Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
British Court Rules Pinochet Has Sovereign Immunity On October 28, 1998, Britain’s High Court ruled that Augusto Pinochet cannot be tried in court for anything he did while he was president of Chile on the basis of sovereign immunity... [more] Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 United Kingdom, Chile Human Rights, Immunity
U.S. Enacts Anti-Money Laundering Act Before adjourning, the U.S. Congress enacted the Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Strategy Act of 1998. The goal of the law is to establish a national strategy to combat money laundering and... Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
Conference on War Crimes Trials in the Former Yugoslavia The Humanitarian Law Center, a well recognized NGO of the Former Yugoslavia (FRY), organized a Conference on the war crimes trials and the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former... Dr. Kai Ambos 14 12 1998-12-01 Former Yugoslavia International Organizations, Law of War, War Crimes, Conferences
Proposed U.S. Know Your Customer Rule Will Formalize Internal Control Procedures The proposed “Know Your Customer” regulation contained in the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System’s memorandum dated September 28, 1998 requires banks to develop for the first time their... Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
Holocaust Victims Pursue Recoveries Against Companies and Art Looters On November 6, 1998, the World Jewish Congress announced plans to publicize a list of 2,000 persons involved in the Nazi loot of art during World War II. The counsel for alleged victims of slave... Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 World Art and Cultural Property, International Organizations, Law of War, War Crimes
China and U.S. Resume Unprecedented Drug Enforcement Cooperation After many years of restrained cooperation, the People’s Republic of China and the U.S. have taken bold new measures to combat international narcotics trafficking. The measures include: the... Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 United States, China Intelligence, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement
Security Council Condemns Yugoslav’s Denial of Visas to War Crimes Tribunal’s Investigators On November 17, 1998, the U.N. Security Council called on Yugoslavia to allow the U.N. war crimes tribunal into Kosovo to investigate and prosecute human rights abuses and condemned the Yugoslav... Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 Former Yugoslavia Law of War, United Nations, War Crimes
U.S. District Court Rejects Defense Challenge to Wire Fraud Laws for Tax Evasion Crimes Involving Smuggling Tobacco and Liquor to Canada On October 4, 1998, in the case United States v. Miller, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York denied motions brought by 21 defendants charged with smuggling tobacco and... Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 Canada, United States Drugs & Trafficking, Fraud, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
War Crimes Tribunal Convicts 3 and Acquits 1 of Atrocities On November 16, 1998, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) rendered a decision, convicting two Bosnian Muslims and one Croat of war crimes against Serb civilians in a... Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 Former Yugoslavia Law of War, War Crimes, International Courts
Philippines Inter-Agency Task Force Targets Foreign Tax Crimes During the week of October 19, 1998, the Philippine Government established an interagency task force composed of ranking officials from the Bureau of Immigration and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (... Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 Philippines Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
Raúl Salinas Appeals Seizure of $114 Million by Swiss On October 30, 1998, the media reported that Raúl Salinas and his wife have appealed with Switzerland’s highest court the seizure of $114 million. The seizure was based on allegations that the money... Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 Switzerland Asset Forfeiture, Bribery, Treaties
Initiative to Establish Enforcement Regime Against Transnational Corruption Progresses International organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and governments continue their efforts at constructing an alliance to establish an enforcement regime against transnational corruption... [... Bruce Zagaris 14 11 1998-11-01 OECD Corruption, Law Enforcement
U.S. Congress Passes Bill to Combat Transnational Corruption On October 21, 1998, Congress passed legislation (S 2375) approving the OECD Convention on the Bribery of Foreign Public Officials. The law will amend the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,... Bruce Zagaris 14 11 1998-11-01 United States Corruption, Bribery, Treaties
EU Considers Initiative to Strengthen International Human Rights On October 9, 1998, a group of wise persons appealed to the European Union to strengthen its strategy and prioritization of international human rights, a plea that has important potential... Bruce Zagaris 14 11 1998-11-01 Europe Human Rights, International Criminal and Comparative Law
British Report on Channel Islands Offshore Will Require Publication of Companies’ Accounts In a prelude to one of many controversies over financial supervisory regulation and enforcement and fiscal integrity, a draft recommendation of a British Home Office report in financial regulation on... Bruce Zagaris 14 11 1998-11-01 United Kingdom Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
U.S. Appellate Court Overturns Convictions of Offshore Sports Betting and Laundering On August 24, 1998, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit unanimously overturned the convictions of four persons convicted of multiple counts for their involvement in a gambling operation,... Bruce Zagaris 14 11 1998-11-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Betting
British Arrest of Pinochet on Spanish Court’s Request for Human Rights Puts Spot Light on Immunities On October 16, 1998, the British police arrested and held Gen. Augusto Pinochet on behalf of the Spanish Government who request his extradition in connection with investigations by two Spanish judges... Bruce Zagaris 14 11 1998-11-01 United Kingdom, Spain Extradition, Human Trafficking, Immunity, International Criminal and Comparative Law
U.S. Federal Reserve Will Issue New “Know Your Customer” Regulations On October 2, 1998, the Federal Reserve Board approved draft regulations on “know your customer” that will require a higher level of due diligence for banks. Meanwhile, on October 16, 1998, the... Bruce Zagaris 14 11 1998-11-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
ICC Commercial Crime Services and Interpol Agree to Cooperate against Cybercrime On September 24, 1998, Eric Ellen, director of the Commercial Crime Center of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) announced that it was establishing a new special unit to combat cybercrime... Bruce Zagaris 14 11 1998-11-01 World Cybercrime, International Organizations
U.S. Announces Indictment and Seeks Custody of Mexican Cartel Leader On October 7, 1998, U.S. officials announced the indictment for drug and money laundering crimes against the alleged Juàrez cartel leader Vincente Carrillo Fuentes, the brother of the late Amado... Bruce Zagaris 14 11 1998-11-01 United States, Mexico Money Laundering, Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking

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