Articles

E.g., 2026-06
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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