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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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EU Members Sign Customs Enforcement Cooperation Convention |
On December 18, 1998, representatives of fifteen European Union Members signed the Naples II Convention on Mutual Assistance and Cooperation between Customs Administrations, obligating themselves to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
Europe |
Customs Enforcement, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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Second Regional Meeting on Drug Control Coordination and Cooperation in the Caribbean Reviews Progress on Plan of Action |
During December 8-9, 1997, the Second Regional Meeting on Drug Control Coordination and Cooperation was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A Declaration addressed future efforts to implement... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
Caribbean |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation |
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Swiss Highest Court Upholds Freeze on Mobutu’s Assets |
On February 10, 1998, the Swiss Federal Tribunal, its highest court, upheld a freeze on the assets of the estate of Mobutu Sese Seko, the late dictator of Congo, pending the Congo’s request to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
Switzerland, Congo |
Asset Forfeiture |
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Dominican Republic Arrests Fugitive U.S. Doctor |
On February 14, 1998, the media reported the arrest two days before by Dominican Republic authorities of Dr. Rafael Gonzalez Pantaleon, a former government official and member of the political party... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
United States, Dominican Republic |
Extradition, Fraud |
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Extradition Under the New Polish Legislation of 1997 |
1. Constitution of the Republic of Poland On April 2, 1997, the Polish National Assembly adopted an entirely new Constitution which shows almost no resemblance to the previous Constitution of 1952... |
Michael Plachta |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
Poland |
Extradition |
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Colombia Prosecutor Investigates Checks from Cali Drug Cartel |
On January 7, 1998, the international media reported the investigation by Colombian deputy attorney general Jaime Cordoba, whose office is reviewing 10,000 checks to establish links between drug... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Colombia |
Corruption, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Texas Magistrate Denies Surrender to Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal |
On December 17, 1997, a Texas magistrate denied a surrender request by the Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal for the only person arrested on behalf of the Tribunal, thereby posing a major temporary setback... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
United States |
Law of War, United Nations, War Crimes, International Courts |
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Dominican Republican Connection Looms Large in Florida Money Laundering Connections |
On January 13, 1998, one of the biggest money-laundering trials in years in South Florida ended with the conviction of the head of a massive cocaine-trafficking network on 69 drug and laundering... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
United States, Dominican Republic |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Class Action Litigation Brought Against French Banks |
At the end of December 1997, French survivors of the Holocaust filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New York against a group of banks that had operations in Vichy France during the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
United States, France |
Law of War, Holocaust, Property Restitution |
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U.S. Appellate Court Upholds Application of Wire Fraud Laws to Foreign Tax Fraud |
On December 5, 1997, U.S. law enforcement and revenue officials obtained a victory when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overruled the dismissal of an indictment that alleged money... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Canada, United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Fraud, Tax Crimes |
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EU Establishes Mechanism to Evaluate Member Implementation of Measures to Combat Organized Crime |
On December 5, 1997, the Council Adopted a Joint Action under Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union (EU) to establish a mechanism for evaluating the application and implementation at the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Europe |
Organized Crime, International Cooperation, Law Enforcement |
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Canada Prepares Extradition Law for War Crimes |
The Canadian executive is preparing a bill that would enable authorities to extradite suspected war criminals whose surrender is sought by international tribunals... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Canada |
Extradition, War Crimes, International Courts |
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Bibliography of Books |
1. Banking and Money Laundering
Cees D. Schaap, Fighting Money Laundering (1997), ISBN: 90-411-0728-2.
(The work covers the new Netherlands Antillean legislation on money laundering and suggests... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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Guinea Deports U.S. National Wanted For Murder and Narcotics Trafficking |
On January 7, 1998, the Guinean Government, working with U.S. authorities, arrested and then deported Nathan Hill, who is wanted in Chicago on murder and drug-trafficking charges and was named to the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
United States, Guinea |
Extradition, Murder, Drugs & Trafficking, Deportation |
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Bibliography of Book Reviews |
Beth Stephens & Michael Ratner, International Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts (1996), reviewed by Ralph Steinhardt, 91 A.J.I.L. 755-57. |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
World |
Bibliography, Book Review |
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St. Vincent Deports Two German Nationals on Fraud Charges |
On January 12, 1998, the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines deported Michel Wieland and his fifteen-year-old lover, Manuela, to Germany, where Wieland is wanted on fraud charges... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Germany, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Extradition, Fraud, Deportation |
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Bibliography of Documents |
1. Taxation
Gibbs International v. Internal Revenue Service, ___ F.3d ___ (4th Cir. 1997), 80 ATR2d Para.97-5536. No. 96-2790).
(A U.S. appellate court upheld the lower court decision that the IRS... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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U.S. and Canada Plan Cooperation to Combat Telemarketing Fraud |
On November 20, 1997, in the wake of a decision by a Canadian appellate court that denied the U.S. extradition request for Canadian defendants in telemarketing cases, the U.S.-Canada Working Group on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Canada, United States |
Extradition, Fraud, International Cooperation, Law Enforcement |
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AIDP Colloquium on Organized Crime and International Cooperation |
On May 13-17, 1998, a preparatory Colloquium of the Association International de Droit Penal (AIDP) on Organized Crime and International Cooperation in Criminal Matters will be organized in Utrecht,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
World |
Organized Crime, Conferences, International Cooperation |