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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Iraqi Victims Sue U.S. Leaders for Alleged Atrocities in Gulf War of 1991 As Belgium Parliament Amends War-Crimes Law On March 18, 2003, victims of alleged atrocities in connection with the bombing of a civilian shelter in Baghdad that killed 403 in the Gulf War of 1991 filed an action in Belgium, charging George... Bruce Zagaris 19 6 2003-06-01 United States, Belgium, Iraq Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Law of War, War Crimes
The Burberry Case: Criminal Prosecutions of Trademark Infringement in Spain In Spain, trademark infringement is estimated to result in a significant loss of sales and damage to the good will of apparel companies, including famous companies such as Burberry, Nike, Adidas,... Elizabeth Boburg 19 6 2003-06-01 United States, Spain, Portugal Counterfeiting, Customs Enforcement, Intellectual Property, Trade Enforcement
U.S. Invasion of Iraq Raises Many Legal Issues The U.S. invasion of Iraq has raised many legal issues that this article will only spot. Both Iraq and the U.S. are states-parties to all four Geneva Conventions (GC) of 1949 and are bound as such... Bruce Zagaris 19 6 2003-06-01 United States, Iraq Law of War
Canada Repeals Money Laundering Regulations for Lawyers While FATF Prepares New Recommendations On March 25, 2003, the Canadian Federal Government announced the tabling of regulations exempting lawyers from the regime of mandatory “suspicious transactions” reporting that it had imposed on... Bruce Zagaris 19 6 2003-06-01 Canada Money Laundering, Terrorism
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
Brazilian Federal Police and the FBI Investigative Branch of Banestado in New York Edition No. 1744 of the weekly magazine “ISTOE” published in the first week of March that the Brazilian Federal Police and the FBI entered into an agreement to investigate the money which transited... Jorge Nemr 19 5 2003-05-01 United States, Brazil Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Taxation
Canada Charges R.J. Reynolds Group with Smuggling and Excise Tax Fraud On February 28, 2003, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) filed criminal charges against R.J. Reynolds and its affiliates, charging them excise tax evasion in the amount of more than $1.2... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 Canada, United States, Europe, Switzerland Customs Enforcement, Taxation, Trade Enforcement, European Union, Fraud
U.S. Clarifies Offshore Voluntary Compliance Initiative On March 17, 2003, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provided new information to clarity its Offshore Voluntary Compliance Initiative (OVCI), including the relevance of international cooperation... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 United States Taxation
U.S. Court Orders Enforcement of Tax Lien for Canadian Tax Liability On February 24, 2003, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an opinion holding that the IRS did not abuse its discretion in denying a Canadian taxpayer’s request to set... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 Canada, United States Taxation
Cayman Attorney General Resigns Under Pressure from the Government On March 7, 2003, the tax media reported that the Attorney General of the Cayman Islands, David Ballantyne, has tendered his resignation, effective March 15. After a no-confidence motion against the... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 United States, Europe, United Kingdom, Cayman Islands Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
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
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

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