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House Hearings Charts Progress in U.S.-Bahamian Drug Cooperation |
On April 16, 1986, the Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture of the Committee on Government Operations, U.S. House of Representatives held hearings on "Initiatives in Drug... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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4 |
1986-04-01 |
Bahamas |
Drug Enforcement |
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AIDP and OAS Conclude Cooperation Agreement |
On April 11, 1986, the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP) concluded a cooperation agreement. |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
4 |
1986-04-01 |
Latin America and South America |
International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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IRS to Aggressively Go After Illegal Activity Cash |
On March 21, 1986, the Internal Revenue Service issued temporary regulations that persons caught in the possession of large amounts of "illegal activity cash" in excess of $10,000 will be slapped... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
4 |
1986-04-01 |
United States |
Financial Crimes |
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Roger Olsen Named Assistant Attorney General For Tax Division of U.S. Department of Justice |
On March 26, 1986, President Reagan announced that he will nominate Roger Olsen to be Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division of the Department of Justice. Mr. Olsen is expected to be... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
4 |
1986-04-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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Video Commercialization vs. Copyright in Peru: A Primer |
With the proliferation of home use video cassette recorders (VCR), an underground industry has emerged to provide the public with videocassettes of first run movies copied without permission from the... |
Juan Pedro van Hasselt |
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3 |
1986-03-01 |
Peru |
Copyright |
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Senior Officials of Commonwealth Countries Meet to Consider Draft Schemes on Mutual Assistance in the Administration of Justice |
A meeting of senior officials of Law Ministries from 31 Commonwealth countries was held at the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, from 21 January to 4 February 1986 to consider three draft schemes for... |
Gael M. Kerrigan |
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3 |
1986-03-01 |
British Commonwealth |
Administration of Justice |
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Justice Starts Program on Crim, Investigative Training in Americas |
In January, 1986, the Department of Justice initiated an International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) to improve through training criminal investigative capabilities in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Latin America and South America |
Criminal Procedure/Proceedings |
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U.S. Jamaica Talks Broaden to Mutual Assistance |
During February 26-28, 1986, the U.S. and Jamaican Governments held discussions concerning an Agreement on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters. The negotiations contemplate a broad-based Agreement... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Jamaica |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Expatriation in Foreign Prisons Upheld by State Department |
The Department of State Board of Appellate Review has recently upheld the renunciation of U.S. citizenship by a person while the person was a prisoner in Canada. |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Canada |
Prisoner Rights |
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European Parliament's Assertive Stance on Subsidies Fraud |
The European Parliament demonstrated an unknown assertiveness when its Committee on Budgetary Control decided on February 26, 1986 not to accept the EC Commission's investigative report on subsidies... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Europe |
Fraud |
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U.K. Parliament Moves to Criminalize Money Laundering and Enable Forfeiture of the Proceeds of Drug Trafficking |
A bill to strip drug traffickers of their illegal gains and criminalize the laundering of drug profits is making its way through the UK Parliament. |
Gael M. Kerrigan |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
United Kingdom |
Drug Enforcement |
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Book Reviews: Schweizerisches Strafgesetzbuch (Swiss Criminal Code) by Hauser/Rehberg |
These three pocket sized volumes contain the major Swiss pieces of legislation- statutes and regulations- in a handy annotated format. They can satisfy an occasional curiosity about and also a... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Switzerland |
International Law |
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Book Reviews: Manual of Foreign Investment in the United States by J.E. Marans, P.C. Williams, J.P. Griffin, J.E. Pattison (eds.) |
This manual is full of useful information for the counselor of foreign investors. As a primer on numerous aspects of U.S. state and federal law, it can also be recommended to the foreign lawyer... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
United States |
Financial Supervision |
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U.S. and Trinidad Agree on Narcotics Cooperation |
During February 19-24, 1986, a visit by Bob Richards, Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, and Brad Cates and Mike Zeldim, U.S. Department of Justice, to Port of Spain, Trinidad... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Drug Enforcement |
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IRS Confirms Continuation of Automatic Exemption from CTRs |
On April 14, 1986, the Internal Revenue Service gave assurances to financial institutions that they may continue to automatically exempt qualifying customers from currency transaction reporting... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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Hearing on Nicaraguan Drug Trafficking |
On March 11, 1986, a hearing was held before the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Task Force on International Narcotics Control. The issue was the alleged involvement of the Government of Nicaragua... |
Doris Weidinger |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Nicaragua |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Inter-American Court Declares Licensing of Journalists Illegal |
In an advisory opinion of November 13, 1985, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights unanimously declared by a decision of 6-0 that the compulsory licensing of journalists is incompatible with the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Latin America and South America |
Human Rights |
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Interpol Adopts Model Legislation on Forfeiting Crime Proceeds |
Interpol is urging governments to adopt model legislation entitled "A law to facilitate the obtaining of evidence required in and for the purpose of criminal investigations and proceedings and for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
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INTERPOL |
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German Tax Information Collection Under Finance Administration Act |
In implementing the Finance Administration Act, the German Federal Tax Bureau established an information center for international relations. The powers of the center were conferred in a 1975... |
Clemens M. Kochinke |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Germany |
Financial Enforcement |
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Anti-Terrorism Act of 1986 |
A hearing on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1986 was held on March 4, 1986 before the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Committee on the Judiciary. Chairman William J. Hughes illustrated the several... |
Doris Weidinger |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
United States |
Counter-terrorism |