EU Holds Informal Justice & Home Affairs Council Meeting |
On July 28 and 29, 2000, the European Union held an informal Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting in Marseille, France.
Mrs. Elisabeth Guigou, the French Minister of Justice, presented the three... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
2001-10-01 |
Europe, France |
European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime |
French Announce Priorities for JHA Presidency |
During its Presidency of the European Union, which runs July 1 to December 31, 2000, the French Presidency has announced its priorities for Justice and Home Affairs Council.
1. The European... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
2000-10-01 |
Europe, France |
Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, International Courts, Organized Crime |
Mexico Detains Argentine on Spanish Extradition Request for “Dirty War”Atrocities |
On August 26, 2000, a Mexican judge ordered the detention of the accused Argentine torturer Miguel Ángel Cavallo, who had been living in Mexico where he was director-general of Mexico’s National... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
Mexico, Spain, Argentina |
Extradition, Human Rights |
Antigua Deports to U.S. Internet Sports Manager After Suspicious Transaction Report |
On August 19, 2000, the Antiguan Prime Minister’s Office announced the deportation of Robert Eremain to Puerto Rico after a suspicious transaction report triggered investigations that revealed Mr.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
Caribbean, St. Kitts & Nevis |
Money Laundering, Extradition |
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Denial of Appeal from Extradition, But Holds Executive’s Decision on Torture Defense is Reviewable |
On July 11, 2000, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of Ramiro Cornejo-Barreto v. W.H. Seifert, affirmed the district court’s denial of a petition for habeas corpus that the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Human Rights |
Haiti Deports Alleged Medillin Cocaine Trafficker to the U.S. |
On August 8, 2000, the Haitian Government deported to the United States Carlos Botero Asprilla, an alleged major operative in the Medillin, Colombian cocaine cartel that has used Haiti as a staging... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, Colombia, Haiti |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
PRC Protests Service and U.S. Suit of Chinese Leader for Tiananmen Atrocities |
On August 28, 2000, five participants of the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations filed a lawsuit against Li Peng, the chairman of the People Republic of China’s (PRC) National People’s Congress in U... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, China |
Human Rights, Jurisdiction |
Bahamas Prime Minister Announces Willingness to Conclude Tax Information Exchange Agreement with the U.S. and Other Enforcement Measures |
On August 16, 2000, in an abrupt change of policy Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert A. Ingraham announced his Government would take a series of steps to respond to the blacklisting of his country on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, Bahamas |
Money Laundering, Taxation |
English Court Denies Effort to Review Arrest Warrant for U.S. Extradition of Swedish National for Insider Trading |
Mr. Norgren, a Swedish national, tried unsuccessfully to block a warrant for his arrest issued by a magistrate in response to a request by the U.S. for his extradition on offenses of “insider trading... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, |
Extradition, National Security |
Prosecution of Russian Alcohol Smuggling Results in Conviction of Traditional U.S. Distiller |
An elaborate Russian organized crime operation to smuggle U.S. grain alcohol into Russia has resulted in a conviction of McCormick Distilling of Weston, Missouri, and has uncovered a massive scheme... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, Russia |
Customs Enforcement, Organized Crime |
U.N. Security Council Unanimously Adopts Declaration to Strengthen UN Peacekeeping In the Wake of New of the Murder of 3 UN Workers in Western Timor |
On September 7, 2000, the Security Council, after an extended debate in which 9 presidents, 5 prime ministers and 1 foreign minister participated, unanimously adopted a Declaration to ensure an... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
World, Indonesia |
International Organizations, United Nations |
US House Majority Leader Opposes US Support of OECD Harmful Tax Initiative |
On September 7, 2000, Congressman Dick Armey (R.-Tex.) and Chairman, House Ways & Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, sent a strong letter to Lawrence Summers, U.S. Secretary of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States |
Taxation |
Panel Recommends UN Reforms to and Expansion of Peacekeeping Department |
On August 23, 2000 an international expert panel submitted a report to Secretary-General Kofi Annan urging the United Nations (UN) to strengthen and upgrade peacekeeping operations through the growth... |
Sashi Selvendran and Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
2000-10-01 |
World |
National Security, United Nations |
Australian Court Agrees to Extradite to Indonesia Accused for Bank Crimes |
On August 29, 2000, Australian Federal Judge affirmed in a 125 page-long opinion the validity and legality of the decision of December 17, 1999, in which the Justice of Peace Court in Melbourne,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
China, Indonesia, Australia |
Money Laundering, Extradition |
Bomb Kills Croatian Witness Who Was Cooperating with War Crimes Tribunal |
On August 28, 2000, a bomb detonated in the front of the home of Milan Levar, a former military officer who helped investigators from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
Croatia, Serbia |
Murder, International Courts |
Australian 2d Instance Court Affirms Mexican Financier Cabal Peniche Is Extraditable |
On August 29, 2000, Australian Federal Judge affirmed in a 125 page-long opinion the validity and legality of the decision of December 17, 1999, in which the Justice of Peace Court in Melbourne,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
Mexico, Australia |
Administration of Justice, Extradition |
U.N. Security Council Votes to Establish War Crimes Tribunal for Sierra Leone |
On August 14, 2000, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution, establishing a tribunal to prosecute rebels responsible for killing and maiming tens of thousands of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United Kingdom, Sierra Leone |
National Security, United Nations, War Crimes |
Colombia Extradites 3rd National to U.S. on Drug Charges |
On August 18, 2000, the Colombian Government extradited Alberto “The Snail” Orlandez Gamboa, the third national to the U.S. for international narcotics trafficking despite threatened violence against... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, Colombia |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
Croatia Arrests for Prosecution Two Nationals Accused of Atrocities against Muslims |
On September 6, 2000, the media reported Croatian police have arrested two Croatian men accused of participating in a 1993 killing campaign in the Bosnian Muslim village of Ahmici, in central Bosnia... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
Croatia, Serbia |
Human Rights, War Crimes, Genocide |
Die völkerrechtswidrige Entführung und ihre Rechtsfolgen (Cross-border, State-sponsored Abductions of Individuals which are Illegal by International Law |
Stephan Wilske’s recently published monograph on cross-border state-sponsored abductions of individuals is useful for readers, because every country can be confronted with this phenomenon relating to... |
Matthias Geiger |
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10 |
2000-10-01 |
World |
Administration of Justice, Human Rights, Kidnaping, Book Review |