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Book Review: Dancing on a Volcano: The Latin American Drug Trade by Scott B. MacDonald |
The book, which is still at this point in draft form, seeks to bridge part of the gap in scholarly research on the Latin American drug trade. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
Latin America and South America |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Treasury Revises Rules on Reports of Crimes by Banks |
In the March 11, 1986 issue of the Federal Register, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), U.S. Department of Treasury, has promulgated an interim rule concerning reports by a national... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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Treasury Revises Rules on Reports of Crimes by Banks |
In the March 11, 1986 issue of the Federal Register, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), U.S. Department of Treasury, has promulgated an interim rule concerning reports by a national... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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Editorial Note-Narcotics Certification: The Controversy Ensues |
Even before the release of the international narcotics strategy report, scrutiny and comments gained promince in the media, showing that in a national political year the subject of U.S. international... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
United States |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Editorial Note-Narcotics Certification: The Controversy Ensues |
Even before the release of the international narcotics strategy report, scrutiny and comments gained promince in the media, showing that in a national political year the subject of U.S. international... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
United States |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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House Considers International Narcotics Control Report |
On March 3, 1988, the Task Force on International Narcotics Control of the House Foreign Affairs Committee held its first hearing to review the worldwide narcotics situation. |
Reinahrd Hasenpflug and Rudolph Siebel |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
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House Narcotics Certification Hearings: Mexico, Si; Panama, No |
On March 10, 1988, the Task Force on International Narcotics Control of the House Foreign Affairs Committee called on two senior State Department officials to discuss their findings on Central... |
David L. Glauber |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
Mexico |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. and Italy Expand Cooperation |
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Italian Ministry of Interior have announced that the U.S. and Italian Governments have expanded their cooperative law enforcement programs to include a study of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
Italy |
Adjective Enforcement |
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American Bar Association's White Collar Crime Committee Seeks Information on Impact of Prohibited Transactions Statute on Lawyers |
As part of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, Congress enacted 18 U.S.C. 1957, the Prohibited Transactions Statute. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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U.S. District Court Upholds Extraterritorial Jurisdiction over Fawaz Younis under the Hostage Taking Act |
In the recent opinion of United States v. Younis, Judge Barrington Parker, U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Columbia, ruled that Fawaz Younis could not be prosecuted for blowing up a... |
Deborah M. Levy |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
United States |
Jurisdiction |
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Treasury Makes Miscellaneous Technical Bank Secrecy Amendments |
On January 26, 1988, the United States Department of Treasury announced miscellaneous technical amendments to the Bank Secrecy Act regulations. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
1 |
1988-02-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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Summary and Update of Swiss Judicial Assistance in the Marcos Case |
As reported earlier in the International Enforcement Reporter, the Philippine Republic requested judicial assistance from Switzerland in the case of deposed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. |
Rudolph Siebel |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
Switzerland |
Adjective Assistance, Research, Teaching |
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Narcotics Committee Holds Meetings with Southeast Asian Governments |
During January 14-25, 1988, the Select Committee on Narcotics Absue and Control conducted an 11 day mission studying opium, heroin and marijuana production and trafficking in Southeast Asia. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
Asia |
Drug Enforcement |
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GAO Concludes that DOD Has Complied with Anti-Drug Abuse Act |
In a report to Congress the U.S. General Accounting Office has found that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has complied with Section 3057 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
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Customs Service Proposes Shooting Down Aircraft to Prevent Drug Smuggling |
United States Customs Commissioner William von Raab has proposed granting authority to the Customs Service and Coast Guard to use force in compelling aircraft suspected of drug smuggling to land at... |
Dan Cohen |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
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State Department's Narcotics Certification Report Continues to Stir Controversy |
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Matters has circulated a draft report certifying the cooperation of foreign governments in combatting narcotics trafficking and money... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
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IFA Program Updates Estate Tax Exchange of Information |
On February 4, 1988, at the U.S. branch of the International Fiscal Association, William P. Streng, University of Houston Law Center, in a presentation on "estate planning development" outline... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
United States |
Information Exchange |
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U.S. and Mexico Sign Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty |
On December 9, 1987, the United States and Mexican Governments signed a mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) which had been under negotiation for years. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
Mexico |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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U.S. and Canada Reach Cooperation Agreement on Drugs |
On February 2, 1988, the United States Department of Justice announced that the United States and Canada have concluded an agreement providing for the exchange of drug investigators. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
Canada |
Drug Enforcement |
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Thai Government Presses U.S. Government For Help in Return of Missing Art |
An incident which has simmered for years between Thailand and the United States Government is now becoming a cause celebre according to a recent newspaper account from which the alleged facts of this... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
Thailand |
Adjective Enforcement |