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Tampa Jury Finds Accused Colombian Drug Lord Guilty of Cocaine Trafficking |
On October 25, 2006, at the conclusion of a three-month trial, a jury in the U.S. District Court in Tampa found Joaquin Mario Valencia-Trujillo guilty after three days of deliberations. During the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
12 |
2006-12-01 |
United States, Colombia |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Appeals Chamber for Rwanda Tribunal Rules Against Transfer to Norway |
On August 30, 2006, the Appeals Chamber for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda affirmed the Trial Chamber’s denial of the Prosecution’s request to refer the case against Michel Bagaragaza... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
12 |
2006-12-01 |
Rwanda, |
Jurisdiction, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts |
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U.S. Cages Tamil Tigers Arms Smuggling Ring |
Federal officials in Maryland have indicted six suspects in an arms trafficking investigation involving the Indonesian Army and Sri Lankan separatist group the Tamil Tigers. According to the... |
Jed Borod |
22 |
12 |
2006-12-01 |
United States, Indonesia, Sri Lanka |
Money Laundering, Terrorism, Arms Trafficking |
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Namibia Court Grants Comverse CEO Bail on U.S. Extradition Request |
On October 3, 2006, a local magistrate in Namibia authorized a $1.3 million bail for former Comverse Technology chief executive Jacob Alexander, after ruling that the Namibian government had failed... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
12 |
2006-12-01 |
United States, Namibia |
Extradition, White Collar Crime |
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OECD Claims Member Countries Have Ended Harmful Tax Practices |
On September 26, 2006, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said that its members have achieved the principal objectives of a longstanding initiative aimed at eliminating harmful... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
12 |
2006-12-01 |
World, United States |
Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Book Review: Saddam on Trial: Understanding and Debating the Iraqi High Tribunal |
With the judgment in the Saddam Hussein trial to be issued this month, Carolina Academic Press has published Saddam on Trial: Understanding and Debating the Iraqi High Tribunal – an extraordinarily... |
Melissa A. Waters |
22 |
12 |
2006-12-01 |
Iraq |
War Crimes, Genocide |
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German Privacy Watchdog Orders Banks to Stop Sharing Information with U.S. |
On August 24, 2006, a Germany privacy watchdog told Germany banks to ensure that confidential data was not unnecessarily transmitted to U.S. authorities. The Schleswig-Holstein independent data... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, Europe, Germany |
Bank Secrecy, Privacy |
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U.S. Arrests Two Suspects in Ciudad Juarez Murders as Mexico Ends Federal Investigation |
The U.S. has arrested two suspects in the murders of young women in Ciudad Jurarez, Mexico. On August 15, 2006, U.S. authorities in Denver, Colorado arrested Edgar Alvarez Cruz on immigration... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Murder, Sex Crimes |
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European Union Continues Fight Against Human Trafficking |
While slavery in its traditional form may have been largely eliminated, the last 25 years of seen the rise of human trafficking, a modern form of slavery. International law defines this troubling... |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
Europe |
Human Trafficking, European Union |
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U.S. Court Suppresses “Involuntary” Rwanda Confessions |
On August 17, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a lengthy, 109-page opinion suppressing statements made by three Rwandan defendants being prosecuted for the 1999... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, Uganda, Rwanda |
Human Rights, Mutual Legal Assistance, Torture |
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves U.S.-U.K. Extradition Treaty |
On September 7, 2006, the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved the U.S.-U.K. extradition treaty, bringing the U.S. ratification process closer to completion. Signed in 2003, the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
Extradition |
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U.S. Arrests Sportingbet CEO on Louisiana Criminal Charges |
On September 6, 2006, U.S. law enforcement officers arrested Peter Dicks at Kennedy International Airport in New York. Dicks, the chairman of U.K.-based online sports book Sportingbet, was arrested... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
International Gaming |
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U.S. and Dominican Republic Crack Money Remitting Operation |
On August 31, 2006, three persons from the Boston area appeared in U.S. District Court following their arrest on money laundering, currency reporting, and drug distribution charges in connection with... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, Colombia, Dominican Republic |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Mexico Extradites Alleged Narcotics Kingpin to the U.S. |
On September 16, 2006, the Mexican government extradited accused drug lord Arrellano Félix to the United States. The extradition, the first where a major figure in the violent Mexican drug trade has... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Detains Bounty Hunter on 2003 Mexican Kidnaping Charges |
On September 14, 2006, U.S. federal marshals in Hawaii arrested well-known bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman on kidnaping charges arising out of the 2003 capture of a U.S. fugitive in Mexico. In... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Jurisdiction, Kidnaping |
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Cayman Issues Tax Information Exchange Law Regulations |
On May 9, 2006, the Cayman Islands issued regulations under the 2005 Tax Information Authority Law, which entered into force on September 1, 2005. The law and the new regulations provide a framework... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
Cayman Islands |
Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Book Review: Regulatory Frameworks for Hawala and Other Remittance Systems |
In the last five years the international community and especially the organizations responsible for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financial enforcement have focused attention on the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Terrorism |
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OECD Forum on Tax Administration Agrees to Combat International Tax Non-Compliance |
In a closing statement Mark W. Everson, IRS Commissioner and Chair of the Forum, said that the Forum identified four areas in which members will increase existing work or start new work under the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States |
International Organizations, Taxation |
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ICC Submits Annual Report to UN General Assembly |
August 3, 2006, in accordance with Article 6 of the Relationship Agreement between the UN and the International Criminal Court (ICC) and paragraph 12 of Assembly resolution 60/29, the Court... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
World, Africa |
Human Rights, War Crimes, International Courts |
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Bush Transfers 14 Detainees to Guantánamo, Confirms Existence of Secret Prisons |
On September 6, 2006, U.S. President George W. Bush announced that 14 of the most notorious terror detainees had been transferred from Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) custody to the U.S. Guantánamo... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, Europe |
Human Rights, National Security, Terrorism |