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Christies Auctions Relics Over PRC Government’s Objections (XIIA) |
On April 30, 2000, Christie’s auctioned two relics despite protests from the People’s Republic of China that the relics had been looted from an imperial palace 140 years ago. The controversy gives... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
China |
Art and Cultural Property |
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OECD Delays Sanctions for One Year, But Plans to Issue Report On Schedule |
On April 24, 2000, the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) announced in applying its harmful tax competition initiative that it would defer for one year sanctions it... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
World |
Economic Sanctions, Taxation |
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Britain Orders Extradition of 2 Egyptians to the U.S. on Bombing of U.S. Embassies (XIIIA) |
On May 2, 2000, a British court ordered the extradition of Ibrahim Hussein Abdelhadi Eidarous and Adel Mohammed Abdul Almagid Barry to the U.S. where they are wanted in murder conspiracy charges in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Egypt |
Extradition, Terrorism |
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OECD Report on Improving Access to Bank Information For Tax Purposes (IIIB) |
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently issued a report entitled Improving Access to Bank Information for Tax Purposes. The report is 116 pages in length; and the... |
Charles M. Bruce |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
World |
Taxation |
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Trinidad Police Conduct Software Piracy Raid after Help from NGO (XIVA) |
On April 16, 2000, the Trinidad and Tobago police reported conducting two raids against suspected computer pirates early during the week as a result of a tip off from the recently established local... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
Trinidad & Tobago |
Intellectual Property |
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Israel Holds That 19-Year Old Israeli Can Be Extradited to Canada for Murder (IVA) |
On April 10, 2000, an Israeli court ruled that Daniel Weiz, a 19-year-old Israeli soldier, can be extradited to Canada on murder charges.
Mr. Weiz is charged, along with two Canadian teenagers, for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
Canada, Israel |
Extradition, Murder |
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Books (XVA) |
The Prosecutor of a Permanent International Criminal Court ( Louise Arbour/Albin Eser/Kai Ambos/Andrew Sanders,eds.), International Workshop in co-operation with the Office of the Prosecutor the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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Swiss and Luxembourg Freeze More Nigerian (Abacha) Assets (VA) |
On May 8, 2000, the media reported Swiss investigators have found and frozen $630 million in Luxembourg bank accounts connected with the sons of Sani Abacha, former Nigerian head of state.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
Switzerland, Luxembourg |
Asset Forfeiture |
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Articles (XVB) |
1. Theft of Cultural Property
M. Lippman, Art and Ideology in the Third Reich: The Protection of Cultural Property and the Humanitarian Law of War, 17 Dick. J. Int’l L. 1-97 (1998).
M.I. Turner,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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U.S. Urges Governments to Support Immunity Proposal (VIA) |
U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has sent a letter to Foreign
Ministers in about 60 countries, urging support for the U.S. proposal for the proposed
International Criminal Court (ICC). The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
World, United States |
International Courts |
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Documents (XVC) |
1. Environment
General Accounting Office, U.S.-Mexico Border: Despite Some Progress, Environmental Infrastructure Challenges Remain, GAO/NSIAD-00-26, Mar. 3, 2000, 63 pp.
2. Human Rights
U.K. Bow... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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Belgium Opens Investigation into Alleged Human Rights Violations by Former |
On March 2nd 2000, Belgian investigating magistrate Damien Vandermeersch announced his intention to investigate a complaint against former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Rafsanjani... |
Tom L.W. Scheirs |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
Belgium, Iran |
Human Rights, Torture |
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U.S. Money Laundering Strategy for 2000 Has Major International Components (IG) |
In March 2000, the U.S. Departments of Treasury and Justice issued The National Money Laundering Strategy for 2000, which contains sixty separate action items designed to combat money laundering on a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
5 |
2000-05-01 |
World, United States |
Money Laundering |
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U.S. House Banking Committee Holds Oversight Hearing on New International Financial Architecture (IIA |
On March 23, 2000, the U.S. Congress Committee on Banking and Financial Services held a hearing on “Proposals for a New International Financial Architecture,” airing existing alleged abuses and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
5 |
2000-05-01 |
World, United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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CARICOM Requests OECD to Postpone Harmful Tax Initiative as Channel Islands Try to Distinguish Themselves from the Old Jurisdictions (IVA) |
On March 15, 2000, heads of state and other leaders from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) asked the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to postpone its plan to issue at the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
5 |
2000-05-01 |
Caribbean |
International Organizations, Taxation |
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Philippines Locates Fugitive in French Corruption Case (VA) |
On March 15, 2000, the media reported that Philippines law enforcement have located Alfred Sirven, a key suspect in the alleged misuse of funds of Elf when the French oil group was a state enterprise... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
5 |
2000-05-01 |
France, Philippines |
Corruption, Extradition |
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OAS Publishes Report and Recommendations on the Enforcement of Cyber crime (VIA) |
On October 28, 1999, the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States received and published the final report on the meetings of government experts on cyber crime that contain a series of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
5 |
2000-05-01 |
North America, Latin America and South America |
Cybercrime, International Organizations |
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European Professional Associations Agree on Due Diligence Against Organized Crime and U.S. Starts Gatekeepers Initiatives (IB) |
On July 27, 1999, in Brussels, Belgium, the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Community, the Conference of Notaries of the European Union, the European Federation of Accountants... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
5 |
2000-05-01 |
United States, Europe |
Administration of Justice, Due Diligence, International Organizations, European Union, Organized Crime, Conferences |
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1999 American Bankers Association/American Bar Association Eleventh Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Seminar Handbook (IC) |
On October 25-26, 1999, the ABA/ABA 11th Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Seminar was held in Arlington, Va. This review focuses primarily on the aspects of particularly potential interest to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
5 |
2000-05-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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Malta Appellate Court Throws Out First Money Laundering Case (ID) |
On November 26, 2000, an appellate court in Malta overturned the country’s first money laundering conviction when it held that the Attorney General had failed to prove the link between the crime and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
5 |
2000-05-01 |
Malta |
Money Laundering, Administration of Justice |