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U.S. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Issued |
On February 26, 1999, the U.S. Department of State released its annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, showing a mixed picture of gains and setbacks in counterdrug policy in 1998.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, United States |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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European Parliamentary Committee Proposes Harmonization Measures |
On March 8, 1999, the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs submitted a report on criminal procedures in the European Union (Corpus Juris) that proposes a series of measures to facilitate... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
Europe |
Due Diligence, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime, Prisoner Rights, Terrorism |
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U.S. Closes Anti-Drug Base in Panama and Opens New Missions in Ecuador and Dutch Antilles |
On May 5, 1999, the U.S. closed its anti-drug trafficking mission in Panama and announced that it would operate missions out of Curacao, Aruba and Ecuador although its overall capabilities would be... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
Aruba, Curaçao, Panama, United States, World |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Gaming Commission Will Recommend Criminalization of Offshore Internet Gaming |
On April 28, 1999, the U.S. media reported that the National Gambling Impact Study Commission will recommend to criminalize offshore Internet gambling, thereby setting the stage for inevitable... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
United States |
International Gaming |
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Bolivia Requests Extradition of Former President and Suspends Counterdrug Efforts |
On November 1, 2008, Bolivian President Evo Morales of Bolivia suspended counterdrug operations sponsored by the U.S. government. Meanwhile, on November 11, 2008, Bolivian officials said they had... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
1 |
1999-06-01 |
United States, Bolivia |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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IRS Criminal Investigation Division Recommends Stronger International Operations |
On April 13, 1999, a high-level task force headed by former CIA and FBI Director William Webster, issued a report with recommendations on international operations of the Internal Revenue Service’s... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
Bolivia, Canada, Mexico, United States |
Money Laundering, Organized Crime, Taxation |
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U.S. Requests Israel to Hold Part of Sheinbein Trial in the U.S. |
On April 19, 1999, the U.S. Government on behalf of Montgomery County, Maryland’s chief prosecutor, Attorney Douglas Gansler, has sent Israeli authorities a letter, requesting that Sheinbein’s trial... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
Israel, United States |
Extradition, Murder |
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Recent UN Gen. Assembly Measures to Adopt Instruments Combating International Terrorism |
Over the years, the international legal community has been successful in adopting a considerable number of instruments addressing specific aspects of international terrorism. These instruments can be... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
World |
Asset Forfeiture, Terrorism, United Nations |
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Brazil Transfers Chilean Kidnappers to Chile to Complete Sentences |
On April 24, 1999, the Brazilian Government announced that on that day it would transfer five Chileans convicted in the 1989 kidnaping of a leading Brazilian businessman to Chile to complete their... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile |
Kidnaping, Mutual Legal Assistance, Transfer of Prisoners |
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Council of Europe Anti-Corruption Regime Becomes Operational |
On May 1, 1999, the Council of Europe “Group of States against Corruption” (GRECO), which the Committee of Ministers established on May 5, 1998, became operational...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
Belgium, Europe, World |
Corruption, European Union |
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Brazil Arrests Former Central Bank President on International Tax Charges |
On April 26, 1999, Francisco Lopes, a former president of Brazil’s central bank, was arrested after he refused to sign an affidavit backing his testimony disputing accusations of income tax evasion... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
Brazil, Italy, Switzerland |
Bank Secrecy, Money Laundering, Taxation, White Collar Crime |
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EU Adopts Joint Position to Support Proposed UN Convention Against Organized Crime |
On March 29, 1999, the Council of the European Union adopted a joint position to support the proposed United Nations convention against organized crime...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
Europe, World |
European Union, Money Laundering, Organized Crime, United Nations |
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The Kosovo Conflict Challenges the Capacity of the International Legal System |
As the conflict in Kosovo rages, a multitude of issues arise daily concerning the international law of war. Among the major issues are the work of the prosecutor of the International Tribunal for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
Bosnia, Former Yugoslavia, France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, World |
Administration of Justice, European Union, Genocide, Human Rights, International Courts, International Organizations, Jurisdiction, Law of War, United Nations, War Crimes |
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Accord on Insurers’ Payment to Victims’ Pre-Holocaust Policies |
On May 6, 1999, several large European insurance companies reached agreement to pay claims on prewar policies of Holocaust victims, using a formula that reflects current values and could result in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
France, Germany, United Kingdom |
Art and Cultural Property, European Union, Genocide, Human Rights |
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France Returns Holocaust Looted Painting to Rosenbergs |
On April 29, 1999, Catherine Trautmann, the French Minister of Culture, presided over a ceremony to hand-over the 1904 Waterlilies painted by Monet to the heirs of Paul Rosenberg. The painting was... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
France, Germany |
Art and Cultural Property, European Union, United Nations |
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Editor's Note: British Home Secretary Allows Extradition to Proceed |
On April 15, 1999, British Home Secretary Jack Straw announced he was allowing the Pinochet extradition to proceed, stating the remaining allegations of torture and conspiracy to torture satisfy the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
United Kingdom |
Extradition |
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Mexico Extradites to the U.S. a Mexican National Charged With Drug Trafficking |
Mexican authorities recently extradited to U.S. authorities a Mexican national charged with drug trafficking and espcaping from a U.S. federal prison. |
Rodrigo Labardini |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
Mexico |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Mexico Releases Last of 19 Americans Arrested for Arms Trafficking |
On March 12, 1999, a Chihuahua court ordered the dismissal of all charges against Robert Brown, a Birmingham, Alabama man arrested August 30, 1999, in Juárez on arms-smuggling charges after he... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
Mexico |
Arms Trafficking |
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French Police and Interpol Penetrate International Vehicle Theft Racket |
On March 27, 1999, Mexican prosecutors and Interpol announced police have detected and penetrated an international auto theft ring whose members stole luxury vehicles in Mexico and the U.S. and sold... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
France |
Vehicles |
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U.S. National Study Will Recommend Banning Internet Gaming |
On March 19, 1999, the nine-member congressionally appointed National Gambling Impact Study Commission ordered to study the social and economic effects of gambling announced it will seek a broad... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
United States |
Internet Crime |