Relatives of Murdered Belgian Priests Initiate Criminal Investigation into Crimes Against Humanity while Spanish Court Dismisses Complaint of Rigoberta Menchu |
On December 2, 1999 Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu filed a complaint with the Spanish National Court of Justice. The complaint accuses eight Guatemalan military and political leaders – amongst... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
Belgium, Spain, Guatemala |
Human Rights |
International Aspects of ABA/ABA 12th Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Seminar |
On October 29-31, 2000, the American Bankers Association/American Bar Association held their Twelfth Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Seminar in Arlington, Virginia. This review discusses the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering |
Federal Judge Reversals Ruling and Allows Defendants’ Statements in Kenya in US Trial |
On January 29, 2001, Judge Leonard B. Sand, U.S. District Court in Manhattan, ruled that United States prosecutors could use statements obtained in Kenya from three defendants in the 1998 bombings of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States, Kenya |
Human Rights |
FATF Decides Not to Revise Non-Cooperative Country List |
On February 1, 2001, during a presentation of its annual report the Financial Action Task Force announced it was “not yet satisfied” that any of the15 jurisdictions cited for noncooperation in the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, International Organizations |
Mexican Court and Foreign Minister Order Cavallo Extradited to Spain for Argentine Atrocities |
On January 12, 2001, Jesús Guadalupe Lupa, a federal judge in Mexico City, ordered Ricardo Miguel Cavallo, 49 years of age and an Argentine national, extraditable to Spain to face charges of human... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
Mexico, Spain, Argentina |
Extradition, Human Rights |
U.S. Congressional Subcommittee Recommends Strengthening Due Diligence on Correspondent Banking |
On February 5, 2001, the Minority Staff of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a report, recommending the executive and legislative branches require banks to strengthen due... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Due Diligence |
Jersey Issues Guidelines on Use of Offshore Centers by Public Figures |
In mid-January, 2001, the Jersey Financial Services Commission, the regulator of the largest of the Channel Islands, issued guidelines on the use of offshore centers by public figures to conceal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
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Corruption, Due Diligence |
OFCs to Participate in Global Program on Financial Regulations |
On October 25, 2001, the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP) announced that thirty-one offshore financial centers (OFCs) have made political commitments to the ODCCP... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, United Nations |
U.S. Issues Guidance on Transactions Involving Proceeds of Foreign Official Corruption |
On January 16, 2001, the U.S. Department of Treasury, the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of Thrift... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Corruption |
U.S. Freezes Funds and Arrests Montesinos Aide on Peruvian Warrant |
On January 29, 2001, a U.S. District Court in Miami held an initial hearing for Victor Alberto Venero Garrido, a suspected arms dealer accused of skimming more than $100 million from a government... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States, Peru |
Money Laundering, Bribery |
Russian Insider Detained En Route to Bush Inauguration on Swiss Charges |
On January 17, 2001, Pavel Borodin, on his way to Washington to attend celebrations for President-elect’s inauguration, was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Swiss money laundering... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
Switzerland, Russia |
Money Laundering, Corruption |
Austria and U.S. Agree on Holocaust Settlement |
On January 17, 2001, three days before the end of the Clinton Administration, the Austrian and U.S. negotiators agreed to a settlement of the Holocaust litigation and claims.
Stuart Eizenstat, the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States, Europe |
Law of War |
Bank for International Settlements Issues Guidance for Increased Due Diligence |
On February 2, 2001, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) issued a consultative paper, calling for increased anti-money laundering due diligence procedures.
The paper’s goal is to provide... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
World, United States |
Money Laundering, Due Diligence |
Cambodian Senate Passes Bill to Establish War Crimes Tribunal |
On January 15, 2001, the Cambodian Senate passed a bill to establish a tribunal to prosecute former top members of the Khmer Rouge Government who are accused of genocide.
Two weeks before the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
Cambodia |
War Crimes, Genocide |
Haiti-US Agree to Interdiction and Related Narcotics Enforcement Cooperation |
On January 12, 2001, the media reported that Haiti president-elect Jean-Bertrand Aristide has agreed to new interdiction and other narcotics enforcement cooperation with the U.S., including allowing... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States, Haiti |
Drugs & Trafficking |
U.S. and Colombia Cooperate on Breaking Up Heroin Ring |
On January 18, 2001, the U.S. and Colombia helped to penetrate and dismantle an international drug trafficking operation that specialized in distributing heroin from Colombia to the U.S., arresting... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States, Colombia |
Drugs & Trafficking |
IRS Issues Proposed Rules on Reporting Deposit Interest to Nonresident Aliens |
On January 16, 2001, the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed rules that would expand the information reporting requirement for bank deposit interest paid to nonresident aliens recipients who are... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
Canada, United States |
Taxation |
Clinton Pardons Long-Time Fugitive Mark Rich |
On January 20, 2001, outgoing U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton pardoned two financiers Marc Rich, a billionaire commodities trade who has been a fugitive from U.S. justice for almost... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States |
Extradition, Fraud |
Philippines Deport French Fugitive Wanted in Elf Aquitaine Matter |
On February 2, 2001, Philippine immigration officials deported Alfred Sirven, 74, formerly the second highest official of the French company Elf Aquitaine, to France where he is wanted in a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
France, Philippines |
Extradition |
Mexico’s Supreme Court Allows the Extradition of Mexican Nationals |
On January 18, Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) ruled by a majority vote (10-1) that the extradition of Mexican nationals is in accordance with Mexico’s Constitution. The ruling definitely... |
Rodrigo Labardini |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition |