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U.S. Appellate Court Overturns Extradition of Irish Escapees |
On October 9, 1999, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the extradition order of three Irish defendants to the United Kingdom in a decision that applies the 1977 Supplementary... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
3 |
1999-03-01 |
United States |
Extradition |
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International Tribunal Sentences Rwandan Militia Leader for Genocide and Arrests Former Prominent Official |
On February 5, 1999, the International Tribunal for War Crimes in Rwanda sentenced Omar Serushago, a Rwandan militia leader accused in the deaths of 37 people, to 15 years in prison. |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
3 |
1999-03-01 |
Rwanda |
Genocide |
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Turkey Arrests and Takes Ocalan from Kenya for Terrorist Crimes |
On February 14, 1999, a Turkish security detail and commando team intercepted a jeep driven by a Kenyan security officer en route to the airport in Nairobi, Kenya, arrested, and returned Abdullah... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
3 |
1999-03-01 |
Turkey |
Arrest |
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U.S. Requests Extradition for Canadian Nationals Showed with Kickbacks |
On January 28, 1999, U.S. prosecutors in New York City announced the issuances of arrest warrants and the intent to initiate extradition proceedings for the two top officials at Livent Inc., a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
3 |
1999-03-01 |
United States |
Extradition |
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Money Laundering in Switzerland: Analysis and Some Observations |
Article 305bis includes the obstruction of the confiscation of illicit proceeds as a money laundering offense. In a judgment delivered in September 1993, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court held that a... |
Konstantinos D Magliveras |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
Switzerland |
Money Laundering |
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U.S. Customs Employs Electronic License Plate Readers at Mexican Borders |
The U.S. Customs Service has started to employ electronic license plate readers at its borders with Mexico in an effort to prevent and detect smuggling and other crimes at its borders... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Customs Enforcement |
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Russia Conducts Criminal Investigation of Central Bank Officials |
On December 29, 1998, Russian Interior Minister Sergei Stepashin disclosed that Russian law enforcement authorities are investigating Central Bank activities that may have contributed to the mid-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
Russia |
Money Laundering, Corruption, Embezzlement |
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Class Action Holocaust Suit Is Brought Against Chase and J.P. Morgan |
On December 23, 1998, the media reported the first class action lawsuit brought on behalf of 17 named non-American Holocaust survivors and victims’ relatives against two U.S. banks, Chase Manhattan... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United States, France, Germany |
Law of War |
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Cayman Rejects International Criminal Cooperation on Tax Crimes |
The Cayman Islands have rejected demands by England that it render criminal cooperation to foreign governments investigating tax crimes. The rejection illustrates the growing tension between small... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United Kingdom, Cayman Islands |
Taxation |
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French SFOR Troops Kill Serb Suspect Resisting Arrest While Bosnian Serb Denies War Crimes and Milosevic Denies Entry to War Crimes Prosecutor |
On January 9, 1999, French troops shot and killed Dragan Gagovic, a suspected Bosnian Serb war criminal as he prepared to ram the soldiers with his vehicle at a mountain roadblock established to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
France, Former Yugoslavia |
Law of War |
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PRC Acts to Stop Illegal Fees Imposed on Foreign Investors |
On January 5, 1999, the official China Daily reported steps to stop the imposition of illegal fees on foreign investors and to strengthen the transparency of its administration... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
China |
Taxation |
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Paraguay and U.S. Agree on Intellectual Property Cooperation |
On November 17, 1998, U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky announced in a press release that, just in time to avoid the threat of U.S. trade sanctions, Paraguay and the U.S. concluded a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United States, Paraguay |
Intellectual Property |
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U.S. Tobacco Subsidiary Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Cigarettes to Evade Tax |
On December 22, 1998, Northern Brands, a subsidiary of U.S. tobacco multinational R.J. Reynolds, pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay the U.S. $15 million for its role in a massive smuggling... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
Canada, United States |
Customs Enforcement, Taxation |
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U.S. Investigates Potential Wrongdoing in Economic Investor Visas |
U.S. Government investigators are looking at a Greenbelt, Maryland firm that aggressively marketed opportunities to take advantage of the U.S. economic investment program... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United States |
Immigration, Fraud |
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: IRS Official Warns the U.S. Will Intensify Compliance against Tax Havens and the Offshore |
On January 14, 1999, in a speech at the 17th annual international tax conference of the Florida Bar Association Tax Section and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, John Lyons, IRS... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United States |
Taxation, Fraud |
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Council of Europe Promulgates Convention on Protection of the Environment Through Criminal Law |
: On November 16, 1998, seven countries signed the Council of Europe’s Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law, which opened for signature November 4, 1998... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
Europe |
Environment |
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British Law Lords Reject Effort of British National to Fight Extradition to Germany for Fraud |
In 1997, the House of Lords denied an appeal from the denial of a habeas corpus application by Ismail, a British national, from a extradition request on fraud charges in Germany... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United Kingdom |
Extradition |
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Books |
ABA 10th Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Seminar (ABA, Nov. 2-3, 1998, 833 pp.
International Chamber of Commerce, Guide to the Prevention of Money Laundering (June 1998)
...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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Mexico Orders Extradition of Mexican National Amezcua |
On January 14, 1999, the Mexican Government announced its authorization to extradite a Mexican citizen and alleged drug lord, Jesus Amezcua, to the U.S. where he is charged in federal indictments for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition |
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Mexico Pursues Cabal Peniche and Other Fugitive Bankers |
On January 11, 1998, hearings were held in a court in Melbourne, Australia concerning the Mexican Government’s extradition request against Carlos Cabal Peniche, who is residing in Melbourne, as... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
Mexico, Australia |
Money Laundering, Extradition |