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14 Countries Raid Internet Child Pornography Ring |
On September 2, 1998, law enforcement officials in fourteen countries, including the United States, raided nearly 200 suspected members of an Internet child pornography ring characterized by... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
10 |
1998-10-01 |
World |
Cybercrime, Sex Crimes, International Cooperation, Law Enforcement |
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U.S. Makes Counterterrorism Initiatives |
In the aftermath of the bombings of its Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya and threats against other embassies, the U.S. executive and legislative branches have launched counterterrorism initiatives... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
10 |
1998-10-01 |
United States |
Terrorism |
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Law Enforcement Cooperation Against African Bombing Continues |
Significant law enforcement operations continue to gather evidence about and arrest persons involved in the August 7, 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies. On August 28, 1998, Mohammed Saddiq Odeh,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
10 |
1998-10-01 |
United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Uganda, Kenya, tanzania |
Terrorism, International Cooperation, Law Enforcement |
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Sudan Starts Own Probe of Factory Bombed by US After UN Refuses to Investigate |
On September 2, 1998, the media announced that Sudan’s Government is starting its own investigation of the ownership of a pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum, which was destroyed in a U.S. missile... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
10 |
1998-10-01 |
United States, Sudan |
Terrorism, United Nations |
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Children of Bomb Victim Sues Osama bin Laden |
On September 8, 1998, the three children of James Harry Allen, a U.S. citizen killed in the November 1995 terrorist car-bomb attack in Ryadh, Saudi Arabia, filed the first U.S. federal suit against... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
10 |
1998-10-01 |
United States, Saudi Arabia |
Terrorism |
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Initiative to Establish Enforcement Regime Against Transnational Corruption Progresses |
International organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and governments continue their efforts in constructing an alliance to establish an enforcement regime against transnational corruption... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
10 |
1998-10-01 |
OECD |
Corruption, Law Enforcement |
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Maritime Groups Urge PRC to Rectify Apparent State Piracy |
On August 24, 1998, the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) and the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) urged the People’s Republic of China to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
10 |
1998-10-01 |
China |
International Organizations, Maritime, Law Enforcement, Piracy |
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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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Former Yugoslav Tribunal Operates Under Accusations for Deaths of Detainees |
Two deaths of detainees awaiting trial have stimulated accusations and inquiries into the conditions of pre-trial detention for defendants awaiting trial before the Former Yugoslav Tribunal.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
Law of War, Genocide, International Courts |