Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
EU Commission Adopts Requirements for Procedural Safeguards for Suspects and Defendants in Criminal Proceedings On February 19, 2003, the European Commission adopted a “green paper on procedural safeguards for suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union.” It has decided to... Bruce Zagaris 19 6 2003-06-01 Europe Human Rights, European Union
The Possible Amendments to the Brazilian Law Against Money Laundering It is estimated that Brazil incurs a yearly loss of approximately U.S. $3.5 billion on account of money laundering. In order to bring up to date the fight against this type of crime in Brazil, the... Jorge Nemr 19 6 2003-06-01 United States, Caribbean, Brazil, Europe Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
WTO Members Approve Waiver for Kimberly Process on “Blood Diamonds” On Feruary 26, 2003, World Trade Organization members approved in principle a waiver from WTO rules for an international accord directed at eliminating trade in “conflict” or “blood” diamonds. On... Bruce Zagaris 19 6 2003-06-01 World, Africa Customs Enforcement, Environment, International Organizations, Trade Enforcement, United Nations
U.S. Indicts 12 Persons in Heroin Ring from Afghanistan and Pakistan On April 3, 2003, U.S. prosecutors announced an indictment against a group of persons that sent hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of heroin from Afghanistan and Pakistan, hidden in the seams of... Bruce Zagaris 19 6 2003-06-01 United States, Afghanistan, Pakistan Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime
Cayman Gains Partial Victory Against European Union on Savings Tax At the end of March 2003, the Cayman Islands Government announced that the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) Court of First Instance (CFI), although dismissing the Cayman Island’s application for the... Bruce Zagaris 19 6 2003-06-01 Caribbean, Europe, United Kingdom, Cayman Islands Bank Secrecy, Taxation, European Union, Privacy
U.S. Offers $300,000 Reward and Visa for U.S. Persons Kidnaped in Colombia On March 18, 2003, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it is offering a reward of $338,000 and a U.S. visa for information leading to the rescue of three U.S. Government contractors the... Bruce Zagaris 19 6 2003-06-01 United States, Colombia Terrorism, Kidnaping
Britain Arrests Russian Tycoon on Fraud Charges On March 25, 2003, the British police announced they had arrested Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky on an extradition warrant arising from charges brought by the Russian Government. According to a... Bruce Zagaris 19 6 2003-06-01 United Kingdom, Russia Corruption, Extradition, Fraud
European Union Proposes to Creates European Network and Information Security Agency On February 10, 2003, the European Commission proposed a Regulation establishing a European Network and Information Security Agency. The Agency’s goal to serve as a center of competence so that both... Bruce Zagaris 19 6 2003-06-01 Europe Cybercrime, European Union
Belgian Court Convicts Foreign Gang of Trafficking in Human Beings In the last week of March, a Belgian court in Bruges convicted seven of trafficking in human beings in connections with an incident in December 2001, in which the group sent thirteen stowaways in a... Bruce Zagaris 19 6 2003-06-01 United Kingdom, Belgium, Africa, Turkey, Ireland Human Trafficking, Organized Crime
NAFT Countries Cooperate Against Transnational Fraud in Cancer Treatment On February 6, 2003, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in a law enforcement actions coordinated with the U.S. partners in NAFTA, Canada and Mexico, brought a complaint against Canadian and... Bruce Zagaris 19 6 2003-06-01 Canada, United States, Mexico Mutual Legal Assistance, Fraud
UK Arrests Iraqi Billionaire on French Extradition Warrant on Fraud Charges On April 2, 2003, the British Government announced the arrest on a French extradition warrant of Nadhim Acuchi, 65, an Iraqi billionaire, to testify in a corruption and embezzlement trail involving... Bruce Zagaris 19 6 2003-06-01 United States, France, United Kingdom, Iraq Corruption, Extradition, European Union, Fraud
EU and US Reach Interim Agreement on Airline Passenger Data Collection On March 4, 2003, the European Commission and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office agreed to some additional promises on an interim February 18, 2003 joint statement permitting... Bruce Zagaris 19 6 2003-06-01 United States, Europe, Greece Terrorism, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, Privacy
U.S. Notes Appeal of Padilla Order Allowing Detainee Access to Counsel On March 25, 2003, the U.S. Government notified Judge Michael B. Mukasey, U.S. District Court in New York City that it will seek an expedited appeal of his order permitting Jose Padilla to meet with... Bruce Zagaris 19 6 2003-06-01 United States Human Rights, Law of War, National Security, Terrorism, Prisoner Rights
Australia’s High Court Upholds Local (Private Law) Jurisdiction in Case of Defamation Over the Internet On December 10, 2002, the High Court of Australia (HCA) handed down its judgement in the case of Dow & Jones & Company v Gutnick. The case concerned a defamation claim made by Mr. Gutnick,... Dr. Aukje A.H. van Hoek 19 5 2003-05-01 United States, Australia Cybercrime, Jurisdiction
U.N. and Cambodia Finally Reach Agreement on Prosecuting Khmer Rouge On March 17, 2003 in Phnom Penh, the United Nations and Cambodia announced they reached a draft framework agreement concerning the prosecution under Cambodia’s laws of crimes committed during the... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 World, France, Japan, Cambodia Law of War, United Nations, International Courts
Interpol Issues International Arrest Warrant for Fujmori On March 8, 2003, the media reported Interpol as reissued an international arrest warrant charging Alberto Fujimori, Peru’s former president, with murder after the Peruvian Government transmitted... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 Peru, Japan Extradition, International Organizations
Serb Leader’s Assassination Setbacks ICTY as Plasvic is Sentenced On March 12, the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic represented a setback to the operations of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Meanwhile, on... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 Balkans Human Rights, Law of War, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts
Rwanda Arrests and Surrenders to U.S. 3 Rwandans Charged with Political Killing of 2 Americans On March 1, 2003, the Rwanda and U.S. Governments cooperated in the arrest and surrender to U.S. authorities of three nationals charged with murder, conspiracy and other crimes in a politically... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, Rwanda, New Zealand Extradition, Transfer of Prisoners, Genocide
Sierra Leone Tribunal Starts Proceedings On March 15, 2003, Foday Sankoh, formerly an army corporal who commanded the Revolutionary United Front that rebelled in a civil war in 1991, was brought before the Ad Hoc Tribunal for Sierra Leone... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 Sierra Leone Law of War, United Nations, War Crimes
International Criminal Court Opens for Business On March 11, 2003, the International Criminal Court held its opening session as the world’s first permanent tribunal to try war crimes. During the opening sessions the ICC’s 18 judges were sworn in... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 World, United States International Organizations, Jurisdiction, United Nations, International Courts

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