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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 European Union’s fifteen member states. |
On February 2, 2000, Judge J.A. Sharpe, Court Of Appeal for Ontario, affirmed the order releasing Kwok Yeung Chan on bail pending a U.S. extradition request.
On January 18, 2000, Judge LaForme... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
Canada, United States |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
Hong Kong Orders Extradition to US on Securities Fraud Case |
On November 12, 1999, a Hong Kong court dismissed an application from a Mr. Cosby relating to an order by the Chief Executive to extradite Cosby.
The U.S. requested the extradition of Cosby for an... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
United States, China |
Extradition, Fraud |
India Requests Extradition Swedish National on Corruption for Arms Sales |
On October 16, 2000, the media noted that the Swedish Government is under new pressure to re-examine the extradition of Martin Ardbo, the former chief of Bofors, the Swedish armaments company, whose... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
Pakistan, , India |
Extradition, Arms Trafficking |
Ex-US Sergeant Pleads Guilty in US Embassy Bombing as the Court Rejects Another Defendant’s Plea |
On October 20, 2000, Ali Mohamed, a former U.S. Army sergeant, pleaded guilty to conspiring with fugitive Osama bin Laden in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, marking the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
United States, Afghanistan, Kenya |
Terrorism |
Cyprus Freeze Serb Accounts at Request of War Crimes Tribunal |
On October 27, 2000, the media reported the Cyprus Government has imposed a freeze on between 10 and 15 accounts of businesses suspected of ties with Slobodan Milosevic. The freeze order was issued... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
Serbia |
War Crimes, Asset Forfeiture |
Austrian Police Arrest Fugitive U.S. Businessman Convicted of Fraud |
On October 25, 2000, law enforcement officials reported that Shalom Weiss, a millionaire U.S. businessman and financier who disappeared in October 1999, was arrested in Vienna, Austria.
In November... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
United States, Austria |
Administration of Justice, Fraud |
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 |