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EU and Hungarian Customs Host Seminar on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy |
On April 4-7, 2005, in Budapest, Hungary, the European Commission, together with the Hungarian customs administration, hosted a seminar on combating counterfeiting and piracy. The conference... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
8 |
2005-08-01 |
Europe, Hungary |
Counterfeiting, Customs Enforcement, Intellectual Property, Trade Enforcement, Forgery |
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U.S. and Czech Authorities Closing in on Kozeny |
A Bahamian media source reported that Lyford Cay resident Viktor Kozeny, who has been charged with 17 counts of fraud-related charges in the United States, faces the choice of surrendering to U.S.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
8 |
2005-08-01 |
United States, Czech Republic, Bahamas |
Extradition, Securities Law, Fraud, White Collar Crime |
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Spanish Government Conducts Multi-Country Operation Against Former Soviet Gangs |
On June 20, 2005, the Spanish police arrested 28 alleged mafia bosses from former Soviet republics in 11cities and resort towns in Alicante, Catalonia, and Costa del Sol.
According to the police,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
8 |
2005-08-01 |
Spain, Russia |
Money Laundering, International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime |
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U.S. Conducts Operation Against Black Market Peso Exchange |
On June 24, 2005, Drug Enforcement Administration head Karen P. Tandy announced the successful results of Operation Mallorca, a 27-month investigation that targeted the alleged money laundering... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
8 |
2005-08-01 |
United States, Colombia |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Customs Enforcement, Trade Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Mexican Attorney General Cracks Cuban Immigrant Smuggling Ring in Cancun |
On June 20, 2005, The Mexican Attorney General and agents of the Federal Agency of Investigation (AFI) detained two leaders of an organization smuggling Cubans into the United States through Cancun... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
8 |
2005-08-01 |
United States, Mexico, Cuba |
Human Trafficking, Immigration, National Security |
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U.S. Extradition from the U.K. Engenders Controversies |
The U.S. government has gradually expanded its authority to gain custody of non-nationals through extradition and alternative means. U.S. extradition requests for three British nationals for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
8 |
2005-08-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
Extradition, Jurisdiction, Transfer of Prisoners, Securities Law, White Collar Crime |
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EU Proposes Second Generation of Schengen Information System |
On June 1, 2005, the European Commission presented three proposals to establish the second generation of the Schengen Information System (SIS II), which will supercede the current SIS. The SIS II... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
8 |
2005-08-01 |
Europe |
European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, Privacy, Economic Integration |
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AIDP Urges UN to Reinstate Mandate of Human Rights Expert in Afghanistan |
On June 4, 2005, the board of the International Association of Penal Law (commonly known by its French name Association Internationale de Droit Penal or its French acronym AIDP), met at the Palais de... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
8 |
2005-08-01 |
World, France, Afghanistan |
Human Rights, International Organizations, Law of War, United Nations |
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Colombian Congress Will Hold Hearings About Immunity for U.S. Troops |
Responding to the demands of the Colombian inspector general, the Colombian Congress will hold hearings reviewing the 1974 U.S.-Colombian diplomatic agreement affording U.S. troops in Colombia... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
8 |
2005-08-01 |
United States, Colombia |
Human Rights, Immunity, Jurisdiction |
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ICTY Postpones Closing Date Due to Kingpin Fugitives |
In a June 8, 2005, letter to the U.N. Security Council, Judge Theodor Meron, president of the International Criminal Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia, said that the tribunal would not... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
8 |
2005-08-01 |
Balkans |
Human Rights, Law of War, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts |
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European Parliament Approves 3rd Anti-Laundering Directive |
On May 26, 2005, the European Parliament approved the proposed Third Directive on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, European Union, Economic Integration |
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U.S. Detention Practices Become Major Foreign Policy Issue |
In May 2005, U.S. detention practices became a major foreign policy issue as information about its abusive detention practices, albeit denied as false, triggered riots and loss of life in several... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
United States |
Human Rights, Law of War, National Security, Terrorism, Prisoner Rights |
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U.S. Supreme Court Deny Appeal on Wire Fraud Law for Currency Exchange Activities Concerning Evading Canadian Cigarette Excise Taxes and Vacate Decision against EC in RICO Cigarette Smuggling Case |
On May 2, 2005, the United States Supreme Court has given another victory to the Canadian government trying to enforce its excise taxes on spirits and cigarettes when it denied a certiorari... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
Canada, United States, Europe |
Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Jurisdiction, Taxation, Trade Enforcement, European Union |
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U.S. Arrests 140 in National Law Enforcement against Unlicensed Money Transmitters |
On May 23, 2005, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 140 persons in a nationwide raid of unlicensed money transmittal businesses and underground "hawalas," seizing more... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Terrorism |
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Swiss FIU Evaluates Self-Regulating Organizations in Annual Report |
On March 31, 2005, the Swiss Money Laundering Control Authority (MLCA) published its annual report, discussing its activities during the last year. The report evaluates the work of the self-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
Europe, Switzerland |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, European Union |
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Florida County Jail Surrenders to USVI Detained Persons Fighting Extradition Without Hearing |
On May 7, 2005, four days before two persons were scheduled to appear in Hernando County Circuit Court in Florida, Virgin Islands Justice Department officials removed them from the jail without a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
United States, Virgin Islands |
Extradition, Jurisdiction, Transfer of Prisoners, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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U.S. Denies Venezuelan Provisional Arrest Request for Alleged Terrorist |
On May 27, 2005, the U.S. government denied the provisional arrest request of the Venezuelan government for the arrest of its citizen Luis Posada Carriles. On May 3, 2005, the Venezuela Supreme... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
United States, Venezuela, Cuba |
Extradition, Terrorism, Transfer of Prisoners |
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Ibero-American Network Will Strengthen International Enforcement Cooperation, Especially Against Corruption |
During June 2004, at the 14th Conference of Ibero-American Ministers of Justice in Fortaleza, Brazil, recommended adaptation of penal law to combat transnational crime and greater agility in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
United States, Latin America and South America, Brazil |
Money Laundering, Corruption, International Organizations, United Nations, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Brazil and Argentina Sign TIEA During Meeting of CIAT |
On April 22, 2005, Brazil and Argentina signed an agreement on tax information exchange during the 39th General Assembly of the Inter-American Center for Tax Administrations (CIAT) in Buenos Aires.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
Brazil, Argentina |
Intelligence, Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance, Economic Integration |
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U.S. Detention Policies Continue to Experience Criticism |
The U.S. government published its ten investigative reports on detention abuses while court and administrative proceedings proliferated over individual detention cases. Meanwhile, the UN tried to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
6 |
2005-06-01 |
World, United States, Afghanistan, Turkey |
Human Rights, International Organizations, National Security, Terrorism, United Nations, Torture, Prisoner Rights |