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European Parliamentary Committee Issues Report for Closer Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters in the EU |
On February 11, 1998, the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs issued a report, noting the unanimous adoption of a motion on strenghtening judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
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1998-06-01 |
European Union |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Case Against Theft of Cultural Property |
On April 13, 1998, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the prosecution of two Texans and their lawyer on charges that they trafficked in stolen cultural property... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-06-01 |
United States |
Cultural Property |
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Commonwealth of Virginia Executes Paraguayan Despite ICJ Plea |
On April 14, 1998, the Commonwealth of Virginia execyted Angel Francisco Breard, a Paraguayan national, for murder despite a plea from the International Court of Justice and from Secretary of State... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-06-01 |
United States |
International Criminal Court |
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U.S. Indicts 16 for Forcing Illegal Aliens Into Prostitution and Establishes Task Force to Prosecute Slavery and Worker Exploitation |
On April 23, 1998, the U.S. Attorney in Miami released a 52-count indictment brought by a grand jury in Fort Pierce, Florida, against sixteen persons, charging them with operating a prostitution ring... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-06-01 |
United States |
Sex Crimes |
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U.S. Grants Czech Extradition Request for False Export Control on Machine Guns |
On February 18, 1998, U.S. Magistrate Theodore H. Katz, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, denied defendant Rafael Eduardo Pineda Lara's motion to dismiss the extradition... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-06-01 |
United States |
Extradition |
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Ex-Leader Pleads Guilty to Rwanda Genocide Before International Tribunal |
On May 1, 1998, in the most sensational development in the contemporart operation of the War Crimes Tribunals, Jean Kambanda, a former Rwanda Prime Minister, pleaded guilty to genocide charges before... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-06-01 |
Rwanda |
Genocide |
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U.S. Sting Results in Indictments of Three Mexican Banks and Apology from Clinton |
On May 18, 1998, the culmination of a three-year sting operation resulted in a grand jury indictment against 160 people, including three Mexican banks and twenty-two Mexican bankers for laundering... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-06-01 |
Mexico |
Money Laundering |
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Argentina Arrests Sakic in Response to Croatia's Extradition Request |
On April 30, 1998, the Argentine police arrested Dinko Sakic, 76, one of the most important living persons accused of war crimes from World War II, in response to a request from the Croatian... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-06-01 |
Argentina |
Extradition |
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The New Money Laundering Regime: Bermuda's "Know Your Client" Culture Affirmed |
"The Proceeds of Crime Act 1997" (the "Act") received the assent of the Governor on 19 December, 1997, and came into operation in Bermuda on 19 January, 1998. |
Monica J. Jones and Michael J. Burns |
14 |
5 |
1998-06-01 |
Bermuda |
Money Laundering |
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U.S. and EU Implement Plans to Stop Firearms Exports |
On April 22, 1998, the Clinton Administration notified the British Government that it was revoking all pending licenses for the export of firearms to British companies as a first step to stop the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-06-01 |
European Union |
Export Enforcement |
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FATF Issues Annual Report on Money Laundering Typologies |
On February 12, 1998, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Money Laundering issued its 1997-98 report on money laundering typologies. The purpose of the exercise was to provide a forum for law... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, International Organizations, Law Enforcement |
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G-8 Environment Ministers Agree to Strengthen Enforcement Cooperation |
On April 3-5, 1998, at a meeting of the Group of Eight Environment Ministers at Leeds Castle in the United Kingdom, an informal agreement was achieved to strengthen enforcement cooperation...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
G-8 member countries |
Environment, International Cooperation, Crimes |
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Cayman Islands and Brazil Are Concluding MOU on Bank Supervision |
The Cayman Islands and the Government of Brazil are concluding a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides for cross-border supervision of Brazilian banks operating in the Cayman Islands... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Brazil, Cayman Islands |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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Last PrepCom on International Criminal Court Ends |
On April 3, 1998, more than 100 countries and several non-governmental organizations finished the last preparatory conference leading to the June 15-July 17, 1998, conference in Rome that will... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
World |
International Organizations, Treaties |
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U.S. Narcotics Report Reviews Status of International Money Laundering |
As part of the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), the U.S. Department of State has provided a review of the status of global money laundering trends and countermeasures... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, International Organizations, International Cooperation |
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Ukraine Ratifies European Extradition and Mutual Assistance Treaties |
On March 11, 1998, Ukraine ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Extradition and Its Additional Protocols and the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and its... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Europe, Ukraine |
Extradition, International Organizations, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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Latvia Signs European Laundering Convention |
On March 11, 1998, the Government of Latvia signed the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime. Maria Klisans, Charge d’Affaires of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Latvia |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Treaties |
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Dutch Government Rejects Heirs of Jewish Art Collector’s Nazi War Claims |
On March 25, 1998, Aad Nuis, the Deputy Culture Minister of the Netherlands Government, denied a claim by heirs of Jewish art collector, Jacques Goudstikker, to paintings that were acquired by... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Netherlands |
Art and Cultural Property, Law of War, Property Restitution |
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Summit of the Americas Produces Multilateral Counterdrug Alliance |
On April 19, 1998, at the second Summit of the Americas, the thirty-four participating countries agreed to establish a Multilateral Counterdrug Alliance and related Plan of Action that, inter alia,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean |
International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking |
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NATO Special Forces Arrest Two Bosnian Serbs for Omarska Camp Crimes and A Serb Suspect Surrenders |
On April 8, 1998, British special forces that are part of the NATO forces arrested Miroslav Kvocka and Mladen Radic, two Bosnian Serb war crime suspects wanted for alleged atrocities at the Omarska... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United Kingdom, Netherlands, Bosnia |
Law of War, Torture, International Courts |