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U.S. Widower Takes Advantage of Right to Participate in German Prosecution |
On November 11, 2002, a German court in Hamburg announced that Stephen Push of Great Falls, Virginia whose wife died aboard the airliner that crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, has been... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Germany, Afghanistan |
Terrorism |
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U.S. Appellate Court Overturns Canadian Excise Tax Conviction Due to Revenue Rule |
On September 30, 2002, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned a conviction of five persons on six counts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §343 on the basis that a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Canada, United States |
Taxation, Fraud |
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EU Forum on Prevention of Organized Crime Considers EU Anti-Laundering Laws |
On October 1, 2002, the European Commission?s Justice and Home Affairs Office held a workshop as part of an EU Forum on the prevention of organized crime to focus on the reporting obligations under... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Europe, Ireland |
Money Laundering, European Union |
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Head of Irish Revenue Commission Says New International Enforcement Cooperation Will Facilitate Successful Prosecution of Tax Criminals |
In a speech delivered November 20, 2002, Frank Daly, the Irish Revenue Commissioner, promised that international tax enforcement cooperative developments would enable the Irish Revenue Commission to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Ireland |
Taxation, Economic Integration |
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EU Files New RICO Case against Cigarette Company Alleging Money Laundering |
On October 31, 2002, the European Community and ten European Union members filed a 149-page complaint against RJR Nabisco, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and related companies (hereafter RJR... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Europe |
Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Taxation, Trade Enforcement |
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IRS Increase Pressure on International Schemes |
On November 14, 2002, a U.S. District Court sentenced Wayne Anderson, 63, and Richard Marks, 59, in connection with an offshore tax crime and money laundering scheme. Anderson?s Ark &... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Taxation |
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Brazil Enacts Inter-American Convention Against Corruption |
On October 7, 2002, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso enacted Decree no. 4,410, by means of which Brazil commits itself-American Convention against Corruption, adopted in Caracas on March 29, 1998... |
Jorge Nemr |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Brazil |
Corruption, International Organizations |
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Hotel Executive Pleads Guilty in International Tax Evasion Scheme as U.S. Tries to Extradite Two Other Defendants |
On September 5, 2003, Tollman-Hundley Hotels? executive Brett G. Tollman pleaded guilty to his part in a tax evasion in which he received more than $2.7 million in unreported compensation from a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
11 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Australia |
Taxation |
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Bermuda Appellate Court Gives US Victory in Braswell TIEA Case |
On November 28, 2002, the Court of Appeals for Bermuda gave the United States and Bermuda Governments a unanimous 3-0 victory in their appeal of a decision of the lower court in efforts to obtain... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Europe, United Kingdom, Bermuda |
Taxation |
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Bush Administration Supports Bill to Further Criminalize Internet Gaming and Conyers Introduces Bill to Regulate It |
On October 28,2002, the Bush Administration sent a letter written by Lawrence B. Lindsey, the chair of the Council on Economic Advisors, to Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), the Senate majority leader,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States |
International Gaming |
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U.S. Announces Break Up of International Ecstasy Trafficking Group |
On November 5, 2002, Drug Enforcement Administration officials announced multiple arrests and cracking of an international narcotics ring involving Dominican drug dealers in New York that imported... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Netherlands |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Denmark Arrests Iraqi Opposition Leader for War Crimes in the Late 1980s |
On November 19, 2002, Danish prosecutors arrested for war crimes Nizar Khazraji, a former military chief of staff of Saddam Hussein who fled Iraq in 1996 and has been living in Denmark as a political... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Iraq, |
Extradition, Human Rights, Law of War, War Crimes |
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Blair Administration Introduces Bill to Simplify Extradition |
On November 14, 2002, the Blair Administration introduces new legislation to modernize its extradition legislation to cover tax and customs matter. The bill incorporates the European arrest warrant... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Europe, United Kingdom |
Extradition, European Union |
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Russia Requests Berevsky Extradition from Denmark and Qatar |
On October 30, 2002, the Danish Government arrested a senior Chechen leader, Akhmed Zakayev, the 43 year-old deputy prime minister of the Chechen Separatist government in exile, on charges that he... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Russia, , Qatar |
Extradition, Human Rights |
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Russia Requests Berezovsky Extradition from England |
On November 6, 2002, the media reported that Russia has requested England to arrest and extradite Boris A. Berezovsky, the prominent Russian businessman and former media mogul, on charges that he and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United Kingdom, Russia |
Terrorism |
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South Africa Arrests U.S. Murder Suspect |
On November 8, 2002, the South African Government arrested James Kilgore, a former member of the radical Symbionese Liberation Army, 27 years after he fled California on murder charges. According to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, South Africa |
Extradition |
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Tensions Occur Between Canada and U.S. over U.S. Scrutiny of Canadians of Middle Eastern Descent |
Tensions have risen between Canada and the U.S. due to new U.S. security regulations requiring fingerprinting and interrogating of Canadians born in several Middle Eastern countries and several... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Canada, United States |
Immigration, National Security, Terrorism |
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U.S. Refuses Access to Testimony of Al Qaeda Suspects in German Prosecution |
On November 19, 2002, Hans Leistritz, a counsel for Mounir el-Motassadeq, who is being prosecuted in Hamburg, Germany for his involvement in the planning of the September 11, 2001 terrorism attacks... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Germany |
Human Rights, Law of War, Terrorism, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Georgia Agrees to Extradite Chechens to Russia |
On November 29, 2002, the Georgian Government announced it would extradite three more of the 13 Chechen detained by Georgia on the border with Russia in August. A diplomatic flap arose when Georgian... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Russia, Georgia |
Human Rights, Terrorism |
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Germans and French Agree to Give Evidence in Moussaoui Case |
On November 27, 2002, French and German authorities agreed to furnish evidence requested by the U.S. in the U.S. prosecution of French national Zacarias Moussaoui after the U.S. Government assured... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, France, Germany |
Terrorism, Mutual Legal Assistance |