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Vanuatu Poised to Enact Laws to Exempt Trust Companies from Confidentiality Obligation To Enable Them to Meet Obligations of International Criminal Assistance in Non-Tax Cases |
Vanuatu is poised to enact new legislation in 1992 that will exempt trust companies from confidentiality obligations in the event requests are made by law enforcement agencies for information on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
8 |
2 |
1992-02-01 |
Vanuatu |
International Cooperation |
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Obtaining Information - The Ways and Means |
According to a recent estimate, the European Community is defrauded of between 1.5 and 3.1 billion pounds each year. With the advent of the single market, member countries will be encouraged to... |
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8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
European Union, Europe |
Economic Crimes |
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Libya Moves Towards Trying Accused for Lockerbie Bombing as U.S. and Britain Press for Sanctions for Refusal to Extradite |
The efforts to try the individuals accused of participating in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 is reaching a critical a stage. |
Bruce Zagaris |
8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
Libya, United Kingdom, United States |
Terrorism |
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International Judicial Assistance by Michael Abbell and Bruno Ristau (6 Volumes International Law Institute, Washington, D.C.) |
The six-volume work is a new edition of a prior two-volume work. The prior work was authored by Bruno Ristau, a partner in Ristau and Abbell and former director, Official of International Affairs,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
United States |
Adjective Enforcement |
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Poland and German Sign Agreement on International Criminal Cooperation |
On November 6, 1991, the Governments of Poland and Germany signed an agreement to cooperate in combatting organized crime, drug traffic, terrorism, and trafficking in illegal immigrants,. |
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8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland |
Adjective Enforcement |
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Australia Issues Circular Requiring Reporting of Currency Transactions |
The Australiant Cash Transaction Reports Agency (CTRA) has promulgated a circular (CTRA Information Circular No. 9) that requires the reporting of certain foreign currency transactions between... |
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8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
Australia |
Bank Secrecy, Money Laundering |
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Spanish Court Charges Menem's Sister-in-Law and Others with Drug and Money-Laundering Crimes |
On December 17, three major Madrid papers, El Pais, El Mundo, and El Sol reported that drug and money-laundering charges were filed against Ms. Amalia Yoma, the sister of... |
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8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
Argentina, Colombia, Panama, Spain, United States |
Bank Secrecy, Money Laundering |
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U.S. Issues Proposed Regulations Restricting Export of Additional Pre-Cursor Chemicals |
On December 11, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued proposed regulations restricting the export to fourteen South American countries of hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid... |
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8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela |
Drug Enforcement |
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Guernsey Joins IOSCO to Strengthen Fraud Prevention |
Guernsey's Financial Service Commission (FSC) has been admitted as a member of the International ORganization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). According to a media report, John Roper, Director of... |
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8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
United States |
Economic Crimes |
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IRS Assists Japan in Tax Evasion Investigation of Japanese Real Estate Investments in Hawaii |
With the assistance of the Internal Revenue Service, Japan's National Tax Administration Agency has detected 218 instances of possible tax evasion by Japanese nationals in Hawaiian real estate.... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Japan, United States |
Tax Enforcement, Taxation |
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Peru Begins Broad Corporate Tax Compliance Program Amidst Prosecution of Ex-President Garcia for Illicit Enrichment |
Peru's Government has simultaneously taken action on three fronts in an effort to try to both raise revenue and bring equity into its tax system and overall government. |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Peru |
Corruption, Prosecution, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
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Economic Crime Emerging Market Economies: Poland and the Case for an Adequate Legal Prootection |
Poland is one of the Eastern European countries which has been desperately trying to transform its unworkable economy to a free market system. The commerical spirit of the former socialist society... |
Michael Plachta |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Poland |
Economic Crimes, International Cooperation |
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Tension Builds over Requests for Extradition of Libyans as Arab League Backs Libya and Libya Makes Concessions |
Diplomatic tensions are building over the refusal by Libya to accede to the demands of the United States and Britain to extradite or turn over Abdel Basste Ali Al-Meghari and Lamen Khalifah Fhiman,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Libya, United Kingdom, United States |
Extradition, International Cooperation, Terrorism |
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EC Progress on Common Asylum and Enforcement Program against Illegal Immigrants |
In what is shaping up as one of the key public international law and international criminal cooperation matters, momentum is gaining towards a compromise and the achievment of a common European... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
European Union |
Asylum, Immigration |
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Trevi Ministers Meet and Agree to Strengthen Regional Cooperation |
On December 2-3, The Euroepan Ministers responsible for police and security matters met in The Hague to conduct their half-yearly round of formal discussions. The Dutch Presidency, represented by Mr... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
European Union |
International Cooperation, International Law, International Organizations |
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Considers Ratification of International and Political Covenant |
On November 21, 1991, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations considered the case for the ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The holding of the hearing... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
United States |
Human Rights, International Law |
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Bhopal Crime Case Begins Without Union Carbide Chair |
On November 27, 1991, the criminal case began in India on the alleged responsibility of the former chairman of Union Carbide Corportation, a U.S.-based company and eight executives of its Asian... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
India |
Environment, Prosecution |
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ABA Program Highlights Frontier Developments in International Environmental Criminal Law |
On December 3, 1991, the Committee on International Criminal Law, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Associations, held a program on "International Encironment Criminal Law: Cross-Border Problems... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
United States, World |
Environment, International Law |
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Environmentalists Finally Hook Japan to End the Use of Drift Net Fishing |
In an important victory for environmental groups seeking to jump-start international environmental enforcement law, on November 26, the Japanese cabinet approved a moratorium on drift net fishing on... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Japan |
Environment, Wildlife |
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Italy Establishes Compensation Fund through Insurance Policies to Compensation Victims of Organized Crime Extortion |
The Government of Italy has established a compensation fund to assist victims of extortion efforts by organized crime. The fund will be partly financed by a new one-percent tax on certain insurance... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Italy |
Administration of Justice, Extortion, Organized Crime, Oversight |