British Court Rules Pinochet Has Sovereign Immunity |
On October 28, 1998, Britain’s High Court ruled that Augusto Pinochet cannot be tried in court for anything he did while he was president of Chile on the basis of sovereign immunity... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
United Kingdom, Chile |
Human Rights, Immunity |
U.S. Enacts Anti-Money Laundering Act |
Before adjourning, the U.S. Congress enacted the Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Strategy Act of 1998. The goal of the law is to establish a national strategy to combat money laundering and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
Conference on War Crimes Trials in the Former Yugoslavia |
The Humanitarian Law Center, a well recognized NGO of the Former Yugoslavia (FRY), organized a Conference on the war crimes trials and the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former... |
Dr. Kai Ambos |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
International Organizations, Law of War, War Crimes, Conferences |
Proposed U.S. Know Your Customer Rule Will Formalize Internal Control Procedures |
The proposed “Know Your Customer” regulation contained in the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System’s memorandum dated September 28, 1998 requires banks to develop for the first time their... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
Holocaust Victims Pursue Recoveries Against Companies and Art Looters |
On November 6, 1998, the World Jewish Congress announced plans to publicize a list of 2,000 persons involved in the Nazi loot of art during World War II. The counsel for alleged victims of slave... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
World |
Art and Cultural Property, International Organizations, Law of War, War Crimes |
China and U.S. Resume Unprecedented Drug Enforcement Cooperation |
After many years of restrained cooperation, the People’s Republic of China and the U.S. have taken bold new measures to combat international narcotics trafficking. The measures include: the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
United States, China |
Intelligence, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement |
Security Council Condemns Yugoslav’s Denial of Visas to War Crimes Tribunal’s Investigators |
On November 17, 1998, the U.N. Security Council called on Yugoslavia to allow the U.N. war crimes tribunal into Kosovo to investigate and prosecute human rights abuses and condemned the Yugoslav... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
Law of War, United Nations, War Crimes |
U.S. District Court Rejects Defense Challenge to Wire Fraud Laws for Tax Evasion Crimes Involving Smuggling Tobacco and Liquor to Canada |
On October 4, 1998, in the case United States v. Miller, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York denied motions brought by 21 defendants charged with smuggling tobacco and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
Canada, United States |
Drugs & Trafficking, Fraud, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
War Crimes Tribunal Convicts 3 and Acquits 1 of Atrocities |
On November 16, 1998, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) rendered a decision, convicting two Bosnian Muslims and one Croat of war crimes against Serb civilians in a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
Law of War, War Crimes, International Courts |
Philippines Inter-Agency Task Force Targets Foreign Tax Crimes |
During the week of October 19, 1998, the Philippine Government established an interagency task force composed of ranking officials from the Bureau of Immigration and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
Philippines |
Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
Raúl Salinas Appeals Seizure of $114 Million by Swiss |
On October 30, 1998, the media reported that Raúl Salinas and his wife have appealed with Switzerland’s highest court the seizure of $114 million. The seizure was based on allegations that the money... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
Switzerland |
Asset Forfeiture, Bribery, Treaties |
Swiss Appellate Court Prioritizes U.S. Extradition Request Over Greek Request |
On October 9, 1998, the Swiss Federal Tribunal denied the appeal of Spyridon Aspiotis, a Greek citizen, of a decision by the Swiss Federal Police Office dated July 7, 1998 to extradite him to the US... |
Christina Johansson |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
United States, Switzerland, Greece |
Extradition |
Regional Cooperation in Combating Transnational Organized Crime: Task Force on Organized Crime in the Baltic Sea Region |
The radical political changes and economic transformation in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe in the early nineties have resulted in the dramatic surge of the level of criminality not only... |
Michael Plachta |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
Baltic Region |
Organized Crime, International Cooperation |
Australia Arrests on Behalf of Mexico Mr. Cabal, Fugitive for Financial Crimes |
On November 11, 1998, the Australian Government arrested Mr. Carlos Cabal Peniche, who fled Mexico in 1994 and has been one of Mexico’s most-wanted fugitives... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
Mexico, Australia |
Extradition, Financial Crimes |
Private Sector Forms Organization to Combat IP Piracy in Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe |
On October 16, 1998, executives from several multinational companies announced that they would form an industry group to work for strengthened enforcement of intellectual property rights in the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
Former Soviet Union, |
Intellectual Property, Law Enforcement |
Argentina Extradites Woman to Croatia for War Crimes |
On November 1, 1998, the Argentine Government extradited Nada Sakic, accused of serving as a death camp guard during World War II, to Croatia where she and her husband Dinko Sakic, who was extradited... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
Argentina, Croatia |
Extradition, War Crimes |
Dutch Police Crack Down on Asian Alien Smuggling Group |
During the last week of October 1998, the Dutch police arrested four Chinese nationals and a Vietnamese on suspicion of operating a network that smuggled at least 350 Chinese persons into western... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
Netherlands |
Human Trafficking, Immigration, Law Enforcement |
U.S. Indicts and Offers $5 Million Reward for Bin Laden and Atef for 2 Embassy Bombings |
On November 4, 1998, a Federal grand jury in Manhattan returned a 238-count indictment, charging Osama bin Laden and Muhammad Atef in the bombings of two U.S. Embassies in Africa in August and with... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
United States |
Terrorism |
Review of White Collar Crime 1998 (ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education and the Criminal Justice Section)(N98WCCCB: $125.00)(9-800-285-2221; http://www.abanet.org/cle). |
This book is the course book for the March 1998 program of the White Collar Crime Committee, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
World |
White Collar Crime, Book Review, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
Negotiations Continue over Trial Over Pan Am Lockerbie Bombing |
On October 26, 1998, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and national security adviser Samuel R. “Sandy” Berger told several dozen family members of bombing victims that the U.S. would not... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, |
Terrorism |