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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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