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On November 6, 2000, the European Commission announced it has brought an action against the two largest tobacco companies in the United States for alleged involvement in smuggling cigarettes into the European Union’s fifteen member states. |
On February 2, 2000, Judge J.A. Sharpe, Court Of Appeal for Ontario, affirmed the order releasing Kwok Yeung Chan on bail pending a U.S. extradition request.
On January 18, 2000, Judge LaForme... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
Canada, United States |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Hong Kong Orders Extradition to US on Securities Fraud Case |
On November 12, 1999, a Hong Kong court dismissed an application from a Mr. Cosby relating to an order by the Chief Executive to extradite Cosby.
The U.S. requested the extradition of Cosby for an... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
United States, China |
Extradition, Fraud |
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India Requests Extradition Swedish National on Corruption for Arms Sales |
On October 16, 2000, the media noted that the Swedish Government is under new pressure to re-examine the extradition of Martin Ardbo, the former chief of Bofors, the Swedish armaments company, whose... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
Pakistan, , India |
Extradition, Arms Trafficking |
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Ex-US Sergeant Pleads Guilty in US Embassy Bombing as the Court Rejects Another Defendant’s Plea |
On October 20, 2000, Ali Mohamed, a former U.S. Army sergeant, pleaded guilty to conspiring with fugitive Osama bin Laden in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, marking the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
United States, Afghanistan, Kenya |
Terrorism |
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Cyprus Freeze Serb Accounts at Request of War Crimes Tribunal |
On October 27, 2000, the media reported the Cyprus Government has imposed a freeze on between 10 and 15 accounts of businesses suspected of ties with Slobodan Milosevic. The freeze order was issued... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
Serbia |
War Crimes, Asset Forfeiture |
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Austrian Police Arrest Fugitive U.S. Businessman Convicted of Fraud |
On October 25, 2000, law enforcement officials reported that Shalom Weiss, a millionaire U.S. businessman and financier who disappeared in October 1999, was arrested in Vienna, Austria.
In November... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
United States, Austria |
Administration of Justice, Fraud |
