Colombia Prosecutor Investigates Checks from Cali Drug Cartel |
On January 7, 1998, the international media reported the investigation by Colombian deputy attorney general Jaime Cordoba, whose office is reviewing 10,000 checks to establish links between drug... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Colombia |
Corruption, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking |
Texas Magistrate Denies Surrender to Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal |
On December 17, 1997, a Texas magistrate denied a surrender request by the Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal for the only person arrested on behalf of the Tribunal, thereby posing a major temporary setback... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
United States |
Law of War, United Nations, War Crimes, International Courts |
Dominican Republican Connection Looms Large in Florida Money Laundering Connections |
On January 13, 1998, one of the biggest money-laundering trials in years in South Florida ended with the conviction of the head of a massive cocaine-trafficking network on 69 drug and laundering... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
United States, Dominican Republic |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
U.S. Class Action Litigation Brought Against French Banks |
At the end of December 1997, French survivors of the Holocaust filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New York against a group of banks that had operations in Vichy France during the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
United States, France |
Law of War, Holocaust, Property Restitution |
U.S. Appellate Court Upholds Application of Wire Fraud Laws to Foreign Tax Fraud |
On December 5, 1997, U.S. law enforcement and revenue officials obtained a victory when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overruled the dismissal of an indictment that alleged money... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Canada, United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Fraud, Tax Crimes |
EU Establishes Mechanism to Evaluate Member Implementation of Measures to Combat Organized Crime |
On December 5, 1997, the Council Adopted a Joint Action under Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union (EU) to establish a mechanism for evaluating the application and implementation at the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Europe |
Organized Crime, International Cooperation, Law Enforcement |
Canada Prepares Extradition Law for War Crimes |
The Canadian executive is preparing a bill that would enable authorities to extradite suspected war criminals whose surrender is sought by international tribunals... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Canada |
Extradition, War Crimes, International Courts |
Bibliography of Books |
1. Banking and Money Laundering
Cees D. Schaap, Fighting Money Laundering (1997), ISBN: 90-411-0728-2.
(The work covers the new Netherlands Antillean legislation on money laundering and suggests... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
Guinea Deports U.S. National Wanted For Murder and Narcotics Trafficking |
On January 7, 1998, the Guinean Government, working with U.S. authorities, arrested and then deported Nathan Hill, who is wanted in Chicago on murder and drug-trafficking charges and was named to the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
United States, Guinea |
Extradition, Murder, Drugs & Trafficking, Deportation |
Bibliography of Book Reviews |
Beth Stephens & Michael Ratner, International Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts (1996), reviewed by Ralph Steinhardt, 91 A.J.I.L. 755-57. |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
World |
Bibliography, Book Review |
St. Vincent Deports Two German Nationals on Fraud Charges |
On January 12, 1998, the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines deported Michel Wieland and his fifteen-year-old lover, Manuela, to Germany, where Wieland is wanted on fraud charges... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Germany, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Extradition, Fraud, Deportation |
Bibliography of Documents |
1. Taxation
Gibbs International v. Internal Revenue Service, ___ F.3d ___ (4th Cir. 1997), 80 ATR2d Para.97-5536. No. 96-2790).
(A U.S. appellate court upheld the lower court decision that the IRS... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
U.S. and Canada Plan Cooperation to Combat Telemarketing Fraud |
On November 20, 1997, in the wake of a decision by a Canadian appellate court that denied the U.S. extradition request for Canadian defendants in telemarketing cases, the U.S.-Canada Working Group on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Canada, United States |
Extradition, Fraud, International Cooperation, Law Enforcement |
AIDP Colloquium on Organized Crime and International Cooperation |
On May 13-17, 1998, a preparatory Colloquium of the Association International de Droit Penal (AIDP) on Organized Crime and International Cooperation in Criminal Matters will be organized in Utrecht,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
World |
Organized Crime, Conferences, International Cooperation |
Criminal Law Reform in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe: The Challenges of Transnational Organized Crime in a Global Society |
On January 13, 1998, the program, hosted by the International Law Society of the National Law Center, George Washington University, was taped by Voice of America. The program discussed problems of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
United States, Former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe |
Administration of Justice, Organized Crime, International Criminal and Comparative Law, International Cooperation |
Crime Across the World: Is the Rule of Law Being Corrupted? |
On May 22-25, 1998, the Section on General Practice, International Bar Association, is hosting the fourth seminar on the Alleged Transnational Criminal, in Vienna, Austria. Investigators,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
World |
Conferences, Crimes |
Panamanian Court Refuses Jurisdiction over National Acquitted of Murdering U.S. Soldier and Sought by U.S. Prosecutors |
At the end of December 1997, tensions were rising between the U.S. and Panamanian Governments over the apparent efforts of U.S. prosecutors to gain custody over Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, son of the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
United States, Panama |
Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Murder |
Balancing the Protection of Human Rights with the Needs of Law Enforcement |
On August 24-28, 1998, the Commonwealth Secretariat is hosting a conference, entitled Balancing the Protection of Human Rights with the Needs of Law Enforcement. The theme will be International... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
World |
Human Rights, Conferences, Law Enforcement |
Spanish Human Rights Investigations of Argentine and Chilean Atrocities under Pressure |
A letter from the Spanish attorney general to Spanish legislators requesting the suspension of two Spanish court investigations into the torture and killings of Spanish citizens during the "dirty... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Spain, Chile, Argentina |
Human Rights, War Crimes, Torture |
Venezuela Moves Against Customs and Tax Corruption |
The Venezuelan Government has acted against customs officials accused of corruption, initiating action to suspend operating licenses of up to 600 out of 2,100 customs agents. The initiative is... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Venezuela |
Corruption, International Organizations, Tax Crimes, Customs |