DOJ/CEELI Criminal Law Reform Project Activities Fall/Winter 1999-2000 |
CEELI completed two installments of its criminal codes training program for Albanian judges and lawyers. |
Catherine Newcombe |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
World |
Criminal Procedure/Proceedings |
U.S. Proposals $1.3 Billion of Urgent Aid for Colombia Counter-Drug Efforts |
On January 11, 2000, the Clinton Administration announced a proposed two-year, $1.3 billion aid program for Colombian counterdrug efforts. |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
Colombia |
Drug Enforcement |
New Argentine Government Rejects Spanish Extradition Requests |
On January 4, 2000, the de la Rua Administration in Argentina rejected a Spanish extradition request for 48 men accused of human rights crimes during the "dirty war" of the 1970s on the basis that... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
Argentina |
Extradition |
Doctors' Unanimous Finding Facilitates Imminent End of Pinochet Extradition on Humanitarian Grounds |
On January 11, 2000, four physicians who examined during the prior week Augusto Pinochet, the 84-year general, concluded his health is too frail to withstand the rigors of a criminal trial,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
Chile |
Extradition |
U.S. Arrests Merchant on International Bank Fraud and Money Laundering Charges |
On December 22, 1999, agents of the Internal Revenue Service and Customs arrested Sarkis Soghanalian, a 70-year-old national of Lebanon, in Miami under a year-old indictment that was unsealed in Los... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering |
U.S. Court Imposes Maximum Fine After Taiwan Firm Is Convicted of Economic Espionage |
On January 5, 2000, U.S. District Judge Peter C. Economus, in Youngstown, Ohio, imposed the maximum fine under the Economic Espionage Act (EEA) of $5 million after Four Pillars Enterprise Ltd., a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
Taiwan |
Economic Espionage |
European Council Adopts Recommendations on Cooperation in Combatting the Financing of Terrorist Groups |
On December 9, 1999, the European Council adopted a recommendation on cooperation in combatting the financing of terrorist groups. |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
Europe |
Counter-terrorism |
U.N. General Assembly Passes Anti-Terrorism Convention |
At the end of this fall's General Assembly session, a majority of members voted to establish the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, an anti-terrorism... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
World |
Counter-terrorism |
Return of Konrad Kalejs Calls Attention to Australian Lack of Action Against War Crimes |
During the first week of January 2000, the return of Konrad Kalejs to Melbourne, Australia brought attention to the inability of the Australian Government to take action against the many war... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
Australia |
War Crimes |
Clinton Administration Signs Law Renewing Holocaust Commission |
On December 9, 1999, President William J. Clinton signed into law a bill renewing the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the U.S. for another year. |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
United States |
Holocaust |
U.S. Court Rules that Nigerian Governmental Entities Have No Immunity Over Civil Racketeering Charges for Advance Fee Accusations |
On December 9, 1999, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court's opinion that jurisdiction existed over the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Republic of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
United States |
Racketeering/RICO |
Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Work Continues with New Arrests and Investigations |
On December 20 and 23, 1999, NATO peacekeepers in Bosnia arrested Maj. Gen. Stanislav Galic, commander of the Bosnian Serb forces that besieged Sarajevo from 1992 to 1994, under a sealed indictment... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
Arrest |
Canadian and U.S. Officials Threaten Enforcement Action Against Expatriates and Economic Citizenship Programs and Draw Response |
On December 27, 1999, the media reported that Dominica's Opposition Leader, Rosie Douglas, has stated he will visit Canada early in 2000 to discuss his government's economic citizenship program. |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
Canada |
Economic Integration |
OAS Establishes Justice Study Center for the Americas |
As part of the implementation on the "Strenghtening of Justice Systems and Judiciaries" during the meeting of the heads of state and government at the Second Summit of the Americas, held in Santiago... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
Latin America and South America |
Investigation |
Canada Sues Tobacco Mogul in the U.S. for Civil Tax Fraud and Racketeering |
On December 21, 1999, the Canadian Government creatively sued R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. and affiliates, in U.S. District Court in Syracuse, New York under the Racketeer Influenced and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
Canada |
Fraud |
EU Publishes Annual Report 1998 on Protecting Community Against Fraud |
The European Union has published its annual report for 1998 on protecting the Communities' financial interests and the fight against fraud, which contains a summary of initiatives and proposals in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
European Union |
Fraud |
Australian Court Orders Alleged Mexican Fraudsters Extradited |
On December 14, 1999, Magistrate Lisa Hanna of the Magistrate Court of Victoria, in Melbourne, Australia ordered the extradition to Mexico of Carlos Efraín de Jésus Cabal Peniche and Marco Pasini... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
Australia |
Extradition |
Western Accounting Standards with Regard to the Enforcement of Anti-Corruption Laws on the Russian Corporate Landscape |
Following the adoption of Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which... |
Timur Sinuraya |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
Russia |
Corruption |
Caribbean Governments Complain of Deportation of Nationals |
Increasingly Caribbean governments are requesting states that deport Caribbean nationals to act to take action to mitigate their harm from such deportations or to curb such deportations, which are... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
Caribbean |
Deportation |
European Commission Brings Action Against 2 EU Institutions for Access by Fraud Unit |
On January 12, 2000, the European Commission brought an action in the European Court of Justice against the European Central Bank and the European Investment Bank after the two entities refused to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
2 |
2000-02-01 |
Europe |
Fraud |