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Illegal Migrant Honduran Children Engage in Drug Sales in Vancouver |
Vancouver police have arrested numerous Honduran children aged 10 to 15 found selling crack cocaine, as indications reveal a trend to employ illegal alien children to sell crack cocaine and other... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United States, Honduras |
Immigration, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime |
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Review of International Criminal Law in the Netherlands (Bert Swart and André Klip, eds), Freiburg im Breisgau: Ed. Iuscrim, Max-Planck-Inst. für Ausländisches und Internat. Strafrecht, 1997, ISBN 3-86113-960-X). |
The book provides a comprehensive discussion of international criminal law in the Netherlands and results from cooperation between the departments of criminal law of the University of Utrecht (Willem... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
Netherlands |
Book Review, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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UK Overseas Territories Meet on OECD Report on Harmful Tax Competition and Focus on UK Draft Report on “Offshore UK” Islands |
In September 1998, ministers from the UK’s ten overseas territories met in London with officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the UK Treasury, and Inland Revenue to discuss issues,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United Kingdom, UK Overseas Territories |
Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
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Colombia Supreme Court Rules Law Reinstating Extradition Not Retroactive |
On October 1, 1998, the Supreme Court of Colombia ruled by a 5-4 vote that a law reinstating extradition cannot be applied retroactively. The law will be critical for a number of the Cali drug... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
Colombia |
Extradition, Organized Crime |
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Argentine Judge Requests Extradition of IBM Employees Despite Lack of Criminal Charges |
A continuing battle between an Argentine federal judge and U.S. authorities is unfolding as the Argentine judge requested the extradition of two U.S.-based International Business Machines executives... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United States, Argentina |
Extradition, Bribery |
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Bibliography of Books |
1. Human Rights
Amnesty International, United States of America Rights for All (1998). (This report reveals a persistent and widespread pattern of human rights violations in the U.S.A.) |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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France Grants Bail to U.S. Fugitive Einhorn in New Extradition Case |
On September 29, 1998, a French court in Bordeaux, France ordered Ira Einhorn released on bail, pending a second U.S. extradition request with respect to Einhorn’s conviction in absentia in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United States, France |
Extradition |
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Bibliography of Articles |
1. Adjective Enforcement and Evidence Gathering
R.J. Currie, Peace and Public Order: International Mutual Legal Assistance "the Canadian Way," 7 Dalhousie J. Legal Stud. 91-124 (1998). |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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U.S. Appellate Court Orders Production of Freedom of Information Act |
On October 6, 1998, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned a district court decision and held that information underlying a requesting state’s extradition request must be produced... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
Extradition |
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Bibliography of Book Reviews |
James Adams, Moonlighting, Book Review, Wash. Post, Sept. 27, 1998, at 28, col. 2 (reviewing Gary Webb, Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras and the Crack Cocaine Explosion and Alexander Cockburn and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
World |
Bibliography, Book Review |
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European Judicial Network Agrees on New Cooperation in Its First Meeting |
On September 29, 1998, Nikolaus Michalek, Austrian Minister of Justice and President of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, opened in Brussels the constituent meeting of the European Judicial... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
Europe |
Teaching, Research, Adjective Assistance |
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Suit by Canadian against RCMP Results in Removal from Interpol List |
On September 15, 1998, the media announced that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had reached a tentative agreement with Dan Kiselbach, Vancouver counsel for Ross McLellan, a Canadian... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
Canada |
Teaching, Research, Adjective Assistance |
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U.S. Senate Approves 39 Criminal Cooperation Treaties |
On October 21, 1998, the U.S. Senate voted to approve for ratification 39 treaties providing for international criminal cooperation, including 19 mutual assistance in criminal matters treaties (MLATs... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United States |
Treaties, Teaching, Research, Adjective Assistance |
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Swiss Seize $90 Million and Mexican Government Seeks 50-Year Prison Term for Raúl Salinas |
On October 20, 1998, the Swiss Government announced the seizure of more than $90 million from Raúl Salinas de Gortari, a brother of former Mexican President Carlos Salinas, as a result of an... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
Mexico, Switzerland |
Corruption, Asset Forfeiture |
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Initiative to Establish Enforcement Regime Against Transnational Corruption Progresses |
International organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and governments continue their efforts at constructing an alliance to establish an enforcement regime against transnational corruption... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
OECD |
Corruption, Law Enforcement |
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U.S. Congress Passes Bill to Combat Transnational Corruption |
On October 21, 1998, Congress passed legislation (S 2375) approving the OECD Convention on the Bribery of Foreign Public Officials. The law will amend the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United States |
Corruption, Bribery, Treaties |
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British Report on Channel Islands Offshore Will Require Publication of Companies’ Accounts |
In a prelude to one of many controversies over financial supervisory regulation and enforcement and fiscal integrity, a draft recommendation of a British Home Office report in financial regulation on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United Kingdom |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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EU Considers Initiative to Strengthen International Human Rights |
On October 9, 1998, a group of wise persons appealed to the European Union to strengthen its strategy and prioritization of international human rights, a plea that has important potential... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
Europe |
Human Rights, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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U.S. Appellate Court Overturns Convictions of Offshore Sports Betting and Laundering |
On August 24, 1998, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit unanimously overturned the convictions of four persons convicted of multiple counts for their involvement in a gambling operation,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Betting |
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British Arrest of Pinochet on Spanish Court’s Request for Human Rights Puts Spot Light on Immunities |
On October 16, 1998, the British police arrested and held Gen. Augusto Pinochet on behalf of the Spanish Government who request his extradition in connection with investigations by two Spanish judges... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United Kingdom, Spain |
Extradition, Human Trafficking, Immunity, International Criminal and Comparative Law |