Articles

E.g., 2025-11
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Decision on Multilateral Assistance Convention Postponed In recent weeks discussion has ensued over the OECD/Council of Europe draft Multilateral Convention on Mutual Adminstrative Assistance in Tax Matters (hereinafter "Draft Convention").   For instance... Bruce Zagaris and Clemens Kochinke 2 12 1986-12-01 United States Mutual Legal Assistance
West German Adopts Sanctions Against Syria On November 26 a court in West-Berlin sentenced Ahmed Nawaf Mansur Hasi and Farouk Salameh to 14 and 13 years in prison, respectively, for plantina a bomb at the German-Arab Friendship Society in... Anke Lilienthal 2 12 1986-12-01 Syria Sanctions
U.S. Practitioners Discuss Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 On December 4, 1986 legal practitioners gathered in Washington, D.C. to discuss the implementation of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99-400.  The panel discussion was sponsored... Louis E. Emery 2 12 1986-12-01 United States Civil Rights
Appointment of Counsel in Swiss Extradition Proceedings On September 2, 1986, Switzerland's highest court, the Federal Court of the Swiss Confederation in Lausanne, issued a judgment determining that a person subject to a foreign extradition request is... Clemens Kochinke and Cornelia Beck 2 12 1986-12-01 Switzerland Extradition
Grenada P.M. Calls for Police Help from Eastern Caribbean Govts Grenada's Prime Minister Herbert Blaize has appealed for police help from the governments of the Organization of East Caribbean States (OECS) due to the worsening law and order situation in Grenada,... Bruce Zagaris 2 12 1986-12-01 Grenada Law Enforcement
EC Accord on Terrorism, Illegal Immigration & Drugs On December 5-6, 1986, at its meeting in London, the twelve Heads of State or Government of the European Council, reached agreement on matters of international criminal cooperation.  In particular... Bruce Zagaris and Cornelia Beck 2 12 1986-12-01 Europe Terrorism
Judical Assistance Requests: The Duvalier and Marcos Cases- Two Approaches Toward Switzerland Two international judicial assistance cases ocurred in 1986 which serve well to illustrate the legal bases for obtaining assistance from Switzerland.  The cases involve the deposed Philippine... Clemens Kochinke and Cornelia Beck 2 12 1986-12-01 Switzerland Adjective Enforcement
USTR Report Points to Need for Improvements in Cooperation The Office of the United States Trade Representative in late November issued a report entitled National Trade Estimate: 1986 Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. Anke Lilienthal and Clemens Kochinke 2 12 1986-12-01 United States Trade Enforcement
Customs Exchange of Information Regulations In order to strengthen enforcement under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, the U.S. Treasury Department published a final rule on exchange of information with foreign agencies by the Customs Service... Bruce Zagaris 2 12 1986-12-01 United States Information Exchange
Publisher Contends Statute of Limits Bars Foreign Agent Prosecution In a case now pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, United States v. McGoff, involving the prosecution of Michigan newspaper publisher John Peter McGoff for failing to... Bruce Zagaris 2 12 1986-12-01 United States Prosecution
Iranian Fights Rejection of Asylum Application Amir Charmchi remains in a detention center in New York.  Federal District Judge Robert W. Sweet is expected to rule on the fate of this 24-year-old Iranian "refugee in orbit" who has twice been sent... Peter Brown 2 12 1986-12-01 United States Asylum
Forfeiture of Attorneys Fees: United States v. Thier The constitutionality of pretrail restraining orders which freeze a defendant's assets pending trial has become the subject of heated debate.  On the one hand, government attorneys have argued that... Raymond Wuslich 2 11 1986-11-01 United States Legal Ethics
University of West Indies & U.S.A.I.D. Administration of Justice Project Underway A criminal justice improvement (CJI) project has been started between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the University of the West Indies, and several governments of the... Bruce Zagaris 2 11 1986-11-01 Caribbean Criminal Procedure/Proceedings
Book Reviews: International Criminal Law by M. Cherif Bassiouni International Criminal Law-Crimes is the first of three volumes.  Volumes 2 is on Procedures and Volume 3 is on Enforcement.  The three-volume series, which embraces 1500 pages, is designed to... Bruce Zagaris 2 11 1986-11-01 World International Law
American Society of International Law Forms Committees The American Society of International Law has formed several committees which will consider and make recommendations on matters affecting international criminal law. Bruce Zagaris 2 11 1986-11-01 Latin America and South America International Criminal and Comparative Law
HAZMAT Calls for Improved Enforcement in International Transportation of Hazard Wastes The Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) Committee of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) issued a strongly-worded statement at the 1986 Fall Meeting of the CVSA in Bar Harbor, Maine. Peter Brown 2 11 1986-11-01 United States U.S. Federal Government
U.N. General Assembly Resolution Condemns US Raid on Libya On November 20, 1986, a resolution condemning the air raids by the United States Government and expressing concern at the series of disinformation campaigns carried out by the United States... Bruce Zagaris 2 11 1986-11-01 Libya United Nations
Belgian Tax and Money Transfer Investigation Progresses As reported in the February issue of the IELR, the Belgian Government is investigating tax evasion and illegal money transfters in connection with the almost secretive diamond trade in that country. Bruce Zagaris 2 11 1986-11-01 Belgium Tax Enforcement
Money Laundering Hearing Reveals Tax and Interagency Cooperation A print of a subcommittee hearing on law enforcement efforts to counter money laundering has revealed important information on interagency cooperation, especially on international tax matters.  The... Bruce Zagaris 2 11 1986-11-01 United States Money Laundering
Justice Department Announces Tax Victory Over Moneylaunderer In a press release of November 17, 1986, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it has successfully obtained funds from a foreign bank in Switzerland to satisfy tax liabilities of a taxpayer... Bruce Zagaris 2 11 1986-11-01 United States Money Laundering

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