Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Status of Luxembourg’s Attractiveness as a Financial Sector is Questioned Recently international investment counselors have questioned the continued attractiveness of Luxembourg’s financial sector due to its alleged breach of secrecy rules. In particular, the allegation is... 8 3 1992-03-01 Luxembourg Bank Secrecy, Banking Supervision, Financial Crimes, Fraud, Investigation, Legislation, Money Laundering, Tax Crimes
Second Andean Drug Summit On February 26 and 27, President George Bush and leaders from six Latin American countries held a two-day drug summit in San Antonio, Texas. It was a follow-up of a summit held two years before. The... Bruce Zagaris 8 3 1992-03-01 Latin America and South America, United States Conferences, Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition, Human Rights, International Cooperation, Legislation
U.S. Supreme Court Orders Swiss Bank to Turn Over Bank Records of Panamanian Subsidiary in Criminal Tax Case On February 24, the United States Supreme Court ordered the Union Bank of Switzerland to turn over bank records in the possession of its Panamanian subsidiary. In doing so, the Court rejected the... 8 3 1992-03-01 Switzerland, United States Bank Secrecy, International Law, Investigation, Sanctions, Tax Crimes
IRS Obtains More Time to Submit Review of Enforcement Measures on Transfer Pricing The Internal Revenue Service has requested a two month delay to file with Congress a report that was due March 1 on the effectiveness of measures enacted in 1990 to increase compliance with transfer... 8 3 1992-03-01 United States Legislation, Tax Enforcement
U.S. Supreme Court Briefs in Alvarez-Machain Presage a Historical Decision for International Criminal Law With the briefs filed in the case of United States v. Alvarez-Machain, the stage has been set for what may be a decision of monumental importance in the jurisdiction of United States application of... Bruce Zagaris 8 3 1992-03-01 United States Human Rights, International Criminal and Comparative Law, International Law, Jurisdiction
India Requests Extradition of Former Union Carbide Chairman in Bhopal Case On March 27, India took steps to seek extradition from the United States Government of Mr. Warren Anderson, the former chairman of Union Carbide, so that he can be tried at Bhopal on charges of... 8 3 1992-03-01 India, United States Arrest, Extradition
EC Proposes Administrative Penal Sanctions for Fishing Violations Presaging Additional Area of Direct Penal Enforcement Sanctions To remedy difficulties in the enforcement of the European Community’s common fisheries policy, an EC report of the European Commission published on March 16 on the surveillance of the EC’s CFP... 8 3 1992-03-01 Europe Environment, Maritime, Sanctions, Wildlife
Environmental Group Goes to Court to Force Ban on Shrimp Imports On February 24, 1992 the Earth Island Institute brought a complaint under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 against the Department of Commerce and State because of their alleged violations of law... 8 3 1992-03-01 United States Environment, Trade Enforcement, Wildlife
International Criminal Cooperation in Commonwealth Caribbean Advances In recent years, international criminal cooperation in the Commonwealth Caribbean has been strengthened. Two areas in particular that are undergoing dynamic development are technical assistance in... 8 3 1992-03-01 British Commonwealth, Caribbean Extradition, International Cooperation, Investigation, Prosecution, Training
U.S. Mexico Environmental Enforcement Cooperation Will Be Enhanced On February 25, the United States and Mexican Governments released a review of U.S.-Mexico environmental issues which contains discussions on developments in environmental enforcement cooperation.... 8 3 1992-03-01 Mexico, United States Environment, International Cooperation, Training
Work of CICAD and Caribbean Financial Action Task Force Intersects Ideally By a fortuitous twist of circumstances, the model anti-money laundering legislation of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Commission (CICAD) and the second meeting of the Caribbean Financial Action Task... Bruce Zagaris 8 2 1992-02-01 Caribbean Money Laundering
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
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... 8 1 1992-01-01 United States Economic Crimes
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... 8 1 1992-01-01 European Union, Europe Economic Crimes
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
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
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,. 8 1 1992-01-01 Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland Adjective Enforcement
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... 8 1 1992-01-01 Australia Bank Secrecy, Money Laundering
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... 8 1 1992-01-01 Argentina, Colombia, Panama, Spain, United States Bank Secrecy, Money Laundering
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... 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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