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Violence in Colombia Promises Renewed Cooperation with the U.S. |
In the aftermath of the killings of Luis Carlos Galan on August 18 and a magistrate in Bogota who rejected appeals by lawyers for two members of the Medellin drug cartel, President Barco of Colombia... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
Colombia |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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European Community National Finance Chairmen Disagree on Fiscal Harmonization But Begin Steps to Improved Mutual Assistance |
On June 22-23, the chairmen of the Finance Committees of the European Economic Community Member States' parliaments, except Greece and Ireland, met in Paris to discuss the prospects for fiscal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
Europe |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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EC Prepares International Tax Enforcement Strategy |
Christine Scrivener, the European Tax Commissioner, has transmitted to the Community finance ministers a paper containing a strategy to minimize the risk of international tax avoidance and evasion. |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
Europe |
Tax Enforcement |
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U.S. and Dominican Republic Finally Sign a Tax Information Agreement |
On August 7, the United States and the Dominican Republic signed a tax information exchange agreement. Under the Dominican Republic law the TIEA must be ratified before it takes effect. |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
Dominican Republic |
Tax Enforcement |
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Thornburgh Announces Initiative to Establish an Office of International Affairs |
On August 9, 1989, in a speech to the American Bar Association's House of Delegates, Attorney Richard Thornburgh announced that he will seek to establish a new Office of International Affairs at the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
United States |
Adjective Enforcement |
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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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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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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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Turkey and Iran Agree on Narcotics Cooperation |
On February 2, 1989, Republic of Turkey and the Islamic Republic of Iran concluded a Protocol on Cooperation Against Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. The agreement... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
Iran |
Drug Enforcement |
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Tax Court Excludes for First Time Foreign-Based Documents from Trial Under IRC, 982 of the Code |
On June 13, the United States Tax Court ordered that foreign-based documents could not be presented at trial pursuant to Section 982 of the Internal Revenue Code because the taxpayer had failed to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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Canada and Australia Sign MLAT |
On June 19, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, the Honorable Doug Lewis, and the Minister of Justice of Australia, Senator the Honorable Michael Tate, signed a treaty on Mutual... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
Australia |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Caribbean Heads of Government Approve New Cooperative Mechanisms to Create Strike Force and Court against International Drug Trafficking |
The Communiqué released after the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community at Grand Anse, Grenada from July 3-7, 1989, indicates that the Heads of Government... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
Caribbean |
Drug Enforcement |
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G-7 Countries Agree to Take Action on Drugs, Laundering & Terrorism |
On July 16, 1989, at the conclusion of the summit conference of the group of seven countries, the final communiqué agreed to enhanced international criminal cooperation on four key topics: drugs;... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
World |
Adjective Enforcement |
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Reports out MLATs |
On July 25, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported out the pending Mutual Legal Assistance Agreements.
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Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
United States |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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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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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 |