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FATF Holds Meeting on Combating Cybercash Crime |
On September 21, 1995, the Financial Action Task Force held a meeting to discuss ways to combat money laundering with cybercash. It announced the start of consultations with bank and other financial... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
10 |
1995-10-01 |
France, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong |
Money Laundering, Organized Crime, Financial Supervision |
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Isle of Man Strengthens Supervisory Authority over Banks |
On September 5, 1995, it was reported that financial regulators on the Isle of Man have proposed to consolidate its banking laws and introduce new supervisory powers in a new banking act that will... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
10 |
1995-10-01 |
United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Isle of Man |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Banking Supervision |
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FinCEN Director Calls for New Enforcement Cooperation Efforts |
At the Fourth International Meeting on Assets Derived from Crime in Lyons, France, concerning the future of financial enforcement, Stanley E. Morris, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
10 |
1995-10-01 |
United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia |
Money Laundering, Intelligence, Organized Crime, Financial Crimes, Smuggle, Financial Supervision |
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U.S. Senate Holds Hearing on The Drug Trade in Mexico |
On August 8, 1995, the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, held a hearing on the drug trade in Mexico and implications for U.S.-Mexican relations. Thomas A. Constantine,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
10 |
1995-10-01 |
United States, Mexico, Colombia, China, Switzerland, Czech Republic, India |
Money Laundering, Extradition, Intelligence, Transfer of Prisoners, Murder, Kidnaping, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Torture, Organized Crime, White Collar Crime, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement, Theft, Smuggle |
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Argentine Government Arrest French Ex-Mayor for Corruption |
On August 18, 1995, the media reported that Mr. Jean-Michel Boucheron, a teacher who became the charismatic, high-living mayor of Angoulême in the south-west of France and then fled to Latin America... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
10 |
1995-10-01 |
France, Argentina |
Corruption, Extradition, International Cooperation |
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Interpol Issues Arrest Warrant for Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia |
On August 21, 1995, Interpol officials announced that Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for the former Peruvian President Alan Garcia, who has resided in Colombia and France. Since Garcia had... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
10 |
1995-10-01 |
Colombia, Peru, France |
Corruption, Extradition, International Organizations |
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Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters |
According to the Office of Treaty Affairs, U.S. Department of State, the following changes have occurred in U.S. mutual legal assistance treaties since our last update in July 1993…(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
10 |
1995-10-01 |
Barbados, United Kingdom, Hungary, Panama, Philippines, Uruguay |
Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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Report on Eastern European Organized Crime Underscores Unique Threat Posed to Canada |
A recent government report provides an overview of Eastern European organized crime in Canada, warning that these groups have unique skills and dangers; are rapidly expanding and networking with... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
10 |
1995-10-01 |
Canada, United States, Caribbean, Russia, Ukraine, Hong Kong, Former Soviet Union |
Money Laundering, Corruption, Counterfeiting, Intelligence, Murder, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Fraud, Forgery, Embezzlement, Law Enforcement, Theft, Smuggle, Extortion |
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Privy Council Grants Stay of Execution to Two Belizeans |
On August 25, 1995, the Privy Council ordered an eleventh hour stay of execution to two convicted murders on death row in Belize…(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
10 |
1995-10-01 |
Caribbean, Belize |
Human Rights, Murder, Capital Punishment |
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Israel Seeks Extradition of Alleged Terrorist from U.S. |
On July 31, 1995, a Jerusalem court issued an arrest warrant for Mousa Abu Marzook and on August 8, 1995, an extradition hearing was held, at which time U.S. prosecutors said that Marzook financed... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
9 |
1995-09-01 |
United States, Israel, Palestine |
Extradition, Immigration, Terrorism, Murder, Arms Trafficking |
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Forfeiture for the Purposes of Extradition, Crime or Punishment?: United States v. Saccoccia |
On December 18, 1992, Mr. Stephen A. Saccoccia was convicted on racketeering, money laundering, and other related charges concerning his alleged activities with the Cali cartel. After learning his... |
Lisa S. Koenig |
11 |
9 |
1995-09-01 |
United States, Switzerland |
Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, Extradition, Asset Forfeiture, Treaties |
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British Court Holds Fugitive Extraditable and Long Delay of Extradition Not Sufficient Where Attributable in Part to Fugitive |
In 1994, a British court upheld the extradition of a person who was charged in Hong Kong with accepting bribes between 1981 and 1982 and denied his application for habeas corpus, which was based on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
9 |
1995-09-01 |
China, United Kingdom, Hong Kong |
Extradition, Human Rights, Bribery |
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English Court Allows Swiss Court to Decide Whether to Fulfill Request for Judicial Assistance Even Though Trial Is Complete |
On February 21, 1995, a British court allowed Swiss authorities to determine whether to fulfill a request for judicial assistance even though a criminal trial was concluded...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
9 |
1995-09-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway |
Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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U.S. Court Dismisses Complaint of U.S. Narcotics Official Charged with Misallocation of Fuel in Bolivia |
On July 21, 1995, the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana dismissed a complaint brought by a U.S. citizen contract employee for the State Department conducting anti-narcotics... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
9 |
1995-09-01 |
United States, Mexico, Bolivia, China |
Administration of Justice, Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Drug Enforcement |
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Two Migration Enforcement Bills Progress Through U.S. Congress |
Two bills that would tighten significantly migration enforcement are flying through the U.S. Congress and reflect the global trend to simultaneously strengthen borders, criminalize illegal entry and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
9 |
1995-09-01 |
United States |
Customs Enforcement, Immigration, Terrorism, Fraud, Asset Forfeiture, Deportation, Smuggle |
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Cayman Court Refuses to Recognize SEC Receiver of Trust |
In a decision reported recently, the Grand Court of Cayman refused to recognize the receiver of a Trust the U.S. District Court had appointed on the application of the U.S. Securities and Exchange... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
9 |
1995-09-01 |
United States, Cayman Islands |
Jurisdiction, Fraud, Securities Trade Enforcement |
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Dominican Republic Tries to Cope with Return of Ex-Convicts from the U.S. |
In early June 1995, the first 27 of approximately 5,000 Dominicans convicted of felonies in the United States were returned to the Dominican Republic after finishing their prison sentences. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
9 |
1995-09-01 |
United States, Caribbean, Dominican Republic |
Transfer of Prisoners, Deportation |
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Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Indicts Leaders |
On July 25, 1995, the International Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ITWCY) indicted and issued arrest warrants for Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and his top military... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
9 |
1995-09-01 |
Croatia, Former Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Herzegovina |
United Nations, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts, Crimes against Humanity |
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Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Declares to Have Jurisdiction to Try Tadic |
On August 10, 1995, the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Former Yugoslavia... |
André Klip |
11 |
9 |
1995-09-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
Human Rights, Jurisdiction, United Nations, War Crimes, International Courts |
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Newark Federal Tax Fraud Indictment of Russian Emigres and Belgian Bank Losses Focus Attention on Internationalization of Russian Organized Crime |
Two new cases, one involving fuel excise tax fraud in the U.S. and the other involving a bankruptcy and losses of millions of francs by a Belgian ban, illustrate growing sophistication by Russian... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
9 |
1995-09-01 |
United States, Belgium, Russia, Greece, Former Soviet Union |
Organized Crime, Tax Crimes |