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French SFOR Troops Kill Serb Suspect Resisting Arrest While Bosnian Serb Denies War Crimes and Milosevic Denies Entry to War Crimes Prosecutor |
On January 9, 1999, French troops shot and killed Dragan Gagovic, a suspected Bosnian Serb war criminal as he prepared to ram the soldiers with his vehicle at a mountain roadblock established to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
France, Former Yugoslavia |
Law of War |
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PRC Acts to Stop Illegal Fees Imposed on Foreign Investors |
On January 5, 1999, the official China Daily reported steps to stop the imposition of illegal fees on foreign investors and to strengthen the transparency of its administration... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
China |
Taxation |
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Paraguay and U.S. Agree on Intellectual Property Cooperation |
On November 17, 1998, U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky announced in a press release that, just in time to avoid the threat of U.S. trade sanctions, Paraguay and the U.S. concluded a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United States, Paraguay |
Intellectual Property |
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U.S. Tobacco Subsidiary Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Cigarettes to Evade Tax |
On December 22, 1998, Northern Brands, a subsidiary of U.S. tobacco multinational R.J. Reynolds, pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay the U.S. $15 million for its role in a massive smuggling... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
Canada, United States |
Customs Enforcement, Taxation |
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U.S. Investigates Potential Wrongdoing in Economic Investor Visas |
U.S. Government investigators are looking at a Greenbelt, Maryland firm that aggressively marketed opportunities to take advantage of the U.S. economic investment program... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United States |
Immigration, Fraud |
