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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
OAS Stregnthens Anti-Money Laundering Efforts On May 12-14, 1998, the Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) met and agreed to strengthen anti-money laundering enforcement efforts... [more] Bruce Zagaris 14 7 1998-07-01 North America, Latin America and South America Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking
Neutrals Give Mixed Reaction to U.S. Call to Contribute to Holocaust Victims 1. U.S. Report On June 2, 1998, the U.S. in a supplemental report on the role of neutrals in the Holocaust urged five neutral countries to continue their accountability and make financial... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 United States, Norway Law of War, Holocaust
U.S. and Mexico Duel Over Money Laundering Case On May 18, 1998, a federal grand jury in Los Angeles charged three Mexican banks and twenty-six Mexican bankers with laundering millions of dollars in drug profits. According to an announcement by... Bruce Zagaris 14 7 1998-07-01 United States, Mexico Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking
Yugoslav Tribunal On June 15, 1998, French and German units of the NATO-led peace-keeping force in Foca, southeastern Bosnia, arrested Milorad Krnojelac, 57, a former Serbian prison camp commander who allegedly... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 France, Germany, Bosnia Law of War, War Crimes, Torture, International Courts
Panama Banking Regime Undergoes Reforms in Supervision In the thirty years since the enactment of Cabinet Decree 238 of 1970 as the Banking Law of Panama, the Panamanian banking system has transformed itself from a hub of brass-plate banking companies... Alvaro Aguilar-Alf 14 8 1998-07-01 Panama Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Banking Supervision
Rome Conference for Permanent International Criminal Court Opens On June 15, 1998, the Diplomatic Conference on a convention to establish a Permanent International Criminal Court opened with a rapid, no-debate adoption of its Rules of Procedure, including the... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 World International Courts, Treaties
Swiss Indict 3 Swiss Citizens with Bhutto Links for Money Laundering On June 2, 1998, Daniel Devaud, a Swiss magistrate in Geneva, announced the indictment of three Swiss citizens linked to the former Pakistani Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, for money laundering... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 Switzerland Money Laundering, Corruption, Bank Secrecy
EU Concludes “Pre-Accession Pact on Organized Crime” with 11 Applicants On May 29, 1998, the European Union Justice and Home Affairs ministers and their eleven colleagues from the countries applying for EU membership (the ten Central and Eastern European countries and... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 Europe International Organizations, Organized Crime
U.N. Drug Summit Adopts Global Strategy At a three-day special session of the United Nations General Assembly, June 8-10, 1998, attended by presidents, prime ministers, and senior ministers from 150 countries, a global strategy was adopted... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 World United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking
U.S. Announces Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime On May 12, 1998, on the eve of his departure for the G-8 Economic Summit in Birmingham, England, where transnational organized crime was one of the main subjects, U.S. President Clinton announced an... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 United States Organized Crime, International Cooperation
Interpol Agents Arrest Italian Wanted for Organized Crime in Italy On June 11, 1998, Interpol agents arrested Giovanni Fabbrocino, 28, in Argentina for charges on illicit association, money laundering, and murder in Naples, Italy... [more] Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 Italy, Argentina Money Laundering, Extradition, Murder, Organized Crime
A Critical Analysis of the U.N. Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 1. Introduction On 9 January 1998, the General Assembly of the United Nations approved Resolution 52/164 adopting the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings. This is the... Konstantinos D Magliveras 14 8 1998-07-01 World Terrorism, United Nations, Treaties
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
Council of Europe Cooperative Documents Expand Several developments in the accession to Council of Europe criminal cooperation documents have occurred recently... [more] Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 Europe Teaching, Research, Adjective Assistance, International Convention
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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