Articles

E.g., 2025-02
Title Abstract Author Volumesort ascending Issue Date Published Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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... 9 9 1993-09-01 World Immunity, Jurisdiction, Terrorism, Torture, Sovereignty
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... 9 9 1993-09-01 United States, Cyprus Extradition, Kidnaping, Treaties, Rendition
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.... 9 9 1993-09-01 United States Trade Enforcement, Customs, Trade Crimes, Investigation, Prosecution
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... 9 9 1993-09-01 Europe Trade Enforcement, Legislation
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... 9 9 1993-09-01 United States, Cyprus, Libya Money Laundering, Jurisdiction, Kidnaping, Sanctions
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... 9 9 1993-09-01 Isle of Man Financial Crimes, Banking Supervision, Investigation, Prosecution
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’... 9 9 1993-09-01 Europe Banking Supervision, Transparency
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 9 9 1993-09-01 United States Money Laundering, Financial Crimes, Banking Supervision
Asia/Pacific Catches the Money Laundering Bug The Asian/Pacific region is a natural area for the expansion of money laundering operations The combination of drugs and arms trafficking, the smuggling of timber, gems, and other commodities, well-... Scott MacDonald 9 9 2011-09-01 Asia Money Laundering, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement, Smuggle
Asia/Pacific Catches the Money Laundering Bug The Asian/Pacific region is a natural area for the expansion of money laundering operations The combination of drugs and arms trafficking, the smuggling of timber, gems, and other commodities, well-... Scott MacDonald 9 9 1993-09-01 Asia Money Laundering, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement, Smuggle
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... 9 9 1993-09-01 Israel Extradition, Torture, Holocaust, Prosecution
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... 9 9 1993-09-01 France Extradition, Fraud, Conspiracy, Prosecution, Racketeering/RICO
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... 9 9 1993-09-01 Europe Money Laundering, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, International Cooperation
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... 9 9 1993-09-01 United States Human Rights, Immigration, Transfer of Prisoners, Deportation
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... 9 9 1993-09-01 Switzerland, Philippines Corruption, Asset Seizure, Prosecution
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... 9 9 1993-09-01 United States, Mexico Intellectual Property, International Cooperation, Piracy
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... 9 9 1993-09-01 United States, China, Taiwan Environment, United Nations, Endangered Species, Sanctions, Wildlife
European Court of Human Rights to Hear Case Against Britain The European Commission of Human Rights has ruled that accusations against the British Government will be heard by the European Court of Human Rights. The accusations concern the killing of three... 9 9 2011-09-01 Europe, United Kingdom, China, Taiwan Human Rights, Sanctions, International Criminal and Comparative Law, European Commission, International Criminal Tribunal
European Court of Human Rights to Hear Case Against Britain The European Commission of Human Rights has ruled that accusations against the British Government will be heard by the European Court of Human Rights. The accusations concern the killing of three... 9 9 2011-09-01
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... 9 9 1993-09-01 Mexico Jurisdiction, Transfer of Prisoners, Kidnaping, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation

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