Smuggling Cars from Hong Kong to China |
Traders have discovered that Chinese import tariffs can be dodged by shipping cards, trucks and other merchandise from Hong Kong to Vietnam’s province of Quang Ninh to be driven across the porous... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-10-01 |
China, Hong Kong |
Border Security, Maritime, Smuggle, Theft, Trade Crimes |
IRS Assists Japan in Tax Evasion Investigation of Japanese Real Estate Investments in Hawaii |
With the assistance of the Internal Revenue Service, Japan's National Tax Administration Agency has detected 218 instances of possible tax evasion by Japanese nationals in Hawaiian real estate.... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Japan, United States |
Tax Enforcement, Taxation |
Further Enforcement Efforts to Curb Driftnet Fishing by South Pacific States |
Thursday, August 1, 1991, the Senate passed by voice vote legisltation that would require the President to impose economic sanctions on countries that employ drift net fishing. The "Driftnet... |
Sarah Barber |
7 |
8 |
1991-08-01 |
Japan, Korea, Taiwan, United States |
Environment, International Cooperation |
Panel Finds U.S. Embargo of Tuna From Mexico Violates GATT |
A three-member GATT panel found the U.S. enforcement of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to ban the importation of yellowfin tuna from Mexico violates the GEneral Agreement on Tariffs &... |
Phyllis E. Andes |
7 |
9 |
1991-09-01 |
Mexico, United States |
International Cooperation, International Law, Witness Protection |
Swiss Supreme Court Rules on Judicial Assistance Request in Marcos Case |
In several decisions regarding the Philippine judicial assiantce request in the Marcos Case, the Swiss Supreme Court in Lausanne gave its conditional approval to the repatriation of seized funds and... |
Christoph Moslein |
7 |
1 |
1991-01-26 |
Philippines, Switzerland |
Administration of Justice, Cross-Border Communication, Information Exchange, International Cooperation, International Crimes, International Criminal and Comparative Law, International Law |
Financial Action Task Force Report Provides Additional Momentum |
The most recent report of the Financial Action Task Force indicates that the organization is quickly becoming the most important intergovernmental organization for money laundering enforcement. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy, FATF, Money Laundering |
U.S. Court of Appeals Overturns Verdugo-Urquidez Conviction Due to U.S. Violation of Extradition Treaty with Mexico |
In a monumental decision of July 22, 1991, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the conviction of Rene Martin Verudgo-Urquidez and held that the breach by the U.S. of its... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
7 |
1991-07-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Extradition |
U.S.-Cayman MLAT Extended to the British Virgin Islands, Turks & Caicos and Anguilla and Illustrate Growing U.K. Criminal Cooperation |
On November 9, 1991, the United States exchanged notes with the United Kingdom, extending to the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the Cayman Islands to British Virgin Islands, the Turks &... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
2 |
1991-03-01 |
Anguilla, Turks and Caicos, United Kingdom, United States |
International Cooperation, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
Foreign-Owned Vessels Detained in Liberian Waters |
In a series of incidents in Liberian waters, vessels have been seized. |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Liberia, Spain |
Piracy |
Argentina Focusing on New Tax Compliance on Foreign Money |
On May 24, the Ministry of Economy submitted a series of 28 bills to Congress to strengthen tax compliance on overseas money. The legislation will provide incentives for Argentines to repatriate the... |
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7 |
6 |
1991-06-01 |
Argentina |
Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, World Bank |
Japan Enacts Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement Laws |
On October 2, the Japanese National Diet enacted two anti-money laundering statutes. The two laws were declared publicly on October 5 and are in force. |
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7 |
10 |
1991-10-01 |
Japan |
Drug Enforcement, Financial Enforcement, Financial Supervision, Money Laundering |
ABA National Security Conference Considers Several Enforcing Rule of Law in Gulf Crisis |
On January 30-31, 1991, the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National
Security hosted a conference on the "Crisis in the Gulf: Enforcing the Rule of Law." Several issues on... |
Bruce Zagaris and Caroline S. West |
7 |
2 |
1991-02-03 |
Iraq |
Conferences, Human Rights, Law of War |
Canada Justice Ministry Reports Annual International Activities |
The Annual Report for the Department of Justice Canada for 1989-90 contains several interesting developments...(more)... |
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7 |
5 |
1991-05-01 |
Canada |
Crimes against Humanity, Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance, United Nations |
Controversy over Enforcement of Drift-Net Rules |
As pressure builds in the United States for proper enforcement and retaliation of violators of fish-net rules, the Japanese Fisheries Association is threatening retaliation if the United States... |
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7 |
10 |
1991-10-01 |
Japan, United States |
Trade Crimes, Wildlife |
Peru Begins Broad Corporate Tax Compliance Program Amidst Prosecution of Ex-President Garcia for Illicit Enrichment |
Peru's Government has simultaneously taken action on three fronts in an effort to try to both raise revenue and bring equity into its tax system and overall government. |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Peru |
Corruption, Prosecution, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
U.N. Announces Gulf War Claims Procedure: An Analysis and Practical Observations |
On August 2, 1991, exactly one year after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, the Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission transmitted ground-breaking decisions to the members of the U.... |
Chris Whaling |
7 |
8 |
1991-08-01 |
Iraq, United States, World |
INTERPOL, International Cooperation, Seizure, Settlement, Sovereignty, United Nations |
Swiss Discuss Bill to Criminalize Organized Crime and Money Laundering |
On March 15, 1991 the Federal Department of Justice and Police in Born, Switzerland brought a new bill against organized crime activities and money laundering up for discussion. The twenty-six... |
Jan Daub |
7 |
3 |
1991-03-01 |
Switzerland |
Money Laundering, Organized Crime |
U.S. Bans Imports on Drift Net Fish |
On September 18, the Bush Administration issused regulations that ban imports of fish caught with huge "drift nets," some of which cover as much as thirty miles of ocean, inadvertently catching and... |
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7 |
9 |
1991-09-01 |
United States |
Environment, Wildlife |
U.S. Senate Ratifies Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
On October 27, 1990, the U.S. Senate gave its advice and consent for ratification of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment. |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
1 |
1991-01-26 |
United States |
Human Rights, Treaties |
German Cabinet Approves Drug-Related Laundering and Forfeiture |
The German Cabinet has sanctioned a draft law anti-narcotics trafficking law. The new law will criminalize money laundering and enable the courts to, as part of their sentence, fine violators an... |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Germany |
Asset Forfeiture, Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Money Laundering |