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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Serbian Authorities Arrest Karadzic On July 21, 2008, Serbian secret police arrested Radovan Karadzic near Belgrade, and quickly brought him before an investigative judge at Serbia’s war crimes court in preparation for his extradition... Bruce Zagaris 24 9 2008-09-01 Serbia Human Rights, Law of War, United Nations, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts
U.S. Appellate Court Reverse’s Military Tribunal Determination That Chinese Detainee Is an “Enemy Combatant” On June 30, 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia released its 39-page opinion, reversing the finding of a Combatant Status Review Tribunal that Hazaifa Parhat, a... Bruce Zagaris 24 9 2008-09-01 China, United States Human Rights, Terrorism
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS, ARTICLES AND DOCUMENTS Books A. Production, Trafficking, and Illegal Use of Arms and Weapons M. Alagappa, The Long Shadow: Nuclear Weapons and Security in the 21st Century Asia, Stanford U. Press (2008). ...[more] Bruce Zagaris 24 9 2008-09-01 Bibliography
Transparency International Focuses on Corruption in the Water Sector On June 26, 2008, the Center for Strategy and International Studies (CSIS) and Transparency International (TI) held a program on the recently released Global Corruption Report 2008: Corruption in the... Bruce Zagaris 24 9 2008-09-01 World Corruption, Environment
U.S. and EU in Final Stages of Negotiating Agreement on Private Data as European Legislator Sues On July 1, 2008, as the United States and the European Union are close to reaching agreement on allowing law enforcement and security agencies to obtain private information about their constituents,... Bruce Zagaris 24 9 2008-09-01 Europe, United States Intelligence, Privacy
Tribunal Orders Release of Lubanga After Suspending Trial for Prosecutorial Misconduct On July 2, 2008, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ordered the release of the accused Thomas Lubanga Dyilo after the Tribunal decided on June 13, 2008 to suspend the trial due... Bruce Zagaris 24 9 2008-09-01 Congo, World International Courts, War Crimes
U.S. Court Approves John Doe Summons in UBS Case On July 1, 2008, a federal judge in Miami approved a U.S. Justice Department request to issue a John Doe summons requiring Swiss Bank UBS to turn over account information on U.S. clients who may have... Bruce Zagaris 24 9 2008-09-01 Liechtenstein, Switzerland, United States Taxation
Brazil Tries to Tackle Corruption from Globalization: A New Role for the Private Sector Money laundering operations, especially large-scale operations, are an international phenomenon of enormous reach and a problem of global concern. Globalization and the rise of multinational... Adriana Koeck-Fuenzalida 24 9 2008-09-01 Latin America and South America, United States Money Laundering
Brazil and Cuba Sign Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty (Decree 6,462, of May 21, 2008) Approximately one month ago, on May 21, 2008, a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) between the Brazilian and Cuban governments was approved as it had been signed in Havana on September 24, 2002... Jorge Nemr and Manoella Guz 24 9 2008-09-01 Brazil, Cuba Mutual Legal Assistance
Faro Technologies Agrees on Deferred Prosecution Agreement on Corrupt Payments to Chinese Officials On June 5, 2008, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Matthew Friedrich announced that Faro Technologies Inc. (Faro), a public company specializing in computerized measurement... Bruce Zagaris 24 8 2008-08-01 United States, China Corruption
U.S. Supreme Court Gives Narrow Definition to U.S. Money-Laundering Law in United States v. Santos On June 2, 2008, an uncharacteristic line-up of Justices in a court divided 5 to 4 threw federal anti-money laundering law into a state of, if not chaos, then certainly confusion. Focusing on the... Russell Bikof 24 8 2008-08-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
ABA White Collar Crime 2008 On March 6-7, 2008, the American Bar Association held its 22nd Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime. The materials are encyclopedic and contain many items useful to international... Bruce Zagaris 24 8 2008-08-01 United States White Collar Crime
Financial Action Task Force Issues Revised Mandate for 2008-2012 On April 12, 2008, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued a revised mandate for 2008-2012, affirming its three main activities: standard setting, ensuring effective compliance with the... Bruce Zagaris 24 8 2008-08-01 World Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies International Transportation of Criminal Proceeds On June 2, 2008, the United States Supreme Court in a unanimous decision written by Justice Clarence Thomas clarified in favor of the defendants the definition of the money laundering statute that... Bruce Zagaris 24 8 2008-08-01 United States Money Laundering
Mexico Returns to the ICJ on the Avena Case On June 5th, 2008, Mexico filed a Request for Interpretation of the Judgment delivered on March 31, 2004, by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (... Rodrigo Labardini 24 8 2008-08-01 World, United States, Mexico Human Rights
Former UBS Banker Birkenfeld Will Plead to Conspiring to Help Client Evade Taxes On May 29, 2008, a notice filed by Bradley Birkenfeld in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida revealed that Birkenfeld, a former UBS private banker who was indicted for... Bruce Zagaris 24 8 2008-08-01 United States, Liechtenstein Bank Secrecy, Taxation
British Appellate Court Affirms Extradition of Radical Muslim Cleric to U.S. On June 20, 2008, the British High Court affirmed the order to extradite the radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri on terrorism-related charges. The Court ruled that the decision to extradition... Bruce Zagaris 24 8 2008-08-01 United States, United Kingdom Extradition, Terrorism
Bibliography of Books, Articles, and Documents Bibliography of Books, Articles, and Documents 24 8 2008-08-01 Bibliography
Cuba Deports American Fugitive Wanted for Sexual Crimes against a Minor On June 13, 2008, the Cuban government deported Leonard B. Auerbach, 61, a mortgage specialist from Orinda, California to the U.S. Auerbach is the fourth such U.S. fugitive Cuba has deported since... Bruce Zagaris 24 8 2008-08-01 United States, United Kingdom Extradition
Nordic Council Aims to Negotiate TIEAs with More Low Tax Jurisdictions Building on the tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) they signed with the Isle of Man at the end of October 2007, the Nordic Ministers of Finance are negotiating a TIEA with the Cayman Islands... Bruce Zagaris 24 8 2008-08-01 Caribbean, Europe Taxation

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