Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
European Ministers Agree on Action Against Drugs and Terrorism On Thursday, October 25, the "Trevi Group", the counterterrorism forum of the twelve EC countries comprising their Interior Ministers and security chiefs, met in London for its first emergency... Bruce Zagaris 2 10 1986-10-01 Europe Drug Enforcement
Immigration Reform Bill Contains New Enforcement Provisions On October 17, 1986, the Senate by a 63-24 vote passed the first major immigration reform legislation in 30 years, sending the measure to the White House where President Reagan has promised to sign... Bruce Zagaris 2 10 1986-10-01 United States Immigration
Immigration Marriage Fraud Bill Is Enacted H.R. 3737, the Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986, was enacted into law before the close of the 99th Session.  It provides that alien spouses, sons and daughters will be considered to have... Bruce Zagaris 2 10 1986-10-01 United States Immigration
DC AILA Meeting Clarifies Use of Tax Documents for INS Purposes At the September 17, 1986 meeting of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, clarification was made of the use of tax documents and requirements as a means to... Bruce Zagaris 2 10 1986-10-01 United States Immigration
Senate Committee Approves Amendment on Extraterritorial Limits on Jurisdiction in Antitrust On October 2, 1986, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the "Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvement Act of 1986" (S. 397) by a vote of 14-2.  It would require U.S. courts to consider challenges to... Bruce Zagaris 2 10 1986-10-01 United States Antitrust Cooperation
Swiss Resolution of Jurisdictional Conflict for Extradition On May 7, 1986, the Swiss Supreme Court decided the issue of whether a pending foreign criminal investigation and a pending extradition request can be request can be precluded by the iniation of a... Clemens Kochinke and Anke Lilienthal 2 10 1986-10-01 Switzerland Extradition
Singapore Imposes Drastic Penalty in Insider Trading Case In the matter of Singapore v. Tan Koon Swan, a prominent Malaysian businessman, the High Court of Singapore imposed a two year sentence and a fine of $500,000 on the defendant on August 26, 1986,... Jörg Streitferdt 2 10 1986-10-01 Singapore Trade Crimes
Cases Pioneer Remedies for Crimes Against Fundamental Human Rights Several cases pending in the United States may have a significant impact on the rights of aliens and American citizens to sue foreign citizens and their governments for torture committed in a foreign... Raymond Wuslich 2 10 1986-10-01 United States Human Rights
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
Senate to Deny Tax Benefits to Companies in Terrorist Countries On September 22, 1986, during a debate on the 1987 budget reconciliation measure, the Senate agreed by a voice vote to an amendment that would deny foreign tax credits and deferral of taxes on income... Bruce Zagaris 2 9 1986-09-01 United States Taxation
Tax Overhaul Bill Uses Immigration for Compliance Section 1234 of the tax overhaul bill (HR 38338) requires that any person who applies for a U.S. passport or renewal of a passport, or applies for permanent residency (e.g., a green card) must... Bruce Zagaris 2 9 1986-09-01 United States Taxation
Cubana Air Crash Case Ends Controversially in Venezuela On September 2, 1986, the case of the Cubana aircraft, which exploded in mid-air, blown up by anti-Castro terrorists in the mid-seventies, has ended controversially.  Chief Judge of the First Penal... Bruce Zagaris 2 9 1986-09-01 Venezuela Theft
Abdallah Case Heightens in Wake of Paris Terrorism Attacks In the wake of the Paris bombings, the case of George Ibrahim Abdallah and the applicability of French criminal procedure as well as international criminal cooperation, particularly extradition... Bruno de Bouillane 2 9 1986-09-01 France Terrorism
Americans Plotting Overthrow of Suriname Government Plead Guilty On September 18, 1986, Tommy Lynn Denley, of Grenada, Mississippi, and John Ambielli, of Lafayette, Lousiana, pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the United States Neutrality Act in a July... Bruce Zagaris 2 9 1986-09-01 Suriname Court Conviction
Nicaragua v. US: Judgment of International Ct. of Justice On June 27, 1986, the International Court of Justice, in an historic decision, found United States intervention in Nicaragua to be in violation of the most fundamental precepts of international law... Judith C. Appelbaum and David Wippmanl 2 9 1986-09-01 Nicaragua Adjective Enforcement
Nicaragua Brings New Action Against Honduras and Costa Rica in World Court The Government of Nicaragua has recently filed suit against the Governments of Honduras and Costa Rica at the International Court of Justice ("the World Court"), claiming that military actions by... Jay Rosenthal 2 9 1986-09-01 Nicaragua Adjective Enforcement
Swiss Court Further Defines Judicial Assistance Limits On July 2, 1986, the Swiss Federal Court, the highest court of the Swiss Confederation, remanded in part a decision of the Swiss Federal Office for Police Matters (BAP) which granted an Italian... Bruce Zagaris 2 9 1986-09-01 Switzerland Adjective Enforcement

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