Scotland Yard to Open Investigation Against Saddam Hussein |
In the course of the month of April 2001, Lord Williams, the British Attorney General has asked Scotland Yard to start an investigation against Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi President and his Minister of... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
United Kingdom, Iraq |
War Crimes |
Yugsolav Government Delivers ICTY Indictment to Milosevic |
On May 3, 2001, the Yugoslav Government delivered to Slobodan Milosevic an arrest warrant and a list of war crimes charges against him after the International Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Balkans |
Corruption, War Crimes |
ICTY Renders Judgement in Kordic and Cerkez Case |
On February 26, 2001, the ICTY sentenced Dario Kordic and Mario Cerkez to 25 and 15 years of imprisonment respectively. The accused were found guilty of having committed crimes against humanity,... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Balkans |
Human Rights, War Crimes |
French Court Convicts Nazi for Crimes Against Humanity |
Aloïs Brunner, an old SS-officer was convicted of crimes against humanity by the Paris’ Assize Court on March 2, 2001. Brunner, one of the most sought after war criminals, of whom one does not know... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
France, Austria |
Human Rights, War Crimes |
Accusations Against Israeli Prime Minister Urge Belgium to Rethink War Crimes Act |
A complaint against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has caused unease in Belgian political and diplomatic circles. Based on the Belgian War Crimes Act, the complaint, which was introduced on May... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
10 |
2001-10-01 |
Belgium, Middle East |
Human Rights, War Crimes |
Swiss Military Supreme Court Confirms Conviction of Rwandan for War Crimes |
On April 27, 2001 the Swiss Military Supreme Court (Cour militaire de cassation) upheld the conviction of Fulgence Niyonteze for war crimes committed during the Rwandan genocide in 1994. The trial... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
Switzerland, Rwanda |
War Crimes, Genocide |
Supervisory Committee Issues First Report on OLAF and Warns of Operational Problems |
At the end of its first year of operation, the Supervisory Committee for OLAF – the European Union’s Anti-Fraud Office – has issued its first annual report. This report, apart from evaluating the... |
Tom L.W. Scheirs |
16 |
11 |
2000-11-01 |
Europe |
European Union, Fraud |
Belgium Issues International Arrest Warrant for Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs |
On April 11, 2000 a Belgian investigating magistrate issued an international warrant for the arrest of the Congolese minister of foreign affairs Abdoulaye Yerodia Ndombasi. |
Tom L.W. Scheirs |
16 |
8 |
2000-08-01 |
Belgium |
Arrest |
ICJ Instructs Belgium to Cancel International Arrest Warrant Against Former Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs |
On February 14, 2002, the International Court Justice rendered it judgement in the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo v. the Kingdom of Belgium. The Court deemed that the international arrest... |
Tom L.W. Scheirs |
18 |
4 |
2002-04-01 |
United States, Belgium |
Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Law of War, War Crimes, International Courts |
Belgium Opens Investigation into Alleged Human Rights Violations by Former |
On March 2nd 2000, Belgian investigating magistrate Damien Vandermeersch announced his intention to investigate a complaint against former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Rafsanjani... |
Tom L.W. Scheirs |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
Belgium, Iran |
Human Rights, Torture |
Rwandan President Accused of Crimes Against Humanity (XIA) |
On 30th March 2000, Bernard Ntuyahaga brought a complaint against Rwandan president ad interim Paul Kagame before a Belgian investigating magistrate. The 38-page complaint contains allegations of... |
Tom L.W. Scheirs |
16 |
6 |
2000-06-01 |
Belgium, Rwanda |
Human Rights, Terrorism |
Central African Republic?s President Accused of Crimes Against Humanity While Opponent Finds Refuge in Chad |
In November 2001, nine members of the indigenous Yakoma tribe filed a compliant with a Belgian investigating magistrate against the President of the Central African Republic, Agne-Felix Patasse. The... |
Tom L.W. Scheirs |
18 |
1 |
2002-01-01 |
Central African Republic |
Extradition, Jurisdiction, War Crimes |
Bolivia Convicts Belgian Miner for Illicit Import and Possession of Drug Precursor Chemicals |
On July 18, 2003 a La Paz court convicted Belgian miner Guillaume Roelants and several of his employees for illicit import and possession of sulphuric acid. Officials allege that the acid was being... |
Tom L.W. Scheirs |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
Bolivia, Belgium |
Drugs & Trafficking |
EU Council Recommends Enhanced Cooperation Between Member States to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Precursor Chemicals |
In a recommendation dated April 25, 2002, the Council of the European Union recommends its Member States to enhance the cooperation and exchange of information between their operational units... |
Tom L.W. Scheirs |
18 |
12 |
2002-12-01 |
Europe |
European Union, Drugs & Trafficking |
Bolivia Arrests Belgian Miner for Illegal Import and Possession of Drug Precursors |
During the last week of August, the Bolivian police arrested a Belgian citizen on counts of illegal import and possession of sulphuric acid. The man, previously an employee of a Belgian humanitarian... |
Tom L.W. Scheirs |
16 |
11 |
2000-11-01 |
Bolivia, Belgium, Chile |
Customs Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking |
Revised anti-bribery and corruption law – Increased duties for companies and boards of Directors |
On July 1, 2016 revised rules on anti-bribery and corruption law entered into force in Switzerland. The revisions aim at improving the basis to combat corruption in the business sector (so-called... |
Tino Gaberthüel, Harold Frey, Miguel Oural, and Fedor Poskriakov |
32 |
7 |
2016-07-01 |
Switzerland |
Bribery, Compliance, Corruption, Detention, Disclosure, Policy/Directives |
Know Your Customer/Risk Management Procedures Against Terrorist Cross-Border Finances: Lessons From Russia-Chechen Conflict |
The political contradiction of “one man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist” is very much evident in the international terrorism aspect of Russia-Chechen conflict. While the U.S.... |
Timur Sunraya & Mikhail Mariah |
18 |
6 |
2002-06-01 |
Russia |
Due Diligence, Terrorism |
Some Aspects of Cross-Border Debt-Recovery in the Former Soviet Union |
International debt recovery is aimed towards the recovery of debts regardless of locations of debts and debtors. It is still widely presumed in the West that the legal remedies for recovery of... |
Timur Sinuraya and Svetlana Tulaykova |
20 |
3 |
2004-03-01 |
Russia |
Asset Forfeiture |
Dutch-Registered Bank Implicated in Suharto Money Laundering Scam |
According to the information provided by the Dutch media group NCRV on 6 November 2000, the Dutch-registered Indover Bank has been implicated in transactions, resulting in the loss of large sums of... |
Timur Sinuraya |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
Netherlands, Indonesia |
Money Laundering, Corruption |
Internationally Perceived Threat of Russian Insurance Fraud and Business Risk Management |
With the increase of the Russian insurance market international exposure, participants (insurance and re-insurance companies and brokers) are being confronted by wide-spread suspicion about the... |
Timur Sinuraya |
21 |
5 |
2005-05-01 |
Russia |
Fraud |