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Rwanda Tribunal (XIB) |
On March 24, 2000, Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, a 76-year-old former Pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Mugonero, Kibuye Prefecture, was transferred to the UN Detention Facility in Arusha. On... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
Rwanda |
Law of War, Genocide |
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Antigua Agrees to Measures of UN Offshore Forum and Urges Removal of Warnings (IA) |
On April 17, 2000, the media announced that the Government of Antigua and Barbuda had signed an anti-money laundering agreement with the United Nations that requires it to implement various standards... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Antigua & Barbuda |
Money Laundering, Fraud |
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War Crimes of the Former Yugoslav (XIC) |
On April 14, 2000, the Croatian Parliament passed a declaration, promising that Croatia will cooperate fully with the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
Balkans |
United Nations, War Crimes |
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European Parliament Approves Decision on Anti-Money Laundering |
On April 12, 2000, the European Parliament approved legislation in the form of a decision to strengthen the 1991 EU directive on anti-money laundering.
The European Parliament adopted a dozen... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering |
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U.S. and El Salvador Conclude Agreement for Airbase for Anti-Narcotics Flights (IIA) |
On March 31, 2000, Steve Lucas, spokesman for the U.S. military’s Miami-based Southern Command, announced the U.S. Department of State and the Salvadoran Government concluded an agreement, allowing... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
United States, El Salvador |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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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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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 |
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NCIS in Britain Sees Criminal Movement of Money from Switzerland Due to Lax Compliance in London (IE) |
On March 15, 2000, the media reported that a report of the National Criminal Intelligence Services that will be published in May will take the position that organized criminals may be moving their... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
5 |
2000-05-01 |
United Kingdom, Switzerland |
Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, Intelligence, Organized Crime |
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Cayman Is Site of First Meeting of UN Offshore Forum (IF) |
On March 30, 2000, the Government of the Cayman Islands hosted the first plenary of the United Nations Offshore Forum, as part of a three-year initiative of the UN’s Office for Drug Control and Crime... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
5 |
2000-05-01 |
Cayman Islands |
Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Narcotics Report Shows New International Cooperation and Focus on Implementation and Enforcement |
Congressional hearings on Russian financial irregularities and gaps in due diligence in private banking, especially in the context of public figure accounts, has generated interest in bills to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
5 |
2000-05-01 |
Antigua & Barbuda, Austria, Russia, United Kingdom, United States, World |
Administration of Justice, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking, International Courts, International Organizations, Money Laundering, National Security, Terrorism, White Collar Crime |
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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 |