Articles

E.g., 2026-06
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
ICTY Subpoenas NATO On Circumstances of Arrest of Bosnian Serb Suspect On October 20, 2000, the International Criminal Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia issued its first subpoena to NATO, ordering it to disclose details on its detention of a Bosnian Serb... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Europe, Netherlands, Serbia War Crimes, International Courts
Europeans and Latin Americans Show Caution on “Plan Colombia” At a meeting in Costa Rica for anti-drug strategy in Colombia, the European Union announced an aid package for Colombia that is significantly below what Colombian and United States officials had... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, Latin America and South America, Colombia, Europe, Costa Rica European Union, Drugs & Trafficking
Indicted Serb Commits Suicide During the night of October 12, 2000, Janko Janjic, who the International Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), committed suicide when NATO soldiers tried to arrest him. Janjic... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Europe, Netherlands, Serbia War Crimes, International Courts
OECD Announces Improved Process for Harmful Tax Practices Initiative On October 18, 2000, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced a new multilateral process in its harmful tax competition initiative. The OECD is inviting... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Caribbean Taxation
ICTR Appeals Chamber Upholds Conviction in Kambanda-Case In its judgement of October 19, 2000, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) upheld the Tribunal’s initial conviction of former Prime Minister of Rwanda, Jean... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Rwanda Genocide, International Courts
U.S. Presses UN to Establish War Crimes Tribunal for Saddam Hussein On September 18, 2000, the Clinton Administration pressed the United Nations to establish a war crimes tribunal to try Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials in the deaths of up to 250,000... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 United States, Middle East, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait Human Rights, United Nations, War Crimes, International Courts
House of Lords Affirms Extradition to US for Probation Violation On June 15, 2000, the House of Lords unanimously affirmed the extradition to the U.S. of Mr. Burke whose extradition was requested after he violated his supervised release. On September 14, 1992,... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 United States, United Kingdom Extradition
French Initiative on Money Laundering Cooperation On August 24, 2000, the French Government initiated the adoption of a Council Framework Decision on money laundering, the identification, tracing, freeing, seizing and confiscation of... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 Europe, France Money Laundering, European Union, Asset Forfeiture
UN Prosecutor Prepares for New Indictment Against Milosevic In the aftermath of Milosevic’s resignation from office, Carla Del Ponte, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), is preparing a new indictment... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 Netherlands, Serbia War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts
U.S. District Court Requires Release On June 28, 2000, the U.S. District Court in Tampa granted a Motion for Summary Judgment to a publishing and media companies and order the U.S. Department of Commerce to release records from 1996 to... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 United States, Cuba Customs Enforcement, National Security
EU Finance Ministers Agree on Extension of Anti-Money Laundering Regulations to Professionals On September 29, 2000, the European Union ministers of finance reached agreement on extending the 1991 anti-money laundering directive to professionals advising on investments and covering a broader... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 Europe Money Laundering, European Union, International Courts
UN Appoints Head Prosecutor for War Crimes in East Timor On October 3, 2000, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Mohamed Othman, a former lawyer from Tanzania, as prosecutor general for East Timor. Othman, who is 49 years old, will have exclusive... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 Indonesia United Nations, War Crimes, International Courts
FATF Decides to Keep Blacklist and Expand its Campaign On October 4-6, 2000, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) met in Madrid to discuss its strategy to expand the anti-money laundering enforcement regime. At a news conference on... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 Europe, Spain Money Laundering, Mutual Legal Assistance
UN Considers Potential of Prosecuting Minors for War Crimes in Sierra Leone On October 4, 2000, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan proposed that a war crimes tribunal should prosecute minors as young as 15 for atrocities perpetrated during the Sierra Leone civil war... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 Sierra Leone, Togo Human Rights, United Nations, War Crimes, International Courts
Jersey Issues New Guidance Notes and Receives Approval for US Qualified Intermediary Status On August 23, 2000, the Jersey Financial Services Commission issued an Anti-Money Laundering Guidance Update that provides guidance to the financial services industry, especially in doing business... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 United Kingdom, Antigua & Barbuda, Money Laundering, Jurisdiction
Kofi Annan Urges Ratification of Rome Statute as U.S. Deliberates Its Position On September 29, 2000, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan appealed to U.S. lawyers to convince their skeptical nationals of the benefits of the embryonic International Criminal Court. Meanwhile,... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 United States United Nations, War Crimes, International Courts
Bolivia Arrests Belgian Miner for Illegal Import and Possession of Drug Precursors During the last week of August, the Bolivian police arrested a Belgian citizen on counts of illegal import and possession of sulphuric acid. The man, previously an employee of a Belgian humanitarian... Tom L.W. Scheirs 16 11 2000-11-01 Bolivia, Belgium, Chile Customs Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking
UN Peacekeeping Forces in Sierra Leone Encounter Difficulty as UN Approves Diamond Certification The latest difficulty to plague the peacekeeping forces in Sierra Leone occurred on September 20, 2000 when India announced it would be gradually withdrawing troops from Unamsil (United Nations... Sashikala Selvendran 16 11 2000-11-01 Sierra Leone, India United Nations, War Crimes
District Court Approves Enforcement of French Tax Request On December 1, 1999, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted summary judgment to the U.S. Government to enforce an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) administrative summons... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 United States, France, Congo Taxation, International Courts

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