Articles

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U.S. Drug Office and State Department Release Report on Enhanced Multilateral Drug Control Cooperation : In September 1997, the Office of the National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President and the U.S. Department of State, released the Report on Enhanced Multilateral Drug Control... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 United States, Latin America and South America, Caribbean Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation
State and Local Governments Consider 90 Day Moratorium on Swiss Nazi Gold Issues On December 8, 1997, following a conference in New York of interested state and local governments and interested victims and their representatives concerning reparations for Holocaust victims, key... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 United States, Switzerland Law of War
Philippine Extradition Request to Canada Raises Human Rights Issues On December 8, 1997, a hearing in the Ontario Court’s General Division concerned the extradition request by the Philippine Government for the extradition of Rodolfo Pacificador, a Philippine national... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 Canada, Philippines Extradition, Human Rights
New Arrests and Criticisms of Multinational Peacekeeping On December 18, 1997, Dutch paratroopers and marines from the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Bosnia arrested two Bosnian Croat war crimes suspects and then sent them to the International Criminal... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 France Law of War, International Courts, Peacekeeping
Colombian Congress Approves New Extradition Law On November 26, 1997, the Colombian Congress approved a new extradition law that will enable its government to extradite nationals, but only prospectively. Because of the requested U.S. extradition... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 United States, Colombia Extradition
Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group Formed to Combat Organized Crime On December 11, 1997, national anti-counterfeiting organizations from leading industrialized countries announced plans to cooperate on responding to the increasing involvement of organized crime in... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden Counterfeiting, Intellectual Property, Organized Crime
Dutch Trial Court Holds Ireland Murder Suspect Extraditable On December 9, 1997, Amsterdam district court judges approved the extradition of Brian Meehan, an Irish national wanted for the murder of Veronica Guerin. Guerin, 36 at the time of her death, was... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 Netherlands, Ireland Extradition, Murder
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 1 1998-01-01 World Organized Crime, Conferences, International Cooperation
Italy Requests Greece to Extradite Italian National On November 23, 1997, the Greek police announced the arrest and detention for possible extradition to Italy of Enrico Bianco, 45, a former member of Italy’s far-left Red Brigades terrorist movement... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 Italy, Greece Extradition, Terrorism
Crime Across the World: Is the Rule of Law Being Corrupted? On May 22-25, 1998, the Section on General Practice, International Bar Association, is hosting the fourth seminar on the Alleged Transnational Criminal, in Vienna, Austria. Investigators,... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 World Conferences, International Criminal and Comparative Law
Book Notes -- International Criminal Law and Procedure (John Dugard and Christine van den Wyngaert, eds.), International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Penology, 139.95, 524 pp., ISBN 1 85521 835 6. This book contains a series of articles on international criminal law. After an introductory summary of the book, Part I, The Nature of International Criminal Law, contains three articles: Georg... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 World International Criminal and Comparative Law, Teaching, Research, Adjective Assistance
Human Rights Require French Court to Deny U.S. Extradition On December 4, 1997, a French Appellate Court in Bordeaux denied a U.S. extradition request for Ira Einhorn, 57, a fugitive wanted for murder charges, because of his conviction in absentia and the... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 United States, France Extradition, Human Rights
Jamaica Withdraws from UN Human Rights Treaty Allowing Defendants on Death Row to Appeal to the UN Committee During the third week of October 1997, the Jamaican Government reported that it intends to withdraw from the provisions of the United Nations Convention, which permits prisoners on death row a final... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 Jamaica Human Rights, United Nations
SEC Obtains Conviction in Transnational Fraud Case On November 25, 1997, the media reported a conviction obtained by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in a transnational securities fraud case. Alan Benlolo, a Canadian... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 Canada, United States Human Rights, Fraud
Eight Governments Agree on Cooperation against Cybercrimes On December 10, 1997, at a meeting in Washington, D.C., ministers from eight industrialized governments agreed to combat cybercrime with enhanced technology and a harmonized crime legislation... [... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 Canada, United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, Russia Cybercrime
OECD Convention on Transnational Corruption Signed On December 17, 1997, 29 nations signed the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. This article discusses the Convention and the... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 OECD Corruption, International Organizations
Florida Holds Hearing on Entitlement to Life Insure Benefits from Holocaust as Swiss Banks Release More Information on Dormant Accounts and Start Payments to Victims The State of Florida is investigating potential entitlement to life insurance for Florida residents, illustrating the active roles played by state and local government in pursuing claims arising from... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 United States, Switzerland Law of War, Holocaust, Property Restitution
U.S. Congress Considers Colombian Anti-Money Laundering On October 22, 1997, the General Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Banking and Financing Services Committee, U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on black market peso... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 United States, Colombia Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking
EU Proposes Action Plan to Combat Organized Crime On August 15, 1997, the Council of the European Commission adopted an action plan to combat organized crime. The Action Plan results from decisions taken by the European Council at its meeting in... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 Europe European Union, Organized Crime, Treaties
Trial Against Former Cali Cartel Lawyers Ends in Mistrial On May 27, 1997, jurors acquitted two attorneys accused of racketeering charges and deadlocked on all four other drug-related charges, including another racketeering count, two drug-conspiracy counts... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 United States Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Fraud

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