Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
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
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
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
U.S. Court in Houston Forfeits $7.9M from Former Mexican Deputy Attorney General On March 1 1997, a jury in the U.S. District Court in Houston dealt a victory to law enforcement authorities when it awarded $7.9 of the contested $9.1 million in a Houston bank account of former... Bruce Zagaris 13 4 1997-04-01 United States, Mexico Corruption, Drugs & Trafficking, Asset Forfeiture
International Terrorism and Organized Crime -- Security Concerns? Interpol has currently 176 member countries and in each of these countries the national authorities have established a national office of Interpol, designated the National Central Bureau. It is... Eckart Kemmelmeier 13 3 1997-03-01 World Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, White Collar Crime
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 3 1997-03-01 Belize Money Laundering, Asset Forfeiture, Financial Supervision
State Department Organized Crime Seminar Examines Current Trends (The article will be about 4-5 pages) Mark Andrew Sherman 13 3 1997-03-01 United States Organized Crime
International Cyber Gambling Poses New Challenges for Enforcement and Regulators The Internet and globalization have combined to facilitate the proliferation of new forms of transnational gaming and potential crime ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 3 1997-03-01 World Cybercrime, Law Enforcement
Greece Will Extradite Woman To Germany for Terrorist Crimes On January 28, 1997, the Greek Government announced that it will extradite Andrea Hausler, 31, a German national, to Germany in connection with a 1986 disco bombing in West Berlin which killed 200... Bruce Zagaris 13 3 1997-03-01 Germany, Greece Extradition, Terrorism
Spanish Police Strike Against Drug-Related Laundering On February 9, 1997, the Spanish media reported that Spanish police had detained eight Colombian nationals, suspected members of a network dedicated to drug trafficking, who had laundered more than... Bruce Zagaris 13 3 1997-03-01 Colombia, Spain Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking
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 3 1997-03-01 World Human Rights, European Union, Conferences
EU Council Adopts Common Position on North-South Cooperation against Drugs On November 22, 1996, the European Union Council adopted a common position on north-south cooperation to fight drug trafficking and addiction. Because of the broad scope of the position, the amount... Bruce Zagaris 13 3 1997-03-01 Europe European Union, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation
EU Council Adopts Resolution on Sentencing for Serious Illicit Drug-Trafficking On December 20, 1996, the European Union Council adopted a resolution calling European Union Member States to ensure that their laws reflect the principles of the resolution to coordinate sentencing... Bruce Zagaris 13 3 1997-03-01 Europe European Union, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation
Marzook Quits Opposition to Extradition to Israel On January 29, 1997, detained Palestinian leader Mousa Abu Marzook announced his abandonment of his appeal of the extradition order, granting the request by Israel that he be surrendered to stand... Bruce Zagaris 13 3 1997-03-01 United States, Israel, Palestine Extradition, Terrorism, Murder
Britain Sends Liaison Anti-Crime Official to Russia and Increases Enforcement Cooperation Emulating a trend internationally, on January 29, 1997, Mr. Michael Howard, the British home secretary, announced that the British Government is appointing a liaison officer in Moscow as part of an... Bruce Zagaris 13 3 1997-03-01 United Kingdom, Russia Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime
Fraud Conviction of Venezuelan Banker Shows Outerlimits of U.S. Jurisdiction On February 19, 1997, the conviction by a Manhattan jury of Orlando Castro Llanes, a Venezuelan national, on various charges resulting from the bank collapse in Veneuzela has indicated the... Bruce Zagaris 13 3 1997-03-01 United States, Venezuela Jurisdiction, Fraud
Fraudsters Hit Developing Countries with Prime Bank Fraud Notes The Commercial Crime Bureau has exposed the Sovereign Nation Infrastructure Private Sector (SNIPS) facility program, a new version of the "prime bank fraud" scams, packaged especially to developing... Bruce Zagaris 13 3 1997-03-01 World International Organizations, Fraud
British Detect Nigerian Visa Frauds On February 5, 1997, the British Government sent home at least four British employees of the visa section of the British High Commission as a result of discovery of a major visa-selling ring in Lagos... Bruce Zagaris 13 3 1997-03-01 United Kingdom, Nigeria Immigration, Fraud
Hungarian Sex Trade Motivates Closer Criminal Cooperation Escalating violence in Budapest has spurred new international enforcement initiatives to control prostitution, pornography, and related sex crimes that are behind illegal migration ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 3 1997-03-01 Hungary Immigration, Sex Crimes, Law Enforcement

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