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U.N. Hires Private Investigator to Help Enforce Economic Sanctions |
The United Nations has decided to hire Kroll Associations to uncover the financial network on which Unita rebels rely to support a protracted war against the Angola Government.
The U.N. will pay... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Africa |
Economic Sanctions, United Nations |
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U.S. Appellate Court Holds Consular Treaty Gives No Exclusionary Rights to Defendants |
On February 26, 2001, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a foreign national defendant in a criminal case cannot invoke the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
United States |
Counterfeiting |
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UK Starts Criminal Laundering Investigations against Lawyers for Top Law Firms |
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced investigations of six lawyers linked to six of Britain’s top law firms, indicating that it is enforcing the gatekeepers’ initiative.
Already the SFO has... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
United Kingdom |
Mutual Legal Assistance, Fraud |
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U.N. Imposes Sanctions on Liberia for Non-Compliance with Sierra Leone Resolution |
On May 4, 2001, the United Nations Security Council, which met in closed consultations on Liberia, considered the Secretary-General’s report on Liberia, and imposed sanctions on Liberia, effective... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Liberia, Sierra Leone |
Economic Sanctions, United Nations |
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Mexico Extradites to U.S. Alleged Lieutenant of Tijuana Cartel |
On May 4, 2001, Mexico extradited an alleged lieutenant in the Arellano Felix drug cartel just as Mexican President Vicente Fox was making his initial visit to the U.S.
The extradition of Arturo “... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Bush Administration Ponders Position Towards International Criminal |
As the Bush Administration continues to develop its foreign and criminal policy teams and articulate its policies, it will be forced to grapple with the emerging of the International Criminal Court... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
United States |
International Courts |
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Spanish Court Denies Extradition of Gusinsky to Russia |
On April 18, 2001, a Spanish court denied extradition of exiled media magnate Valdimir Gusinsky to Russia because of “peculiarities” in the extradition request.
By a verdict of two to one, three... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Spain, Russia |
Extradition |
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WMD Terrorism and International Enforcement |
The Symposium on Cooperation and Legal Assistance for the Effective Implementation of International Agreements, convened in February by the Legal Division of the Organization for the Prohibition of... |
Barry Kellman |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
World |
Terrorism |
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Miami Immigration Official Identifies Alleged French Murder Suspect |
On April 16, 2001, detectives in France expressed “cautious elation” that DNA samples from a Spanish suspect held in Florida were a close match for samples found at the scene of a July 1996 murder of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
United States, France, United Kingdom |
Murder, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Jilted Former Wife of Cuban Spy Wins Punitive and Compensatory Damages |
On March 23, 2001, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Alan Postman awarded $20 million in punitive damages to Ana Margarita Martinez, the jilted former wife of a spy for the Cuban Government who used his sham... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
United States, Cuba |
Human Rights |
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Cayman Freezes Accounts of Former Peruvian Intelligence Chief |
On March 14, 2001, the media reported that The Cayman Islands Grand Court has put a hold on more than US$33 million in accounts held by former presidential advisor Vladimiro Lenin Montesinos Torres... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
Peru, Cayman Islands |
Asset Forfeiture |
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European Court of Human Rights Condemns France for its Contumacy Proceedings |
On February 13th, 2001 the European Court of Human Rights decided on the Case of Krombach vs. France that the French procedure of contumacy, which allows a tribunal to sentence a defendant in his... |
François Serres |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
Europe, France |
Administration of Justice, Human Rights |
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Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Examines the Role of U.S. Correspondent Banking in International Money Laundering |
On March 1, 2, and 6, 2001, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held hearings on the role of U.S. correspondent banking in international money laundering.
On March 6, Senator Susan M.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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Immigration Gives Bail to Chinese Fugitive Lai |
On March 9, 2001, Alistain Boulton, counsel for fugitive Chinese businessman Lai Changxing and his wife, Tsang Mingna, announced that the Canadian Immigration authorities had allowed their release... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
Canada, China |
Immigration, Fraud |
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U.N. Security Votes Sanctions Against Liberia and Demands it Cease Support for Sierra Leone’s RUF |
On March 7, 2001, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution, demanding that the Government of Liberia immediately stop its support for Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF)... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
Liberia, Sierra Leone |
Economic Sanctions, United Nations |
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French and Swiss Clash Over Money Laundering |
On February 21, 2001, the French parliament’s task force on money laundering in Europe released a report criticizing the Swiss anti-money laundering as a sham. The report also demanded that... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
France, Switzerland |
Money Laundering |
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Extradition Treaties Recently Signed, Approved for Ratification and/or Entered into Force (XA) |
Extradition Treaty List |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
United States |
Extradition |
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German Government Investigates Alleged Marcos’ Attempted Transfer |
On March 14, 2001, Karl-Heinz Esser, senior state prosecutor in Dusseldorf, Germany, announced his office had started two weeks before “an investigation against Irene Araneta, the youngest daughter... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
Germany, Switzerland |
Money Laundering |
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Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties in Criminal Matters Signed, Approved for Ratification, and/or Entered into Force |
MLAT Treaty List |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
United States |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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U.S. INCSR Shows Trends in Counter-Money Laundering Policies and Typologies |
On March 1, 2001, the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report sets forth trends in money laundering typologies and policies to combat money laundering, especially from an international... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
World |
Money Laundering |