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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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