CARICOM To Approve Witness Protection Program |
On January 3, 1999, Trinidad & Tobago Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Mahraj confirmed a December 21, 1998 report of the Trinidad Guardian that four years after initial negotiations a CARICOM... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
Trinidad & Tobago |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
Mexico Pursues Cabal Peniche and Other Fugitive Bankers |
On January 11, 1998, hearings were held in a court in Melbourne, Australia concerning the Mexican Government’s extradition request against Carlos Cabal Peniche, who is residing in Melbourne, as... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
Mexico, Australia |
Money Laundering, Extradition |
Mexico Orders Extradition of Mexican National Amezcua |
On January 14, 1999, the Mexican Government announced its authorization to extradite a Mexican citizen and alleged drug lord, Jesus Amezcua, to the U.S. where he is charged in federal indictments for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition |
British Law Lords Reject Effort of British National to Fight Extradition to Germany for Fraud |
In 1997, the House of Lords denied an appeal from the denial of a habeas corpus application by Ismail, a British national, from a extradition request on fraud charges in Germany... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United Kingdom |
Extradition |
: IRS Official Warns the U.S. Will Intensify Compliance against Tax Havens and the Offshore |
On January 14, 1999, in a speech at the 17th annual international tax conference of the Florida Bar Association Tax Section and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, John Lyons, IRS... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United States |
Taxation, Fraud |
U.S. Tobacco Subsidiary Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Cigarettes to Evade Tax |
On December 22, 1998, Northern Brands, a subsidiary of U.S. tobacco multinational R.J. Reynolds, pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay the U.S. $15 million for its role in a massive smuggling... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
Canada, United States |
Customs Enforcement, Taxation |
PRC Acts to Stop Illegal Fees Imposed on Foreign Investors |
On January 5, 1999, the official China Daily reported steps to stop the imposition of illegal fees on foreign investors and to strengthen the transparency of its administration... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
China |
Taxation |
Cayman Rejects International Criminal Cooperation on Tax Crimes |
The Cayman Islands have rejected demands by England that it render criminal cooperation to foreign governments investigating tax crimes. The rejection illustrates the growing tension between small... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United Kingdom, Cayman Islands |
Taxation |
Russia Conducts Criminal Investigation of Central Bank Officials |
On December 29, 1998, Russian Interior Minister Sergei Stepashin disclosed that Russian law enforcement authorities are investigating Central Bank activities that may have contributed to the mid-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
Russia |
Money Laundering, Corruption, Embezzlement |
Money Laundering in Switzerland: Analysis and Some Observations |
Article 305bis includes the obstruction of the confiscation of illicit proceeds as a money laundering offense. In a judgment delivered in September 1993, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court held that a... |
Konstantinos D Magliveras |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
Switzerland |
Money Laundering |
Caribbean Prepares for New Anti-Money Laundering Program |
In February 1999, the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force will administer a four year program on anti-money laundering and related matters... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
Caribbean |
Money Laundering |
1998 ABA/ABA 10th Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Seminar |
The materials from the November 2-3, 1998 10th Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Seminar are quite useful in their coverage of international and comparative money laundering and asset forfeiture... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering |
European Commission Contributes to 51 Projects on Police and Customs Cooperation |
On November 3, 1998, the European Commission announced the selection of 51 new projects for financing under the OISIN program direct at stimulating cooperation between law enforcement authorities in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
Europe |
Mutual Legal Assistance, Economic Integration |
English Court Gives Effect to U.S. Restraint Order Retrospectively |
In a case reported in September 1998, an English court has given retrospective effect to a restraint order to enforce an asset forfeiture order of a U.S. court... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
Asset Forfeiture |
Books |
ABA 10th Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Seminar (ABA, Nov. 2-3, 1998, 833 pp.
International Chamber of Commerce, Guide to the Prevention of Money Laundering (June 1998)
...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
Council of Europe Promulgates Convention on Protection of the Environment Through Criminal Law |
: On November 16, 1998, seven countries signed the Council of Europe’s Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law, which opened for signature November 4, 1998... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
Europe |
Environment |
U.S. Investigates Potential Wrongdoing in Economic Investor Visas |
U.S. Government investigators are looking at a Greenbelt, Maryland firm that aggressively marketed opportunities to take advantage of the U.S. economic investment program... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United States |
Immigration, Fraud |
Paraguay and U.S. Agree on Intellectual Property Cooperation |
On November 17, 1998, U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky announced in a press release that, just in time to avoid the threat of U.S. trade sanctions, Paraguay and the U.S. concluded a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United States, Paraguay |
Intellectual Property |
French SFOR Troops Kill Serb Suspect Resisting Arrest While Bosnian Serb Denies War Crimes and Milosevic Denies Entry to War Crimes Prosecutor |
On January 9, 1999, French troops shot and killed Dragan Gagovic, a suspected Bosnian Serb war criminal as he prepared to ram the soldiers with his vehicle at a mountain roadblock established to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
France, Former Yugoslavia |
Law of War |
Class Action Holocaust Suit Is Brought Against Chase and J.P. Morgan |
On December 23, 1998, the media reported the first class action lawsuit brought on behalf of 17 named non-American Holocaust survivors and victims’ relatives against two U.S. banks, Chase Manhattan... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
2 |
1999-02-01 |
United States, France, Germany |
Law of War |