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G-7 Releases Statement to Further Action Against Financial Crimes |
On June 20, 1999, the Group of Seven released a statement at the conclusion of tier summit in Cologne, Germany, indicating further action against financial crime, harmful tax competition, and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
World |
Corruption, Taxation |
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War Crimes Investigations Proceed in Kosovo |
In the aftermath of the peace in Kosovo, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has sent staff and investigators to Kosovo to start war crimes investigation. In addition, the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
Former Yugoslavia, Kosovo |
Law of War |
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War Crime Tribunal Continues to Obtain Custody over and Try Offenders |
On June 7, 1999, British troops in Bosnian arrested Drag Kulundzija, a former shift commander at the Keraterm concentration camp near Prijedor. Accroding to George Robertson, the UK defense... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo |
Law of War |
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NATO Troops Arrest Serb Parliament Member on War Crimes |
On July 6, 1999, British NATO troops arrested Radoslav Brdjanin, a senior Bosnian Serb member of Parliament and former deputy prime minister of Bosnia’s peacetime Serb Republic, for charges of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
Serbia, Bosnia |
Law of War |
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Judge Hoeveler Dismisses All But One Charge and then Sentences Cali Cartel Lawyers |
On June 12 and 17, 1999, U.S. District Judge William Hoeveler sentenced William Moran and Michael Abbell, former defense counsel for the Cali cartel, after throwing out all but one charge, thereby... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
United States, Colombia |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Seattle and German Museums Return Looted Art and New York Museum Settles |
Increasingly, art museums are agreeing to return stolen cultural property and in some cases settling with private owners... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
United States, Germany |
Art and Cultural Property |
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France Convicts Noriega and Wife of Money Laundering |
On July 1, 1999, a French court convicted Gen. Manuel Noriega and his wife in absentia of laundering $2.7 million in drug profits through French banks for Colombia’s Medillin drug cartel in 1988 and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
France |
Money Laundering |
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British Arrests Two Suspects in U.S. Embassy Bombings as U.S. Applies Sanctions Against Afghanistan for Hosting Bin Laden |
On July 11, 1999, British police arrested two men in London on a U.S. warrant charging them with conspiring with Osama bin Laden in the deadly bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Kenya, tanzania, Afghanistan |
Terrorism |
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Cayman Islands Agrees to Have UN Review Its Financial System |
On May 24, 1999, the media reported that the Cayman Islands Government has agreed to a review by the United Nations of its financial systems to show that the island is not a haven for drug... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Cayman Islands |
Money Laundering, United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Inter-American Drug Abuse Controls Holds 25th Regular Session |
On May 3-7, 1999, the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) held its twenty-fifth regular session. Several important decisions were made,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, Latin America and South America |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Mutual Evaluation: An Approach to Achieving Fairness and Progress in Implementing International Agreements |
The globalization of commerce, trade, and financial services places significant pressure on international efforts to address complex issues. The challenge is not simply adopting the best policies but... |
Stanley E. Morris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
World |
International Organizations |
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Venezuela Presidents Denies US Request to Use Venezuela Air Space for Narcotics Flights As U.S. Scrambles to Replace the Loss of Panama for Counterdrug Efforts |
On May 24, 1999, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he will deny a U.S. request to use Venezuela’s airspace for anti-narcotics flights. Meanwhile, the U.S. is scrambling to replace the use of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, Venezuela, Panama |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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War Crimes Tribunal Charges Milosevic and Four Leaders with War Crimes |
On May 27, 1999, the International Tribunal for Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted and issued an arrest warrant for Slobodan Milosevic, the Yugoslav President, and four high-level... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
Law of War, International Courts |
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English Court of Appeal Refuses to Indirectly Enforce Danish Revenue Claim |
On May 21, 1999, an English Court of Appeal denied an effort by the Danish Revenue Authority to enforce its taxes against a Danish national, but the European integration law issues are likely to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United Kingdom, , Ireland |
Taxation |
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War Crimes Tribunal Prepares for New Investigations in Kosovo |
With the peace agreement in Kosovo, the International Tribunal for Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is preparing for a major expansion of its investigative efforts in Kosovo. On June 8, 1999,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
World |
Law of War, United Nations |
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U.S. Extradition of Amezcua Declared Unconstitutional |
On May 19, 1999, a Mexican court declared efforts by the United States to extradite Jesús Amezcua, 33 and imprisoned in Mexico for nearly one year, unconstitutional because Mexico’s constitution... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition |
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ICJ Rejects Yugoslav’s Request for Provisional Measures against NATO |
On June 2, 1999, the International Court of Justice rejected the request of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) for provisional measures in the case concerning Legality of Use of Force (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
International Organizations, Law of War, International Courts |
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Australian Court Denies N. Zealand Extradition Request on Fairness |
In 1999, an Australian court denied a New Zealand extradition request based on inability to guarantee due process to the fugitive if extradition was granted... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Australia, New Zealand |
Extradition |
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War Crime Tribunal Continues to Obtain Custody over and Try Offenders |
On June 7, 1999, British troops in Bosnia arrested Drag Kulundzija, a former shift commander at the Keraterm concentration camp near Prijedor. According to George Robertson, the UK defense... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina |
Law of War |
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Dominican Republic Arrests and Extradites Police Official to Haiti |
On June 5, 1999 Haiti Police Chief Jean Coles Rameau, who is sought in connection with the killings of 11 men in police custody, was arrested in the Dominican Republic and extradited to Haiti... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Haiti, Dominican Republic |
Extradition |