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Austrian Extradition Case: Stranger than Fiction |
Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction. But in the case of Austrian John Henry Abbott Unterweger, an international serial murderer, his fiction was all too real. On June 30, 1994, the man... |
Jennifer M. Wesley |
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11 |
1994-11-01 |
United States, Switzerland, Austria |
Extradition, Murder, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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Jurisdiction over Colombian Ships on High Seas Litigated in Two Drug Cases |
Two cases in the United States District Court in Southern Florida have brought into question the efforts of the U.S. Coast Guard to seize foreign-flag vessels on the high seas. Already one case has... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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11 |
1994-11-01 |
United States, Colombia, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico |
Jurisdiction, Maritime, United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking, International Convention |
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Jamaica Court Reintroduction of Flogging Sets Stage for New Human Rights Confrontation |
On August 9, 1994, the Jamaican Supreme Court ordered the reintroduction of whipping when it sentenced a man convicted of wounding with intent, setting the stage for additional litigation of the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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11 |
1994-11-01 |
Jamaica |
Human Rights, Murder, Capital Punishment |
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Protocol to U.S.-Canadian Tax Treaty Indicates Trend to Strengthened Tax Enforcement Cooperation in Tax and Criminal Cooperation Agreements |
On August 31, 1994, the U.S. and Canadian Governments concluded a protocol to the Tax Treaty, signaling a trend to enhance fiscal enforcement provisions in both tax and criminal cooperation... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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11 |
1994-11-01 |
Mexico, Switzerland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria |
Taxation, Treaties, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes |
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U.S. District Court Grants Enforcement of Summons under Mexican TIEA |
On May 31, 1994, H.W. Head Jr., a U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District of Texas, has ordered the enforcement of a summons issued by the Internal Revenue Service to assist the Mexican... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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11 |
1994-11-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Administration of Justice, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
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Hong Kong Court Orders Judicial Assistance to U.S. in Tax Case |
On March 25, 1994, the Supreme Court of Hong Kong ordered assistance requested in a summons by the Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and the Standard Chartered Bank in the connection with a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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11 |
1994-11-01 |
United States, Hong Kong |
Jurisdiction, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes |
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Berlin Conference Results in Declaration for New and Strengthened East-West Cooperation against Nuclear Theft, Drug Trafficking and Illegal Immigration |
On September 8, 1994, government ministers from West and East Europe signed a declaration in Berlin, pledging new and strengthened forms of criminal cooperation to combat growing international crime... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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11 |
1994-11-01 |
Canada, United States, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Morocco |
Immigration, European Union, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Theft |
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U.S. Crime Control Law Has Many International Provisions |
On September 13, 1994, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (VCCLEA) of 1994 became law and provides a number of new provisions with significant international criminal implications...(... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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11 |
1994-11-01 |
United States |
Counterfeiting, Extradition, Terrorism, Capital Punishment, International Convention, Piracy, Deportation, Smuggle |
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Human Rights NGO Criticizes Albanian Trial of 5 Ethnic Greeks for Espionage |
In September 1994, the Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights released a report (hereinafter "Trial Observation Report" or "TOR"), criticizing the trial during August 15-24, 1994 and thereafter the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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11 |
1994-11-01 |
United States, Greece, Albania |
Administration of Justice, Human Rights, International Convention |
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Ashby Commission Convened in Aftermath of Trinidad Execution |
On August 21, 1994, a commission of inquiry opened into the legality of the execution of convicted murderer Glen Ashby in the early hours of July 14, 1994 in Trinidad & Tobago. The organizers,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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11 |
1994-11-01 |
Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom |
Human Rights, International Organizations, United Nations, Capital Punishment, International Convention |
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Money Laundering Suppression Act Will Make Foreign Checks, Drafts, Notes, Money Orders and Other Instruments Subject to Reporting Unless Foreign Jurisdictions Have Proper Anti-Laundering Laws |
A new money laundering law, referred to as the "Money Laundering Suppression Act of 1994," has almost been enacted as part of the Community Development Banking Act by the U.S. Congress. It has... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
Canada, United States, Mexico |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Smuggle, Banking Supervision |
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U.N. Crime Investigations Hampered by Lack of Resources |
A severe shortage of resources has restricted the efforts of the United Nations to monitor human rights abuses in Rwanda and collect evidence on humanitarian and related law of war violations. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
1994-10-01 |
Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia, tanzania, Zaire |
Human Rights, Law of War, United Nations, War Crimes, International Courts |
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Canadian Police Penetrate Organize Crime Drug Ring |
On August 30, 1994, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police realized some of the initial fruits of its infiltration of two large drug-related money laundering networks involving millions of dollars of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
1994-10-01 |
Canada, Jamaica, Colombia, Italy, Philippines |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement |
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Hungarian Officials Arrest Two Persons on Involvement with Trafficking in Nuclear Materials |
On August 30, 1994, the Hungarian police reported that they arrested two Hungarian nationals for trying to sell 2kg of radioactive material, believed to be uranium fuel rods from the former Soviet... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
Germany, Russia, Hungary, Former Soviet Union |
Intelligence, European Union, Arms Trafficking, Smuggle, Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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Brazilian Police Bust Organized Crime Cocaine Ring |
On September 9, 1994, Brazilian police arrested Alex Suyanoff, 37 years old and a naturalized American, and announced other arrests and information, revealing successes in penetrating an organized... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
1994-10-01 |
United States, Brazil, Nigeria, Ghana, Denmark |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement |
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Thai Government Arrest Iranian In Bomb Attack and Intensify Exchange of Anti-Terrorism Intelligence |
The conclusion of a five-month investigation of an attempted truck bombing resulted in criminal charges brought against a suspected Iranian and the release of two other Iranians for lack of evidence... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
1994-10-01 |
Iran, Israel, Argentina, Thailand |
Intelligence, Terrorism, Murder, European Union, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Theft |
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Mexico Increases Transfer Pricing Method Audits and Increases Tax Enforcement Cooperation with U.S. |
The Government of Mexico has taken steps to increase its audits of international transfer pricing while it has extended its tax information exchange cooperation with the U.S. and is discussing... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
1994-10-01 |
Canada, United States, Mexico |
Taxation, Treaties, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes |
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Caldera Tries to Give Regional Anti-Corruption Effort a Push |
During the meeting on September 7-11, 1994, of the heads of government meeting of the Group of Rio which consists of the countries of the Organization of American States, Venezuelan President Rafael... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
1994-10-01 |
United States, Brazil, Venezuela |
Corruption, International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking, Fraud |
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Austrian Activist Lured into and Arrested in Italy for Alleged Terrorism Activities |
On August 14, 1994, Austrian Karola Unterkirchner, who had been convicted and sentenced in absentia to 12 years imprisonment in Bolzano, Italy for alleged participation in a series of attacks carried... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
1994-10-01 |
Italy, Austria |
Extradition, Jurisdiction, Terrorism |
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Bibliography of Books, Articles and Documents |
Books
1. Adjective Assistance
André Huet and Renée Koreing-Joulin, DROIT PÉNAL INTERNATIONAL (International Criminal Law) (439 pp. 1994 Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 158 ff.)
(This is a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1994-10-01 |
World |
Bibliography |