Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
OAS Approves Plan to Implement Anti-Drug Strategy On May 8, 1998, at its twenty-third regular session, the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission approved an action plan for the implementation of the anti-drug strategy in the hemisphere. This... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking
Statute for International Criminal Court Receives Overwhelming Endorsement On July 17, 1997, government representatives voted 120 to 7, with 21 abstentions, in favor of a comprehensive treaty containing a statute to establish an International Criminal Court (ICC). While... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 World International Courts
Two Prominent Lawyers Convicted On July 17 and 20, 1998, a Miami federal jury convicted attorneys Michael Abbell and William Moran of money laundering and racketeering conspiracy in a case that was controversial and has disturbed... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 United States Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Fraud
AIDP Group Adopts Draft Resolution on International Cooperation and Transnational of Organized Crime During a preparatory colloquium held May 13-17, 1998 in Utrecht, Holland, the Fourth Section of the International Penal Law Association (IPLA also known as AIDP) adopted a draft resolution on “the... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 World Organized Crime, International Criminal and Comparative Law, International Cooperation
EU Considers Proposed Tax Enforcement Directive : On July 2, 1998, the European Commission (EC) proposed a directive to prevent individuals from avoiding taxes by moving, along with their assets, from one European Union member state to another... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 Europe Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
Canada Leads Arrests of Cuntrera-Caruana Operatives On July 15, 1998, after an eighteen month investigation that almost stopped due to lack of resources on occasions, police in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. arrested ten alleged members of the Cuntrera-... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 Canada, United States, Mexico Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime
Bolivian Supreme Court Holds Drug Leader Extraditable to U.S. On July 2, 1998, the European Commission (EC) proposed a directive to prevent individuals from avoiding taxes by moving, along with their assets, from one European Union member state to another... [... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 United States, Bolivia Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
International Money Laundering On September 21-23, 1998, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will host the International Money Laundering Conference, to be held in Montreal, Canada. The conference will deal mainly with the... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 World Money Laundering, Conferences
Dominican Republic Amends Extradition Law The Dominican Republic legislature has passed an amendment to the 1969 Extradition law that prohibits extradition of its nationals. The new law will permit extradition of persons charged with... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 United States, Dominican Republic Money Laundering, Extradition, Murder, Kidnaping, Drugs & Trafficking
Balancing the Protection of Human Rights with the Needs of Law Enforcement On August 24-28, 1998, the Commonwealth Secretariat is hosting a conference, entitled Balancing the Protection of Human Rights with the Needs of Law Enforcement. The theme will be International... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 World Human Rights, Conferences, International Cooperation
Latin American Leaders Decry Difficulties in Extraditing Political and Business Leaders Charged with Corruption from South Florida Increasingly, persons charged with corruption in Latin America find refuge in Miami and South Florida and in many other parts of the U.S. The latest ire from Latin America has occurred in Ecuador as... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 United States, Latin America and South America Corruption, Extradition
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS 1. Comparative Criminal Law Marina Braun & Galina Clothier, American-Russian Legal Dictionary: Criminal Law (Westport, CT, Greenwood 1998). 2. International Criminal Law in General... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 World Bibliography
U.S. Courts Grants Extradition to Mexico of Mexican on Firearms Charges On May 8, 1998, Magistrate Cynthia G. Aaron, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, found Gabriel Alfredo Valdez-Mainero extraditable to Mexico. His extradition was requested... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Arms Trafficking
Bibliography of Articles 1. Banking Privacy and Money Laundering K.L. Case, The Saiwa Wake-up Call; The Need for International Standards, 26 Ga. J. Int’l & Comp. L. 215-31 (1996). John K.F. Delaney, Impact of Money... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 World Bibliography
Bahamas Extradites Swiss Fugitive Financier On June 2, 1998, the Bahamian Government extradited Werner Rey to Switzerland on fraud charges in Switzerland over the failure of his business empire in 1991. A Swiss prosecutor and two police... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 Switzerland, Bahamas Extradition, Fraud
Spain Requests Extradition of ETA Member for Murder The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida is considering an extradition request from the Mexican Government for the first suspected Basque terrorist capture in the U.S. Ramon... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 United States, Mexico, Spain Extradition, Terrorism, Murder
Argentina Extradites Sakic to Croatia on World War II Crimes Charges On June 17, 1998, the Argentine Government extradited Dinko Sakic, a Croatian accused of World War II war crimes, from Buenos Aires to Zagreb, where he will stand trial for his role in the death of... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 Argentina, Croatia Extradition, War Crimes
Egypt Turns Over Alleged Terrorist to the U.S. In June 3, 1998, Mohammed Rashid, whom the United States Government has charged in a nine-count indictment with murder, sabotage, assault, and placing bombs on aircraft, arrived in Washington, D.C.... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 United States, Egypt Terrorism, Murder
Spain Extradites Fugitive Banker to Mexico On June 1, 1998, the Spanish Government extradited Angel Rodriguez Saez, the fugitive Mexican banker allegedly responsible for $2 billion worth of losses at Banpais, Mexico’s eighth-largest bank, for... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 Mexico, Spain Extradition, Fraud, Embezzlement
International Money Laundering On September 21-23, 1998, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will host the International Money Laundering Conference, to be held in Montreal, Canada. The conference will deal mainly with the... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 World Money Laundering, Conferences

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