U.S. Designates Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area to Increase Interdiction and Cooperation with Caribbean |
On November 2, 1994, Dr. Lee P. Brown, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, announced the designation of the Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands High Intensity Drug Trafficking... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico |
Administration of Justice, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement |
DRUGS AND FOREIGN POLICY: A CRITICAL REVIEW (by Raphael F. Pearl, ed.), (Westview Press: May 23, 1994, 224 pp., $54.95) |
Despite new initiatives taken by the international community and tactical victories, the flow of illicit drugs into the United States has continued largely unabated. This book addresses the dilemmas... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Drugs & Trafficking, Book Review, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement, Smuggle |
U.S. Tax Treaties with Switzerland and Austria Include New Enforcement Provisions and Presage New Cooperation |
In pending negotiations of an income tax treaty with both Austria and Switzerland the United States has succeeded in including several new enforcement provisions. Together with related criminal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1994-12-01 |
Canada, United States, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria |
Fraud, Treaties, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
U.S. Department of Justice Establishes Fugitive Unit |
In June 1994, in an internal newsletter the U.S. Department of Justice announced in the establishment of a fugitive unit that will provide greater support in the search for and return to justice of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
United States |
Extradition, Intelligence, Law Enforcement, Deportation |
Uruguay Extradites to France Former Nice Mayor on Corruption Charges |
On November 8, 1994, a French Court of Appeals ordered the arrest of Jacques Medecin, the former Mayor of Nice, the day after the governor of Uruguay extradited him. Medecin was extradited and will... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
France, Venezuela, Uruguay |
Corruption, Extradition, Fraud, Embezzlement |
U.S. and U.K. Conclude Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters |
On January 6, 1994, the U.S. and UK concluded a Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty (MLAT). The signing is significant because the two governments had been trying for over ten years to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos, United Kingdom, Scotland, Isle of Man |
Immunity, Transfer of Prisoners, Mutual Legal Assistance, Asset Forfeiture |
Poland Ratifies the European Convention on Transfer of Sentenced Persons |
On November 8, 1994, Poland ratified the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
Canada, United States, Trinidad & Tobago, Europe, Poland, Bahamas |
Human Rights, Transfer of Prisoners, Treaties, International Convention |
U.S. Delegates Authority for Temporary Prisoner-Witness Transfers |
On September 9, 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice promulgated a final rule delegating to the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division the authority vested in the Attorney General,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
United States |
Extradition, Immigration, Transfer of Prisoners, Mutual Legal Assistance |
U.S. Tries to Halt Caribbean Routes for Chinese Smugglers |
U.S. law enforcement has noticed and is moving to combat the newest route for Chinese alien smugglers -- the Caribbean route -- namely through Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Armed with... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1994-12-01 |
Caribbean, China, Cuba, Pakistan, Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands, Guatemala, Antigua & Barbuda, Marshall Islands, Puerto Rico |
Customs Enforcement, Intelligence, Immigration, Smuggle |
Florida Initiates Pilot Program of Early Deportation |
On October 27, 1994, a pilot program was announced by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service between it and the State of Florida whereby some illegal immigrants suspected of crimes in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
United States, Cuba |
Immigration, Transfer of Prisoners, Deportation |
Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Makes First Indictment |
On November 7, 1994, the Tribunal for War Crimes in Former Yugoslavia made its first indictment, charging the Dragan Nikolic, the former commander of a concentration camp operated by the Bosnian... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
Serbia, Former Yugoslavia, Bosnia |
Law of War, Murder, War Crimes, Torture, International Courts, Deportation |
Columbian Government Proposes Anti-Laundering Convention and Blocking Use of Offshore Centers for Laundering |
During the first week of November 1994, the Columbian Government made several international anti-money laundering proposals designed to exert leadership in the efforts to combat illicit narcotics... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
United States, Latin America and South America, Colombia |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking, International Convention, Financial Supervision |
Clinton Signs International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act |
On November 2, 1994, President Bill Clinton signed the International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994 (HR 4781) to facilitate new cooperation in antitrust enforcement between the U.S. and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
Canada, United States, Colombia |
Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties, Antitrust Cooperation , Securities Trade Enforcement, International Cooperation |
The Draft Legislation on Money Laundering in Liechtenstein and the Czech Republic |
The principality of Liechtenstein, although very small in size and with only four banks operating in its territory has the potential of being abused for money laundering activities on a large scale... |
K.D. Magliveras |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Liechtenstein, Austria, Bulgaria, Romania |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Jurisdiction, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Banking Supervision |
International Criminal Court Initiative at Critical Stage |
The initiative to establish an International Criminal Court (ICC) is at a critical stage with three resolutions -- one which that would convene a conference of plenipotentiaries to prepare a treaty,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
Canada, United States, Rwanda, Australia, Ethiopia, Former Yugoslavia |
International Organizations, Jurisdiction, United Nations, International Courts, Treaties, International Convention |
Mexico and U.S. Conclude Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement Cooperation Agreement |
On October 28, 1994, Stanley E. Morris, director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), announced the signing of an agreement on anti-money laundering enforcement cooperation. It... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
United States, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Paraguay, Panama, Ecuador |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes, Financial Crimes |
CICAD Annual Meeting Takes Action on Legal Development, Personnel, and Administrative Decisions |
On October 18-21, 1994, the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) held its Sixteenth Regular Session in Santiago, Chile. Several items of note... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
United States, France, Chile |
Money Laundering, International Organizations, European Union, Drugs & Trafficking |
Panama and U.K. Conclude Mutual Assistance Treaty |
On June 7, 1994, the Panamanian General Assembly ratified the Agreement concluded between Panama and the United Kingdom on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters relating to Illicit Drug Trafficking... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
1994-12-01 |
Colombia, Panama, United Kingdom |
Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Asset Forfeiture, Treaties, Drug Enforcement |