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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 |
8 |
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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8 |
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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8 |
19 |
1992-12-01 |
World |
Counterfeiting, Environment, Legislation, Treaties |
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International Credit Card Fraud Boosts Industrial Security for Anti-Fraud Measures |
As a result of the rise in international credit card fraud, one initiative of the credit card industry worldwide has been designing, developing and implementing new technology to combat the ability... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
World |
Fraud |
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U.S. Diplomat Incurs Fine for Illegal Ivory Imports |
On December 10, 1992, the U.S. District Court in Baltimore imposed a fine of $1,000 on Kenneth A. Loff, who pled guilty to bringing hundreds of pieces of banned ivory into the U.S. from his... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
Africa, United States |
Penalties, Wildlife Smuggle |
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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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8 |
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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8 |
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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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Japan, United States |
Intellectual Property, Tax Enforcement, Taxation |
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Brazilian Government Announces its Intent to Revise U.S. Extradition Treaty Due to U.S. Abductions |
On September 24, 1992, Brazilian Justice Minister Celio Borja stated that he wants to renegotiate and revise the extradition treaty signed between Brazil and the United States. Borja wants to clarify... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Brazil, United States |
Extradition, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Jurisdiction, Kidnaping, Treaties |
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Bar Panel Considers U.S. Extradition Policy and Whether Corrective Legislation Is Needed in the Aftermath of Alvarez-Machain Case to Regularize Rendition Policies |
On October 28, 1992, several bar committees sponsored a lively discussion on U.S. extradition policy in the aftermath of the case of U.S. v. Alvarez-Machain. Ralph G. Steinhardt, Associate Professor... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
United States |
Extradition, Human Rights, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Kidnaping, Legislation, Prosecution, Sovereignty, Treaties |
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Panama Rejects U.S. Extradition for Colombian Drug Trafficker |
Panamanian Attorney General Rogelio Cruz rejected a U.S. extradition request against Ramon Tejada Alvarez, known as ‘El Viejo’, a Colombian citizen who is wanted by the U.S. government on charges of... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Panama, United States |
Deportation, Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition, Investigation, Prosecution |
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Peru Releases Carlos Wittgreen in Spite of Panama’s Extradition Request |
Peruvian authorities have released Carlos Wittgreen, a Panamanian business and Noriega collaborator, who is charged with murder in Panama. Interpol arrested Wittgreen on corruption charges in Lima on... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Panama, Peru |
Arrest, Corruption, Extradition, International Law, Murder |
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International White Collar Crime Developments: A Booming Time |
The international arena has experienced a dramatic growth in the white collar law area. This growth is attributed to several developments: globalization has facilitated travel, transmission of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
World |
Asset Forfeiture, Drugs & Trafficking, Environment, Evidence Gathering, Extradition, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Money Laundering, Transfer of Prisoners |
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Canada’s Extradition Act Amendments Take Effect |
On November 2, 1992, the Honorable Kim Campbell, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Member for Vancouver Center, announced that the amendments to the Extradition Act, passed by... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Canada |
Extradition, Legislation |
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Caribbean Financial Action Task Force Reaches Agreement to Implement International Standards and Establish a Secretariat |
On November 5-6, 1992, twenty-six governments at a meeting of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force in Kingston endorsed a declaration (the “Kingston Declaration on Money Laundering”), agreed to... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Caribbean |
Asset Forfeiture, Drugs & Trafficking, FATF, Legislation, Money Laundering, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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U.S. Requests Extradition of Colombians Arrested in Operation Green Ice |
U.S. authorities have initiated actions leading to extradition to the United States of four Colombians arrested in Costa Rica on September 24, 1992. The Colombians supposedly are linked to the... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Colombia, Costa Rica, United States |
Arrest, Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition, Freezing of Assets, Money Laundering, Organized Crime |
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New U.S. Money Laundering Law Has Several International Provisions |
On October 28, 1992, President Bush signed into law HR 5334, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, which contains new money laundering provisions that have significant international... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
United States |
Financial Crimes, Legislation, Money Laundering, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Committee on International Criminal Law Hears Update on State Department’s International Enforcement Activities and on Application to U.S. Bill of Rights Abroad in Criminal Cases |
On October 30, 1992, the Committee on International Criminal Law held a meeting during the Fall meeting of the Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association. Bob Harris, Department of State’s... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
United States |
Extradition, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Kidnaping, Murder, Mutual Legal Assistance, Terrorism, Treaties |
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Germany Enacts New Money Laundering Law |
On September 15, 1992 the Federal Republic of Germany joined the ranks of a growing number of countries that outlawed money laundering. Money laundering had not been illegal in Germany. However,... |
Heidi Gramckow |
8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Germany |
Drugs & Trafficking, Money Laundering, Organized Crime, Prosecution |
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Panama Arrests International Arms Trafficker |
Panamanian Technical Judicial Police have arrested alleged arms dealer Andres Guevara after following him since August, Guevara is charged with arms dealing. He apparently specialized in mobilizing... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Panama |
Arms Trafficking, Border Security, Bribery, Customs |