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Australian Appellate Court Denies New Zealand Extradition Request Based on Delay |
An Australian appellate court’s affirmance of the denial by a lower court’s decision on an extradition request by New Zealand on a sex crime, due to the unjust and oppressive effects of the delay in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
Australia, New Zealand |
Extradition, Sex Crimes |
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European Parliament Committee Adopts Report Endorsing Need for EU Anti-Corruption Policy |
On July 23, 1998, the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, chaired by Hedy D’Ancona (PES, NL), unanimously adopted the report by Rinaldo Bontempi (PES, I) on the paper of the European... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
Europe |
Corruption |
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U.S. Court Denies Fugitive’s Motion to Quash Warrant and Change of Venue |
On April 16, 1998, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied a motion to quash a warrant for arrest of the relator, Shoshannah Eliseba Schweidenback, and denied a motion to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United States |
Extradition, Jurisdiction |
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U.S. and Other Countries Act to Ratify and Implement OECD Convention |
On July 31, 1998, the United States Senate acted to strengthen measures on transnational business corruption in acting to approve ratification of the OECD anti-corruption treaty and implementing... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United States, Trinidad & Tobago, Brazil |
Corruption, International Organizations, Treaties |
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Alleged Drug Trafficker Threatens to Kill U.S. Nationals If St. Kitts Grants Extradition |
On July 30, 1998, the U.S. Department of State reported that Charles “Little Nut” Miller, whose extradition the U.S. Government has requested from St. Kitts, has threatened to randomly kill U.S.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United States, St. Kitts & Nevis |
Extradition, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking |
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British Court Agrees to US Extradition Request for One of Three Computer Crime and Credit Card Crimes |
On June 2, 1998, The Times carried a report of a decision affirming appeals of the denial of extradition to the U.S. resulting from credit card and computer crime offenses.... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
Extradition, Financial Crimes, Computer Crimes |
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U.S.-Austrian MLAT Takes Effective |
On August 1, 1998, the Agreement on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the U.S. and Austria, signed on February 23, 1995, became effective. The signatories exchanged instruments of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United States, Austria |
Mutual Legal Assistance, White Collar Crime |
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U.S. Agrees to Help Turkey Combat Tax Crimes |
On August 10, 1998, the Turkish Anatolia news agency reported that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service will instruct Turkish tax officials on combating tax crimes, such as tax evasion...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United States, Turkey |
International Criminal and Comparative Law, Tax Crimes |
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Caribbean Judicial Conference Proposes New Cooperative Arrangements |
On August 4-7, 1998, the University of the West Indies (UWI)/United Nations International Drug Control Program (UNDCP) hosted a regional judicial symposium on anti-money laundering, criminal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
Caribbean |
Money Laundering, Asset Forfeiture, Conferences, International Criminal and Comparative Law, International Cooperation |
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Western Hemisphere Law Enforcement Officials Hold Conference on Stemming Illegal Export of Firearms |
On August 17, 1998, law enforcement authorities from 24 countries in the Western Hemisphere met in Miami Beach to discuss cooperation to slow the illegal trade in firearms...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean |
Arms Trafficking, Conferences |
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Russian Mob Increase Prostitute Rackets in Israel |
An investigative report has exposed the increasing trend by Russian organized crime rings to allure Russian women into prostitution rings in Israel. The struggling Russian economy and the fear of... |
Danielle Barranca |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
Israel, Russia |
Immigration, Organized Crime, Sex Crimes, Law Enforcement |
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U.S. Executive Contemplates Alternatives on International Criminal Court |
In shock over the rejection of some of its positions at the conclusion of the conference to draft a statute on the Permanent International Criminal Court, the Clinton Administration is considering... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United States |
International Organizations |
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Book Reviews |
Joanne Greig, Combatting Money Laundering, 8 Crim. L.F. 485-96 (1997) (reviewing Money Laundering and Banking Secrecy: XIVth International Congress of Comparative Law (Paolo Bernasconi, ed.)).
Guy... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
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Book Review |
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English Court Upholds Extradition Under Provisional Arrest |
On October 27, 1997, the Queens Bench Division upheld an extradition order, in a case in which Q was detained under a provisional warrant for committing an armed robbery in Germany, which raises the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
Germany, United Kingdom |
Extradition, Robbery |
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Canadian Supreme Court Overrules Lower Court Requirement of Prior Judicial Authorization for MLAT Request |
In a ruling that brought relief to the Department of Justice of Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada recently set aside the judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal and held that the Canadian standard... |
Kirk W. Munroe |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
Canada, Switzerland |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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U.S. Supreme Court Holds Forfeiture of Outbound Passenger Currency Is Excessive |
On June 22, 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision held that the forfeiture of $357,144 worth of undeclared currency of a passenger preparing to board an international flight violated the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States |
Asset Forfeiture |
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Swiss Court Indicts Bhutto’s Husband and Prepares Indictment against the Former Prime Minister |
On July 17, 1998, Judge Daniel Devaud indicted Asif Ali Zardari, the husband of Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, on money laundering charges and, according to press reports,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
Switzerland |
Money Laundering, Corruption |
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OECD Evaluates Progress on Implementation of Anti-Corruption Agreement |
On July 15-16, 1998, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) held a meeting on “National and International Approaches to Improving Integrity and Transparency in Government”... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
OECD |
Corruption, International Organizations |
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Financial Action Task Force Releases Annual Report |
In June 1998, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) released its annual report for 1997-98. The 1997 report was issued the preceding June. The ninth round of the FATF was... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations |
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World Bank Continues Internal Measures and Initiates Lawsuits to Recover Alleged Corrupt Payments |
On July 16, 1998, a media report quoted World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn acknowledging the establishment of a special internal fraud team, the hiring of the accounting firm Price Waterhouse... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Corruption, International Organizations, Fraud |