U.S. Court Denies POWs Right to Collect From U.S. Iraqi Funds |
On July 30, 2003, the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia granted summary judgment to the U.S. Treasury against 17 former prisoners of war (POWs) from the 1991 Gulf War and 37 of their... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
United States, Iraq |
Human Rights |
Mastercard Cancels License for Bahamian Bank to Issue Credit Cards |
On July 30, 2003, the President of Leadenhall Bank and Trust confirmed its license to provide offshore credit cards had been cancelled, which resulted from IRS audits that revealed taxpayers were... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
United States, Bahamas |
Bank Secrecy, Taxation |
Australian Requests Visit with Son in Guantánamo amid Plea Bargaining |
On July 28, 2003, Australian Terry Hicks pleaded for the U.S. government to apply the same legal standards to his son that were applied to U.S. national John Walker Lindh. Like Lindh, David Hicks... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
United States, Australia |
Law of War |
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms U.S. Conviction of Violating Canadian Excise Tax Law |
On July 18, 2003, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the conviction of David and Carl Pasquantino and one associate for using interstate wires in a scheme to defraud Canada of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
Canada, United States |
Taxation |
ICTY and ICTR Developments |
The article contains three updates in the International Tribunal in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and one in Rwanda (ICTR). On July 31, 2003, the ICTY sentenced Milomir Stakic to life in prison for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
Balkans, Rwanda |
Law of War |
Russian Government Will Negotiate Tax Information Exchange Agreements |
On July 29, 2003, the Russian Taxes and Levies Ministry announced it would start negotiating agreements on exchange of tax information and will enter into agreements with Latvia, France, Poland,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
Europe, Russia |
Taxation |
Liberia Applies to ICJ on Sierra Leone Arrest Warrant against Liberian President Taylor As Nigeria Gives Him Asylum and Rejects Calls to Extradite |
On August 4, 2003, Liberia filed an application with the International Court of Justice against Sierra Leone in response to an arrest warrant issued against Liberian President Charles Ghankay Taylor... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone |
Extradition, Law of War |
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of RICO Action by 3 Countries for Tax Claims |
On August 14, 2003, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a district court?s dismissal of three countries? claims of violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
United States, Belize, Honduras, Ecuador |
Taxation |
U.S. Investigates Role of Private Military Company in Liberia |
On August 7, 2003, the Financial Times reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was investigating the role of an Anglo-American private military company, Northbridge Services Group.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Liberia |
Law of War |
EU Council Issues Framework Decision on Combating Corruption in the Private Sector |
On July 22, 2003, the European Council issued a framework decision on combating corruption in the private sector, after having adopted a Convention in 1997 combating corruption among EU officials.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
Europe |
Corruption, European Union |
New Department to Fight against Money Laundering Organizes in Brazil |
On July 30, 2003, a federal prosecutor in Brazil began structuring a new department within the Brazilian government to help fight against money laundering and currency drain as well as negotiate... |
Jorge Nemr |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
Brazil |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
Swiss Magistrate Finds Former Pakistan Prime Minister Guilty of Money Laundering |
On August 5, 2003, a Pakistani Information Minister announced that a Swiss magistrate, Daniel Devaud, had found exiled Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband guilty of money... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
Switzerland, Pakistan |
Money Laundering, Corruption |
Bolivia Convicts Belgian Miner for Illicit Import and Possession of Drug Precursor Chemicals |
On July 18, 2003 a La Paz court convicted Belgian miner Guillaume Roelants and several of his employees for illicit import and possession of sulphuric acid. Officials allege that the acid was being... |
Tom L.W. Scheirs |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
Bolivia, Belgium |
Drugs & Trafficking |
Libya Reaches Lockerbie Settlement with US and UK |
On August 20, 2003, the U.S. State Department announced that Libya had begun transferring $2.7 billion to an international bank as compensation for the 270 victims of Pan American Flight 103 that... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, |
Economic Sanctions, Terrorism |
Peru Requests Ex-President Fujimori’s Extradition |
On July 30, 2003, the Peruvian government submitted a 700-page extradition request to Japan regarding Japanese national and Peruvian ex-president Alberto Fujimori. Mr. Fujimori was charged with... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
Peru, Japan |
Extradition |
Bush Issues Executive Order Implementing Clean Diamond Trade Act |
On July 29, 2003, President Bush signed Executive Order 13312, implementing the Clean Diamond Trade Act which requires that no rough diamonds may be imported into the United States without being... |
Brian McCarthy |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
United States, Africa |
Economic Sanctions, Trade Enforcement |
European Arrest Warrant: London Conference |
On July 5-6, 2003, officials and scholars met at the international conference Eurowarrant ? European extradition in the 21st century in order to discuss changes in extradition law as proposed by the... |
Michael Plachta |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
Europe |
European Union |
Argentina’s Congress Approves Bill to Annul Law on Immunity |
On August 12 and 20, 2003, Argentina?s Congress approved a bill which would annul laws protecting military officers from prosecution for alleged human rights abuses committed during the 1976-83... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
Argentina |
Human Rights |
Swiss Announce Willingness to Cooperate with Nigeria in Recovery of Abacha’s Assets |
On August 19, 2003 the Swiss government announced its intention to cooperate with the Nigerian government in recovering $618 million allegedly stolen by former dictator Sani Abacha. Abacha is... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
United Kingdom, Switzerland, Nigeria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg |
Corruption, Asset Forfeiture |
Extradition Treaties Recently Signed, Approved for Ratification and/or Entered into Force as of September 1, 2002 |
The article lists extradition agreements signed before September 1, 2002, by the United States with other various states around the world. |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
World, United States |
Extradition |