Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Brazil Enacts Anti-Money Laundering Law On March 4, 1998, the Brazilian new anti-money laundering bill proposed by the Executive Branch and enacted by the Congress took effect. It will criminalize money laundering for the first time... [... Bruce Zagaris and Sergio Sardenberg 14 4 1998-04-01 Brazil Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Asset Forfeiture, International Cooperation
Recent Anti-Money-Laundering Efforts in Taiwan 1. Introduction The Republic of China ("Taiwan") has encountered episodes of money laundering of illicitly gained proceeds for the past several years. Further, in addition to the... Lawrence L. C. Lee 14 4 1998-04-01 Taiwan Money Laundering
Activity of Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Increases Slowly, but significantly, the pace of activity of the War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has increased... [more] Bruce Zagaris 14 4 1998-04-01 Former Yugoslavia Law of War, War Crimes, International Courts
Catalan Judge Sentences Network the Laundered Drug Money On February 18, 1998, Judge Baltasar Garzon of the National Court convicted nine persons accused of laundering drug-related money. The network operated primarily in Barcelona and laundered more than... Bruce Zagaris 14 4 1998-04-01 Spain Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking
U.S. Congress Adopts Resolution for Tribunal Against Saddam Hussein as Iraq Moves to Recommend the Same Against Clinton On March 13, 1998, the U.S. Senate voted 93-0 to urge the creation of a United Nations tribunal to try President Saddam Hussein of Iraq as a war criminal. In November 1997, the House adopted a... Bruce Zagaris 14 4 1998-04-01 United States, Iraq Law of War, War Crimes, International Courts
FATF Issues Annual Report on Money Laundering Typologies On February 12, 1998, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering issued its 1997-98 report on money laundering typologies. The report will be discussed in the May 1998 issue of the... Bruce Zagaris 14 4 1998-04-01 World Money Laundering, International Organizations
Rwanda War Crime Suspect Rearrested in Texas On February 26, 1998, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents rearrested Mr. Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, a Rwandan minister accused of crimes against humanity, at the request of the War Crimes... Bruce Zagaris 14 4 1998-04-01 United States, Rwanda Law of War, War Crimes
Caribbean Police Commissioners Prepare Anti-Crime Scheme On January 22-23, 1998, the Caribbean Commissioners of Police met at the Regional Police Training Center in Barbados and prepared a six-point anti-crime plan... [more] Bruce Zagaris 14 3 1998-03-01 Caribbean Mutual Legal Assistance
Argentine Military Officer Complains of Unfairness of French In Absentia Conviction On January 23, 1998, in the Argentine magazine Trespuntos, former Argentine navy Commander Alfredo Astiz complained that a French court used false testimony to convict him of charges that he killed... Bruce Zagaris 14 3 1998-03-01 France, Argentina Human Rights, Murder, Law Enforcement
Swiss Cooperation with Spanish Human Rights Proceedings Produces Momentum on Argentine Prosecutions Cooperation from the Swiss Government in identifying bank accounts registered to former members of the Argentine military has produced important momentum in the prosecution by a Spanish court in a... Bruce Zagaris 14 3 1998-03-01 Switzerland, Spain, Argentina Human Rights, Mutual Legal Assistance, Law Enforcement
U.S. Congress Holds Hearings on Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation On February 5, 1998, the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, held hearings on legislation to reauthorize action to... Bruce Zagaris 14 3 1998-03-01 United States Environment, Law Enforcement, Wildlife Smuggle
Status of Negotiations to Establish an International Criminal Court The year 1997 was a watershed one for the attempt to establish a permanent International Criminal Court to try individuals accused of committing genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.... Steven Gerber 14 3 1998-03-01 World War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts, Crimes against Humanity
EU Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs Sets Forth Priorities On December 16, 1997, during the European Parliament’s annual debate on the Third Pillar, Anita Gradin, Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, outlined recent achievements and future directions... Bruce Zagaris 14 3 1998-03-01 Europe International Organizations, Organized Crime
Britain Considers Compensating Holocaust Victims On January 18, 1998, British ministers agreed to publish a full list of the names of the 25,000 companies, partnerships, and individuals who did not receive assets that had been confiscated during... Bruce Zagaris 14 3 1998-03-01 United Kingdom Law of War, Holocaust, Property Restitution
U.S. Troops Arrest and Send Bosnian Serb to War Crimes Tribunal While Two Serbs Surrender On January 22, 19987, U.S. troops arrested and turned over Goran Jelisic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Jelisic is accused of killing at least sixteen Muslims and... Bruce Zagaris 14 3 1998-03-01 United States, Bosnia Law of War, Murder, War Crimes, International Courts
Caribbean Under Pressure to Tighten Anti-Laundering and Financial Supervision Caribbean dependencies and independent countries are under pressure from the U.K. and the U.S. to tighten anti-money laundering and financial supervision and are acting to strengthen their regimes... Bruce Zagaris 14 3 1998-03-01 United States, Caribbean, United Kingdom, Russia, Panama Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
U.S. Congress Holds Hearing on Looted Artworks and Insurance Polices from Holocaust On February 12, 1998, the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, held a hearing on restitution issues related to World War II and the Holocaust, focusing in... Bruce Zagaris 14 3 1998-03-01 United States Law of War, Holocaust, Property Restitution
: Two U.S. Interior Designers Convicted of Laundering for Cali Cartel Member On February 19, 1998, two San Francisco interior designers who worked exclusively for former Cali cartel druglord Jose Santacruz Londono, were convicted in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn on charges... Bruce Zagaris 14 3 1998-03-01 United States Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking
Advances in Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Panama The enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs) has been a major concern for U.S. companies doing business in the rest of the world. In the case of Panama, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR... Alvaro Aguilar-Alfu 14 3 1998-03-01 United States, Panama Intellectual Property, Law Enforcement
Drugs and Security in the Caribbean: Sovereignty under Siege The author, a political science professor at Florida International University and a specialist on Caribbean security matters, promotes that the drug phenomenon in the Caribbean constitutes a security... Bruce Zagaris 14 3 1998-03-01 United States, Caribbean Corruption, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Book Review

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