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FATF Issues Annual Report on Money Laundering Typologies |
On February 12, 1998, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Money Laundering issued its 1997-98 report on money laundering typologies. The purpose of the exercise was to provide a forum for law... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, International Organizations, Law Enforcement |
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G-8 Environment Ministers Agree to Strengthen Enforcement Cooperation |
On April 3-5, 1998, at a meeting of the Group of Eight Environment Ministers at Leeds Castle in the United Kingdom, an informal agreement was achieved to strengthen enforcement cooperation...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
G-8 member countries |
Environment, International Cooperation, Crimes |
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Cayman Islands and Brazil Are Concluding MOU on Bank Supervision |
The Cayman Islands and the Government of Brazil are concluding a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides for cross-border supervision of Brazilian banks operating in the Cayman Islands... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Brazil, Cayman Islands |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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Last PrepCom on International Criminal Court Ends |
On April 3, 1998, more than 100 countries and several non-governmental organizations finished the last preparatory conference leading to the June 15-July 17, 1998, conference in Rome that will... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
World |
International Organizations, Treaties |
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U.S. Narcotics Report Reviews Status of International Money Laundering |
As part of the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), the U.S. Department of State has provided a review of the status of global money laundering trends and countermeasures... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, International Organizations, International Cooperation |
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Ukraine Ratifies European Extradition and Mutual Assistance Treaties |
On March 11, 1998, Ukraine ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Extradition and Its Additional Protocols and the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and its... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Europe, Ukraine |
Extradition, International Organizations, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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Latvia Signs European Laundering Convention |
On March 11, 1998, the Government of Latvia signed the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime. Maria Klisans, Charge d’Affaires of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Latvia |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Treaties |
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Dutch Government Rejects Heirs of Jewish Art Collector’s Nazi War Claims |
On March 25, 1998, Aad Nuis, the Deputy Culture Minister of the Netherlands Government, denied a claim by heirs of Jewish art collector, Jacques Goudstikker, to paintings that were acquired by... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Netherlands |
Art and Cultural Property, Law of War, Property Restitution |
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Summit of the Americas Produces Multilateral Counterdrug Alliance |
On April 19, 1998, at the second Summit of the Americas, the thirty-four participating countries agreed to establish a Multilateral Counterdrug Alliance and related Plan of Action that, inter alia,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean |
International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking |
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NATO Special Forces Arrest Two Bosnian Serbs for Omarska Camp Crimes and A Serb Suspect Surrenders |
On April 8, 1998, British special forces that are part of the NATO forces arrested Miroslav Kvocka and Mladen Radic, two Bosnian Serb war crime suspects wanted for alleged atrocities at the Omarska... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United Kingdom, Netherlands, Bosnia |
Law of War, Torture, International Courts |
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Romania Signs Agreement on Combatting Illicit Drugs Traffic By Sea |
On March 19, 1998, the Romanian Government signed the European Agreement on Illicit Traffic by Sea. This Council of Europe Convention helps implement, within Europe, the provisions of Article 17 of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Europe, Romania |
International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties |
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Swiss Banks and Jewish Representatives Agree on Restitution Fund |
On March 26, 1998, the three major Swiss banks agreed to negotiate a global settlement with Holocaust victims, promising to establish a compensation fund in the U.S. to make restitution to Holocaust... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Switzerland |
Law of War, Treaties, Holocaust, Property Restitution |