Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
The First Tango? The OAS Adopts Plan of Action on Hemispheric Cooperation to Prevent, Combat, and Eliminate Terrorism 1. Introduction -- The Nature of the Threat Terrorism can be defined as the substate application of violence or threatened violence intended to sow panic in a society, to weaken or even overthrow... Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean International Organizations, Terrorism, International Cooperation
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 12 10 1996-10-01 World Human Rights, Conferences, International Crimes
U.S. Will Soon Issue Draft Rules Requiring Reports on Foreign Bank Drafts On September 5, 1996, at a hearing before the House Banking General Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, witnesses discussed steps that will help combat Mexican drug money laundering in the U.S... Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking, Financial Supervision
Congressional Hearing Focuses on Helicopter Sales and Indicates Directions on U.S. Counter-Narcotics Policy Toward Colombia While Samper Proposes Initiative Against Narco-terrorists On September 11, 1996, at a hearing of the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, recommendations focused on the need to sell helicopters to Colombia and indicated new... Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 United States, Colombia Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking
U.S. Provides Assistance to Greece in Tax Enforcement During the last week of August 1996, four U.S. agents of the Internal Revenue Service began work as Greek finance ministry consultants with the aim of helping combat tax evasion and corruption in... Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 United States, Greece Corruption, Taxation, Tax Crimes
Pacific Tax Authorities Agree to Act on Anti-Tax Haven and Anti-Secrecy Activities to Increase Tax Compliance On September 20, 1996, during the annual meeting of the Pacific Association of Tax Administrators (PATA), held in Vancouver, Canada September 17-18, 1996, conference sources reportedly revealed that... Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 World International Organizations, Jurisdiction, Taxation, Tax Crimes
Canadian Court Allows Deportation to the U.S. of Person Arrested under Extradition Act A case that illustrates the interaction between extradition and the use of deportation as a disguised form concerns a Ms. Bembenek who was arrested in Canada after escaping from prison in Wisconsin... Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 Canada, United States Extradition, Treaties
U.S. Appellate Court Reverses Declaratory Relief against Deportation of Ruiz Massieu to Mexico On July 29, 1996, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the order of declaratory and injunctive relief previously granted by the district court against the deportation of Mario... Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Treaties
U.S. Requested Extradition from St. Kitts on Cocaine Trafficking Cocaine continues to dominate the news in St. Kitts as an extradition request from the U.S. rages ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 United States, St. Kitts & Nevis Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
Organized Crime Penetrates Tendering of Oil Contracts As international organized crime groups penetrate the tendering of oil contracts with the help of corruption of employees of oil companies, the security teams of such companies are taking preventive... Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 World Corruption, International Organizations, Organized Crime
Hearings Reveals Multiagency U.S. Effort to Combat Nigerian Crime On September 11, 1996, U.S. executive branch officials revealed multi-agency efforts and international cooperation to expose, prevent, and prosecute Nigerian white collar and organized crime,... Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 United States, Nigeria Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Fraud, White Collar Crime, International Cooperation
Italian High Court Will Rule on Priebke Case On October 15, 1996, the high court is scheduled to rule on the verdict of a Rome military tribunal that freed the former SS captain Erich Priebke due to Italian statute of limitations despite... Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 Italy Law of War, Murder, War Crimes, International Courts
EPA Secures Two Convictions for Conspiracy to Ship U.S. Hazardous Waste to Nigeria in First Hazardous Waste Sting On July 19, 1996, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that in its first successful sting conducted in the U.S. involving hazardous waste, two Nigerian men who hold U.S. passports... Bruce Zagaris 12 9 1996-09-01 United States, Nigeria, Georgia Environment
Rwanda and Yugoslav Tribunals: Implementing Legislation on Cooperation Austria, Bundesgesetz uber die Zusammenarbeit mit den internationalen Gerichten. Entered into force on June 1, 1996 (Federal Act on the Cooperation with International Tribunals) ... [more] André Klip 12 9 1996-09-01 United Kingdom, Netherlands, Rwanda, Austria, Former Yugoslavia Law of War, United Nations, International Courts, International Cooperation
Bank of England Increases Supervisory Role to Address Shortcomings in the Barings Debacle On July 24, 1996, Howard Davies, the deputy governor of the Bank of England, announced plans to expand its banking supervision after the collapse of Barings bank. Its new efforts will include hiring... Bruce Zagaris 12 9 1996-09-01 United Kingdom Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Banking Supervision
Yugoslavia Tribunal Summons Defense Witnesses, Grants Safe Conduct and Authorizes Videolink Testimony 1. The Decision of the Trial Chamber In the June 25, 1996 written decision in the Tadic case (Case No. IT-94-1-T), the Trial Chamber responded to on the defense motions to summon and protect... André Klip 12 9 1996-09-01 Former Yugoslavia Law of War, International Courts
Caribbean FATF Proposes Training Institute to Combat Laundering In July 1996, at the annual meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) a paper by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force proposed activities and mechanisms to strengthen laws and human... Bruce Zagaris 12 9 1996-09-01 Caribbean Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Financial Supervision
Italian Court Dismisses War Crimes Cases against Priebke, But His Detention Continues Pending German Extradition Request On August 1, 1996, an Italian military court dismissed charges against former Nazi SS captain Erich Priebke as a result of statute of limitations difficulties. Nevertheless, Priebke was rearrested... Bruce Zagaris 12 9 1996-09-01 Germany, Italy Extradition, Law of War, War Crimes
Pacific Tax Havens Rocked by Prime Bank Instrument Cyclones The Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru and the Marshall Islands have all been hit by different types of Prime Bank Instrument scams, indicating that small country governments must increasingly beware of... Bruce Zagaris 12 9 1996-09-01 Nauru, Vanuatu, Marshall Islands, Cook Islands Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Fraud
Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Brings Precedent-Setting Indictment Defining Rape as a War Crime On June 27, 1996, the International Criminal Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTWCFY), brought two new indictments, including a precedent-setting one against eight Bosnian Serb... Bruce Zagaris 12 9 1996-09-01 Former Yugoslavia Law of War, War Crimes, International Courts, Rape

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