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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 |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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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 |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
Syria |
Sanctions |
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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 |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Civil Rights |
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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 |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
Switzerland |
Extradition |
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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 |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
Grenada |
Law Enforcement |
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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 |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
Europe |
Terrorism |
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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 |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
Switzerland |
Adjective Enforcement |
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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 |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Trade Enforcement |
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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 |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Information Exchange |
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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 |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Prosecution |
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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 |
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12 |
1986-12-01 |
United States |
Asylum |
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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 |
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11 |
1986-11-01 |
United States |
Legal Ethics |
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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 |
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11 |
1986-11-01 |
Caribbean |
Criminal Procedure/Proceedings |
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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 |
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11 |
1986-11-01 |
World |
International Law |
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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 |
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11 |
1986-11-01 |
Latin America and South America |
International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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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 |
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11 |
1986-11-01 |
United States |
U.S. Federal Government |
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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 |
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11 |
1986-11-01 |
Libya |
United Nations |
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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 |
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11 |
1986-11-01 |
Belgium |
Tax Enforcement |
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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 |
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11 |
1986-11-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering |
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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 |
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11 |
1986-11-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering |