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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... |
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8 |
7 |
1992-07-01 |
Spain, United States |
Fraud, International Cooperation, Jurisdiction, Mutual Legal Assistance, Securities Exchange Commission |
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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... |
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8 |
8 |
1992-08-01 |
Latin America and South America, North America, United States |
Extradition, International Law, Kidnaping, Legislation |
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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... |
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7 |
5 |
1991-05-01 |
United States, Uruguay |
Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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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... |
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8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
United States |
Economic Crimes |
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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... |
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2019-08-30 |
United States |
Money Laundering |
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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... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-10-01 |
China, Hong Kong |
Border Security, Maritime, Smuggle, Theft, Trade Crimes |
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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... |
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8 |
3 |
1992-03-01 |
Switzerland |
Banking Supervision, Financial Crimes, Investigation, Legislation, Money Laundering, Regulation |
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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,... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Canada, United States |
International Cooperation |
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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.... |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Environment |
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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... |
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8 |
4 |
1992-04-01 |
Europe |
Banking Supervision, Money Laundering, Regulation |
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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... |
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7 |
10 |
1991-10-01 |
Cayman Islands, United States |
Bank Secrecy, Money Laundering, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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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... |
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8 |
7 |
1992-07-01 |
Canada, United States |
International Cooperation, Investigation, Trade Enforcement |
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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... |
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8 |
8 |
1992-08-01 |
Germany, Russia |
Asylum, Human Rights, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Prosecution |
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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... |
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8 |
8 |
1992-08-01 |
United States |
Drugs & Trafficking, Prosecution, Regulation, Transfer of Prisoners, Treaties |
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Canada Justice Ministry Reports Annual International Activities |
The Annual Report for the Department of Justice Canada for 1989-90 contains several interesting developments...(more)... |
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7 |
5 |
1991-05-01 |
Canada |
Crimes against Humanity, Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance, United Nations |
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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... |
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8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
European Union, Europe |
Economic Crimes |
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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... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-10-01 |
Russia, United States |
Border Security, Customs, Drugs & Trafficking, Intelligence, International Cooperation, Organized Crime, Smuggle, Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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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... |
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8 |
3 |
1992-03-01 |
World |
Banking Supervision, Financial Crimes, Regulation |
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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... |
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8 |
11 |
1992-11-01 |
Japan, United States |
Intellectual Property, Tax Enforcement, Taxation |
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Foreign-Owned Vessels Detained in Liberian Waters |
In a series of incidents in Liberian waters, vessels have been seized. |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Liberia, Spain |
Piracy |