U.S. Promulgates Anti-Laundering Regulations for Wire Transfers |
On August 31, 1993, the Federal Reserve Board and the U.S. Department of the Treasury promulgated proposed rules for wire transfers and funds transfers that will impact international money movement.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1993-09-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Financial Crimes, Banking Supervision |
Mexico Increases International Criminal Cooperation |
A biannual report of the Attorney General’s Office on its activities during the period from January 4 to July 14, 1993, indicates that the Mexican Government continues to strengthen its international... |
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1993-09-01 |
Mexico |
Jurisdiction, Transfer of Prisoners, Kidnaping, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation |
EC Commission Imposes Wider Exchange of Supervisory |
On July 28, 1993, the European Community Commission proposed amendments to the Second Banking Directive, the Investment Services Directive, and several insurance directives, to increase supervisors’... |
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1993-09-01 |
Europe |
Banking Supervision, Transparency |
Isle of Man Financial Commission Receives Authority to Stop Criminal Activity |
The Isle of Man’s Parliament has passed The Investment Business (Amendment) Act 1993, giving its Financial Services Commission (FSC) enhanced investigative authority later this year concerning... |
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1993-09-01 |
Isle of Man |
Financial Crimes, Banking Supervision, Investigation, Prosecution |
Cypriots Challenge Extraterritorial Jurisdiction over Non-U.S. Persons |
Another battle is being fought over a second individual charged in a conspiracy that previously provided the basis for kidnapping a Cypriot. Hossein Alikhani, his partner, George Christoforu, and... |
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1993-09-01 |
United States, Cyprus, Libya |
Money Laundering, Jurisdiction, Kidnaping, Sanctions |
United Nations and United States Take Initial Steps to Impose Sanctions on China and Taiwan for Violating Endangered Species Treaty |
During September 7, 1993, at a meeting of the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) in Brussels, both the UN and the US took steps to... |
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1993-09-01 |
United States, China, Taiwan |
Environment, United Nations, Endangered Species, Sanctions, Wildlife |
European Parliament Joins List Ordering to Ignore Cuban Democracy Act |
On September 16, 1993, the European Parliament adopted a resolution, calling on the European Community and its member governments to ignore the Cuban Democracy Act, which was signed into law on... |
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1993-09-01 |
Europe |
Trade Enforcement, Legislation |
Mexico and U.S. Conduct Joint Raid on Pirated Music Recordings |
On August 6, 1993, in an example of new cooperative bilateral intellectual property enforcement cooperation, U.S and Mexican law enforcement authorities conducted the first simultaneous raids on... |
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1993-09-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Intellectual Property, International Cooperation, Piracy |
U.S. Cracks Down Against Illegal Textile Transshipments |
In the wake of continued illegal transshipments of textiles, the Clinton administration is taking steps to increase prosecutions and other enforcement actions against textile transshipments.... |
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1993-09-01 |
United States |
Trade Enforcement, Customs, Trade Crimes, Investigation, Prosecution |
Conviction of Imelda Marcos Provides Cause for Philippines to Forfeit Assets from Switzerland |
The conviction of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos on two criminal corruption charges on September 24, 1993, raises the opportunity for the Philippine Government to facilitate the Marcos... |
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1993-09-01 |
Switzerland, Philippines |
Corruption, Asset Seizure, Prosecution |
U.S. and Cyprus Agree to New Extradition Treaty |
On September 17, 1993, the United States and Cyprus agreed on a modern extradition treaty to replace the 1931 British-U.S. Extradition Treaty that now applies to Cyprus. According to Cypriot media... |
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1993-09-01 |
United States, Cyprus |
Extradition, Kidnaping, Treaties, Rendition |
California State Treasurer Calls for NAFTA Side Accord on Deportation |
In a letter dated July 24, 1993, to President Clinton and in a television appearance the following day, State Treasurer Kathleen Brown called for a side pact to the North American Free Trade... |
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1993-09-01 |
United States |
Human Rights, Immigration, Transfer of Prisoners, Deportation |
Demjanjuk Case Underscores Ability to Order Extraditees’ |
On September 22, 1993 John Demjanjuk left Israel for the United States, ending seven years of proceedings after his extradition from the U.S. in 1986. Although the case has many novel aspects, one of... |
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1993-09-01 |
Israel |
Extradition, Torture, Holocaust, Prosecution |
Terrorism and Foreign Sovereign Immunity: The Time has Come to Remove the Terrorist’s Legal Cloak |
In the field of international commerce, the rules are rapidly changing to comport with the new realities of developing technology in communication and transportation. Not so, however, with regard to... |
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1993-09-01 |
World |
Immunity, Jurisdiction, Terrorism, Torture, Sovereignty |
U.S. Succeeds in Extraditing Billman From France |
On September 1, 1993, the media reported that John R. Fornaciari, attorney for fugitive banker Thomas J. Billman, stated that Mr. Billman has stopped fighting extradition from France and would be... |
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1993-09-01 |
France |
Extradition, Fraud, Conspiracy, Prosecution, Racketeering/RICO |
Conferences |
This article announces a conference that will take place in October 1993 on international criminal investigations…[more] |
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1993-09-01 |
World |
Conferences |
EC Considers Additional Action Against Organized Crime |
The European Community increasingly is considering steps to strengthen its measures against organized crime. On June 28, 1993, the European Parliament Committee on Organized Crime convened a meeting... |
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1993-09-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, International Cooperation |
Bibliography |
The next Bibliography will appear in the October issue of the International Enforcement Law Reporter. |
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1993-09-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
International Red Cross to Strengthen Enforcement of Humanitarian Law |
On August 30, 1993, the International Red Cross convened a three-day conference in Geneva on the need to strengthen the protection of war victims and the enforcement of international humanitarian law... |
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1993-09-01 |
World |
Human Rights, War Crimes, Conferences, Treaties, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
Establishment of UN War Crimes Tribunal Delayed by Efforts to Agree on Appointment of Prosecutor and Judge |
Efforts to establish a tribunal to adjudicate alleged war crimes in the former Yugoslavia are delayed by difficulties in achieving an agreement on a prosecutor and to a lesser extent judges.... |
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1993-09-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
United Nations, War Crimes, Prosecution, International Criminal Tribunal |