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First Federal Indictment Brought Against Caribbean Based Sports Internet Wagering |
On March 4, 1998, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Mary Jo White, announced that an indictment was brought against the managers and owners of six Internet sports betting companies... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
United States, Caribbean |
Cybercrime, Betting |
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Haiti Presses Three Countries to Extradite Former Leaders and U.S. Continues to Press Honduras to Extradite Former Haitian Leader |
On March 3, 1998, the media reported that the Haitian Government has pressed Panama, Honduras, and the United States to extradite ten leaders of a 1991 military coup wanted on charges of murder and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
United States, Haiti, Panama, Honduras |
Extradition, Murder, Torture |
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U.S. Presses Intellectual Property Enforcement Actions in WTO |
1. Action Against Greece and Bulgaria In its annual filing to the U.S. Trade Representative’s office, a coalition of copyright-dependent industries demanded trade action against Greece and Bulgaria... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
United States, Greece, Ireland, Bulgaria |
Intellectual Property, International Organizations |
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SEC Takes Enforcement Action Against Canadian Stock Manipulators |
On January 29, 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took civil action against two former officers of MTC Electronic Technologies, Inc., a Canadian entity that traded on the Nasdaq,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
Canada, United States |
Securities Trade Enforcement, Financial Crimes |
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Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties Signed by the U.S. |
According to the Office of Treaty Affairs, U.S. Department of State, the following changes have occurred in U.S. mutual legal assistance treaties since our last update in October 1995.... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
United States |
Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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: 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 |
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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 |
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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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U.S. Court Denies Swiss National’s Effort to Dismiss Extradition |
On January 27, 1998, a U.S. Magistrate in New York denied a motion of Rudolf Johann Othmar Ernst to dismiss an extradition complaint filed against him by the Swiss Government in a case involving... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
United States, Switzerland |
Extradition, Fraud |
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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 |