FATF Imposes Countermeasures Against Ukraine and Defers Them Against Nigeria |
On December 12, 2002, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced it will apply counter-measures to Ukraine, in addition to the current application of Recommendation 21 and defer any counter-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
World, Nigeria, Ukraine |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Economic Sanctions, International Organizations |
Swiss, French, and Canadian Break Pedophile Group |
On December 14, 2002, the media reported that cooperation among law enforcement authorities succeeded in breaking a French-speaking pedophile ring of 40 suspected persons that spanned at least three... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
Canada, United States, France, Switzerland |
Cybercrime, Sex Crimes |
Brazil Prepares to Expedite the Fight Against the Crime of Money Laundering |
On December 16, 2002, the mixed Commission of the fight against the crime of money laundering, associated to the Council of Federal Justice and composed of members of the Public Prosecution, Federal... |
Jorge Nemr |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
Brazil |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
U.S. Terrorism Insurance Act Provides for Civil Causes of Act |
Prior to adjourning during its lame-duck session, the U.S. Congress enacted S. 2600, the “Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002,” which provides for civil causes of action to victims of transnational... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
United States |
Terrorism |
U.S. Designates Sanctions Against Ukraine and Nauru for Lack of Anti-Laundering Laws |
On December 20, 2002, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a notice advising the public that it designated Nauru and Ukraine as primary money laundering concerns pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 5318A,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
United States, Nauru, Ukraine |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Economic Sanctions |
ICTY Sets Aside Subpoena for War Correspondent |
On December 11, 2002, an Appeals Chamber for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in an interlocutory appeal filed in the Brdjanin/Talic case by counsel for Mr.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
United States, Balkans |
International Courts |
U.S. Indicts Five in Money Laundering Through Insurance Funds |
On December 6, 2002, U.S. Customs Service announced the first grand jury indictment connected with the use by Colombian drug cartels of international life insurance polices laundering millions of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
United States, Mexico, Colombia, |
Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking |
Judges for Ad Hoc Sierra Leone War Crimes Court Take Oaths |
On December 2, 2002, the eight judges comprising a United Nations special tribunal to try certain high level persons accused of responsibility for war crimes in Sierra Leone’s civil war were sworn... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
Sierra Leone |
Human Rights, Law of War, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts |
Brazil Extradites Gloria Trevi to Mexico on Sex Abuse Charges |
On December 21, 2002, Brazil sent pop star Gloria Trevi to Mexico, her native country, on sex abuse charges after Brazil’s supreme court ordered her extradition December 6, 2002. The actual transfer... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
Mexico, Brazil |
Extradition, Sex Crimes |
UN Approves Congo Peacekeepers and Rejects U.S. Efforts to Block |
On December 4, 2002, the United Nations Security Council approved unanimously a resolution to send nearly 3,200 more peacekeepers to go to the eastern part of Congo as the civil war in the Congo... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
World, United States, Congo |
Law of War, United Nations, International Courts |
Denmark Denied Russian Extradition Request for Chechen Leader Zakayev and Britain Details and Grants Him Bail |
On December 3, 2002, the Danish Government denied a Russian request to extradite Mr. Akhmed Zakayev, a senior Chechen envoy, and freed him after he had spent one month in jail. Right after the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
United Kingdom, Russia, |
Extradition, Terrorism |
Philippines Extradites Computer Executive on Campaign -Finance Charges |
On December 26, 2002, the Philippines Government extradited Mark Jimenez, a Filipino legislator, on charges that he made illegal campaign contributions and committed tax evasion, mail fraud,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
United States, Philippines |
Extradition, Taxation, Fraud |
Mexico Expels to Italy Person Wanted For Bankruptcy Fraud |
On December 7, 2002, the Mexican Government expelled Italian national Giulio Semino to Italy in response to requests for his arrest made by the Italian Government to serve a five year prison sentence... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
Mexico, Italy |
Extradition |
U.N. Works to Improve Counterterrorism Enforcement Regime |
The United Nations is continuing its efforts to improve the design, implementation and enforcement of its counter terrorism enforcement regime. Although the U.N. has worked on the regime for decades... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
World |
Terrorism, United Nations, Asset Forfeiture |
The Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism: Do Such Instruments Contribute to the Effective Combat of Terrorism? |
In the global fight against terrorism the role and contributions of regional political organization cannot be underestimated. Regional organizations are characterized by a certain dynamic, which is... |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean |
International Organizations, Terrorism, Mutual Legal Assistance |
U.S. Counterterrorism Initiatives Bring Legal Challenges |
The U.S. Government’s counterterrorism initiatives continue to bring a number of transformations of the law and encounter legal challenges. On December 4, 2002, U.S. District Judge Michael B.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
United States |
Human Rights, Law of War, National Security, Terrorism, Prisoner Rights |
U.S. Indicts Two for Nauru Tax Scams |
On December 18, 2002, a federal grand jury in the Northern District of California (San Francisco) returned an indictment against Jerome Schneider, a U.S. citizen residing in Vancouver, B.C., and Eric... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
Canada, United States, Nauru |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance |
U.S. Justice Department Indicts 10 Persons Allegedly Involved in Anderson’s Ark Scheme |
On December 1, 2002, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a federal grand jury in Seattle has indicted ten persons connected with the Anderson’s Ark & Associates offshore tax shelter... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
United States, Costa Rica |
Taxation, Fraud, White Collar Crime |
Congo Bring ICJ Action to Stop French Human Rights Prosecution |
On December 9, 2002, the Republic of Congo filed a petition in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against the French Government with respect to proceedings for crimes against humanity and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
France, Congo |
Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Genocide, International Courts |
EU Initiative on Fighting Organized Crime in South Eastern Europe |
On November 25, 2002, at a conference in London the European Union and the countries of south eastern Europe announced an initiative to combat organized crime in south eastern Europe. The EU and the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
Europe |
Customs Enforcement, Human Trafficking, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime |