Canada Leads Arrests of Cuntrera-Caruana Operatives |
On July 15, 1998, after an eighteen month investigation that almost stopped due to lack of resources on occasions, police in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. arrested ten alleged members of the Cuntrera-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
Canada, United States, Mexico |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime |
EU Considers Proposed Tax Enforcement Directive |
: On July 2, 1998, the European Commission (EC) proposed a directive to prevent individuals from avoiding taxes by moving, along with their assets, from one European Union member state to another... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
Europe |
Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
International Money Laundering |
On September 21-23, 1998, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will host the International Money Laundering Conference, to be held in Montreal, Canada. The conference will deal mainly with the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Conferences |
Bolivian Supreme Court Holds Drug Leader Extraditable to U.S. |
On July 2, 1998, the European Commission (EC) proposed a directive to prevent individuals from avoiding taxes by moving, along with their assets, from one European Union member state to another... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States, Bolivia |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Human Rights, Conferences, International Cooperation |
Dominican Republic Amends Extradition Law |
The Dominican Republic legislature has passed an amendment to the 1969 Extradition law that prohibits extradition of its nationals. The new law will permit extradition of persons charged with... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States, Dominican Republic |
Money Laundering, Extradition, Murder, Kidnaping, Drugs & Trafficking |
Latin American Leaders Decry Difficulties in Extraditing Political and Business Leaders Charged with Corruption from South Florida |
Increasingly, persons charged with corruption in Latin America find refuge in Miami and South Florida and in many other parts of the U.S. The latest ire from Latin America has occurred in Ecuador as... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States, Latin America and South America |
Corruption, Extradition |
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS |
1. Comparative Criminal Law
Marina Braun & Galina Clothier, American-Russian Legal Dictionary: Criminal Law (Westport, CT, Greenwood 1998).
2. International Criminal Law in General... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
U.S. Courts Grants Extradition to Mexico of Mexican on Firearms Charges |
On May 8, 1998, Magistrate Cynthia G. Aaron, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, found Gabriel Alfredo Valdez-Mainero extraditable to Mexico. His extradition was requested... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Arms Trafficking |
Bibliography of Articles |
1. Banking Privacy and Money Laundering
K.L. Case, The Saiwa Wake-up Call; The Need for International Standards, 26 Ga. J. Int’l & Comp. L. 215-31 (1996).
John K.F. Delaney, Impact of Money... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
English Court Upholds Extradition Under Provisional Arrest |
On October 27, 1997, the Queens Bench Division upheld an extradition order, in a case in which Q was detained under a provisional warrant for committing an armed robbery in Germany, which raises the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
Germany, United Kingdom |
Extradition, Robbery |
Book Reviews |
Joanne Greig, Combatting Money Laundering, 8 Crim. L.F. 485-96 (1997) (reviewing Money Laundering and Banking Secrecy: XIVth International Congress of Comparative Law (Paolo Bernasconi, ed.)).
Guy... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
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Book Review |
Canadian Supreme Court Overrules Lower Court Requirement of Prior Judicial Authorization for MLAT Request |
In a ruling that brought relief to the Department of Justice of Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada recently set aside the judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal and held that the Canadian standard... |
Kirk W. Munroe |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
Canada, Switzerland |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Forfeiture of Outbound Passenger Currency Is Excessive |
On June 22, 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision held that the forfeiture of $357,144 worth of undeclared currency of a passenger preparing to board an international flight violated the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States |
Asset Forfeiture |
OECD Evaluates Progress on Implementation of Anti-Corruption Agreement |
On July 15-16, 1998, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) held a meeting on “National and International Approaches to Improving Integrity and Transparency in Government”... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
OECD |
Corruption, International Organizations |
Swiss Court Indicts Bhutto’s Husband and Prepares Indictment against the Former Prime Minister |
On July 17, 1998, Judge Daniel Devaud indicted Asif Ali Zardari, the husband of Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, on money laundering charges and, according to press reports,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
Switzerland |
Money Laundering, Corruption |
World Bank Continues Internal Measures and Initiates Lawsuits to Recover Alleged Corrupt Payments |
On July 16, 1998, a media report quoted World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn acknowledging the establishment of a special internal fraud team, the hiring of the accounting firm Price Waterhouse... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Corruption, International Organizations, Fraud |
Financial Action Task Force Releases Annual Report |
In June 1998, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) released its annual report for 1997-98. The 1997 report was issued the preceding June. The ninth round of the FATF was... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations |
U.S. Supreme Court Limits Self-Incrimination Protection to U.S. Prosecutions |
On June 25, 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court held that an individual’s right against self-incrimination does not apply to fear of prosecution in a foreign criminal case in the context of a criminal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States |
Human Rights |
U.S. Indicts and Seeks Forfeiture of Antiguan Bank for Loan Scam |
On May 6, 1998, an indictment filed in the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee, Florida charges the Caribbean American Bank of Antigua and eight individuals with a loan scam that allegedly bilked more... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States, Antigua & Barbuda |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Fraud, Asset Forfeiture |