Articles

E.g., 2026-06
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Hit and G-7 Members Browbeat IFIs Into Jumping on the Bandwagon On September 25, 2000, Frances Horner, head of the OECD’s tax competition unit, said that the OECD is trying to accelerate talks with the havens in response to complaints the process is causing... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 United States, Barbados, Europe, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Antigua & Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Luxembourg Taxation, European Union
Judge Awards Family of U.S. Kidnapping Victim $355 Million Against Iran On September 21, 2000, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order awarding $333 million in damages against the Iran Government in favor of the family of Marine Lt. Colonel... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 United States, Iran Human Rights, War Crimes, International Courts
EU Adopts Convention to Strengthen Mutual Assistance, Especially in Certain Crimes On August 24, 2000, the European Union took a practical step to combat serious organized crime by establishing Eurojust, a judicial coordination unit. The goal of the initiative is to urgently... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 Europe Money Laundering, Taxation, European Union, International Courts, Organized Crime
Germany and Lithuania Restore Cultural Property During a one week period, German and Lithuania acted to restore art taken during World War II. 2. German Restoration On September 25, 2000, two German museums at a Berlin ceremony returned more... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 Germany, Lithuania Customs Enforcement, War Crimes
U.S. Antitrust Head Calls for Global Forum and Initiative for Antitrust Enforcement Cooperation On September 14, 2000, Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, called for initiatives and a new forum to strengthen antitrust enforcement... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 United States, Belgium Customs Enforcement, Economic Sanctions, Economic Integration
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Recommends Ratification of Criminal Cooperation Treaties The extradition treaties involved are Paraguay, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Belize. On September 12, 2000, the U.S. Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate held a hearing on and then approved... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 United States, France, Nigeria, South Africa, Greece, Egypt, Ukraine Customs Enforcement, Extradition, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance
Supervisory Committee Issues First Report on OLAF and Warns of Operational Problems At the end of its first year of operation, the Supervisory Committee for OLAF – the European Union’s Anti-Fraud Office – has issued its first annual report. This report, apart from evaluating the... Tom L.W. Scheirs 16 11 2000-11-01 Europe European Union, Fraud
FBI Detects Fraud in Panama Bonds On October 5, 2000, the media reported the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation had detected an attempt to market bonds alleged in the amount of $100 million supposedly for the municipality of Colón... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 United States, Panama Fraud
OAS Ministers of Justice Hold Third Meeting On March 1-3, 2000, the third meeting of the Ministers of Justice or of Ministers of Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA) took place. Two areas that were the subject of focus were cyber crime... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 Canada, United States, Latin America and South America, Caribbean Cybercrime, Administration of Justice, Mutual Legal Assistance
Kosovo Local Court Sentences Serb Student for War Crimes On September 20, 2000, a local court with Kosovo Albanian judges and one French judge sentenced Milos Jokic, 21, to 20 years in prison for killing ethnic Albanians in the first trial for war crimes... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 France, Albania, Serbia Extradition, Human Rights, War Crimes, Genocide
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
Argentina Withdraws International Arrest Warrants for IBM Employees On August 23, 2000, the media reported that an Argentine judge has annulled international arrest warrants issued in 1998 for two United States nationals who are executives for I.B.M. The Argentine... Bruce Zagaris 16 10 2000-10-01 United States, Argentina Administration of Justice, International Courts
Extradition Treaties Recently Signed, Approved for Ratification and/or Entered into Force Country Date Signed Entry into Force Antigua & Barbuda June 3, 1996 July 1, 1999 Argentina June 10, 1997 June 15, 2000...[more] Bruce Zagaris 16 10 2000-10-01 World, United States Extradition
International Cooperation and Sting Thwart Cybercrime Extortion of Bloomberg On August 14, 2000, an international cooperative sting operation involving the United States, the United Kingdom, and Kazakhstan thwarted an attempted cybercrime extortion effort targeting Bloomberg... Bruce Zagaris 16 10 2000-10-01 United States, United Kingdom, Kazakhstan Cybercrime, Extradition
Colombia Extradites 3rd National to U.S. on Drug Charges On August 18, 2000, the Colombian Government extradited Alberto “The Snail” Orlandez Gamboa, the third national to the U.S. for international narcotics trafficking despite threatened violence against... Bruce Zagaris 16 10 2000-10-01 United States, Colombia Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
New York State Court Enjoins Corporation and Executives from Operating Antiguan Internet Gaming Facility and Orders Restitution and Fines On July 22, 2000, in a strongly worded opinion, Judge Charles Edward Ramos issued an opinion ordering World Interactive Gaming Corporation (WIGC), an online casino operator, to pay $1.8 million in... Bruce Zagaris 16 10 2000-10-01 United States, Caribbean, Antigua & Barbuda Cybercrime, International Gaming, Jurisdiction
French Announce Priorities for JHA Presidency During its Presidency of the European Union, which runs July 1 to December 31, 2000, the French Presidency has announced its priorities for Justice and Home Affairs Council. 1. The European... Bruce Zagaris 16 10 2000-10-01 Europe, France Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, International Courts, Organized Crime
Mexico Detains Argentine on Spanish Extradition Request for “Dirty War”Atrocities On August 26, 2000, a Mexican judge ordered the detention of the accused Argentine torturer Miguel Ángel Cavallo, who had been living in Mexico where he was director-general of Mexico’s National... Bruce Zagaris 16 10 2000-10-01 Mexico, Spain, Argentina Extradition, Human Rights
Antigua Deports to U.S. Internet Sports Manager After Suspicious Transaction Report On August 19, 2000, the Antiguan Prime Minister’s Office announced the deportation of Robert Eremain to Puerto Rico after a suspicious transaction report triggered investigations that revealed Mr.... Bruce Zagaris 16 10 2000-10-01 Caribbean, St. Kitts & Nevis Money Laundering, Extradition
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Denial of Appeal from Extradition, But Holds Executive’s Decision on Torture Defense is Reviewable On July 11, 2000, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of Ramiro Cornejo-Barreto v. W.H. Seifert, affirmed the district court’s denial of a petition for habeas corpus that the... Bruce Zagaris 16 10 2000-10-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Human Rights

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