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Court Reverses Laundering and Forfeiture Judgments in Bicycle Club Case |
On January 16, 1996, in the well-known cases involving the Bell Gardens Bicycle Club (BGBC) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the convictions of Michael Gilbert for money... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
4 |
1996-04-01 |
United States, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg |
Money Laundering, Asset Forfeiture |
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Mexico Files New Charge of Illegal Enrichment against Raul Salinas with Respect to Money Frozen in Swiss Bank Accounts |
On March 19, 1996, Mexican prosecutors filed a new charge against the brother of former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari, accusing him of illegal enrichment arising from the discovery by Swiss... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
4 |
1996-04-01 |
United States, Mexico, Switzerland, Venezuela, Ecuador |
Bank Secrecy, Asset Forfeiture, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision |
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U.S. Brings First Indication of "Defense Services" Part of U.S. Arms Control Export Regulations |
On March 4, 1996, a thirteen count indictment containing the first violation of the so-called "defense services" portion of U.S. arms control export regulations was brought in Newark, New Jersey... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
4 |
1996-04-01 |
United States, Russia, Ukraine, Former Soviet Union |
Arms Trafficking, Export Enforcement |
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The Recent Legislation to Combat Money Laundering in Greece |
Greece was the last Member State of the European Community to implement comprehensive legislation in the area of money laundering. Although a legislative framework had existed since 1993, when the... |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras |
12 |
4 |
1996-04-01 |
Spain, Greece |
Money Laundering |
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German Government Authorizes Arrest for Iran Minister on Anti-terrorism |
On March 15, 1996, the German public prosecutor issued a warrant for the arrest of Mr. Ali Fallahiyan, the Iranian minister suspected of ordering the 1992 bombing of a Berlin restaurant that killed... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
4 |
1996-04-01 |
United States, Germany, Belgium, Iran |
Extradition, Terrorism, Murder, International Convention |
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Organized Crime Makes Inroads into Banking |
On February 28, 1996, the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on organized crime and banking...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
4 |
1996-04-01 |
United States |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Fraud, Theft, Financial Supervision |
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U.S. Adds Another 198 To List of Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers |
On March 8, 1996, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of Treasury issued a notice of blocking for 138 additional individuals and 60 entities and revising information for eight... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
4 |
1996-04-01 |
United States, Colombia |
Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement |
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Canadian Appeals Court Refuses to Extradite for U.S. Money Laundering Sting |
The Ontario Court of Appeals, the highest court in the Province of Ontario, Canada, set aside an extradition order to the United States on September 8, 1995, concluding that a failed money laundering... |
Kirk W. Munroe |
12 |
4 |
1996-04-01 |
Canada, United States |
Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, Extradition, Treaties |
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FATF Review of 40 Recommendations Will Extend Predicate Offenses to All Serious Crimes |
The members of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) are conducting a review of the forty recommendations that underpin the global anti-money laundering efforts. The review that is expected to be... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
World, United States |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal Indicts Two Rwandans |
On February 19, 1996, the Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal indicted two Rwandans in jail in Zambia on charges of genocide...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
Rwanda, Kenya, tanzania, Zaire |
War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts |
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New U.S. Regulations Expand Third-Party Access for Foreign Service Providers |
On January 24, 1996, the Federal Reserve Board ("Fed") approved changes to the Fedwire third-party access policy for foreign service provider arrangements. It provides for not only conditions placed... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
United States |
Financial Supervision, Banking Supervision |
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U.S. Congress Considers Suggestions on Combatting International Organized Crime |
On January 25, 1996, the Subcommittee on Crime, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, held a hearing on "The Growing Threat of International Organized Crime"...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
United States, Mexico, Colombia, China, Venezuela, Russia |
Corruption, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime |
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While Use of Balkan Drug Route Decreases, Bulgaria Refuses to Act against Opium Poppy Growing |
In the Balkans mixed results have been reported on the efforts to end drug production and trafficking...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania |
Drugs & Trafficking, Law Enforcement |
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Philippine Leader Calls for Help Against Maritime Piracy |
On February 21, 1996, President Fidel Ramos of the Philippines called for regional cooperation to combat a rise of attacks by Chinese pirates on commercial shipping in the South China Sea...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
China, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia |
Maritime, Organized Crime, Piracy |
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Australian Court Disallows Evidence of Controlled Delivery Due to Entrapment |
In a precedent-setting decision, the Australian court of appeals has disallowed of evidence from a controlled delivery due to a finding of entrapment...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
Singapore, Australia, Malaysia |
Administration of Justice, Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement |
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EuroParliament Votes in Support of Recommendations to Combat Smuggling Foreigners |
On January 18, the European Parliament voted unanimously in support of a report by Italian Christian Democrat Maria Paolo Colombo Svevo that calls for broad Europe-wide action to fight criminals... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
Europe, Belgium, Netherlands |
Human Trafficking, Immigration, European Union, Smuggle |
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Gibraltar Court Dismisses Narcotics Case Due to Extraterritoriality |
In June 1995, the Court of Appeal for Gibraltar has upheld the dismissal of a narcotics case on the basis of extraterritoriality...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
United Kingdom, Gibraltar |
Administration of Justice, Jurisdiction, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Brazil Implements Anti-Drug Trafficking Accord with Portugal |
On September 11, 1995, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso signed and put into effect the Accord for Reduction of Procurement, Combat, Manufacture and Repression of the Traffic in Illicit Drugs and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
Brazil, Portugal |
Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement, International Convention |
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U.S. Treasury Leading Hemispheric Initiatives Against Bribery and Use of Internet to Avoid and Evade Tax |
On February 15, 1996, Treasury Department International Tax Counsel Joseph Guttentag announced enforcement initiatives against bribery and to deter illegal use of the Internet to avoid and evade... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
United States, Panama |
Corruption, Bribery, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
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Interpol Agents in South Africa Arrest U.S. Arms Fugitive |
On January 22, 1996, a South African court ruled that Paul Grecian, a former British spy and arms dealer whose extradition the United States has requested for sending contraband material to Iraq,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, Iraq, South Africa |
Extradition, International Organizations, Arms Trafficking, Fraud |