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Brazil Government Ratifies Italian Extradition and Penal Cooperation Treaties |
On July 12, 1993, the Brazilian Government approved its ratification of an extradition treaty with Italy. The treaty obligates the signatory countries to extradite criminals pursued by the... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
Brazil, Italy |
Extradition, Human Rights, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties |
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Bibliography |
The next Bibliography will appear in the October issue of the International Enforcement Law Reporter. |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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Brazil Extradites Alleged Mafia Drug Trafficker to Italy |
On July 10, 1993, the Brazil Federal Police reported that Vicenzo Curcelli, an alleged Italian drug trafficker and member of the Mafia, had been extradited to Italy. Curcelli had avoided a sentence... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
Brazil, Italy |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Cyprus Supreme Court Denies Altieri Appeal for Extradition to France |
On July 20, 1993, the five-judge Cyprus Supreme Court, in a decision chaired by Supreme Court Judge Dhimitris Dhimitriadhis, rejected an appeal by Charles Altieri of an order granting his extradition... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
France, Cyprus |
Extradition, Murder, Drugs & Trafficking, Prosecution |
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U.N. Security Council Continues Libya Sanctions as Allies Threaten Sanctions for Failure to Extradite in Pan Am 103 Bombing |
On August 13, 1993, the United Nations Security Council voted for the fourth time to continue its own sanctions against Libya for refusing to surrender two suspects, both of whom have been indicted... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
Libya |
Extradition, Terrorism, Sanctions |
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Panama Supreme Court Denies U.S. Extradition Request for Colombia Drug Suspect |
On July 14, 1993, the Panama Supreme Court of Justice effectively denied the extradition request of Colombian citizen Leon Alvarez Cuadro when it ruled that his arrest was illegal. The U.S.... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
United States, Panama |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties, International Cooperation |
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Panama Rejects Protests and Grants Asylum to Former Guatemala President Serrano |
Panamanian President Guillermo Endara, in the face of protests by labor groups who blocked traffic in Panama City to show their displeasure, has defended his government’s decision to grant political... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
Guatemala, Panama |
Extradition, Asylum |
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Greece Extradites to Germany Former Stasi Officer for Terrorist Charges |
On July 1, 1993, the Greek Government extradited to Germany a senior Stasi officer accused of being an accessory in terrorist attacks in 1983. German security officers took custody of Helmut Voigt, a... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
Germany, Greece |
Extradition, Terrorism, Arrest, Prosecution |
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El Salvador and Mexico Conclude Series of Int’l Criminal Cooperation Agreements |
On Salvadorian President Alfredo Cristiani and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed several agreements on international criminal cooperation as well as agreements on economic trade... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
Mexico, El Salvador |
Extradition, Immigration, Transfer of Prisoners, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement |
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9th Circuit Affirms Specialty Claim for Pakistani Fugitive on Drug Charges |
On April 1993, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the decision of the U.S. District Court and agreed with the argument of Pakistani’s fugitive, Zulquarman Khan, that the... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Pakistan |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Prosecution, Fugitive |
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Nigeria Deports Hijacker Ali Rezaq to the U.S. after Ghana Releases Him |
On July 15, the Nigerian Government released to the U.S. Government Omar Mohammed Ali Rezaq, an airplane hijacker, who was assiduously sought by the U.S. for his role in the hijacking of a jetliner... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Nigeria, Ghana |
Deportation, Arrest |
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Egypt’s Ability to Obtain Sheik Tied to Bomb Case Rests on 1874 Extradition Treaty |
The immediate plight of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the Islamic cleric who was arrested in connection with the World Trade Center bombing, will depend on the disposition of the Egyptian extradition... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
Egypt |
Extradition, Terrorism, Murder, Treaties, Piracy, Rape |
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Advocating the Rule of Law and a Moral Approach in Combatting Terrorism and Drug Trafficking |
This provocative work penetrates the adverse consequences of United States governmental realpolitik policies that deliberately uses illegal conduct to combat and defeat international terrorism and... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States |
Jurisdiction, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Drug Enforcement |
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Potential Opposition to Permanent International Criminal Court Exists While American Bar Association Task Force Report Supports War Crimes Task Force |
On Thursday, July 14, 1993, at the Foreign Relations mark-up for the State Department authorizations, the bill which contains the provision for a permanent international criminal court, Senator Jesse... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States |
Jurisdiction, War Crimes, International Criminal Court, Prosecution, International Criminal Tribunal |
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Dr. Alvarez-Machain Sues U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency for Kidnapping, Torture and Deprivation of Human Rights |
On July 9, Dr. Humberto Alvarez-Machain, the Mexican physician who was kidnapped from his home in Guadalajara, Mexico in April 1990 to stand trial in the murder of a former DEA agent Enrique Camarena... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Human Rights, Kidnaping, Torture, Drug Enforcement |
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International Council of Jurists to Address Comfort Women Problem |
At the working group meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights on modern-type slaves held in Geneva on May 24, the International Commission of Jurists called for the “establishment of a panel to... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
World, Japan |
Human Rights, War Crimes, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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Haiti Is the Focus of International Human Rights Law Effort While Haitian Refugees Have Mixed Success in Pressing Human Rights Abroad |
The international community, specifically the United Nations (UN) and the Organization for American States (OAS), apparently has successfully rallied to impose economic sanctions against the Haitian... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
Haiti |
Human Rights, United Nations, Sanctions, Detention |
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Americas Watch Repeats Call for Mechanisms to Remedy Human Rights Abuses on U.S.-Mexican Border |
On May 13, 1993, Americas Watch in a supplemental report, concludes that serious abuses by U.S. immigration law enforcement agents continue and calls for new mechanisms to curtail abuses and... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Immigration, Law Enforcement, Rape, Detention, Border Security |
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Congressional Hearing Calls for New Measures to Combat Crossborder Laundering between the U.S. and Mexico as Treasury and Texas Initiate New Anti-Laundering Enforcement Project |
At a hearing held by the House Banking Committee in San Antonio, Texas, Assistant Treasury Secretary for Enforcement Ronald Noble and Texas Attorney General Dan Morales announced a pilot project, “... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Money Laundering, Financial Crimes, Border Security, Legislation |
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German Court Denies Ghanian Citizen Asylum Indicating Strict Enforcement of New Asylum |
The German federal constitutional court dismissed an appeal from a Ghanian citizen who desired asylum in Germany. The decision allayed fears that asylum-seekers would use the court system to prevent... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
Germany, Ghana |
Immigration, Deportation, Asylum |