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House Subcommittee Holds Hearings On Telemarketing Fraud And International Enforcement Efforts To Combat It |
On July 11 and July 12, 1990, the Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operations held hearings on the nature and extent of telemarketing fraud... |
Lisa L. Davis |
6 |
9 |
1990-09-01 |
World |
Fraud |
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Council of Europe's Anti-Money Laundering Convention Is Adopted by the Committee of Ministers |
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe-the 23 nation international organization with its seat in Strasbourg, France- adopted on September 10 a new international convention (the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
6 |
9 |
1990-09-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering |
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Italy's Liberalized Exchange rules Do Not Remove Fear of Tax Enforcement |
On June 28, the Italian Government adopted liberalized rules implementing earlier legislation that liberalize the acquisition of shares outside Italy, the holding of foreign currency bank accounts,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
6 |
8 |
1990-08-01 |
Italy |
Tax Enforcement |
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Nilsson Provides Highlights of European Anti-Money Laundering Convention |
On August 7, 1990, during the Presidential Showcase program on international cooperation against European business crimes, Hans Nilsson, Administrator and an attorney with the Council of Europe,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
6 |
8 |
1990-08-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering |
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U.S. Donates Patrol Boat to Malta for Use in Illicit Drug Traffficking and Malta Takes Other Steps to Enhance Its Maritime Patrols |
The U.S. Government has made a gift of a patrol broat to the Maritime Unit of the Armed Forces of Malta for use against illicit drug trafficking around the Maltese islands. |
Bruce Zagaris |
6 |
8 |
1990-08-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
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Swiss Supreme Court Rules On Judicial Assistance Request In Insider Trading Case |
The Swiss Supreme Court in Lausanne dismissed an administrative appeal by Pechiney Corp., the US-subsidiary of Pechiney S.A. in France, against the order of the Swiss federal policy authority to... |
Robert Niedermeier |
6 |
8 |
1990-08-01 |
Switzerland |
White Collar Crime |
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Interpol Establishes User Fees |
On July 31, the United States National Central Bureau (USNCB) INTERPOL, published a final rule to establish a system of user fees for the noncriminal inquiries it processes yearly. |
Bruce Zagaris |
6 |
8 |
1990-08-01 |
World |
INTERPOL |
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Dutch/US Accord Likely on Status of Force Agreement Turn-Over |
On August 3, at the meeting of the Committee on International Criminal Law, Section of Criminal Justice, Lt. Col Michael Wims reviewed the Short (aka Blender) case. |
Bruce Zagaris |
6 |
8 |
1990-08-01 |
Netherlands |
Adjective Enforcement |
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U.S. District Judge Rules that Charge Against Mexican National Cannot Be Brought Because Abduction Violates Extradition Treaty |
In a case with far-reaching repercussions, on August 10, 1990, U.S. District Judge Edward Rafeedie ruled that the U.S. did not have jurisdiction over Dr. Humberto Alvarez Machain, a Guadalajara... |
Bruce Zagaris |
6 |
8 |
1990-08-01 |
United States |
Extradition |
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Senate Holds Hearings on Anti-Terrorism Act Designed to Provide Victims of Terrorism with Opportunities To Sue Terrorists |
On July 25, 1990, the Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate held a hearing on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1990. |
Bruce Zagaris |
6 |
8 |
1990-08-01 |
United States |
Terrorism |
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The U.S. Embargo on Trade with Iraq and The Blocking of Kuwaiti Government Assets |
On Thursday, August 2, 1990, in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, President Bush signed an Executive Order immediately blocking all assets of the Government of Iraq and prohibiting... |
Joseph P. Griffin and Michael R. Calabrese |
6 |
8 |
1990-08-01 |
United States |
Trade Enforcement |
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Update on the U.S. Embargo on Trade with Iraq and The Blocking of Kuwaiti Government Assets |
On Thursday, August 2, 1990, in response to the Iraqi of Kuwait, President Bush signed an Executive Order immediately blocking all assets of the Government of Iraq and prohibiting transactions with... |
Joseph P. Griffin and Michael R. Calabrese |
6 |
8 |
1990-08-01 |
United States |
Trade Enforcement |
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Bush Reiterates Promise to Give Trade Assistance to Andean Countries |
On July 23, U.S. President George Bush reiterated his promise made at the Andean (Cartagena) Summit in February to provide trade and aid assistance for the embatted Andean countries of Bolivia,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
6 |
7 |
1990-07-01 |
Latin America and South America |
Adjective Assistance, Research, Teaching |
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American Bar Tax Section Calls for Procedures to Implement TIEAs or to Suspend Exchanges |
The Section of Taxation Committee on U.S. Activities of Foreigners and Tax Treaties has asked Treasury that it either implement procedures providing U.S. taxpayers with notice and opportunity to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
6 |
7 |
1990-07-01 |
United States |
Taxation |
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Committee on Experts Considers International Criminal Court Proposal |
The establishment of an international criminal tribunal has long been a goal, first of the League of Nations and then of the United Nations. |
Professor Christopher L. Blakesley |
6 |
7 |
1990-07-01 |
World |
International Criminal Court |
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Mexico Requests Extradition of DEA Agent and A Former Mexican Law Enforcement Official for Kidnapping Dr. Alvarez Machain |
On July 20, the Mexican Government, seeking to bring to justice persons responsible for the kidnapping of Dr. Humberto Alvarez Machain, the gynecologist who was abducted last April in Guadalajara and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
6 |
7 |
1990-07-01 |
Mexico |
Extradition |
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Japan Imposes Ban on Drift-Net Fishing |
Japan has announced that it will end drift-net fishing in the South Pacific this season (1990-91), one year earlier than the date established by a United Nations resolution. |
Bruce Zagaris |
6 |
7 |
1990-07-01 |
Japan |
Environment |
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Congressional Research Service and House Foreign Affairs Committee Co-Sponsor Money Laundering Symposium |
Under the combined auspices of Rep. Dante Fascell, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Raphael Perl of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), a broad spectrum of specialists... |
Lt. Col. Michael Dziedzic |
6 |
7 |
1990-07-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering |
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Mexican Finance Regulation on Expatriate Compliance |
On May 15, 1990, the Mexican Ministry of Finance announced that it would enforce Mexican law that taxes earnings abroad of Mexican taxpayers, including interest earned on bank accounts. |
Bruce Zagaris |
6 |
6 |
1990-06-01 |
Mexico |
Taxation |
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Norwegian Government Takes International Tax and Money Movement Enforcement Initiatives |
Recently the Norwegian Government has taken some international enforcement initiatives that reflect a new aggressiveness in the Nordic countries and around the world towards international tax... |
Leif Weizman and Bruce Zagaris |
6 |
6 |
1990-06-01 |
Norway |
Taxation |