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ABA Annual Convention Hosts Program on Criminal Law issues in Doing Business Abroad |
On August 9, 1989, the Sections of International Law and Practice and the Section of Criminal Justice co-sponsored a program entitled "Criminal Law Issues in Doing Business Abroad" during the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
United States |
International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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Thornburgh Promises Better Enforcement of International Crimes Against the Environment |
On July 19, 1989, Attorney General Dick Thornburgh in a speech before the National Association of District Attorneys in Portland, Maine, announced new initiatives against international crimes agaisnt... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
United States |
Environment |
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Central American Presidents Agree on Implementation on Accord and on Machinery to Prevent Further International Crimes |
On August 8, at Tela, Honduras, five Central American Presidents from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, signed an accord to implement the previous agreements on stopping the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
Central America |
International Organizations |
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EC Ministers Agree on Computer Software Protection Proposal to Foil Piracy |
On December 21, 1988, the EC Commission, the executive arm of the European Communities, drafted a proposal for the protection of computer software which adheres to the principles of the Berne... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
Europe |
Computer Crimes |
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Legislative B/C Weapons Control Efforts in the United States |
Among a dozen proposals on improved export control enforcement pending on Capitol Hill, several bills in the House and the Senate would restrict the manufacture of chemical and biological weapons. |
Markus Bornheim |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
United States |
Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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U.S. Shares Forfeited Proceeds in Panamanian Bank Plea |
On August 14, after the Panama-based Banco de Occidente agreed to pay a $5 million criminal fine as a result of its pleading guilty to money laundering charges, the U.S. Government announced that it... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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Book Review: Guide to Computer Law; Commerce Clearing House, Inc. |
Unlike much computer law literature, the CCH Guide to Computer Law devoted substantial space to international and criminal matters. Both fields are covered so well that the Guide is also a valuable... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
United States |
Computer Crimes |
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Costa Rican Parliament's Narcotics Commission Recommends Revision of Laws and Further Investigations |
At the end of July, a parliamentary commission in Costa Rica concluded its investigation into the nation's problems resulting from international narcotics trafficking. It presented a report that... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
Costa Rica |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Justice Department Will Centralize Prosecution of Money Laundering |
The Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice is planning to establish a Financial Crimes Unit aimed specifically at money laundering and the illicit profits of drug traffickers. |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering |
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Government Obtains Bribe Money From Swiss Bank Accounts |
On July 24, 1989, the Department of Justice announced the recovery of more than $3.6 million from Swiss bank accounts of George C. Davis, a former Vice President of Frigitemp Corp., arising from... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
United States |
Bribery |
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Court of Appeals Upholds Exemption of Letters Rogatory from Financial Privacy Act |
On August 8, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the decision exempting from the Right to Financial Privacy Act (RFPA) letters rogatory, but modified the dismissal of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
United States |
Privacy |
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Senate Begins Consideration of U.N. Drug Convention |
On August 2, 1989, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held a short initial hearing on the proposed ratification of the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and... |
Tracy A. Palmer and Constantine G. Papavizas |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
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Drug Trafficking Report to the President |
On August 3, 1989, the United States Attorneys and the Attorney General of the United States delivered a report on drug trafficking to the President, outlining the corporate structure of drug... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
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U.N. Crime Prevention Committee Proposes Model Extradition and Mutual Assistance Conventions |
The United Nations Committee on Crime Prevention and Control has proposed draft bilateral model treaties on extradition and mutual legal assistance.
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Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
World |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Khashoggi Agrees to Return to the US Amid Ending Swiss Extradition Procedures |
On July 19, Adnan Khashoggi ended his appeal proceedings and agreed to return to the United States, in response to a U.S. extradition request after spending three months in Prison in Bern,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
Switzerland |
Extradition |
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Swiss Reaction to Money Laundering Offenses Demonstrates Maturity |
In a background of a money laundering bill and major administration and industry efforts to prevent misconduct in, and abuse of, the financial services industry, Swiss banks are now embarrassed by a... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
Switzerland |
Money Laundering |
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INTERPOL Begins Implementation of International Cooperation Initiatives |
INTERPOL is continuing to act on several fronts in the area of stimulating international cooperation against business crime, especially in the areas of money laundering, access to banking records,... |
Ange-Francois Fantauzzi and Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
World |
INTERPOL |
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Italian Banks' Anti-Moneylaundering Effort |
On July 1, 1989, the Italian banking association's anti-money laundering code became operational. Customers of the member banks are required to identify themselves for every cash or capital... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
Italy |
Money Laundering |
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EC Finance Ministers Discuss New Anti-Fraud Proposals |
Recently at their June 19, 1989, meeting in Luxembourg, the European Community Finance ministers welcomed new anti-fraud measures prepared by the European Commission. |
Joan Morris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
Europe |
Fraud |
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International Custom and Treaties in Eighth Amendment Analysis after Stanford: A Death Knell for Thompson |
Last year in Thompson v. Oklahoma, the Supreme Court struck down an Oklahoma statute under which the state sought the death penalty for juvenile offenders. |
Scott N. Carlson |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
United States |
Human Rights |