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Bibliography of Books, Articles and Documents |
This article contains abstracts of recently published books, articles and documents…[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1992-12-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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Panama Investigates Suspicious Release and Murder of Alleged U.S. Drug Trafficker |
Panama legislator Leo Gonzalez, chairman of the Legislative Assembly, is investigating the case of alleged U.S. drug trafficker Joseph Williams, who died in 1990 of poisoning after his release on... |
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10 |
1992-12-01 |
Panama |
Arrest, Drugs & Trafficking, Murder, Organized Crime, Prosecution |
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Conferences |
This article announces a seminar that will be held in Madrid in May 1993 on the alleged transnational criminal…[more] |
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1992-12-01 |
World |
Conferences |
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Aruba Minister of Finance Conditions Tax Information Exchange Agreements on Existence of Income Tax Treaties |
On October 7, Mr. Roland H. Lacle, Minister of Finance for the Aruba Government, in the opening address of the First Caribbean Tax Conference in Aruba, stated in remarks directed specifically at the... |
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10 |
1992-12-01 |
Aruba, United States |
International Cooperation, Taxation, Treaties |
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U.S. Court Acquits Alvarez-Machain While Mexico Calls for the Extradition of Two DEA Agents for Kidnapping |
On December 14, 1992, Judge Edward Rafeedie of the United States District Court acquitted Dr. Humberto Alvarez-Machain, a Mexican doctor who was kidnapped from Mexico in 1990 to stand trial in Los... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1992-12-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Extradition, Kidnaping, Prosecution, Torture |
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Brazil Government Requests Mutual Assistance from Uruguay on Money Laundering Investigation |
On December 7, the Uruguayan Supreme Court was reported to be studying a request from the Brazilian Government to investigate narcotics-related money laundering that is occurring in the Uruguayan... |
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10 |
1992-12-01 |
Brazil, Uruguay |
Drugs & Trafficking, Investigation, Jurisdiction, Money Laundering |
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1992 Futures Trading Practices Act Gives CFTC New Int’l Enforcement Powers |
On October 29, 1992, President Bush signed into law the long awaited reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The reauthorization law, called the “Futures Trading Pratices Act of... |
Lisa Davis |
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10 |
1992-12-01 |
United States |
International Cooperation, Investigation, Legislation, Trade Enforcement |
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Narcotics Money Laundering in the Caribbean Shows Wide Diversity in Anti-Laundering Regime |
For purposes of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force’s Technical Workshop in May 1992 in Kingston, Jamaica and subsequent meeting on November 5-6, 1992, Coopers & Lybrand prepared a report... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
1992-12-01 |
Caribbean |
Drugs & Trafficking, FATF, Money Laundering, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Business Group Moves to Prosecute Software Piracy and Illegal Bulletin Boards |
On November 24, 1992, Business Software Alliance (BSA) at a press conference in Washington announced a worldwide campaign to prosecutive and stop electronic bulletin board systems that are... |
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10 |
1992-12-01 |
United States |
Copyright, International Cooperation, Piracy |
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Africa Becomes Part of the International Drug Trade |
The illicit drug trade and money laundering are usually perceived as problems related to the Americas, Europe and parts of Asia. Yet, in the 1990s, Africa is joining the chain of drug production,... |
Scott B. MacDonald |
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10 |
1992-12-01 |
Africa |
Border Security, Drugs & Trafficking, Law Enforcement, Smuggle |
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Governments Begin to Combat Mounting International Credit Card Fraud |
In the last few years the mounting losses due to the rise of international credit card fraud has caused governments to reassess their legislative policies and to enact legislation to facilitate... |
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10 |
1992-12-01 |
World |
Financial Crimes, Fraud, Investigation, Legislation, Organized Crime, Prosecution |
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Brazil Government Requests Mutual Assistance from Uruguay on Money Laundering |
On December 7, the Uruguayan Supreme Court was reported to be studying a request from the Brazilian government to investigate narcotics-related money laundering that is occurring in the Uruguayan... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
1992-12-01 |
Brazil, Uruguay |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Money Laundering |
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Baltic Organized Crime Is Smuggling Scrap Metal in Nordic Countries |
The Swedish Customs Crimes Police is currently investigating Estonian, Finnish and Russian metal-smuggling gangs with apparently good business contacts in Sweden. Organized metal smuggling and... |
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10 |
1992-12-01 |
Europe |
Corruption, Customs, Customs Enforcement, Fraud, International Cooperation, Investigation, Organized Crime |
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Draft Model Law to Implement Basel Hazardous Waste Transportation Convention Is Approved |
On December 2, experts from the signatory countries of the Basel Convention on the Transport of Hazardous Wastes approved a draft law on the transport of hazardous waste from one country to another... |
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1992-12-01 |
World |
Counterfeiting, Environment, Legislation, Treaties |
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Conferences |
This article gives details of an upcoming conference on the Alleged Transnational Criminal sponsored by the American Bar Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers…[more] |
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1992-11-01 |
World |
Conferences |
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8Japan Collects Documents on Questionable Hawaiian Real Estate Transactions |
On October 16, 1992, Japan’s National Tax Administration Agency announced that, with the cooperation of the Internal Revenue Service, it has obtained documents regarding questionable Hawaiian real... |
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11 |
1992-11-01 |
Japan, United States |
International Cooperation, Tax Enforcement, Taxation |
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8U.S. Interior Department Chides Palau’s Insufficient Tax Enforcement Efforts |
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Inspector General has criticized the Republic of Palau for its woefully inadequate tax enforcement that may have missed $50.3 million in unreported... |
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11 |
1992-11-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement, Taxation |
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International Tax Enforcement Increases 8 |
Several developments indicate that international tax enforcement will increase in the immediate future, leading both to increased cooperation and tension between governments on the one hand, and... |
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11 |
1992-11-01 |
World |
International Cooperation, Legislation, Tax Enforcement, Taxation |
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U.S. and Canada Will Increase Simultaneous Tax Examinations |
On November 10, 1992, at the Tax Executives Institute’s annual conference, S. Claude Lemelin, chief of tax treaty administration for Revenue Canada in Ottawa, stated that simultaneous examinations,... |
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11 |
1992-11-01 |
Canada, United States |
International Cooperation |
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Japan Imposes $57 Million Back Taxes & Surcharges on US Subsidiary |
On November 2, 1992, a spokesman for Nihon Unisys Ltd. announced that the Tokyo Regional Tax Bureau has imposed 6.888 billion yen ($57 million) in corporate back taxes and surcharges as a result of a... |
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11 |
1992-11-01 |
Japan, United States |
Intellectual Property, Tax Enforcement, Taxation |