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Germany Arrests Alleged Insurance Swindler on U.S. Extradition Request (IVA) |
On September 4, 1999, German police authorities arrested Martin Frankel, the U.S. money manager accused of swindling U.S. insurance companies out of hundreds of millions of dollars, in response to a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
10 |
1999-10-01 |
Germany |
Extradition |
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Finnish Prime Minister Prepares Parliament for Special Meeting of European Council (XIIIA) |
On August 6, 1999, the Finnish Prime Minister’s Office informed the Grand Committee of Parliament about the special meeting of the European Council in Tampere, sending it a memorandum concerning the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
10 |
1999-10-01 |
Europe |
International Organizations |
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Confidentiality, Money Laundering, And Asset Forfeiture: A Financial Action Task Force Issues Annual Report |
On July 2, 1999, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Money Laundering issued its annual report for 1998-99... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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EU Commission Implements Measures to Combat Child Sex Tourism |
On May 25, 1999, the Commission of the European Communities issued a paper on implementing measures to combat child sex tourism that indicates a variety of ongoing and proposed mechanisms to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
Europe |
International Organizations, Sex Crimes |
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International Money Laundering Investigations Of Russians Come To The Fore |
On August 17, 1999, the revelation of a major investigation of the Bank of New York has spotlighted large international money laundering investigations by several countries involving prominent... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
8 |
1999-09-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Russia |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Obtains 2 More Suspects As New Prosecutor Is Appointed |
On August 3 and 9, 1999, the International Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia gained custody of two more suspects as the Tribunal also prepared for a new prosecutor. Meanwhile, on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
International Organizations, Law of War |
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Bermuda Introduces Law To Extend Money Laundering To Tax Evasion |
On August 6, 1999, the Bermuda Government introduced into Parliament legislation that would open banking records to officials investigating tax evasion overseas... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
Bermuda |
Taxation |
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Experts Urge UNEP To Lead Effort to Combat Transnational Environmental Crimes |
During a conference in Geneva, Switzerland July 12-14, 1999, law enforcement experts from around the world urged the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to take a lead role in coordinating... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
World |
Environment, International Organizations |
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CIS Members Sign International Tax Enforcement Cooperation Agreement |
On June 4, 1999, eleven member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) signed an agreement to cooperate and provide mutual assistance in tax-related matters... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
Europe |
Taxation |
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U.S. Appellate Court Prohibits Defendants from Asserting Self-Incrimination Privilege Due to Fear of Foreign Prosecution |
On May 13, 1999, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld the recent prohibition disallowing defendants from asserting the right against self-incrimination to their fear of foreign... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
United States |
Antitrust Cooperation , Self-Incrimination |
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Mexican Banker Fighting Extradition from Australia Wins Victory in Mexico |
On August 2, 1999, Carlos Cabal Peniche, obtained an injunction in Mexico against on the most serious charge he faces and hence may avoid jail if Australia agrees to his extradition... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
Mexico, Australia |
Extradition |
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EU Initiates Exchange of Information to Combat Counterfeit Travel Documents |
On May 27, 1999, the Council of the European Union proposed an improved exchange of information, which the Federal Republic of Germany initiated, to combat counterfeit travel documents... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
Europe |
Counterfeiting, Immigration, European Union |
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U.S. Arrests Brazilian Wanted in Embezzlement Scheme |
On July 19, 1999, Federal Bureau of Investigation officials arrested in Frederick, Maryland, Jose Mario Fontes, 63, a Brazilian national accused of stealing more than $20 million from a Brazilian... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
United States, Mexico, Brazil |
Extradition, Embezzlement |
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Review of INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN CRIMINAL MATTERS |
This new annotated publication contains the German laws relating to international cooperation in criminal matters. Before this publication, the only annotated source was limited to the IRG - the... |
Maxi Krumbiegel |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
Germany |
European Union, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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Paraguay Requests General Oviedo’s Extradition from Argentina |
On August 4, 1999, the Paraguayan Government formally requested the extradition from Argentina of Lino Viedo, a retired army general accused of planning the murder, in March 1998, of Paraguay’s Vice... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
Argentina, Portugal |
Extradition |
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Supplement to International Judicial Assistance Issued |
There is a new supplement for the six-volume International Judicial Assistance (Michael Abbell and Bruno Ristau)(International Law Institute)... [ more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
World |
International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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New York State Court Issues Injunction Against Antiguan Internet Site |
On July 22, 1999, a New York Supreme Court Justice Charles Edward Ramos granted injunctive relief to New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to stop an online gaming company based in Antigua from... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
8 |
1999-09-01 |
United States, Antigua & Barbuda |
Cybercrime, Jurisdiction |
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Review of Smuggling Armageddon: The Nuclear Black Market in the Former Soviet Union and Europe |
The author, an associate at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, president of Global Advisory Services, and co-author of the Andean Cocaine Industry, has written a gripping account of the illegal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
Europe, Russia |
Arms Trafficking |
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Investigation Of Russo-West Illicit Transactions: The Issues Of Financial Information Confidentiality And Legitimate Expectations |
: Between 1993-1997, under the pre-text of the "Russian Mafia" threat, the Dutch police’s special Eastern European crime task force tried to accomplish the so called “inventarization” (taking... |
Timur Sinuraya |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
World, Russia |
Asset Forfeiture |
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Senate Hears from Nominee for U.S. Ambassador for Counterterrorism |
On July 22, 1999, Michael Sheehan, Nominee for U.S. Ambassador for Counterterrorism, testified before a Senate Committee on his priorities and policies for counterterrorism. |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
9 |
1999-09-01 |
United States |
Terrorism |