Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. District Court Grants French Extradition Request for Brazilian on Narcotics Charges On August 17, 1999, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York found that the French extradition request showed probable cause for narcotics charges and certified that Jose Germano... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, Brazil, France Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
U.S., Mexico and Dominican Republic Crack Down on Juarez Cartel On September 22, 1999, U.S. and Mexican authorities conducted an operation that dealt a staggering blow to the Juarez cartel’s distribution of illegal drug network in the U.S., arresting 94 persons,... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, Mexico Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance
OAS Agrees to Test Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism At a meeting of the Organization of American States from August 31 to September 2, 1999 in Ottawa, officials of the OAS approved the testing phase of the creation of a Mechanism for Multilateral... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 Canada, United States, Chile International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties
OECD Delays and Strengthens Implementation of Tax Initiatives While Target Countries React The OECD has delayed slightly the implementation of the OECD harmful tax competition while strengthening cooperation with international organizations and informal groups friendly to the proposal.... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Bahamas, Luxembourg International Organizations, Jurisdiction, Taxation
Argentina Banishes Paraguay General to Interior While Paraguay Presses Argentina and Brazil to Extradite Oviedo and Cubas On September 28, 1999, the Argentine Government announced it will banish exiled Paraguayan coup leader and former General Lino Oviedo to a remote part of the country, far from Buenos Aires, for... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay Extradition, Human Rights, Prisoner Rights
Italy Arrests Fugitive Financier Parretti On October 11, 1999, Italian authorities arrested Giancarlo Parretti, an Italian national, on international arrest warrants from the U.S. for convictions on perjury and other frauds near Orvieto, a... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, France, Italy Money Laundering, Taxation, Fraud, White Collar Crime
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Canada Extradition Request for Murder On August 30, 1999, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of a Canadian national’s motion to dismiss the extradition request of the Canadian Government on a murder... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 Canada, United States Extradition, Murder, Prisoner Rights
U.S. Coast Guard Fires at Engines of Fleeing Boats to Increase Jurisdiction On September 30, 1999, a media report noted a new technique whereby the U.S. is expanding its unilateral extraterritorial jurisdiction, especially in narcotics cases: the use of small high-powered... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, Trinidad & Tobago, Haiti, Dominican Republic Customs Enforcement, Extradition, Jurisdiction, Maritime, Drugs & Trafficking
Swiss and U.S. Respond Positively to Requests by Nigerian Government to Help Prosecute Prior Corruptions and Forfeit Money On October 14, 1999, the Swiss Government announced it has frozen bank accounts belonging to Sani Abacha, the late Nigerian dictator, members of his family and his business associates, as a result of... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, Brazil, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Nigeria, Austria Corruption, Extradition, Asset Forfeiture
European Commission Proposes Extension of Anti-Laundering Directive (IB) On July 14, 1999, the European Commission promulgated a proposal to update and extend a 1991 Directive to combat money laundering....[more] Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 Europe Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
Ratification of International Criminal Court Gains Momentum (XIA) One year after the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), prospects of its ratification seem positive. Eighty-three countries have signed the Rome... Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 World International Courts
European Investigations of Russian Payments Calls Attention to Alleged Bribes and Money Laundering (IC) During August and September 1999, Swiss, French, English, Austrian, and German authorities announced investigations concerning alleged bribe payments and money laundering involving high-level... Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 Europe, Russia Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
Austrian Police Arrest Bosnian Serb General and Croatia Agrees to Extradite National (XIIA) In August 25, 1999, Gen. Momir Talic, the army Chief of Staff of Bosnia’s Serb Republic, was arrested in Vienna, Austria by Austrian police acting at the request of the ICTY. Talic was brought to a... Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia Law of War
Cuba Tentatively Accepts US Requests to Improve Counternarcotics Cooperation (IIA) On August 18, 1999, the media reported that U.S. and Cuba sources revealed Cuba’s tentative acceptance of two U.S. requests to strengthen Counternarcotics cooperation...[more] Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 United States, Cuba Drugs & Trafficking
ICJ Considers New Cases on War Crimes (XIIB) The International Court of Justice has received new cases concerning “ethnic cleansing”, aggression, and other conduct concerning the law of war...[more] Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 World Law of War
Senator Kerry Calls for Hearings on International Aspects of Money Laundering and Financial Crimes In a press release and letter of September 10, 1999, Senate Banking Committee member John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) urged Chairman Phil Gramm (R-Texas) to hold hearings in response to allegations that the... Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 United States Money Laundering
Kosovo War Crimes Suspects Arrested and UN Tries to Start Police Force (XIIC) A couple of months after the cease-fire in Kosovo, investigations into war crimes are already producing arrests and the United Nations is trying to establish a police force to bring law and order to... Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 Europe, Law of War
U.S. Brings Narcotics and Money Laundering Charges Against Former Mexican Deputy Attorney General, Who In Turns Commits Suicide (IIB) On August 27, 1999, the United States announced that on August 23, 1999, it unsealed a 25-count indictment by a Houston grand jury against Mario Ruiz Massieu, a former deputy Attorney General in... Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 United States, Mexico Drugs & Trafficking
Claims for Holocaust Compensation Take Twists and Turns (XIID) As the claims and litigation for damages to Holocaust victims increase, the proliferation of cases in different jurisdictions is giving rise to overlapping and conflicting claims, and making... Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 United States, Germany Law of War, War Crimes
Antigua Government Opens Dialogue with the OECD (IIIA) On August 26, 1999, the media reported that Antigua and Barbuda have opened a dialogue with officials of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on the “harmful tax... Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 Antigua & Barbuda Taxation

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