Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
European Parliament Imposes Money Laundering Due Diligence on Professionals On April 5, 2001, the European Parliament voted to impose anti-money laundering due diligence obligations on lawyers, accountants and other professional advisers of clients on investment matters. As... Bruce Zagaris 17 5 2001-05-01 Europe Money Laundering, Due Diligence, European Union
Borodin Abandons Defense to Extradition to Switzerland, Is Extradited On April 2, 2001, at a hearing before Magistrate Judge Viktor V. Pohorelsky in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, Pavel P. Borodin agreed to abandon his opposition to extradition by the U.S. to... Bruce Zagaris 17 5 2001-05-01 United States, Switzerland, Russia Corruption, Extradition, Bribery
Colombian Supreme Court Decision May Delay or Block Extradition to the U.S. On December 13, 2000, a Colombian Supreme Court decision may enable 25 drug lords to delay or avoid U.S. requests for their extraditions by insisting on being charged and prosecuted in Colombia, and... Bruce Zagaris 17 5 2001-05-01 United States, Colombia Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
Treasury Releases Guidance on Enhanced Scrutiny for Transactions that May Involve the Proceeds of Foreign Official Corruption On January 17, 2001, as part of its initiative and “Guidance on Enhanced Scrutiny for Transactions That May Involve the Proceeds of Foreign Official Corruption,” released on January 16, 2001, the U.S... Bruce Zagaris 17 5 2001-05-01 United States Corruption, Due Diligence
U.S. Tax Officials Raid Persons Involved in Offshore Vehicles On March 5, 2001, the Internal Revenue Service announced the carrying out of extensive raids during the preceding week to obtain information against suspected promoters of tax evasion schemes... Bruce Zagaris 17 5 2001-05-01 United States Taxation
French Court Convicts Nazi for Crimes Against Humanity Aloïs Brunner, an old SS-officer was convicted of crimes against humanity by the Paris’ Assize Court on March 2, 2001. Brunner, one of the most sought after war criminals, of whom one does not know... Tom Scheirs 17 5 2001-05-01 France, Austria Human Rights, War Crimes
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Summons under French Treaty On February 5, 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion affirming the decision of the U.S. District Court’s dismissing summary judgment of French taxpayer’s complaint... Bruce Zagaris 17 5 2001-05-01 United States, France Taxation
U.S. Judge Refuses to Dismiss Holocaust Case Due to Lack of Funding On March 7, 2001, U.S. District Judge Shirley Wohl Kram refused to dismiss the case against German companies brought by former Holocaust-era slave laborers after she explained the foundation had not... Bruce Zagaris 17 5 2001-05-01 United States, Germany Law of War
U.S. Lures Terrorist Suspect from Sudan to Kenya in Embassy Bombings Case United States prosecutors have achieved an important break through in the trial of defendants in the U.S. Embassies bombing case when they lured a suspect from his home in Sudan to Kenya where they... Bruce Zagaris 17 5 2001-05-01 United States, Kenya Terrorism
ICTY Gains Custody of Two Serbs, Presses for Surrender of Milosevic In March 2001, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) succeeded in gaining two high level suspects from Serbia – one handed over by Yugoslav authorities and the second... Bruce Zagaris 17 5 2001-05-01 Balkans Law of War
French Arrests Alleged Abortion Slaying Fugitive and U.S. Arrests Abortion Colleagues On March 29, 2001, French police arrested James Charles Kopp, 46, an anti-abortion activist known as “Atomic Dog” and one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, as he tried to collect a money order for... Bruce Zagaris 17 5 2001-05-01 United States, France Extradition, Capital Punishment
Mexico Expels a U.S. Fugitive and Arrests and Holds for Extradition Another U.S. Fugitive Mexico has arrested two U.S. national fugitives, expelling one and holding the other for extradition to the U.S. On February 22, 2001, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office announced that its... Bruce Zagaris 17 5 2001-05-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
European Council’s 2337th Meeting of Justice and Home Affairs On March 15 and 16, 2001, the European Union held its 2337th Council meeting on Justice, Home Affairs and Civil Protection presided over by the Swedish Presidency of the EU…[more] Bruce Zagaris 17 5 2001-05-01 Europe European Union
Council of Europe Anti-Money Laundering Report Criticizes Latvia On January 22, 2001, the media publicized the Council of Europe’s criticism of Latvia for inadequate efforts in combating money laundering in the context of an increasing incidence of crime in Latvia... Bruce Zagaris 17 5 2001-05-01 Europe, Latvia Money Laundering, Counterfeiting, European Union, Organized Crime
ICTY Appeals Chamber Renders Judgement in Celebici Case On February 20, 2001, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former-Yugoslavia (ICTY) rendered its judgement in the case of Delalic, Mucic, Delic and Landzo – generally... Tom Scheirs 17 4 2001-04-01 Balkans Law of War, War Crimes, Prisoner Rights
Privy Council Affirms Extradition from the Bahamas to the U.S. on Drug Charges On June 26, 2000, the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Office issued a decision, affirming a decision from the Court of Appeal of the Bahamas to extradite Alain Charron to the U.S... Bruce Zagaris 17 4 2001-04-01 Canada, United States, Bahamas Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
U.S. Issues Report on Transnational Organized Crime On December 15, 2000, the Clinton Administration and the National Security Council issued a 120-page report outlining transnational crime threats and its consequences for U.S. strategic interests.... Bruce Zagaris 17 4 2001-04-01 United States Organized Crime
U.S. Releases International Narcotics Control Strategy Report As U.S. Executive and Legislative Branches Discuss Changing Counter-Drug Certification Law On March 1, 2001, the Bush Administration released its first international narcotics control strategy report. President Bush certified that 20 of 24 major drug-producing or drug-transit countries... Bruce Zagaris 17 4 2001-04-01 United States Drugs & Trafficking
U.S. Court of Appeals Hears Abbell Appeal On March 1, 2001, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Apeals heard oral argument on the conviction of D.C. lawyer Michael Abbell, the first director of the Office of International Affairs, Criminal... Bruce Zagaris 17 4 2001-04-01 United States Jurisdiction, Drugs & Trafficking

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