Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Canada Vigorously Enforces ICJ Decision on Ocean Boundary An uneasy calm has settled over the Georges Bank off New England.  While the U.S. Government has selected to ignore the decisions of the World Court in other regions, the Court's ruling on the U.S.-... Peter Brown 2 9 1986-09-01 Canada Maritime
U.N. Draft Convention Against Traffic in Narcotic Drugs On June 17, 1986, the U.N. Economic and Social Council's Commission on Narcotic Drugs released its Draft Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.  The draft... Bruce Zagaris 2 9 1986-09-01 United States Drug Enforcement
Deputy A.G. Calls For Task Force for INS/Narcotics Cooperation In an address on September 12, 1986, before the joint meeting of the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey Law Enforcement Coordinating Committees (LECCs), Arnold... Bruce Zagaris 2 9 1986-09-01 United States Drug Enforcement
Omnibus Drug Bill Close to Enactment as 99th Congress Closes As the session of Congress winds down, the Omnibus Drug Bill is rushing to enactment.  The bills have serveral titles and provisions which will have an important impact on international enforcement... Bruce Zagaris 2 9 1986-09-01 United States Drug Enforcement
New Costa Rican Deportation Statute Being Tested In mid-August 1986, Costa Rica enacted a new deportation statute which is already finding spectacular application in the case of Maneul Elizalde, the former head of the Philippine minorities agency... Clemens J.M. Kochinke 2 9 1986-09-01 Costa Rica Deportation
Coast Guard Appropriation Removes Defendants' Right to Raise International Law Defenses On a related matter the Senate Commerce Committee by a vote of 13-0 approved H.R. 4208 which would provide $2.5 billion for the United States Coast Guard in fiscal 1987.  The bill contains a... Bruce Zagaris 2 9 1986-09-01 United States Maritime
Agenda for 8th U.N. Congress on Prevention of Crime & Treatment of Offenders At its Ninth Session (Vienna, 5-14 March 1986), the United Nations agreed upon topics for discussion at the Eighth Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (1990).   Gael M. Kerrigan 2 9 1986-09-01 World Criminal Procedure/Proceedings
Commonwealth Law Ministers Make Progress on Cooperation Law ministers from 31 Commonwealth countries met for a second time, July 29-August 1, 1986, in Harare Zimbabwe to discuss issues of mutual assistance in criminal matters.  It was decided during the... Leesteffy Jenkins and Bruce Zagaris 2 9 1986-09-01 British Commonwealth Mutual Legal Assistance
Caribbean Regional Police Training Centre Increases Funding The Barbados Government has increased its funding for the Regional Police Training Centre (RPTC).  The allocation of $1,046,622 in the 1986-87 Estimates under Grants to Public Institutions... Bruce Zagaris 2 9 1986-09-01 Barbados Law Enforcement
Justice Agrees to Safeguard Attorney-Client Privilege in Investigations In response to requests from the American Immigration Lawyers Association to desist from violating the attorney-client privilege in its labor investigations of potential fraud, the Department of... Bruce Zagaris 2 8 1986-08-01 United States Law Enforcement
"Safe Haven" Salvadoran Bill Advances in Congress On July 29, 1986, the House Judiciary Committee marked-up and approved, by a 19-16 vote, H.R. 822, the bill that would provide temporary stay of detention and deportation for certain Salvadoran... Bruce Zagaris 2 8 1986-08-01 El Salvador Immigration
Saudi Prince Settles in Falcon Smuggling Case On August 7, 1986, the Department of Justice announced that Assistant Attorney General Henry Habicht has concluded an investigation into another instance of illegal trafficking of North American... David Simonetti and Bruce Zagaris 2 8 1986-08-01 Saudi Arabia Smuggle
Panama and U.S. Dispute over Cooperation In the wake of the collapse of discussions between the U.S. and Panamanian Governments over mutual assistance in criminal matters, the Drug Enforcement Agency has accused Panama of refusing to... Bruce Zagaris 2 8 1986-08-01 Panama Bank Secrecy
Money Laundering Bill Moves Forward On July 29, 1986, the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 5217, which will penalize persons who disguise the origin of money obtained illegally from such activities as drug dealing, prostitution... Bruce Zagaris 2 8 1986-08-01 United States Money Laundering
ABA Holds Program on Money Laundering On August 11, 1986, the Criminal Justice Section (CJS) of the American Bar Association co-sponsored with the Banking and Business Law Section a program entitled "Money Laundering Crimes: New... Bruce Zagaris 2 8 1986-08-01 United States Money Laundering
German Money Laundering Brings Swiss Account Disclosure In August, discussions were concluded between German and Swiss prosecutors about bank information disclosure regarding an account of the Israeli Fritz-Naphta-Foundation at the International... Clemens J.M. Kochinke 2 8 1986-08-01 Germany Money Laundering
Congress Reacts to Narcotics Abuse Narcotics abuse continues to be a major issue with Congress and the executive branch.  Both the House and the Senate have held hearings in order to debate legislation dealing with illegal narcotics... David Simonetti 2 8 1986-08-01 United States Drugs & Trafficking
CARICOM Heads Take Stand on Drug Cooperation At the 12th meeting of the Caricom Foreign Ministers in Belize City, in June, 1986, grave concern was expressed by the Ministers concerning drug trafficking. Bruce Zagaris 2 8 1986-08-01 Caribbean Drug Enforcement
International Chamber of Commerce Tears Up Draft Tax Convention The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), headquartered in Paris, joined several nations in sharply criticizing the officially still secret joint Council of Europe/OECD convention on judicial... Clemens J.M. Kochinke 2 8 1986-08-01 World Taxation
Tax Reform Act Strengthens International Enforcement Several provisions in the Tax Reform Act of 1986 strenghten the enforcement efforts in international areas, particularly tax evasion and the battle against terrorists. Bruce Zagaris 2 8 1986-08-01 World Tax Enforcement

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