Articles

E.g., 2026-08
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
EU Commission Responds to Anti-Money Laundering Proposed Revised Directive On June 13, 2001, the European Commission provided its opinion on the European Parliament’s amendments to the Council’s common position regarding a proposal for a revised anti-money laundering... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 Europe Money Laundering, European Union
Bush Under Increasing Pressure on International Criminal Court Position as Dutch Prepare Construction of New ICC Site As the time for President Bush’s visit to the United Nations and the next Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court (ICC), both in September, draws close, Republican leaders have... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States, Netherlands International Courts
Colombian Extradition to the U.S. of Ochoa and 2 Others Progresses On August 26, 2001, the Colombian President Andrés Pastrana and his Justice Minister Rómulo González approved the extradition to the United States of Fabio Ochoa Vásquez, the little brother of the... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States, Colombia Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
U.S. Issues First Report on Trafficking in Persons In July 2001, the U.S. Department of State issued its first Trafficking in Persons Report pursuant to the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 2000 (The Act), classifying countries into... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States Human Trafficking, Immigration
Appellate Court Affirms Offshore Trust Promoter’s Conviction and US Arrests Fugitive Wanted in Offshore Trust Scheme On June 15, 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the conviction of an offshore trust promoter for conspiracy to defraud the IRS and helping his clients evade taxes by... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States Taxation, Fraud
OECD Provides Guidance for Tax Enforcement Cooperation under Harmful Tax Practices On July 10, 2001, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Members of the Joint Working Group, established during the joint OECD Commonwealth meeting hosted by Barbados in... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 World Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance
EU Files New Lawsuit Against Tobacco Firms for Smuggling to Evade Taxes On August 6, 2001, the European Union filed a new lawsuit against two U.S. tobacco multinationals, alleging Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds engage in cigarette smuggling to evade taxes. In... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States, Europe Customs Enforcement, Taxation, European Union, Fraud
U.S. Will Free Convicted Aliens and Threatens Countries Refusing to Accept Their Return On July 19, 2001, U.S. Attorney General John D. Ashcroft ordered the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to start releasing 23,4000 nationals who have completed sentences for criminal... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 World, United States Human Rights, Immigration
Belgian Judge Charges 3 Kazak Businessmen With Money Laundering On July 6, 2001, the media reported that according to Joe Colpen of the Brussels city prosecutor’s office, a Belgian judge has charged three of Kazakstan’s leading businessmen with money laundering... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 Belgium, Kazakhstan Money Laundering
U.S. Court Holds Redesignation of Foreign Terrorists Groups Violates Due Process On June 8, 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed with two organizations designated as foreign terrorists that the designations did not comply with the... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 United States Terrorism
CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting At the heads of government meeting on July 3-6, 2001, in Nassau, Bahamas, the following excerpt from the CARICOM communique that was released prioritized tackling the regional security and criminal... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 Caribbean International Organizations, Securities Law, Economic Integration
Belgium Condemns Four for Involvement in Rwandan Genocide On June 2, 2001 a Belgian court convicted four Rwandan nationals for their involvement in the 1994 genocide in their home country. They were found guilty of having committed serious violations of... Tom Scheirs 17 9 2001-09-01 Belgium, Rwanda Human Rights, War Crimes, Genocide
Cambodia Rejects UN Request on Relationship Agreement with UN on Proposed Tribunal On June 30, 2001, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen rejected a U.N. demand that his government sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.N. governing its relationship with the U.N. on the... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 Cambodia United Nations, War Crimes
Developments in Bermuda’s Anti-Money Laundering Regime Bermuda’s businesses have implemented “know your customer” practices since the early 1980s. With the introduction of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1997 (the “Act”) the regime was formalized, and... Appleby Spurling & Kempe, Bermuda 17 9 2001-09-01 Bermuda Money Laundering
EU Issues Report on Strategy to Prevent Organized Crime Following the May 2001 European Union Forum on the prevention of organized crime, the EU Commission issued a working paper on its strategy to prevent organized crime. The report arises from a... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 Europe European Union, Organized Crime
Bermuda Court Denies US Tax Information Exchange Due to Attorney-Client Privilege On May 18, 2001, the Supreme Court of Bermuda denied a U.S. request for exchange of tax information in a celebrated case because of the taxpayers involved and the involvement of the interaction of... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 United States, Bermuda Taxation
U.S. Congress Considers Conflict Diamonds Law In March 2001 Representative Tony Hall, with the support of 80 other Congressmen, submitted a bill aimed at placing controls on the importation of conflict diamonds Titled “Clean Diamonds Act.” The... Meredith Beach 17 9 2001-09-01 Africa Economic Sanctions
U.S. Congress Holds Hearing on U.S. Position on Offshore Tax Havens On July 18, 2001, the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on the U.S. Position on Offshore Tax Havens, designed to press the Bush Administration to take vigorous... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 United States Taxation
U.N. Report Calls for Creation of Organization to Help with International Tax Enforcement On July 6, 2001, the United Nations released a report calling for the examination of creating an International Tax Organization (ITO), whose powers would include helping curb international tax... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 World Taxation, United Nations
Canadian Court Orders Surrender to Thailand on Fraud Conspiracy In 2000, the Supreme Court of the British Columbia dismissed preliminary objections of S and ordered S’s committal for surrender to the Kingdom of Thailand on charges of conspiracy of fraud. The... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 Canada, Thailand Extradition, Fraud

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