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SEC Takes Enforcement Action Against Canadian Stock Manipulators |
On January 29, 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took civil action against two former officers of MTC Electronic Technologies, Inc., a Canadian entity that traded on the Nasdaq,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
Canada, United States |
Securities Trade Enforcement, Financial Crimes |
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Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties Signed by the U.S. |
According to the Office of Treaty Affairs, U.S. Department of State, the following changes have occurred in U.S. mutual legal assistance treaties since our last update in October 1995.... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
United States |
Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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Regional Group Proposes Formation of an Inter-American Commission on Corruption |
On March 9, 1998, the Leadership Council for Inter-American Summitry issued a report, From Talk to Action: How Summits Can Forge a Western Hemisphere Community of Prosperous Democracy, urging the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean |
Corruption, International Organizations, Law Enforcement |
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Extradition Treaties Signed by the U.S. but Not in Force |
Country Signed Treaty Doc.
ARGENTINA 06/10/97 105-18
AUSTRIA 01/08/98
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Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
United States |
Extradition, Treaties |
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OECD and U.S. Start Ratification and Implementation of Transnational Corruption Convention |
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the U.S. Government have started to act to implement the Convention on Transnational Corruption... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
United States, OECD |
Corruption, International Organizations, Treaties, Law Enforcement |
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International Court of Justice Finds Jurisdiction While U.S. Court Rejects Libyan Government’s Argument for Lack of Jurisdiction in Lockerbie Case |
On February 27, 1998, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that it had jurisdiction and the arguments of Libya were admissible in applying the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
United States, |
International Organizations, Jurisdiction, Terrorism, Treaties |
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Spanish Court Broadens Case on Disappeared Person in Argentina |
On March 16, 1998, six leaders of the Argentine Workers’ Central gave Judge Baltasar Garzon the names of 9,000 persons, many of them Spaniards and their descendants, who disappeared during the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
Spain, Argentina |
Human Rights, Murder, Kidnaping |
