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Select Committee Holds Hearing |
On September 12, 1985, the ranking members of the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control in a hearing urged the Reagan Administration to give a higher priority to international... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1985-10-01 |
United States |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Meese Addresses Italy-USA-Switzerland Conference |
In a speech delivered to the Italy-USA-Switzerland Conference of the International Association of Jurists, on September 14, 1984, Edwin Meese III, Attorney General of the United States, praised new... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1985-10-01 |
Italy |
Law Enforcement |
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Three Narcotics Trafficking Reports Issued by Congress |
Three reports have recently been issued by Congress on international narcotics. The International Narcotics Control Report (S. HRG. 99-74) contains a report of the Hearing before the Subcommittee on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1985-10-01 |
United States |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Achille Lauro Raises Panoply of Issues |
On October 7, 1985, the hijacking of the Achille Lauro, an Italian cruise ship and the alleged murder of Mr. Leon Klinghoffer, a 69-year-old U.S. citizen confined to a wheelchair, by four... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1985-10-01 |
Italy |
Extradition |
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Narcoterrorism Bill Introduced and Expected to Pass |
On October 17, 1985, hearings were held by the House of Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, on legislation to provide rewards for information leading to arrest of persons who murder... |
Bruce Zagaris and Victoria Stea |
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1985-10-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
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Judicial Assistance and Bank Files in Switzerland |
The Geneva authroities may not hand over to the state prosecutors at the Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, District Court, all bank statements of two Turkish customers of a Geneva bank. This was the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1985-10-01 |
Switzerland |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Jensen Outlines Interdiction Strategy of the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board |
In testimony on October 24, 1985, before the Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice and Agriculture, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, D. Lowell Jensen, Deputy... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
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Department of Justice Publishes Interpol Guide Michael Fooner |
The National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has published A Guide to Interpol, The International Criminal Police Organization in the United State (22 pp.1985) by Michael J.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
INTERPOL |
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Customs Warehouses Are Not Foreign Territory for Purposes of Trademark Protection |
In a landmark decision, the highest court of the Swiss Confederation, the Federal Court in Lausanne, on November 2, 1984, declared Swiss customs warehouses domestic territory for purposes of applying... |
Clemens M. Kochinke |
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1985-10-01 |
Switzerland |
Counterfeiting |
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Bar Panel Discusses U.S. Compulsory Jurisdiction Withdrawal From The International Court of Justice |
A timely panel discussion on the U.S. withdrawal from compulsory jurisdiction to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) was held in Washington, D.C. on October 23, 1985. Sponsored by the District... |
Constatine G. Papavizas |
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1985-10-01 |
United States |
International Criminal Court |
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Justice Continues to Hunt Nazi War Criminals |
In a hearing held on October 17, 1985, by the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Neal Sher, Director, Office of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1985-10-01 |
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War Crimes |
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Omni International Case Raises Government Misconduct Questions |
A criminal tax fraud case with many international issues has been delayed and perhaps irreparably botched by charges of misconduct by U.S. Attorneys and IRS investigators. The indictment charges... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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F. Nigel Bowe and Other Bahamians Arrested |
On October 8, 1985, it was reported that authorities in the Bahamas arrested F. Nigel Bowe, and seven other fugitives in narcotics operations resulting from a two-month project that involved high-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
Bahamas |
Drug Enforcement |
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Dirty Money Video and Course Book |
A video entitled "Dirty Money: A Banker's Guide to Self-Defense," and an accompanying guide "The Bank Manager's Guide" has been released by CGM Group, Inc. The video and guide are designed to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1985-10-01 |
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Money Laundering |
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Reagan Administration Supports Bill Exempting Bermuda from Exchange of Information Agreeements |
In an interesting albeit unexplianable twist of position, the Reagan Administration has supported legislative bills introduced in both houses of Congress (S. 1718 and H.R. 3242) which would change... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1985-10-01 |
Bermuda |
Information Exchange |
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Suit Challenging Grenada Invasion Dismissed as Moot |
On June 28, 1985, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, in a decision by Judge Tamm with Wald and Bork concurring, affirmed the dismissal of a suit brought by 11 members of the U.S... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
Grenada |
Law of War |
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Office of Administration of Justice Created |
In May, 1985, the Office of the Administration of Justice was created within the Agency for International Development. The office is headed by Thomas Geiger. One of the office's first activities... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
1985-09-01 |
United States |
Administration of Justice |
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Export Administration Act: An Alien View |
After substantial debate, more than two years of controversy and intense lobbying by affected parties, Congress finally agreed on a compromise position to revive the Export Administration Act for... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
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1985-09-01 |
United States |
Export Enforcement |
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Final Bank Secrecy Act Regulations Are Issued |
On July 8, 1985, the U.S. Department of Treausry issued a final rule establishing a new procedure under which the Secretary of Treasury may issue reporting requirements in response to money-flow and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
1985-09-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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Recovery of Evidence Passed to a Foreign Country Under Judicial Assistance Principles |
On Feb. 6, 1985, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court unanimously confirmed that the Republic of Italy enjoys immunity against a civil complaint where Italian authorities had made a judicial assistance... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
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1985-09-01 |
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Evidence Sharing |