Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
2nd Seminar on Defending the Alleged Transnational Criminal On May 28-31, 1993, the International Bar Association in cooperation with the American Bar Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers will sponsor in Madrid the Second... 9 4 1993-04-01 World Money Laundering, Extradition, Human Rights, Organized Crime, Fraud, Asset Forfeiture, Conferences, Financial Crimes
New U.N. Sanctions Take Effect as Emphasis Shifts Increasingly to Enforcing UN Sanctions against Ship Violations As the war and alleged atrocities in the former Yugoslavia ensues, emphasis is increasingly placed on tightening U.N. sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro, including withdrawing their maritime... 9 4 1993-04-01 Serbia, Former Yugoslavia Maritime, United Nations, War Crimes, Sanctions, Smuggle
U.S.-Malta Relations Chill over Anti-Terrorism Case and Implementation of Sanctions in Former Yugoslavia In the beginning of March 1993, diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Malta have deteriorated primarily over the U.S. displeasure with the release by the Government of Malta of hijacker Omar... Bruce Zagaris 9 4 1993-04-01 United States, Malta Terrorism, Sanctions
New Canadian Anti-Terrorism Law Takes Effect On March 26, 1993, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Pierre Blais announced that amendments to the Canadian Criminal Code concerning acts of terrorism received Royal Assent on... 9 4 1993-04-01 Canada Extradition, Maritime, Terrorism, Prosecution, Legislation
Congressional report Criticizes State Department for Not Implementing Justice Assistance In October 1992, legislation authorized U.S. assistance to help countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union establish democratic and free societies, in part, by strengthening... 9 4 1993-04-01 United States, Europe International Cooperation, Law Enforcement, Training, Legislation
Establishment of International Center for the Prevention of Crime in Montreal Imminent On March 18, 1993, the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of Canada, Pierre Blaise, the Quebec Minister of Public Safety, Claude Ryan, the President of the Executive Committee of the... 9 4 1993-04-01 Canada United Nations, Crimes
EC Authorizes Negotiations on Customs Enforcement Cooperation Agreements On April 5, 1993, the European Community Internal Market Ministers at a meeting in Luxembourg authorized the EC Commission to negotiate with at least five of the Community’s major trading partners,... 9 4 1993-04-01 Canada, Europe Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement, Customs, Border Security
France and Brazil Conclude Agreement on Cooperations against Gold/Wood Smuggling, Drug Trafficking and Customs Fraud On March 19, the Brazilian government announced that it has concluded an agreement with France to combat gold and wood smuggling, drug trafficking between the two countries, and to prevent customs... 9 4 1993-04-01 Brazil, France Drugs & Trafficking, Fraud, International Cooperation, Customs
Germany’s New Preoccupation With International Organized In July 1992, the German Bundestag passed the Organized Crime Law. Experts criticized the legislation as only a half-hearted anti-organized crime measure. Ten months later, public awareness of the... Bertold L. Baer 9 4 1993-04-01 Germany Money Laundering, Murder, Organized Crime, Smuggle, Legislation
Danish Presidency of the EC Pledges to Progress on Migration Enforcement During a meeting on March 17-19, 1993 of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, presided over by Chairman Amedee Turner, a European Parliament delegate from the United Kingdom,... 9 4 1993-04-01 Europe Immigration, Law Enforcement, Border Security, Asylum
Panama Investigating Extending Anti-Money Laundering Regulations Brazilian police have reported that money laundering for the network used by former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello’s Administration transferred funds through Panama and the Virgin... 9 4 1993-04-01 Panama Money Laundering, Financial Crimes, Customs, FATF
U.S. Threatens Enforcement Action against Panamanian Ships for Failure to Comply with International Conventions on Ship Pollution According to language in the Clinton Administration’s budget for the Panama Canal Commission, Secretary of State Warren Christopher will protest Panama’s alleged failure to comply with international... 9 4 1993-04-01 United States, Panama Environment, Jurisdiction, Maritime, Treaties, Law Enforcement
Spain Adopts Money Laundering Legislation In November 1992, the Spanish Parliament passed legislation (“Measures on the Prevention of Money Laundering” - - MPML), criminalizing money laundering and imposing recordkeeping obligations on... Bruce Zagaris 9 4 1993-04-01 Spain Money Laundering, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Legislation
European Cooperation Against Organized Crime Is Considered During the second week of February 1993, the Universit Libre de Bruxelles Circle of European Federalists and the School of Criminology hosted a program on “Has the Mafia Been Beaten?” Several... 9 4 1993-04-01 Europe Money Laundering, Arms Trafficking, Organized Crime, Conferences, International Cooperation, Prosecution
European Community Moves Towards Establishment of European Police Force (EUROPOL) The European Parliament is progressing towards establishing a European Police Force. On November 26, 1992, the EP tabled a report on the establishment of Europol, after the Committee on Civil... 9 2 1993-02-01 Europe Jurisdiction, Organized Crime, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement, Europol, Legislation
Costa Rican Court Invalidates Extradition On January 12, 1993, the Constitutional Court of Costa Rica invalidated Costa Rica’s 1982 Extradition Treaty with the United States. The invalidation occurred when the Court accepted a habeas corpus... Maureen Walsh 9 2 1993-02-01 United States, Costa Rica Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties
U.S. Customs Agents’ “Sting” of Cypriots in the Bahamas and Costa Rican Supreme Court’s Invalidation of U.S. Extradition Treaty Put Pressure on U.S. Extradition Policy As the Clinton Administration begins its international criminal policy without an Attorney General, one issue that won’t await for the Administration’s attention is United States extradition policy.... 9 2 1993-02-01 United States, Bahamas, Cyprus Extradition, Treaties, International Cooperation, International Crimes
Classified 1989 Justice Memo Opining Pres. Has Authority to Disregard Int’l Law Is Released to the Public After nearly four years of secrecy the Office of Legal Counsel (O.L.C.) of the Department of Justice has finally released its once classified and highly controversial memorandum that asserts the... Mark Zaid 9 2 1993-02-01 United States National Security, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, Law Enforcement, International Law, Asylum
Peru Requests Extradition of Former President A contingent of Peruvian Congressmen travelled to Colombia last month to personally request the extradition of former Peruvian President Alan Garcia. The former President is accused of embezzling $... Maureen Walsh 9 2 1993-02-01 Colombia, Peru Extradition, International Law, Prosecution, Asylum
Canada Proposes Law to Increase Penalization of Maritime Industry in Effort to Prevent Stowaways As the number of stowaways to Canada dramatically increases, the Canadian Parliament has proposed legislation, B C-86 which seeks to punish persons who do not take action to prevent te growing number... 9 2 1993-02-01 Canada Maritime, Immigration, Law Enforcement, Deportation, Legislation

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