Articles

E.g., 2026-10
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
2 Sets of Indictments for Immigration Fraud and Smuggling The U.S. Government has brought two indictments against lawyers and professional immigration advisors – one indictment for immigration and investment fraud and the second for immigration smuggling... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 United States, China Customs Enforcement, Immigration
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
U.N. Security Council Votes to Establish War Crimes Tribunal for Sierra Leone On August 14, 2000, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution, establishing a tribunal to prosecute rebels responsible for killing and maiming tens of thousands of... Bruce Zagaris 16 10 2000-10-01 United Kingdom, Sierra Leone National Security, United Nations, War Crimes
Australian 2d Instance Court Affirms Mexican Financier Cabal Peniche Is Extraditable On August 29, 2000, Australian Federal Judge affirmed in a 125 page-long opinion the validity and legality of the decision of December 17, 1999, in which the Justice of Peace Court in Melbourne,... Bruce Zagaris 16 10 2000-10-01 Mexico, Australia Administration of Justice, Extradition
Croatia Arrests for Prosecution Two Nationals Accused of Atrocities against Muslims On September 6, 2000, the media reported Croatian police have arrested two Croatian men accused of participating in a 1993 killing campaign in the Bosnian Muslim village of Ahmici, in central Bosnia... Bruce Zagaris 16 10 2000-10-01 Croatia, Serbia Human Rights, War Crimes, Genocide
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
Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties in Criminal Matters Signed, Approved for Ratification, and/or Entered into Force Country Date Signed Entry into Force Antigua & Barbuda Oct. 31, 1996 July 1, 1999 Australia Apr. 30, 1997 Sep. 30, 1999 Barbados Feb. 28, 1996 Mar. 3, 2000...[more] Bruce Zagaris 16 10 2000-10-01 World, United States Mutual Legal Assistance
Die völkerrechtswidrige Entführung und ihre Rechtsfolgen (Cross-border, State-sponsored Abductions of Individuals which are Illegal by International Law Stephan Wilske’s recently published monograph on cross-border state-sponsored abductions of individuals is useful for readers, because every country can be confronted with this phenomenon relating to... Matthias Geiger 16 10 2000-10-01 World Administration of Justice, Human Rights, Kidnaping, Book Review
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
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
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

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