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U.S. Tax Officials Raid Persons Involved in Offshore Vehicles |
On March 5, 2001, the Internal Revenue Service announced the carrying out of extensive raids during the preceding week to obtain information against suspected promoters of tax evasion schemes... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
United States |
Taxation |
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French Court Convicts Nazi for Crimes Against Humanity |
Aloïs Brunner, an old SS-officer was convicted of crimes against humanity by the Paris’ Assize Court on March 2, 2001. Brunner, one of the most sought after war criminals, of whom one does not know... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
France, Austria |
Human Rights, War Crimes |
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U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Summons under French Treaty |
On February 5, 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion affirming the decision of the U.S. District Court’s dismissing summary judgment of French taxpayer’s complaint... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
United States, France |
Taxation |
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U.S. Judge Refuses to Dismiss Holocaust Case Due to Lack of Funding |
On March 7, 2001, U.S. District Judge Shirley Wohl Kram refused to dismiss the case against German companies brought by former Holocaust-era slave laborers after she explained the foundation had not... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
United States, Germany |
Law of War |
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U.S. Lures Terrorist Suspect from Sudan to Kenya in Embassy Bombings Case |
United States prosecutors have achieved an important break through in the trial of defendants in the U.S. Embassies bombing case when they lured a suspect from his home in Sudan to Kenya where they... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
United States, Kenya |
Terrorism |
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ICTY Gains Custody of Two Serbs, Presses for Surrender of Milosevic |
In March 2001, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) succeeded in gaining two high level suspects from Serbia – one handed over by Yugoslav authorities and the second... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
Balkans |
Law of War |
