Caribbean Financial Action Task Force Adopts Resolution on OECD Harmful Tax Competition Report |
On November 19, 1998, the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), at a meeting in the Cayman Islands, adopted a resolution appointing a working group to study the OECD Harmful Tax Competition... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
World |
Tax Enforcement |
Council of Europe Promulgates Convention on Protection of the Environment Through Criminal Law |
On November 16, 1998, seven countries signed the Council of Europe’s Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law, which opened for signature November 4, 1998. An article... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
World, Europe |
Environment |
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 |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
Mexico, Australia |
Extradition |
Japan Requests Securities Enforcement Cooperation Agreement with U.S. |
On December 3, 1998, the Japanese Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission announced it was requesting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conclude a bilateral agreement on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United States, Japan |
Securities Law |
Germany Decides Not To Extradite Kurdish Leader |
On November 27, 1998, the German Government rebuffed Italy’s demand that it seek the extradition from Italy of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdish workers’ party (PKK), calling instead for his... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
Germany, Italy, Turkey |
Extradition |
Germany Extradites Salim, U.S. Indicts 5 More for Role in Embassy Bombings |
On December 20, 1998, the German Government turned over Mamduh Mahmud Salim to U.S. officials for extradition to the U.S... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United States, Germany, Kenya, tanzania |
Terrorism |
EU Parliament Proposes to Extend Money Laundering Cooperation |
On November 17, 1998, the European Parliament deputies proposed that the European Union (EU) revise regulations on mutual assistance and information sharing for anti-money laundering so that customs... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Mutual Legal Assistance |
OECD Anti-Corruption Convention Will Take Effect in on February 15, 1999 |
On December 7, 1998, Australia became the 34th country to sign the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
World |
Corruption |
Pinochet Wins New Hearing from Britain’s House of Lords |
On December 17, 1998, the House of Lords set aside its decision of November 25 denying him immunity from arrest on the basis of an undisclosed conflict of interest by one of the Lords who... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United Kingdom, Spain, Chile |
Extradition, Human Rights |
U.S. Will Release Pinochet Documents |
On December 1, 1998, U.S. State Department spokesman James Rubin announced that it will declassify and release documents relating to human rights abuses during the rule of former Chilean dictator... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United States |
Human Rights |
Texas Death Row Case of Canadian Raises Anew Aliens’ Rights |
On December 9, 1998, a U.S. District Court blocked the execution of Joseph Stanley Faulder, a 61-year-old Canadian national who had eight scheduled executions in Texas in more than two decades on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
Canada, United States |
Human Rights |
: Honduras “Paroles” U.S. Person Convicted of Murder |
On November 6, 1998, the Honduras Government released on parole Gus Valle, a 49-year-old U.S. national from South Florida, who three months before was convicted of manslaughter... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United States, Honduras |
Human Rights |
Jersey Amends Oversight and Secrecy Laws to Cope with Cantrade Scandal |
As a result of the Cantrade Private Bank Switzerland (CI) scandal, the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) will amend its Banking Business (Jersey) Law 1991, which will strengthen supervisory... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United Kingdom, Switzerland |
Fraud |
U.S. Prosecution of Textile Transshipment Continues |
The prosecution of Peter Yeung, a Hong Kong resident and the first person extradited from Hong Kong in the summer of 1998 under its new extradition treaty with the U.S., continues as a pre-trial... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United States, Hong Kong |
Fraud |
U.S. Court Strikes Down Massachusetts Burma Law |
On November 4, 1998, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that a Massachusetts statute that forbids the state from buying goods from anyone doing business with Myanmar is... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United States |
Economic Sanctions, Export Enforcement |
: Money Laundering in Switzerland: Analysis and Some Observations |
The financial sector in Switzerland has traditionally been associated with secrecy, which makes it prone to exploitation by money launderers. The aim of the Swiss government and of the financial... |
Konstantinos D Magliveras |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
Switzerland |
Money Laundering |
European Union Holds Justice and Home Affairs Council Meeting |
On December 3-4, 1998, the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Union held its 2146th Council meeting and reached a number of important decisions with respect to international criminal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
Europe |
International Organizations |
U.S.-Swiss Cooperation Results in Seizure of $276 Million of Drug Money |
On December 18, 1998, the U.S. announced the seizures of $276 million in illicit drug money from a Colombian trafficking organization and its associates. It was the largest confiscation in history... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United States, Colombia, Switzerland |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Asset Seizure |
44 Countries Promise to Help Return Nazi-Looted Art |
On December 3, 1998, at a conference, 44 countries approved guidelines to restore thousands of works of art looted by the Nazis to their rightful owners or their heirs. Meanwhile, efforts continue... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
World |
Art and Cultural Property, Law of War |
U.S. Removes Iran and Malaysia from List of Problem Drug Countries |
On December 7, 1998, U.S. President Bill Clinton in a letter to key members of Congressional House and Senate international relations and appropriations committees, removed Iran and Malaysia from the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United States, Iran, Malaysia |
Drugs & Trafficking |