Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Immigration Arrests Colombian Charged with Corruption Offenses On June 21, 2001, U.S. immigration officials announced the arrest of Reginaldo Bray-Bohórquez, a Colombian national, accused of fleeing Colombia after allegedly stealing $14 million from the... Bruce Zagaris 17 8 2001-08-01 United States, Colombia Corruption, Extradition
ICJ Finds Against U.S. in Consular Convention Case On June 27, 2001, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an opinion that the United States violated the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of April 24, 1963 by failing to notify the two... Bruce Zagaris 17 8 2001-08-01 United States, Germany Human Rights
French Court Approves Kopp Extradition Based on U.S. Death Penalty Assurances On June 28, 2001, a French court in Rennes recommended the extradition of James Charles Kopp, the main suspect in the murder of a New York abortion doctor, after the Bush Administration gave high-... Bruce Zagaris 17 8 2001-08-01 United States, France Extradition, Capital Punishment
Oklahoma Stays Execution of Mexican Partly Due to Violation of Consular Treaty On June 16, 2001, Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating delayed for 30 days the execution of a Mexican national, Gerardo Valdez Mota, for killing a man who the prisoner said had made homosexual advances... Bruce Zagaris 17 8 2001-08-01 United States, Mexico Capital Punishment
U.S. Indictment of Khobar Bombing Will Test Cooperation and Jurisdiction Limits On June 21, 2001, a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia returned a 46-count indictment charging 13 Saudis and a Lebanese man, who officials said were aided by Iran, with a 1996 truck bombing... Bruce Zagaris 17 8 2001-08-01 United States, Iran, Saudi Arabia Terrorism
European Justice & Home Affairs Ministers Meet On May 28-29, 2001, the European Union’s Ministers of Justice, Home Affairs and Civil Protection held its 2350th Council meeting in Brussels and made progress on a variety of international... Bruce Zagaris 17 8 2001-08-01 Europe European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance
Milosevic Turned Over to the ICC On June 28, 2001, former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic was handed over to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The decision to send Mr. Milosevic to the ICTY... Bruce Zagaris 17 8 2001-08-01 Balkans Human Rights, War Crimes, International Courts
Book Review: Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 1994-1999 This second volume in the series “Annotated Cases of International Criminal Tribunals” has decisions of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Part 1 discusses preliminary matters... Bruce Zagaris 17 8 2001-08-01 Rwanda War Crimes
Uncertainty and Jockeying Continue on U.S. Position Towards ICC With the increasing approach of the next meeting of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court scheduled for New York on September 24, 2001, the time for decision approaches for... Bruce Zagaris 17 8 2001-08-01 United States International Courts
FATF Issues 12th Annual Report For 2000-2001 On June 22, 2001, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) issued its twelfth annual report. In accordance with the priorities agreed to in the review of the FATF’s purposes from... Bruce Zagaris 17 8 2001-08-01 World Money Laundering, International Organizations
World Bank & IMF Decide to Participate in Anti-Money Laundering Efforts During April 13, 2001, the Executive Directors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund met to consider the joint Bank/Fund staff paper on enhancing contributions to combating money... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 World Money Laundering
French Detain Executives of U.S. Life Insurance Subsidiary for Tax & Money Laundering Charges On May 6, 2001, the media reported that French law enforcement had detained 11 of PanEuroLife’s executives as part of a French investigation into possible tax fraud and money laundering. The persons... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 United States, France Money Laundering, Taxation
U.S. Announcement of Partial Withdrawal from Harmful Tax Initiative Creates Uncertainties On May 10, 2001, U.S. Treasury Secretary clarified the U.S. reservations on the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development’s harmful tax practices initiative, creating further uncertainty... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 United States Taxation
Mexico Wins Court Battles in Australia and Mexico Against Cabal Peniche On April 17 and 18, 2001, the Mexican Government won decisions against Carlos Efrain de Jesus Cabal Peniche in both Mexican and Australian courts, making their effort to extradite him closer. On... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 Mexico, Australia Extradition
U.S. Arrest Ex-CEO of Belgian Software Company on Belgian Fraud Warrant On May 27, 2001, a U.S. Marshall spokesman announced that Gaston Bastiaens, a former chief executive of Belgium’s Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products NV, was being held in a Boston jail after U.S.... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 United States, Belgium Securities Law, Fraud
13 Countries Join Project to Combat Transnational Internet Fraud On April 24, 2001, thirteen countries announced the initiation of a multilateral website (www.econsumer.gov), whereby individuals can provide and obtain law enforcement and consumer protection... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 World Cybercrime
European Council Clarifies Roles of Europol and European Union Police Force On November 30, 2000, the European Council replied to a written question submitted on July 11, 2000 by Jeffrey Titford (EDD) to the Council on the authorities and roles of Europol and the European... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 Europe International Organizations, Mutual Legal Assistance
South African Court Rules Extradition of Mohamed to U.S. on Embassy Bombings Illegal On May 28, 2001, the South African Constitutional Court ruled that the handing over of Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, a Tanzanian national, to the U.S. in the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa was... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 United States, South Africa Extradition, Human Rights, Prisoner Rights
U.S. Adds the Real IRA to List of Sanctioned Terrorist Groups On May 16, 2001, the U.S. Department of State added the Real Irish Republic Army to its official list of terrorist organization, citing the group for a campaign of violence in Northern Ireland and... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 United States, Ireland Terrorism
U.N. Holds Preparatory Committee Debate for Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms On February 28-March 1, 2001, as the United Nations Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) held a general debate on the 2001 Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms, it heard that the conference should... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 World United Nations, Arms Trafficking

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