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Swiss Investigate Money Laundering by Family of Former Nigerian Leader |
Abstract:On October 26, 1999, the media reported that Swiss judicial authorities have opened an inquiry into alleged money laundering and participation in a criminal organization involving Nigeria’s... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
Switzerland, Nigeria |
Money Laundering, Corruption, International Courts |
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U.S. Senate Hearing on Private Banking and Money Laundering Presages Ill Winds |
On November 9-10, 1999, the U.S. Senate Committee on Permanent Investigations held two days of hearings on private banking and money laundering focusing on problems of Citicorp accounts. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Nigeria, Panama, Cayman Islands, Gabon |
Money Laundering, Corruption, Administration of Justice, Bank Secrecy, Due Diligence, Fraud |
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EU Justice & Home Affairs Commissioner Signals New Money Laundering Initiative |
On September 16, 1999, Antonio Vitorino, the new European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA), in his first official business, signaled new initiatives on money laundering and financial... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, Bank Secrecy, Jurisdiction, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, International Courts |
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International Cooperation Against Russian Financial Irregularities |
On October 20, 1999, at the end of a conference to combat crime organized by the Group of Eight industrialized countries, international enforcement officials welcomed Russia’s commitment to adopting... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
United States, Russia, Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Ukraine, Antigua and Barbuda |
Money Laundering, International Organizations |
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U.N. Agrees to Sanctions against Taliban for Non-Surrender of Osama Bin Laden |
On October 15, 1999, the United Nations Security Council agreed to a resolution to impose sanctions in 30 days that will freeze the economic assets abroad of the Islamic Taliban movement of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
United States, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates |
Terrorism, United Nations, Sanctions |
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U.S. Appellate Court Upholds Lack of Jurisdiction in Antiguan Asset Forfeiture Case |
On September 8, 1999, the U.S. Government suffered a setback when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld the district court’s decision that the U.S. Government had no jurisdiction to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Panama, Antigua & Barbuda |
Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, Jurisdiction, Asset Forfeiture |
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Colombia Supreme Court Approves Extradition to U.S. of Cuban National |
On October 26, 1999, the Colombian Supreme Court approved the extradition to the U.S. of Sergio Braulio Gonzalez, a Cuban citizen wanted in the U.S. for drug trafficking and illegal arms possession... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
United States, Colombia, Cuba |
Extradition, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Sanctions |
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Administration of Justice: Governmental, Intergovernmental, and Non-Governmental Perspectives |
On October 25, 1999, the International Criminal Law and National Security Committee of the International Law Section of the D.C. Bar sponsored a luncheon program on the Administration of Justice (AOJ... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
World |
Administration of Justice, International Organizations |
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Arrested Gunman Implicates Oviedo & Cubas; Argentina Will Ask Oviedo to Leave |
On October 26, 1999, in his first foreign policy announcement, as President-elect, Fernando de la Rúa advised former Gen. Lino Oviedo of Paraguay, who has been exiled in Argentina since March 1999... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
Brazil, Cuba, Argentina, Paraguay |
Corruption, Extradition, Murder |
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U.S. Indicts McDonnell Douglas & Chinese State Co. on Export Control Charges |
On October 19, 1999, the U.S. Government indicted the McDonnell Douglas Corporation and the China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC) and its affiliate (CATIC/Supply),... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
United States, China |
Export Enforcement |
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New House Bill Targets Online Gambling |
On October 21, 1999, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va) introduced a bill in the House, entitled the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, that would ban gambling via the Internet and provide for criminal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
United States |
Cybercrime, Administration of Justice, International Gaming |
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First African Anti-Money Laundering Group Established |
On August 27, 1999, at a meeting in Arusha, Tanzania, the Finance and Law Ministers from 9 countries in the Eastern and Southern African Region agreed to establish the Eastern and Southern Africa... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
11 |
1999-11-01 |
United Kingdom, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, tanzania, mauritius, malawi |
Money Laundering, International Organizations, White Collar Crime |
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U.S. Custom Sting Results in Charge of Stolen German Art in World War II |
On November 8, 1999, a U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York indicted Frank J. Vaccaro, Long Island furniture restorer, for one count of possessing and trying to sell a 16th-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-11-01 |
United States, Germany |
Art and Cultural Property |
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Italy Requests Extradition of Chilean General on Assassination Attempt |
On October 8, 1999, the media reported that the Italian Government has requested the extradition of retired Gen. Manuel Contreras, the former head of the Chilean secret police, on charges he issued... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
11 |
1999-11-01 |
Italy, Chile |
Extradition, Human Rights, Murder |
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Britain Announces A Review of the Operations of the Offshore Financial Centers |
On September 20, 1999, the British Government announced that it will conduct a review by independent analysts of the operations of offshore financial centers in its Caribbean dependent territories... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
11 |
1999-11-01 |
United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Bermuda |
Jurisdiction, Taxation, United Nations |
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Magistrate Finds Pinochet Extraditable |
On October 8, 1999, Mr. Ronald David Bartle, Metropolitan Magistrate in the Bow Street Magistrates’ Court, ruled that Gen. Augusto Pinochet can be extradited to Spain to stand trial on torture and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
11 |
1999-11-01 |
United States, Italy, Chile |
Extradition, Human Rights, National Security |
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FATF Will Agree on Penalties for Non-Cooperating Countries |
At its next meeting, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is expected to prepare a list of approximately twenty criteria to define non-cooperative countries when it meets in Oporto, Portugal on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
11 |
1999-11-01 |
Mexico, Brazil, Europe, France, Argentina, Portugal |
Money Laundering, International Organizations, White Collar Crime, Treaties |
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U.S. Indicts Frankel on 36 Counts of Fraud, Money Laundering and Racketeering |
On October 7, 1999, a U.S. grand jury in the District of Connecticut returned an indictment of Martin R. Frankel, who fled the U.S. in May 1999 when his Greenwich, Connecticut mansion caught fire,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
11 |
1999-11-01 |
United States, Germany |
Money Laundering, Extradition, Fraud |
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Multiple Investigations into Financial Crimes in the Former Soviet Union Mushroom |
Investigations of questionable financial transactions from the former Soviet Union by multiple law enforcement agencies continue to capture headlines and have enormous law enforcement and political... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
11 |
1999-11-01 |
United Kingdom, Switzerland, Russia, Kazakhstan |
Money Laundering, Taxation, Organized Crime, Fraud, White Collar Crime |
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U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles Charges Syndicate of Asian Women Smugglers |
On August 20, 1999, the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles announced indictments against a syndicate of smugglers and pimps that imported hundreds of young Asian women into the U.S. to work as prostitutes... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
11 |
1999-11-01 |
United States, Asia, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia |
Customs Enforcement, Human Rights, Immigration, Sex Crimes |