Articles

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Title Abstract Authorsort ascending Volume Issue Date Published Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. and Spain Conclude Securities Enforcement Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding On July 8, 1992, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) concluded a Memorandum of Understanding in conjunction with a meeting of the... 8 7 1992-07-01 Spain, United States Fraud, International Cooperation, Jurisdiction, Mutual Legal Assistance, Securities Exchange Commission
Organization of American States Issued Opinion Declaring Kidnapping in Alvarez-Machain a Violation of International Law The last week of August, the Inter-American Juridical Committee, an organ of the Organization of American States (O.A.S.), issued an opinion to the Permanent Council of the O.A.S. declaring that the... 8 8 1992-08-01 Latin America and South America, North America, United States Extradition, International Law, Kidnaping, Legislation
US and Uruguay Conclude Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty On May 6, 1991, the U.S. and Uruguway signed a Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (MLAT).  The MLAT constitutes the second MLAT that the U.S. has concluded in the last month with a... 7 5 1991-05-01 United States, Uruguay Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties
Guernsey Joins IOSCO to Strengthen Fraud Prevention Guernsey's Financial Service Commission (FSC) has been admitted as a member of the International ORganization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). According to a media report, John Roper, Director of... 8 1 1992-01-01 United States Economic Crimes
FinCEN Starts Global Investigations Division On August 28, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced the start of its Global Investigations Division (GID), which will have responsibility to implement targeted... 2019-08-30 United States Money Laundering
Smuggling Cars from Hong Kong to China Traders have discovered that Chinese import tariffs can be dodged by shipping cards, trucks and other merchandise from Hong Kong to Vietnam’s province of Quang Ninh to be driven across the porous... 8 10 1992-10-01 China, Hong Kong Border Security, Maritime, Smuggle, Theft, Trade Crimes
Swiss Government Implements Tightened Anti-Money Laundering Law On February 4, 1992, the Swiss Government’s Banking Commission promulgated new guidelines effective May 1 pursuant to a Swiss law that was enacted in 1990. Under the law, Swiss banks must investigate... 8 3 1992-03-01 Switzerland Banking Supervision, Financial Crimes, Investigation, Legislation, Money Laundering, Regulation
U.S. and Canada Will Increase Simultaneous Tax Examinations On November 10, 1992, at the Tax Executives Institute’s annual conference, S. Claude Lemelin, chief of tax treaty administration for Revenue Canada in Ottawa, stated that simultaneous examinations,... 8 11 1992-11-01 Canada, United States International Cooperation
Mexican Government Will Buttress Environmental Enforcement On October 28, Mexico's Secretary of Urban Development and Ecology (SEDUE) Patricio Chirinosannounced a three-year program of more than $460 million to protect the environment along Mexico's border.... 7 11 1991-11-01 Mexico, United States Environment
EC Adopts Consolidated Bank Supervision Plan On April 6, the European Community ministers adopted a directive requiring banking supervisors to apply key prudential standards on a consolidated basis to a whole bank holding company group, as... 8 4 1992-04-01 Europe Banking Supervision, Money Laundering, Regulation
American Bar/Bankers Conference Considers International Developments in Money Laundering Enforcement Developments On September 26-27, the American Bar Association/American Bankers Association held its third annual conference, entitled “Money Laundering Enforcement Update: Compliance and Enforcement Issues” in... 7 10 1991-10-01 Cayman Islands, United States Bank Secrecy, Money Laundering, Mutual Legal Assistance
CFTC Signs Enforcement Memoranda of Understanding with the Ontario Securities Commission and Québec’s Commission des Valeurs Mobiliéres du Québec According to a recent CFTC press release, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently signed enforcement Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) between the CFTC and two Canadian futures... 8 7 1992-07-01 Canada, United States International Cooperation, Investigation, Trade Enforcement
Honecker Returned by Russia to Germany and Arraigned On July 29, 1992, Russia returned Erich Honecker, the former East German leader, to Germany where he was arraigned on the following day on manslaughter and economic crimes. The transfer of Honecker... 8 8 1992-08-01 Germany, Russia Asylum, Human Rights, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Prosecution
U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Denial of Prisoner’s Request for Transfer and Lack of Regulations On December 27, 1991, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia Circuit in the case of David F. Bagguley v. George W. Bush in a per curiam opinion upheld a decision to deny a... 8 8 1992-08-01 United States Drugs & Trafficking, Prosecution, Regulation, Transfer of Prisoners, Treaties
Canada Justice Ministry Reports Annual International Activities The Annual Report for the Department of Justice Canada for 1989-90 contains several interesting developments...(more)... 7 5 1991-05-01 Canada Crimes against Humanity, Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance, United Nations
Obtaining Information - The Ways and Means According to a recent estimate, the European Community is defrauded of between 1.5 and 3.1 billion pounds each year. With the advent of the single market, member countries will be encouraged to... 8 1 1992-01-01 European Union, Europe Economic Crimes
Russia and U.S. Agree to Increase Intelligence Cooperation on Enforcement Matters On October 18, 1992, the Russian intelligence service and the Central Intelligence Agency completed discussions on increasing already existing cooperation in the exchange of intelligence and... 8 10 1992-10-01 Russia, United States Border Security, Customs, Drugs & Trafficking, Intelligence, International Cooperation, Organized Crime, Smuggle, Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction
Bank for International Settlements Considers Sanctions Against Central Banks without Sufficient Regulatory Controls as a Result of BCCI Debacle As a result of the huge losses suffered due to the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, the Bank for International Settlements Committee on Banking Regulation is considering... 8 3 1992-03-01 World Banking Supervision, Financial Crimes, Regulation
Japan Imposes $57 Million Back Taxes & Surcharges on US Subsidiary On November 2, 1992, a spokesman for Nihon Unisys Ltd. announced that the Tokyo Regional Tax Bureau has imposed 6.888 billion yen ($57 million) in corporate back taxes and surcharges as a result of a... 8 11 1992-11-01 Japan, United States Intellectual Property, Tax Enforcement, Taxation
Foreign-Owned Vessels Detained in Liberian Waters In a series of incidents in Liberian waters, vessels have been seized. 7 11 1991-11-01 Liberia, Spain Piracy

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