.S. Congress. The bill is quite similar to its... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
Canada, United States, Barbados, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Bahamas, Panama, Antigua & Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Liechtenstein, Bermuda, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Cyprus |
Jurisdiction, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
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Guyana Denies Extradition of Guyanese Drug Suspects to the U.S. |
On April 13, 2009, the Caribbean media reported that recently the Chief Justice of Guyana, Ian Cheng, recently denied the U.S. extradition request for two high profile drug suspects...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, Guyana |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement |
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U.S. Indicts Anti-Castro Cuban Posada for Lying About Terrorism Incident in Cuba |
On April 8, 2009, a federal indictment was returned in the U.S. District Court in El Paso, Texas, against Luis Posada Carriles for perjury and obstruction of a government proceeding related to his... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, Cuba |
Administration of Justice, Immigration, Terrorism |
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PartyGaming and U.S. Reach Non-Prosecution Agreement |
On April 7, 2009, the U.S. government and PartyGaming PLC, an Internet gambling company incorporated in Gibraltar and publicly trade on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PRTY,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Gibraltar |
Administration of Justice, International Gaming |
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Mexico Requests Automatic Exchange of Information about Interest Paid by U.S. Banks to Mexican Residents |
The Mexican Finance Secretary, Agustin Carstens, has written to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, requesting that the United States and Mexican Governments exchange information automatically... |
David Spencer |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement |
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G20 Meeting Agree on Mechanisms and Arrangements to Increase International Financial Regulation and Enforcement |
On April 2, 2009, the Communique of the G20 Meeting contains undertakings to strengthen international financial regulation and enforcement, including the strengthening of the Financial Stability... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
World, G-10 member countries |
International Organizations, Securities Law, White Collar Crime, Securities Trade Enforcement, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation |
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Unfunding Terror: The Legal Response to the Financing of Global Terrorism by Jimmy Gurulé (Edward Elgar Publishing, 425 pp. 2008). |
The author, a Professor at Notre Dame University Law School and former Under Secretary for Enforcement in the U.S. Department of the Treasury on September 11, 2001, when the Bush Administration... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, Afghanistan |
Terrorism, United Nations, Book Review |
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SEC Stops Ponzi Scheme of Americans Using Swiss Affiliate and Caribbean Bank |
On March 28, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained an emergency court order, stopping a $68 million Ponzi scheme involving the sale of fictitious high-yield certificates of deposit (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
World, United States, Switzerland, st. vincent |
Securities Law, Fraud, White Collar Crime, Securities Trade Enforcement |
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U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Hearing Shows Trends in Efforts to Strengthen International Tax Enforcement |
On March 31, 2009, the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on “Issues Involving Banking Secrecy Practices and Wealthy American Taxpayers.”... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
World, United States |
Taxation, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes, International Convention |
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U.N. Secretary General Visits ICTR on Ending Mandate While Rwanda Government Urges Countries to Surrender or Try Suspects |
At the end of February 2009, the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, made his first visit to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, to discuss, among other things... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
World, Africa, Rwanda |
Human Rights, United Nations, Genocide, International Courts |
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Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Holds Second Hearing on Tax Haven Banks and the UBS Case |
On March 4, 2009, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, held a hearing on Tax Haven Banks and U. S. Tax Compliance - Obtaining... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
World, United States, Switzerland |
Bank Secrecy, Taxation, White Collar Crime, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
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U.S. Issues International Narcotics Control Strategy Report |
On February 27, 2009, the Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, David T. Johnson, gave a media briefing on the release of the 2009 International... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
World, United States, Mexico, Colombia, Afghanistan, Guatemala |
Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement |
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U.S. Cracks Down on Sinaloa Cartel As Border Violence Accelerates |
On February 25, 2009, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced the arrest of 755 individuals on narcotics -related charges and the seizure of more than 23 tons of narcotics as part of a 21-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Customs Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement, Smuggle |
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The Position of the ICC Prosecutor in the Recent Hostilities in the Gaza Strip |
As it usually happens with the initiation of large multilateral projects, the advent of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in July 2002 was greeted with a sense of joy. It was believed that the... |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
Middle East, Israel, Sudan |
Human Rights, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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U.K. Arrests British Solicitor over Nigerian Gas Bribes and U.S. FCPA Charges |
On March 5, 2009, British police arrested a British solicitor, Jeffrey Tesler, 60, in North London after United States authorities requested his extradition and that of Wojciech Chodan, also a Briton... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom, Gibraltar |
Corruption, Extradition, Fraud, Bribery |