Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Court Orders Extradition of Marzook to Israel On May 8, 1996, U.S. District Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy ordered the extradition of Mr. Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook to Israel on criminal charges that he financed and helped organize terrorism attacks... Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 United States, Israel Extradition, Terrorism, Murder
Seychelles Issues Press Release Explaining EDA On April 26, 1996, the Seychelles Government and the European Union issued a joint press communiqué on the proposed enactment of the Economic Development Act (EDA)...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 Europe, Seychelles Money Laundering, European Union, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement
U.S. Terrorism Prevention Act Has Many International Provisions The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 has been enacted and is now in effect. It has many important international enforcement assistance provisions that warrant attention...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 United States Immigration, Terrorism, Kidnaping, Capital Punishment, Smuggle
Action Plan for Caribbean Regional Drug Control Set On May 15-17, 1996, the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) led an international conference that adopted a Regional Plan of Action...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 Caribbean, Jamaica International Organizations, Maritime, United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement
An Examination of the New UNIDROIT Convention on the Return of Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Goods In a Diplomatic Conference held in Rome, Italy in June 1995 and attended by more than 70 countries, observer states and international organizations, the International Institute for the Unification of... Konstantinos D. Magliveras 12 6 1996-06-01 United States, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Greece Art and Cultural Property, United Nations
U.S. Concludes "Zorro II" Drug Smuggling Investigation On May 2, 1996, U.S. law enforcement officials announced the conclusion of a seven-month investigation on a drug smuggling operation that revealed a highly sophisticated cooperation between Colombian... Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 United States, Mexico, Colombia Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement, Smuggle
Symposium on International Crime in Caribbean Perspective, October 3 and 4, 1996, Willemstad, Curaçao On October 3 and 4, 1996, the Department of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles will hold a symposium on International Crime in Caribbean Perspective. The primary goals of the symposium can be... Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 Caribbean, Curaçao Administration of Justice, Conferences
South Africa Denies U.S. Extradition Request for Export Controls as Fugitive Threatens Law Suit On May 2, 1996, Judge Danie Oberholzer in Johannesburg, South Africa issued an order denying an extradition request by the United States government for the extradition of Paul Grecian, a former... Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 United States, Iraq, South Africa, United Kingdom Extradition, Intelligence, Arms Trafficking
Returned Fugitive Obtains Mixed Results in Defense of Rape Trials On May 3, 1996, a U.S. District Court ruled on a series of motions on procedural issues for trying two rape cases in which Alex Kelly, who in 1987 as a 19-year-old, fled only to return in May 1995... Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 United States, Europe Extradition, Sex Crimes
U.S. Court of Appeals Vacates Lobue for Jurisdictional Grounds On April 30, 1996, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously vacated a decision by the U.S. district court that declared the law a violation of the constitutional... Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 United States Administration of Justice, Extradition
Canadian Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Extradition Based on Charter On March 19, 1996, the Canadian Supreme Court dismissed an appeal of a judgment in the Court of Appeal for Ontario. The challenge to extradition was based on an alleged violation of the Canadian... Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 Canada, United States Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Prisoner Rights, Drug Enforcement
Mexico Extradites Two Nationals to the U.S. On April 26, 1996, in a move signifying the start of a new exception to the long-standing prohibition of extraditing its nationals, the Mexican Government has granted the extradition requests of the... Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Murder, Sex Crimes, Treaties
U.S. Congress Hears Suggestions for Deterring Counterfeiting of U.S. Currency On February 27, 1996, the Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Banking and Financing Services, U.S. House of Representatives, held hearings on the growing incidence of... Bruce Zagaris 12 5 1996-05-01 United States, Middle East Counterfeiting, Terrorism, Organized Crime, Fraud
Vanuatu Convicts Fraud Marketers A court in the Republic of Vanuatu has convicted and sentenced individuals who were salesmen albeit not initiators of an international financial fraud, justifying the conviction in party by the need... Bruce Zagaris 12 5 1996-05-01 Canada, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Turks and Caicos Fraud, Financial Crimes
The Cost of Crime -- Canadian Style When U.S. citizens think about Canada the issue of crime is not something that automatically leaps to mind. Usually Canada is upheld as a more peaceful society, with fewer and less acute problems... Dr. Scott B. MacDonald 12 5 1996-05-01 Canada, Former Yugoslavia Administration of Justice, United Nations, Fraud, Robbery, Theft
Poland and Malta Ratify Council of Europe Criminal Conventions On March 19, 1996, Poland and Malta ratified several international criminal cooperation conventions, illustrating the utility of international organizations, particularly the Council of Europe, in... Bruce Zagaris 12 5 1996-05-01 Poland, Malta Extradition, International Organizations, Taxation, Terrorism, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, International Cooperation, International Convention
War Crimes Tribunal and Investigation Cases Gain Momentum Additional defendants have been delivered to the War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia while the Tribunal has returned defendants and continued investigations of mass graves...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 5 1996-05-01 United States, France, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia, Bosnia Administration of Justice, Law of War, United Nations, War Crimes, International Courts
Three Nordic Countries Join Schengen On April 18, 1996, in a meeting at The Hague an agreement was reached to extend the Schengen agreement to include European Union members Denmark, Finland and Sweden and to accept non-EU members... Bruce Zagaris 12 5 1996-05-01 France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Iceland, Greece, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark Extradition, International Organizations, Terrorism, European Union, Drug Enforcement, Customs
ICC Proposes Due Diligence Rules of Conduct to Combat Bribery in Trade On March 27, 1996, the International Chamber of Commerce announced new proposed due diligence corporate rules of conduct aimed to combat extortion and bribery in international trade...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 5 1996-05-01 World Corruption, Bribery, Trade Crimes, Extortion
U.S. Presses International Organizations on Corruption On March 29, 1996, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeffrey Lang, speaking at the annual meeting of the American Society of International Law, said that corruption and bribery are among the new... Bruce Zagaris 12 5 1996-05-01 United States, Singapore Corruption, International Organizations, Bribery

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