Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort descending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Suit Challenging Grenada Invasion Dismissed as Moot On June 28, 1985, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, in a decision by Judge Tamm with Wald and Bork concurring, affirmed the dismissal of a suit brought by 11 members of the U.S... Bruce Zagaris 1 2 1985-10-01 Grenada Law of War
Riggs National Bank Is Latest Bank to Be Fined Under BSA       The Department of Treasury has fined Riggs National Bank (Riggs) for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).  The fine amounted to $269,750 for 1,226 violations that occurred between 1980 and... Bruce Zagaris 1 2 1985-10-01 United States Bank Secrecy
Narcotics Trade Control Act Introduced Last month H.R. 3404, the "Narcotics Control Trade Act" was introduced in Congress.  H.R. 3404 provides that the products of drug producing nations will not be eligible for most-favored-nation trade... Bruce Zagaris 1 2 1985-10-01 United States Drug Enforcement
Challenge to U.S. Support of Contras Dismissed On August 13, 1985, in Sanchez-Espinoza et al v. Reagan, et al, U.S. App. D.C. No.83-1997, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed the dismissal of an action challenging the... Bruce Zagaris 1 2 1985-10-01 United States Law of War
BSA Rules Released       The Department of Treasury has published notice of a revised system of records on October 11, 1985 (50 F.R. 41616).  The Notice affects three Bank Secrecy Act forms: Currency and Monetary... Bruce Zagaris 1 2 1985-10-01 United States Bank Secrecy
Spanish Firm Pleads Guilty to Violating Export Administration Act On September 5, 1985, Piher Semiconductors SA of Barcelona (Piher) pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the Export Administration Act, and specifically to reselling of high technology, national-... Bruce Zagaris 1 2 1985-10-01 Spain Export Enforcement
More Indictments for Money Laundering in Boston On October 15, 1985, The Bank of New England, two head tellers, an officer and a customer were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of illegally concealing cash transactions worth more than $... Bruce Zagaris 1 2 1985-10-01 United States Money Laundering
Court Reduces Sentence for Violating Export Administration Act On August 29, 1985, U.S. District Court Judge Richard L. Williams reduced the sentence of D. Frank Bazzare, who was found guilty of violating the Export Administration Act, from imprisonment for five... Bruce Zagaris 1 2 1985-10-01 United States Export Enforcement
U.S. Offers Rewards for Trans World Airlines Hijackers On October 17, the Justice Department announced that it had charged three men with murder and piracy for the hijacking of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) jet in June and the shooting death of one of its... Bruce Zagaris 1 2 1985-10-01 United States Counter-terrorism
Denmark Decriminalizes and Makes Deductible Foreign Bribes As a result of a recent case in which Dancre Corp's was allowed a deduction against taxes of approximately $730,000 as a result of bribes it paid in Saudi Arabia, bribes made outside Denmark are... Bruce Zagaris 1 3 1985-11-01 Denmark Bribery
AID Draft Report Calls for $5.5 Million for Carrib. Admins Justice A draft proposal authored by Gerald Zarr, U.S. Agency for International Development (AID), entitled "The Rule of Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean: How Long Can the Machinery of Justice Run on Empty... Bruce Zagaris 1 3 1985-11-01 Caribbean Administration of Justice
Argentine Bank Secrecy: New Limitations on Bank Secrecy in Argentina After a parliamentary tug of war over several months, the Senate as the last instance approved a Government bill to severely restrict the bank and securities secrecy.  In the opinion of the... Bruce Zagaris 1 3 1985-11-01 Argentina Bank Secrecy
International Enforcement Developments The House Government Operations Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary Affairs is trying to maintain its reputation started by its late chairman Benjamin J. Rosenthal for influencing policy... Bruce Zagaris 1 3 1985-11-01 Law Enforcement
Administration of Justice Programs Progress The administration of justice programs of the United States Government and private organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean are gaining momentum.  At the meeting of the Section of... Bruce Zagaris 1 3 1985-11-01 United States Administration of Justice
Frankfurt EAA Seminar: Switch to Non-U.S. Suppliers On October 25, 1985, the German trade association of electrical and electronic industries (ZVEI) held a seminar in Frankfurt, Germany, on the amended Export Administration Act and on compliance with... Clemens J.M. Kochinke 1 3 1985-11-01 Germany Export Enforcement
Jamaican Extradition Request Raises Political Offense Issue A request by the Jamaican Government for Donovan Gordon, a former bodyguard to Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley, has raised the political offense exception to extradition.  Jamaican authorities... Bruce Zagaris 1 2 1985-11-01 Jamaica Extradition
Final Rule Enable Savings & Loan To Report Suspected Crimes On November 8, 1985, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, as the operating head of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC), has promulgated a final rule that institutions whose... Bruce Zagaris 1 3 1985-11-01 United States Law Enforcement
Antiterrorist Inter-Agency Task Force Work An interagency task force stablished in July, 1985 to develop a U.S. strategy for dealing with terrorism has been meeting and is to make recommendations for a national policy for dealing with... Bruce Zagaris 1 3 1985-11-01 United States Terrorism
U.S. Investor Pleads Guilty on OPIC Assistance in Grenada On December 3, 1985, William Ingle of Virginia Beach pleaded guilty to a charge of making a false statement to a federal agency to obtain $350,000 worth of assistance from the Overseas Private... Bruce Zagaris 1 3 1985-11-01 Grenada White Collar Crime
United Nations Resolutions on Control of Drug Trafficking In a Resolution dated February 26, 1985, by the General Assembly (G.A.) on "International campagin against traffic in narcotics drugs" the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has been requested to... Bruce Zagaris 1 3 1985-11-01 Drugs & Trafficking

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