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Money Laundering and the Asia/Pacific Region |
Money laundering is going to be a major growth industry in the 1990s and the Asia/Pacific region will figure prominently in that development. The usual perception of money laundering evokes images of... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Asia |
Money Laundering |
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Japanese Organized Crime Suspected of Smuggling Chinese |
On April 8, 1993, Japanese police investigated allegations that an organized crime group had attempted to smuggle 145 Chinese people into Japan. Police searched the group’s office in efforts to... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
China, Japan |
Maritime, Immigration, Organized Crime, Smuggle |
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Operation White Paradise Dismantles International Drug Trafficking Ring |
On April 14, 1993, Argentinean police successfully completed Operation White Paradise, a multinational drug enforcement effort attacking drug trafficking which involved Argentina, Bolivia and Italy.... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Argentina |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement, Investigation |
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New Waves of Organized Immigrant Smuggling Prompts U.S. To Initiate Efforts to Strengthen Enforcement Regime Against Illegal Migration |
On June 18, 1993, U.S. President Bill Clinton announced an initiative agent against the smuggling of illegal immigrants by crime syndicate. The U.S. Government initiative includes plans to combat... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
United States |
Immigration, Organized Crime, Smuggle, Racketeering/RICO |
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EC To Establish Europol Anti-Drug Unit by July 1 |
On May 7, 1993, the European Community (EC) justice ministers agreed to set up the previously delayed Europol anti-drug unit beginning July 1. The EC police unit was originally scheduled to commence... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Europe |
Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement, Border Security |
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U.S. Aggressively Prosecutes Chinese Crime Rings and Alien Smuggling |
At the beginning of June 1993, several San Francisco and New York cases involved organized alien smuggling galvanized the U.S. law enforcement community to prosecute both more aggressively and... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
United States |
Law Enforcement, Smuggle, Prosecution, Asylum |
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Ecuador Government Interrupts and Dismantles Two Drug Trafficking Groups |
On April 4, 1993, the Ecuador Government announced success in interrupting and dismantling the assets of two of the largest drug-trafficking organizations that had been operating in Ecuador and whose... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Ecuador |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement |
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Research Perspectives on International Criminal Law |
The phrase “international criminal law” was coined by Jeremy Bentham in 1820. The very existence of such a branch of the law remained controversial until recently. It is hardly questionable today... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
World |
Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition, Genocide, Human Rights, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Jurisdiction, Money Laundering, Taxation, Terrorism |
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Spain Enacts Law on Drug Trafficking |
On December 23, 1992, Spain enacted a law on drug trafficking in accordance with its ratification of the 1988 Vienna United Nations Drug Convention. The prefatory explanation of the bill states that... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Spain |
Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement, Legislation |
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Bibliography |
The bibliography for the International Enforcement Law Reporter is published quarterly. The bibliography will be published in July…[more] |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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The “Nigerian Connection” Is Revealed by Brazilian Police |
“The Nigerian Connection,” a new international drug trafficking route, was revealed on April 7, 1993 by the Federal Prison (PF, Brazilian police). Since September 1993, thirteen Nigerians and three... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Nigeria |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime |
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Major Bust Indicates Efforts of Portugal to Combat Rising Drug Trafficking |
On June 1 and 2, 1993, the Judicial Police of Faro, Portugal arrested nine persons next to Olhão in the Algarve, the popular southern Portuguese resort area. The Judicial Police reported that the... |
On Bruce Zagaris |
9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Morocco, Portugal |
Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement |
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IRS Warns U.S. Employers of Illegal Aliens About their Withholding and Employment Tax Obligations |
In its spring 1993 issue of International Tax Forum, the International Revenue Service informed taxpayers that illegal aliens must file and pay tax on any U.S. income or worldwide income in the same... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
United States |
Immigration, Taxation |
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New Customs Commissioner Proposes Amending Tax Law to Allow Customs Access to Tax Information |
On June 17, 1993, U.S. Customs Service Commissioner George Weise in testimony before the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee requested that Congress amend § 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
United States |
Jurisdiction, Taxation, Customs |
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U.S. Agrees to Renegotiate Extradition Treaty With Mexico and to Exclude Kidnapping |
In an important policy reversal from the Bush Administration, the Clinton Administration has agreed to the request by the Government of Mexico to renegotiate the extradition treaty to exclude... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Kidnaping, Treaties, International Cooperation |
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U.S. CFTC and Netherlands Finance Sign Mutual Enforcement Cooperation Agreement on Commodities Futures Trading |
On April 29, 1993, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it and the Netherlands Finance Ministry signed a mutual cooperation agreement concerning enforcement matters.... |
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9 |
5 |
1993-05-01 |
United States, Netherlands |
Fraud, International Cooperation, Investigation |
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European Community Introduces New Enforcement Mechanisms to Fight Increasing Fraud against the Community |
As fraud against the Community Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the European Community generally is dramatically rising, the EC is introducing new legal forms of cooperation and new technology. On... |
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9 |
5 |
1993-05-01 |
Europe |
Fraud, International Cooperation, Customs, Prosecution |
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U.S. Congressional Tax Committees Press IRS to Stiffen International Tax Enforcement |
On April 27 and 28, 1993, the Administration ironically tried to defend their international tax enforcement plans against attack that the Administration was not doing enough. On April 27, the... |
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9 |
5 |
1993-05-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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OCED Will Issue Guidelines and Begin an Initiative to Curb Bribery in International Transactions |
On April 27, 1993, an official of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced that the OECD is preparing a recommendation to help curb bribes in international trade and... |
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9 |
5 |
1993-05-01 |
OECD |
Money Laundering, Bribery, Sanctions, OECD |
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U.S. Court Upholds Summons and Enforcement of Mexican Tax Request, Strengthening Validity of TIEA Procedures |
On May 11, 1993, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division, in a decision by Fileman B. Vela, upheld an IRS summons to obtain U.S. bank documents under the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
9 |
5 |
1993-05-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Investigation |