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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
MacMullen's Habeas Corupus Petition Granted to Stop Extradition On July 17, 1991, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in a dedcision by Judge Robert Ward granted a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by Peter Gabriel John McMullen on... Bruce Zagaris 7 9 1991-09-01 United Kingdom, United States Extradition
Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations Continues Its Work On September 6, the United States Department of Justice announced that in a cooperative effort, the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS),... 7 9 1991-09-01 Germany, Poland, United States Human Rights, Investigation, Jurisdiction
Luxembourg Defers Signing The Mutual Assistance in Tax Convention Pending A Decision to Enact Legislation to Lift Bank Secrecy A report of Commission of Financial Affairs of the Lower House Luxemboug states that Luxemboug is prepared to sign the Council of Europe and OECD Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax... 7 9 1991-09-01 Luxembourg Bank Secrecy, Mutual Legal Assistance
IRS Starts International Compliance Analysis Division On August 28, the Internal Revenue Service annoucned the establishment of a Compliance Analysis Division within the Office of the Assistant Commissioner (International) to identify global economic... 7 9 1991-09-01 United States Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Tax Havens
ABA CJS Committee on International Criminal Law Forms Administration of Justice Subcommittee On September 21, 1991, the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section's Committee on International Criminal Law met in Washington, D.C.  It discussed the following matters...(more)... Bruce Zagaris 7 9 1991-09-01 United States International Crimes, International Law
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
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... 7 9 1991-09-01 United States Environment, Wildlife
Isle of Man Financial Services Act Progresses Towards Enactment and Will Provide Strict Regulation for Non-Resident Offshore Companies A Financial Services ACt modeled on the U.K. Financial Services Act is moving towards enactment sometime in 1992.  The bill will require non-resident companies to obtain a license and would enable... 7 9 1991-09-01 Isle of Man Financial Enforcement, Financial Supervision, Offshore Banking
Isle of Man Adopts Investment Business Law to Regulate Professionals Providing Offshore Services The Isle of Man has passed legislation that will make it more difficult for fraudsters, criminals, and other undesirable operators to conduct business in the jurisdiction.  The new law requires... Bruce Zagaris 7 8 1991-08-01 Isle of Man Offshore Banking, Tax Havens, Taxation
Cayman-U.K. Conclude MLAT on Confiscation The Cayman Islands Government and the United Kingdom have concluded a Mutual Legal Assistance Confiscation Arrangement, which will come into force on August 28. 7 8 1991-08-01 Cayman Islands, United Kingdom Mutual Legal Assistance
Focus on Diminished Ability of Panama Government in Combatting Illicit Transnational Narcotics and Related Activities A recent GAO report on narcotics control efforts in Panama has asserted that drug related activity in Panama may have actually increased since the end of Operation Just Cause which removed government... Sarah Barber 7 8 1991-08-01 Panama, United States Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Jurisdiction
Mexico Opens First U.S. Drug Office The Mexican Federal Judicial Police will open its first U.S. office in San Antonio in September as part of a joint U.S.-Mexican effort to combat drug trafficking.  The decision to open a U.S. office... 7 8 1991-08-01 Mexico, United States Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation
The Alleged Transnational Criminal Mr. Gustavo Lopez Munoz, an attorney from Madrid, initiated the conference by speaking about the legal reforms effected in Spain by the adoption of the Spanish Constitution in 1978.  Among the... Francisco Laguna 7 8 1991-08-01 Bulgaria, Germany, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom INTERPOL, International Crimes
Business Crime in Eastern Europe In 1989, in respone to the emregence of the East European countries into the Western Free market Economy, the Counil of Europe decided to launch an initiative of assistance. Monty Raphael 7 8 1991-08-01 Eastern Europe Crimes
Workshop on Principles and Procedures for a New Transnational Criminal Law This International Workshop on "Principles and Procedures for a new Transnational Criminal Law," held at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law from May 21-24, 1991,... 7 8 1991-08-01 World
Canadian Government Proposes to Amend the Appeal Process to Reduce Delays under the Extradition Act On July 10, 1991, The Minister of Justice and Attorney GEneral of Canada, the Honorable Kim Campbell, released proposed changes to Canada's Extradition ACt which are designed to reduce delays in... Sarah Barber 7 8 1991-08-01 Canada Extradition
U.S. Senate Approves Protocol to Canada-U.S. Extradition Treaty On April 24, 1991, President Bush transmitted to the Senate for ratification the Protocal signed at Ottawa on January 11, 1988, amending the Treaty on Extradition Between the United States of America... Sarah Barber 7 8 1991-08-01 Canada, United States Extradition, Treaties
Congress Scrutinizes Justice Department Memorandum Authorizing Kidnapping and other Alternatives to Extraditions Facing a contempt proceeding by the House Judiciary Subcommittee, the United States Department of Justice has provided to Congress as 29-page opinion prepared in June 21, 1989 that justifies... 7 8 1991-08-01 United States Crimes, Extradition, Kidnaping
ABA Committee Explores Interaction Between International Human Rights Law and International Criminal Law On August 13, 1991, the Committee on International Criminal Law, Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association, along with the counterpart Committee in the Section of International Law and... 7 8 1991-08-01 European Union, United States, World Human Rights, International Crimes, International Law
Mexico-U.S. Integrated Environment Plan for Mexico-U.S. Border Area On August 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretaria de Desarrollo Urbano y Ecologia (SEDUE) released a working draft of the Integrated Environmental Plan. One chapter discusses... Bruce Zagaris 7 8 1991-08-01 Mexico, United States Environment, International Cooperation

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