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Antiguan Prime Minister Proposes Inclusion of Counterdrug Mechanism in Single Market |
On June 13, 2001, the Caribbean media reported that at the opening of the fourth joint meeting of the Inter-Governmental Task Force on Drugs and Ministers responsible for National Security Antigua... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
8 |
2001-08-01 |
Caribbean |
International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Mexico Arrests Alleged Cocaine Smuggling Kingpins as U.S. Unseals Indictment |
On June 13, 2001, the Mexican Government announced the arrest of Alcides Ramón Magaña, one of the twelve persons listed as “drug kingpins” by the U.S., in the southern city of Villahermosa as the U.S... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
8 |
2001-08-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. and Mexico Make Strike Against Juárez Cartel |
On June 20, 2001, the U.S. Department announced that a joint operation with Mexican authorities had succeeded in breaking up a cocaine and marijuana smuggling operation of the Juárez cartel,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
8 |
2001-08-01 |
United States, Mexico, Colombia |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Venezuela Finally Locates and Deports Montesinos to Peru |
On June 24, 2001, after an eight month search, the Venezuelan Government finally located, arrested, and within 24 hours deported to Peru Vladimiro Montesinos, the former director of intelligence for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
8 |
2001-08-01 |
Peru, Venezuela |
Corruption, Extradition |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Swiss Military Supreme Court Confirms Conviction of Rwandan for War Crimes |
On April 27, 2001 the Swiss Military Supreme Court (Cour militaire de cassation) upheld the conviction of Fulgence Niyonteze for war crimes committed during the Rwandan genocide in 1994. The trial... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
Switzerland, Rwanda |
War Crimes, Genocide |
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Albania’s Infant Money Laundering Legislation Turns One |
Attempts to introduce Western models of capitalism to Central and Eastern Europe have shown that reform of transition economies is frequently impeded by cultural legacies, economic stagnation,... |
Jeremy Kinsell |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
Albania |
Money Laundering |
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ICTR Denies Judicial Review in Akayesu Case |
To recall: Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of Taba was found guilty by the ICTR of genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide and seven different counts of crimes against humanity... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
Rwanda |
Law of War, Genocide |
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European Parliament Amends Resolution on EU Money Laundering Directive |
On April 5, 2001, the European Parliament made additional amendments to its resolution on EU Money Laundering Directive, which must be reconciled between the Parliament and Council. The European... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering, European Union |
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U.S. to Enhance Securities Enforcement against Listed Foreign Companies Doing Business in Embargoed Countries |
On May 8, 2001, a letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Acting Chairman announced a plan whereby the SEC will demand enhanced disclosure from foreign companies listed on the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
United States |
Securities Law |
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The Status of Money Laundering Enforcement in Latvia |
The Latvian parliament (Seimas) successfully passed comprehensive money-laundering legislation on June 1, 1998. Since the passage of the legislation, however, the Latvian government has failed to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
Latvia |
Money Laundering |
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U.S. Appellate Court Overturns Lower Court Decision on Holocaust Payments |
On May 17, 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a ruling by Judge Shirley Wohl Kram that had prevented the start of payments to Holocaust survivors under last year’s $4.4... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
United States, Germany |
Human Rights, War Crimes |
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U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Extraterritorial Laundering Conviction of Lawyer |
On February 20, 2001, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of a U.S. attorney charged with money laundering notwithstanding that most of the acts occurred outside the U.S.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Fraud |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |