U.S. Court Suppresses “Involuntary” Rwanda Confessions |
On August 17, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a lengthy, 109-page opinion suppressing statements made by three Rwandan defendants being prosecuted for the 1999... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, Uganda, Rwanda |
Human Rights, Mutual Legal Assistance, Torture |
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves U.S.-U.K. Extradition Treaty |
On September 7, 2006, the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved the U.S.-U.K. extradition treaty, bringing the U.S. ratification process closer to completion. Signed in 2003, the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
Extradition |
U.S. Arrests Sportingbet CEO on Louisiana Criminal Charges |
On September 6, 2006, U.S. law enforcement officers arrested Peter Dicks at Kennedy International Airport in New York. Dicks, the chairman of U.K.-based online sports book Sportingbet, was arrested... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
International Gaming |
U.S. and Dominican Republic Crack Money Remitting Operation |
On August 31, 2006, three persons from the Boston area appeared in U.S. District Court following their arrest on money laundering, currency reporting, and drug distribution charges in connection with... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, Colombia, Dominican Republic |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance |
Mexico Extradites Alleged Narcotics Kingpin to the U.S. |
On September 16, 2006, the Mexican government extradited accused drug lord Arrellano Félix to the United States. The extradition, the first where a major figure in the violent Mexican drug trade has... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Drugs & Trafficking |
U.S. Detains Bounty Hunter on 2003 Mexican Kidnaping Charges |
On September 14, 2006, U.S. federal marshals in Hawaii arrested well-known bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman on kidnaping charges arising out of the 2003 capture of a U.S. fugitive in Mexico. In... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Jurisdiction, Kidnaping |
Cayman Issues Tax Information Exchange Law Regulations |
On May 9, 2006, the Cayman Islands issued regulations under the 2005 Tax Information Authority Law, which entered into force on September 1, 2005. The law and the new regulations provide a framework... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
Cayman Islands |
Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance |
OECD Forum on Tax Administration Agrees to Combat International Tax Non-Compliance |
In a closing statement Mark W. Everson, IRS Commissioner and Chair of the Forum, said that the Forum identified four areas in which members will increase existing work or start new work under the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States |
International Organizations, Taxation |
ICC Submits Annual Report to UN General Assembly |
August 3, 2006, in accordance with Article 6 of the Relationship Agreement between the UN and the International Criminal Court (ICC) and paragraph 12 of Assembly resolution 60/29, the Court... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
World, Africa |
Human Rights, War Crimes, International Courts |
Book Review: Regulatory Frameworks for Hawala and Other Remittance Systems |
In the last five years the international community and especially the organizations responsible for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financial enforcement have focused attention on the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Terrorism |
Bush Transfers 14 Detainees to Guantánamo, Confirms Existence of Secret Prisons |
On September 6, 2006, U.S. President George W. Bush announced that 14 of the most notorious terror detainees had been transferred from Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) custody to the U.S. Guantánamo... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, Europe |
Human Rights, National Security, Terrorism |
Council of Europe Recommends Measures to Assist Crime Victims |
On June 14, 2006, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers adopted a Recommendation on assisting crime victims. The Recommendation seeks to ensure effective recognition of, and respect for the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
Europe |
European Union |
German Privacy Watchdog Orders Banks to Stop Sharing Information with U.S. |
On August 24, 2006, a Germany privacy watchdog told Germany banks to ensure that confidential data was not unnecessarily transmitted to U.S. authorities. The Schleswig-Holstein independent data... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, Europe, Germany |
Bank Secrecy, Privacy |
U.S. Arrests Two Suspects in Ciudad Juarez Murders as Mexico Ends Federal Investigation |
The U.S. has arrested two suspects in the murders of young women in Ciudad Jurarez, Mexico. On August 15, 2006, U.S. authorities in Denver, Colorado arrested Edgar Alvarez Cruz on immigration... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Murder, Sex Crimes |
European Union Continues Fight Against Human Trafficking |
While slavery in its traditional form may have been largely eliminated, the last 25 years of seen the rise of human trafficking, a modern form of slavery. International law defines this troubling... |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras |
22 |
11 |
2006-11-01 |
Europe |
Human Trafficking, European Union |