Commonwealth of Virginia Executes Paraguayan Despite ICJ Plea |
On April 14, 1998, the Commonwealth of Virginia execyted Angel Francisco Breard, a Paraguayan national, for murder despite a plea from the International Court of Justice and from Secretary of State... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-06-01 |
United States |
International Criminal Court |
U.S. Indicts 16 for Forcing Illegal Aliens Into Prostitution and Establishes Task Force to Prosecute Slavery and Worker Exploitation |
On April 23, 1998, the U.S. Attorney in Miami released a 52-count indictment brought by a grand jury in Fort Pierce, Florida, against sixteen persons, charging them with operating a prostitution ring... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-06-01 |
United States |
Sex Crimes |
Peruvian Woman Seeks Asylum in Venezuela to Prevent Extradition |
On February 16, 1998, Cecilia Rosa Nunez Chipana, a Peruvian woman accused of participating in one of Peru’s deadliest terrorist attacks, was arrested when she entered Venezuela illegally using her... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Peru, Venezuela |
Extradition, Terrorism |
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 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
World |
Human Rights, Conferences, Law Enforcement |
U.S. Prepares for Ratification of OECD Anti-Bribery Convention |
On April 7, 1998, U.S. officials provided an optimistic view of the prospects for ratification and implementation of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Public Officials in International... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United States, OECD |
Bribery, Treaties |
Bibliography of Books |
1. Human Rights
Capital Punishment: Global Issues and Prospects (Peter Hodgkinson & Andrew Rutherford eds., Waterside Press 1996), ISBN 1-872870-32-5...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
U.K. Law Commission Proposes New Bribery Law to Meet OECD Convention |
The U.K. Law Commission has proposed a new law on bribery that will create four new offenses and bring the United Kingdom into compliance with the recently concluded OECD Convention on Transnational... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United Kingdom, OECD |
Bribery, Treaties |
Bibliography of Articles |
1. Banking, Privacy, and Money Laundering
Lawrence L.C. Lee, Taiwan: Recent Opposition to the Money-Laundering Epidemic, 1 J. Money Laundering Control 268-76 (1997)...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
Commonwealth of Virginia Executes Paraguayan Despite ICJ Plea |
On April 14, 1998, the Commonwealth of Virginia executed Angel Francisco Breard, a Paraguayan national, for murder despite a plea from the International Court of Justice and from Secretary of State... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
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Human Rights, Murder, International Courts |
Spanish Public Prosecutor Calls for End to Prosecute Pinochet |
On March 23, 1998, Mr. Ignacio Pelaez, public prosecutor in Madrid, called for an end to Spanish legal efforts to prosecute former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for the disappearance of hundreds... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Spain |
Human Rights, Law Enforcement |
FATF Issues Annual Report on Money Laundering Typologies |
On February 12, 1998, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Money Laundering issued its 1997-98 report on money laundering typologies. The purpose of the exercise was to provide a forum for law... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, International Organizations, Law Enforcement |
G-8 Environment Ministers Agree to Strengthen Enforcement Cooperation |
On April 3-5, 1998, at a meeting of the Group of Eight Environment Ministers at Leeds Castle in the United Kingdom, an informal agreement was achieved to strengthen enforcement cooperation...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
G-8 member countries |
Environment, International Cooperation, Crimes |
Cayman Islands and Brazil Are Concluding MOU on Bank Supervision |
The Cayman Islands and the Government of Brazil are concluding a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides for cross-border supervision of Brazilian banks operating in the Cayman Islands... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Brazil, Cayman Islands |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
Last PrepCom on International Criminal Court Ends |
On April 3, 1998, more than 100 countries and several non-governmental organizations finished the last preparatory conference leading to the June 15-July 17, 1998, conference in Rome that will... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
World |
International Organizations, Treaties |
U.S. Narcotics Report Reviews Status of International Money Laundering |
As part of the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), the U.S. Department of State has provided a review of the status of global money laundering trends and countermeasures... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, International Organizations, International Cooperation |
Ukraine Ratifies European Extradition and Mutual Assistance Treaties |
On March 11, 1998, Ukraine ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Extradition and Its Additional Protocols and the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and its... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Europe, Ukraine |
Extradition, International Organizations, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
Latvia Signs European Laundering Convention |
On March 11, 1998, the Government of Latvia signed the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime. Maria Klisans, Charge d’Affaires of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Latvia |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Treaties |
Dutch Government Rejects Heirs of Jewish Art Collector’s Nazi War Claims |
On March 25, 1998, Aad Nuis, the Deputy Culture Minister of the Netherlands Government, denied a claim by heirs of Jewish art collector, Jacques Goudstikker, to paintings that were acquired by... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Netherlands |
Art and Cultural Property, Law of War, Property Restitution |
Summit of the Americas Produces Multilateral Counterdrug Alliance |
On April 19, 1998, at the second Summit of the Americas, the thirty-four participating countries agreed to establish a Multilateral Counterdrug Alliance and related Plan of Action that, inter alia,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean |
International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking |
NATO Special Forces Arrest Two Bosnian Serbs for Omarska Camp Crimes and A Serb Suspect Surrenders |
On April 8, 1998, British special forces that are part of the NATO forces arrested Miroslav Kvocka and Mladen Radic, two Bosnian Serb war crime suspects wanted for alleged atrocities at the Omarska... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United Kingdom, Netherlands, Bosnia |
Law of War, Torture, International Courts |