FATF Review of 40 Recommendations Will Extend Predicate Offenses to All Serious Crimes |
The members of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) are conducting a review of the forty recommendations that underpin the global anti-money laundering efforts. The review that is expected to be... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
World, United States |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking |
Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal Indicts Two Rwandans |
On February 19, 1996, the Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal indicted two Rwandans in jail in Zambia on charges of genocide...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
Rwanda, Kenya, tanzania, Zaire |
War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts |
New U.S. Regulations Expand Third-Party Access for Foreign Service Providers |
On January 24, 1996, the Federal Reserve Board ("Fed") approved changes to the Fedwire third-party access policy for foreign service provider arrangements. It provides for not only conditions placed... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
United States |
Financial Supervision, Banking Supervision |
U.S. Congress Considers Suggestions on Combatting International Organized Crime |
On January 25, 1996, the Subcommittee on Crime, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, held a hearing on "The Growing Threat of International Organized Crime"...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
United States, Mexico, Colombia, China, Venezuela, Russia |
Corruption, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime |
While Use of Balkan Drug Route Decreases, Bulgaria Refuses to Act against Opium Poppy Growing |
In the Balkans mixed results have been reported on the efforts to end drug production and trafficking...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania |
Drugs & Trafficking, Law Enforcement |
Philippine Leader Calls for Help Against Maritime Piracy |
On February 21, 1996, President Fidel Ramos of the Philippines called for regional cooperation to combat a rise of attacks by Chinese pirates on commercial shipping in the South China Sea...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
China, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia |
Maritime, Organized Crime, Piracy |
Australian Court Disallows Evidence of Controlled Delivery Due to Entrapment |
In a precedent-setting decision, the Australian court of appeals has disallowed of evidence from a controlled delivery due to a finding of entrapment...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
Singapore, Australia, Malaysia |
Administration of Justice, Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement |
EuroParliament Votes in Support of Recommendations to Combat Smuggling Foreigners |
On January 18, the European Parliament voted unanimously in support of a report by Italian Christian Democrat Maria Paolo Colombo Svevo that calls for broad Europe-wide action to fight criminals... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
Europe, Belgium, Netherlands |
Human Trafficking, Immigration, European Union, Smuggle |
Gibraltar Court Dismisses Narcotics Case Due to Extraterritoriality |
In June 1995, the Court of Appeal for Gibraltar has upheld the dismissal of a narcotics case on the basis of extraterritoriality...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
United Kingdom, Gibraltar |
Administration of Justice, Jurisdiction, Drugs & Trafficking |
Brazil Implements Anti-Drug Trafficking Accord with Portugal |
On September 11, 1995, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso signed and put into effect the Accord for Reduction of Procurement, Combat, Manufacture and Repression of the Traffic in Illicit Drugs and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
Brazil, Portugal |
Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement, International Convention |
U.S. Treasury Leading Hemispheric Initiatives Against Bribery and Use of Internet to Avoid and Evade Tax |
On February 15, 1996, Treasury Department International Tax Counsel Joseph Guttentag announced enforcement initiatives against bribery and to deter illegal use of the Internet to avoid and evade... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
United States, Panama |
Corruption, Bribery, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
Interpol Agents in South Africa Arrest U.S. Arms Fugitive |
On January 22, 1996, a South African court ruled that Paul Grecian, a former British spy and arms dealer whose extradition the United States has requested for sending contraband material to Iraq,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, Iraq, South Africa |
Extradition, International Organizations, Arms Trafficking, Fraud |
U.S. Extradites Schneider to Germany |
On February 22, 1996, the United States extradited Juergen Schneider and his wife Claudia to Germany where they arrived the following day. They surreptitiously fled Frankfurt nearly two years before... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
United States, Germany |
Extradition, Fraud, Forgery |
SEC Concludes MOUs with Israel and Egypt |
On February 11 and 12, 1996, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the agency responsible for regulating the Egyptian... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
Israel, Egypt |
Mutual Legal Assistance, Fraud, Securities Trade Enforcement, International Cooperation |
Belgian Court Convicts and Sentences Invoice Fraudster |
On February 8, 1996, a Belgian Court convicted Angus Hans Labunski, the 64-year-old Polish-German businessman, of forging signatures and embezzlement, a type of "invoice fraud" over a three year... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium |
Administration of Justice, Fraud, Forgery |
European Parliament Adopts Anti-Corruption Prevention Program |
At its December plenary session, the European Parliament adopted the report by Mrs. Heinke Salisch (German Socialist) on combatting corruption. The European Council was urged to take measures... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
Europe, Germany |
Corruption, European Union, International Courts, Organized Crime, Fraud, Treaties |
Former Guinness Chairman Challenges Conviction in European Human Rights Court to Rule Unfair Trial |
On February 19, 1996, counsel for Mr. Ernest Saunders, the former Guinness chairman who was imprisoned for his role in the 1986 Distillers takeover, petitioned the European Court of Human Rights to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
Europe, United Kingdom |
Human Rights, European Union, International Courts, Fraud |
Parrot Conservationist Convicted of "Barking Up the Wrong Tree" and Engaging in Illegal Bird Trafficking |
On January 31, 1996, Tony Silva, a bird breeder and outspoken protector of endangered parrots, pled guilty to smuggling scores of rare wild birds into the United States...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canary Islands |
Endangered Species, Tax Crimes, International Convention, Wildlife Smuggle |
The Recent Legislation to Combat Money Laundering in Spain |
In Spain the efforts to criminalize money laundering have centered on the proceeds from drug trafficking. The first action undertaken was the National Anti-Drug Plan of 1985, in the framework of... |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
United States, Colombia, United Kingdom, Spain, Hungary |
Money Laundering, Corruption, European Union, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties, International Convention |
Judicial Assistance to the Rwandan and Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunals: Guidelines and Implementing Legislation |
In order to help states to implement the obligations deriving from Security Council Resolutions on the ICTY, the Judges and the Registrar of the ICTY drew up guidelines. These guidelines as well as... |
André Klip |
12 |
3 |
1996-03-01 |
Switzerland, Rwanda, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Former Yugoslavia, Denmark |
Administration of Justice, Human Rights, United Nations, War Crimes, International Courts |