Articles

E.g., 2024-09
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Starts Releasing Guantánamo Prisoners On October 22, 2002, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced the U.S. will release a small number of the 598 prisoners held in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba would be released to their home countries... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2002-12-01 United States Human Rights, National Security, Terrorism
Argentina Requests the Extradition of Pinochet in Connection with 1974 Assassination On October 27, 2000, the Argentine Government formally requested the extradition of Chilean former head of state Augusto Pinochet in connection with the 1974 assassination of Gen. Carlos Prats, a... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Chile, Argentina Extradition, Human Rights, International Courts
First EU Joint JHA-Ecofin Meeting Agrees on Strong Action Against Laundering On October 17, 2000, the first meeting of the European Union (EU) Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) and Finance Ministers (Ecofin) achieved a series of agreements to increase action to prevent and... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Europe Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, European Union, Organized Crime
Texas Executes Mexican National Despite Violation of Consular Convention On November 9, 2000, the state of Texas executed by injection Mexican national Miguel Flores despite protests by the Mexican and other foreign governments that Flores was denied his right under the... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, Mexico Human Rights, Capital Punishment
Multinational Banks Adopt Anti-Money Laundering Guidelines On October 30, 2000, a coalition of large international private banks announced a set of voluntary guidelines designed to reduce the incidence of anti-money laundering. The banks participating in... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 World Money Laundering
U.S. Indicts Silicon Valley Firm and Executives for Technology Transfer to China On October 11, 2000, a U.S. grand jury in San Jose, California indicted two executives and their companies in Silicon Valley for illegally transferring sensitive technology to Chinese companies. The... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, China Customs Enforcement
FATF Removes Warnings Against Seychelles On October 12, 2000, the Financial Action Task Force on Anti-Money Laundering announced the removing of a warning against the Seychelles over a law criticized by FATF. In February 1996, the FATF... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Africa Money Laundering
EU Justice and Home Affairs Meets On September 28, 2000, the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Ministers held their 2288th Council meeting, which featured agreements on several criminal cooperation and criminal justice issues... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Europe European Union, International Courts
U.K. Gives Dependent Territories Deadline for Laundering Compliance On October 27, 20000, the media reported the United Kingdom has ordered its six Caribbean dependent territories (DTs) to comply with new anti-money laundering requirements, thereby continuing the... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Caribbean, Barbados, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, Antigua & Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Bermuda Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, Taxation
Congo Institutes Proceedings Against Belgium Because of International Arrest Warrant Against Yerodia On October 17, 2000, as a reaction against the Belgian international warrant for the arrest of the Congolese minister of foreign affairs, the Democratic Republic of Congo filed an application against... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Netherlands, Congo War Crimes, International Courts
Argentina’s New Anti-Money Laundering Law #25.246, Effective May 16, 2000 The Republic of Argentina recently passed new anti-money laundering legislation which radically alters the country’s approach to controlling financial crime. For many years one of the few countries... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Argentina Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking
ICTY Subpoenas NATO On Circumstances of Arrest of Bosnian Serb Suspect On October 20, 2000, the International Criminal Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia issued its first subpoena to NATO, ordering it to disclose details on its detention of a Bosnian Serb... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Europe, Netherlands, Serbia War Crimes, International Courts
Europeans and Latin Americans Show Caution on “Plan Colombia” At a meeting in Costa Rica for anti-drug strategy in Colombia, the European Union announced an aid package for Colombia that is significantly below what Colombian and United States officials had... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, Latin America and South America, Colombia, Europe, Costa Rica European Union, Drugs & Trafficking
Indicted Serb Commits Suicide During the night of October 12, 2000, Janko Janjic, who the International Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), committed suicide when NATO soldiers tried to arrest him. Janjic... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Europe, Netherlands, Serbia War Crimes, International Courts
OECD Announces Improved Process for Harmful Tax Practices Initiative On October 18, 2000, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced a new multilateral process in its harmful tax competition initiative. The OECD is inviting... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Caribbean Taxation
ICTR Appeals Chamber Upholds Conviction in Kambanda-Case In its judgement of October 19, 2000, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) upheld the Tribunal’s initial conviction of former Prime Minister of Rwanda, Jean... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Rwanda Genocide, International Courts
IRS Issues Doe Summons for Credit Card Transactions with 3 “Havens” On October 27, 2000, U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, authorized the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to examine the banking records... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, Caribbean, Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda, Cayman Islands Taxation
Bibliography Bibliography Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Bibliography
EU Brings RICO and Tax Fraud Actions Against Tobacco in the US On November 6, 2000, the European Commission announced it has brought an action against the two largest tobacco companies in the United States for alleged involvement in smuggling cigarettes into the... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, Germany, Albania, Serbia Taxation
U.S. Starts Implementation of Payment to Terrorist Victims and Iran Approves Lawsuits against U.S. On October 27, 2000, the U.S. Department of Treasury issued a notice announcing that the Treasury Department will prescribe procedures for making payments to persons who hold certain categories of... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, Iran, Cuba Human Rights, Terrorism, Asset Forfeiture

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