Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Enacts Act to Protect Victims from International Trafficking of Women and Children On October 28, 2000, President Clinton signed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 that provides for protection to victims of international trafficking, strengthens criminal penalties... Bruce Zagaris 17 1 2001-01-01 World Human Trafficking
ICC Prep Com Shows Progress Despite U.S. Hesitation The Preparatory Conference for the International Criminal Court is making good progress despite continued efforts by the U.S. Government which insists on an exemption for its troops amid... Bruce Zagaris 17 1 2001-01-01 World, United States International Courts
Book Review: International Criminal Law. A Collection of International and European Instruments Christine van den Wyngaert (ed.) & Guy Stessens and Ignace van Daele There can be no doubt that international criminal law has developed more rapidly than any other branch of international law in the past decade. The creation of ad hoc international criminal tribunals... John Dugard 17 1 2001-01-01 World International Organizations, European Union, International Courts
EU Brings RICO and Tax Fraud Actions Against Tobacco in the US On November 6, 2000, the European Commission announced it has brought an action against the two largest tobacco companies in the United States for alleged involvement in smuggling cigarettes into the... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, Germany, Albania, Serbia Taxation
On November 6, 2000, the European Commission announced it has brought an action against the two largest tobacco companies in the United States for alleged involvement in smuggling cigarettes into the European Union’s fifteen member states. On February 2, 2000, Judge J.A. Sharpe, Court Of Appeal for Ontario, affirmed the order releasing Kwok Yeung Chan on bail pending a U.S. extradition request. On January 18, 2000, Judge LaForme... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Canada, United States Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
Hong Kong Orders Extradition to US on Securities Fraud Case On November 12, 1999, a Hong Kong court dismissed an application from a Mr. Cosby relating to an order by the Chief Executive to extradite Cosby. The U.S. requested the extradition of Cosby for an... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, China Extradition, Fraud
India Requests Extradition Swedish National on Corruption for Arms Sales On October 16, 2000, the media noted that the Swedish Government is under new pressure to re-examine the extradition of Martin Ardbo, the former chief of Bofors, the Swedish armaments company, whose... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Pakistan, , India Extradition, Arms Trafficking
Ex-US Sergeant Pleads Guilty in US Embassy Bombing as the Court Rejects Another Defendant’s Plea On October 20, 2000, Ali Mohamed, a former U.S. Army sergeant, pleaded guilty to conspiring with fugitive Osama bin Laden in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, marking the... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, Afghanistan, Kenya Terrorism
Cyprus Freeze Serb Accounts at Request of War Crimes Tribunal On October 27, 2000, the media reported the Cyprus Government has imposed a freeze on between 10 and 15 accounts of businesses suspected of ties with Slobodan Milosevic. The freeze order was issued... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Serbia War Crimes, Asset Forfeiture
Austrian Police Arrest Fugitive U.S. Businessman Convicted of Fraud On October 25, 2000, law enforcement officials reported that Shalom Weiss, a millionaire U.S. businessman and financier who disappeared in October 1999, was arrested in Vienna, Austria. In November... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, Austria Administration of Justice, Fraud
Argentina Requests the Extradition of Pinochet in Connection with 1974 Assassination On October 27, 2000, the Argentine Government formally requested the extradition of Chilean former head of state Augusto Pinochet in connection with the 1974 assassination of Gen. Carlos Prats, a... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Chile, Argentina Extradition, Human Rights, International Courts
First EU Joint JHA-Ecofin Meeting Agrees on Strong Action Against Laundering On October 17, 2000, the first meeting of the European Union (EU) Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) and Finance Ministers (Ecofin) achieved a series of agreements to increase action to prevent and... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Europe Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, European Union, Organized Crime
Texas Executes Mexican National Despite Violation of Consular Convention On November 9, 2000, the state of Texas executed by injection Mexican national Miguel Flores despite protests by the Mexican and other foreign governments that Flores was denied his right under the... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, Mexico Human Rights, Capital Punishment
Multinational Banks Adopt Anti-Money Laundering Guidelines On October 30, 2000, a coalition of large international private banks announced a set of voluntary guidelines designed to reduce the incidence of anti-money laundering. The banks participating in... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 World Money Laundering
U.S. Indicts Silicon Valley Firm and Executives for Technology Transfer to China On October 11, 2000, a U.S. grand jury in San Jose, California indicted two executives and their companies in Silicon Valley for illegally transferring sensitive technology to Chinese companies. The... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, China Customs Enforcement
FATF Removes Warnings Against Seychelles On October 12, 2000, the Financial Action Task Force on Anti-Money Laundering announced the removing of a warning against the Seychelles over a law criticized by FATF. In February 1996, the FATF... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Africa Money Laundering
EU Justice and Home Affairs Meets On September 28, 2000, the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Ministers held their 2288th Council meeting, which featured agreements on several criminal cooperation and criminal justice issues... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Europe European Union, International Courts
U.K. Gives Dependent Territories Deadline for Laundering Compliance On October 27, 20000, the media reported the United Kingdom has ordered its six Caribbean dependent territories (DTs) to comply with new anti-money laundering requirements, thereby continuing the... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Caribbean, Barbados, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, Antigua & Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Bermuda Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, Taxation
Congo Institutes Proceedings Against Belgium Because of International Arrest Warrant Against Yerodia On October 17, 2000, as a reaction against the Belgian international warrant for the arrest of the Congolese minister of foreign affairs, the Democratic Republic of Congo filed an application against... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Netherlands, Congo War Crimes, International Courts
Argentina’s New Anti-Money Laundering Law #25.246, Effective May 16, 2000 The Republic of Argentina recently passed new anti-money laundering legislation which radically alters the country’s approach to controlling financial crime. For many years one of the few countries... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Argentina Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking

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