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Documents |
i. Intellectual Property
Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Framework Agreement on Intellectual Property Cooperation and Framework Agreement on Services, 35 I.L.M. 1072 (July 1996)... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1996-11-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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Brazil Government Will Propose Laws and Establish Office to Prevent Tax Evasion Through Improper Transfer Pricing |
In August 1996, the Brazilian Government announced plans to enact legislation to prevent tax evasion through improper transfer pricing and to open an office in its tax department to monitor and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
Brazil |
Taxation, Tax Crimes |
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U.S. Senate Passes Kazak Treaty |
On September 28, 1996, the U.S. Senate in executive session passed the income tax treaty between the U.S. and Kazakstan by unanimous consent ... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
United States, Kazakhstan |
Taxation, Treaties |
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New Swiss-U.S. Tax Accord Reached and Increases Tax Enforcement |
On September 2, 1996, after seventeen years of difficult negotiations, the United States and Swiss Governments signed a new, proposed bilateral income tax treaty, protocol, and memorandum of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
United States, Switzerland |
Taxation, Treaties, Tax Crimes |
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EU Justice Ministries Agree on New Convention |
On September 27, 1996, at an Informal Council meeting in Dublin of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, the ministers agreed and signed a new Convention relating to extradition between the Member... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
Europe |
Extradition, Treaties |
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Swiss Extradite Italian Financier after Jail Term |
On October 19, 1996, the Swiss Government extradited Mr. Florio Florini, one of best known Italian financiers of the 1980s, to Italy after he had served four years of a six-year sentence in a Swiss... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
Switzerland, Italy |
Extradition |
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EU Agrees to Increase Cooperation for Crimes against Children |
During the last week of September 1996, the European Union justice ministers agreed to extend the gamut of Europol against crimes against children, but deferred coordinating criminal codes and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
Europe |
European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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Undercover Sting Operations: How to Protect Professionals -- The U.K. Experience |
Introduction
I have sought to outline in the following pages the basic concepts that will arise under English law when a situation such as that envisaged by the hypothetical arises. Whilst the... |
Christopher Murray |
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11 |
1996-11-01 |
United Kingdom |
Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Undercover Sting Results in Three Indictments against Chinese Alien Smuggling Group |
On October 8, 1996, as a result of a two-year investigation and undercover sting operation, U.S. authorities in Boston indicted three Chinese men on alien-smuggling chargers after they intercepted a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
United States, China |
Human Trafficking, Immigration |
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U.S. Illegal Immigration Law Has Many Provisions with International Enforcement Implications |
The newly enacted U.S. Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIR) contains many new draconian international enforcement provisions. In particular, the new law increases... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
United States |
Human Trafficking, Immigration, Fraud |
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U.S. Will Take New Anti-Corruption Action |
On September 24, 1996, on the release of the fourth annual National Export Strategy, the Clinton Administration pledged national and international efforts against bribery ... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
United States |
Corruption |
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World Bank President Calls for New Anti-Corruption Measures |
On October 1, 1996, World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn called for its members to tackle "the cancer of corruption ... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
World |
Corruption, International Organizations |
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Governments Issue Warning About Caribbean Offshore Banks |
The Bank of England has warned investors about making deposits in Antigua-based European Union Bank (EUB) amid reports from other law enforcement officials about problems in certain Caribbean... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
United States, Caribbean, Colombia, United Kingdom, Russia |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Organized Crime, Law Enforcement |
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New Jersey Indictment Alleges Cooperation between Russian Mob and La Cosa Nostra in Evasion of Fuel Tax |
A New Jersey indictment alleges an elaborate scheme between the Russian mob and representatives of the Genovese, Gambino, Lucchese and Columbo crime families in making millions of dollars selling... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
United States |
Organized Crime, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |