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France Arrests Fugitive Trader as Norway Prepares Extradition |
On April 10, 1997, the French police arrested Mr. Birger Ostraat, the former head of a London-based currency trading scheme, after he fled Norway in December when he lost his appeal against a seven-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
5 |
1997-05-01 |
France, Norway |
Extradition, Embezzlement |
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National Security Law Summer Training Institute |
On June 1-14, 1997, the Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia School of Law will hold the Seventh Annual National Security Law Summer Training Institute for Professors and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
5 |
1997-05-01 |
World |
Law of War, International Courts, Conferences |
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U.S. Demands Extradition of Mexican Cartel Leader |
On March 12, 1997, a U.S. court in Houston issued an arrest warrant for alleged gulf drug cartel leader Oscar Malherbe de Leon resulting from a new grand jury indictment. Thereafter the U.S. has... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
5 |
1997-05-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Israel Withdraws Extradition Request for Marzook |
On April 3, 1997, the Israeli Government withdrew its request for the extradition of Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, who is a leader of the Palestinian militant organization Hamas and has spent nearly 22... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
5 |
1997-05-01 |
United States, Israel |
Extradition, Murder |
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U.S. Customs Arrest Spanish National for Triangular Trade with Cuba, Violating U.S. Cuban Embargo |
On April 1, 1997, the U.S. Customs Service arrested Javier Ferreiro, 45, a Havana-based Spanish national in Miami for violating the Trading with the Enemy Act for triangular trade from the U.S.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
5 |
1997-05-01 |
United States, Spain, Cuba, Dominican Republic |
Export Enforcement |
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Canadian Cabinet Issues Order Allowing Victim of U.S. Kidnapping to Reinstate Tort Action |
On February 18, 1997, the Canadian Cabinet, acting on recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued an order, restricting the immunity relating to the U.S. and thereby permitting Kenneth... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
5 |
1997-05-01 |
Canada, United States |
Human Rights, Kidnaping |
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Italians Arrest Twelve Russian Mafia in Successful International Enforcement Cooperation |
On March 17, 1997, Italian police arrested Mr. Esin Yuri Ivanovich, the boss of The Brigade of the Sun, and twelve other operatives of one of the three main mafia organizations while they attended a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
4 |
1997-04-01 |
Italy, Russia |
Organized Crime, International Cooperation |
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Belize Enacts Anti-Money Laundering and Proposes Financial Services Commission |
In recent months Belize has enacted anti-money laundering legislation and is considering the establishment of a Financial Services Commission to meet the active establishment of offshore financial... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
4 |
1997-04-01 |
Belize |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Asset Forfeiture |
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The Edinburgh Conference on Transnational & International Crime, May 15-17, 1997 |
On May 15-17, 1997, the Department of Public International Law and the Europa Institute of the Univ. of Edinburgh will sponsor a conference on the following topics: countering transnational crime;... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
4 |
1997-04-01 |
World |
Human Rights, European Union, Conferences, Crimes |
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Cayman Reports Success with Anti-Money Laundering Amendments |
The amendments enacted in November 1996 to the Cayman Islands anti-money laundering law reportedly have started well... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
4 |
1997-04-01 |
Cayman Islands |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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National Security Law Summer Training Institute |
On June 1-14, 1997, the Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia School of Law will hold the Seventh Annual National Security Law Summer Training Institute for Professors and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
4 |
1997-04-01 |
World |
International Courts, Conferences, Treaties |
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Mexico Issues Anti Money Laundering Regulations |
On March 10, 1997, the media reported that Mexican financial ministry officials reported that Mexico will issue anti-money laundering regulations to counter the laundering of drug profits through its... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
4 |
1997-04-01 |
Mexico |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Contemporary Issues in Controlling Weapons of Mass Destruction |
On April 18-19, 1997, the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, Duke Univ. School of Law and the Center for National Security Law, Univ. of Virginia, are sponsoring a conference on the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
4 |
1997-04-01 |
World |
Conferences, Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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U.S. Treasury Prepares Regulations to Require Money Transmitters to Register with Federal Authorities |
On March 11, 1997, Treasury Undersecretary for Enforcement Raymond W. Kelly testified before Congress that Treasury is preparing and will soon issue regulations that will require money transmitters... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
4 |
1997-04-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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International Ramifications of U.S. Money Laundering Control Act and Regime |
Clearly the enactment in 1986 of the U.S. Money Laundering Control Act (MLCA) and the establishment of an anti-money laundering has made momentous waves internationally. The impact of U.S.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
4 |
1997-04-01 |
World, United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations |
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U.S. Arrests Exiled Haitian Police Chief in Honduras for Drug Trafficking |
On March 7, 1997, U.S. drug enforcement agents arrested Joseph Michel Francois, the exiled police chief of Port of Prince, Haiti and the No. 3 person in the Haitian military government from 1991-94,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
4 |
1997-04-01 |
United States, Haiti |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Announces Certification of 32 Countries on International Narcotics Cooperation |
On February 28, 1997, President Clinton announced certification decisions on 23 countries under the Foreign Assistance Act. Of the 32 countries, 23 received full certification while six were denied... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
4 |
1997-04-01 |
World, United States |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation |
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U.N. International Narcotics Control Board Calls for Use of Tax Enforcement Cooperation to Help Combat Drug Trafficking |
On March 3, 1997, the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board in a report states that tax evasion should be included in all extradition treaties and utilized to combat both drug... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
4 |
1997-04-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Extradition, Taxation, United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking, Tax Crimes |
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U.K. Court Requires Consent from France Before Re-Extradition of Relator to the U.S. |
The relator, Mr. Ali Akbar sought judicial review after France extradited him to the U.K. and then, following the service of his sentence in the U.K., the British Secretary of State ordered his... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
4 |
1997-04-01 |
United States, France, United Kingdom |
Extradition |
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Canadian Individual Appeals Order to Cooperate with U.S. and U.K. MLAT Requests |
Litigation in Canada concerns the propriety of cooperation by the Canadian Government with requests under Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (MLAT) requests from the U.K. and the U.S.... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
4 |
1997-04-01 |
Canada, United States, United Kingdom |
Money Laundering, Mutual Legal Assistance, Fraud |