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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Yugsolav Government Delivers ICTY Indictment to Milosevic |
On May 3, 2001, the Yugoslav Government delivered to Slobodan Milosevic an arrest warrant and a list of war crimes charges against him after the International Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Balkans |
Corruption, War Crimes |
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ICTY Renders Judgement in Kordic and Cerkez Case |
On February 26, 2001, the ICTY sentenced Dario Kordic and Mario Cerkez to 25 and 15 years of imprisonment respectively. The accused were found guilty of having committed crimes against humanity,... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Balkans |
Human Rights, War Crimes |
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Swiss Release Borodin As Prosecution Difficulties Mount |
On April 12, 2001, a Swiss three-judge panel released Pavel P. Borodin on $2.9 million bail and indicated their skepticism of the evidence against him.
Chief Judge Martine Heyer, the head of the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Switzerland, Russia |
Money Laundering, Corruption |
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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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EU Council Adopts Initiative on Execution of Orders Freezing Assets or Evidence |
On March 7, 2001, the Council of the European Union adopted a framework decision, whereby members of the European Union will be obligated to give judicial assistance in mutually recognizing orders... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Europe |
European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance |