|
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms U.S. Conviction of Violating Canadian Excise Tax Law |
On July 18, 2003, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the conviction of David and Carl Pasquantino and one associate for using interstate wires in a scheme to defraud Canada of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
Canada, United States |
Taxation |
|
Australian Requests Visit with Son in Guantánamo amid Plea Bargaining |
On July 28, 2003, Australian Terry Hicks pleaded for the U.S. government to apply the same legal standards to his son that were applied to U.S. national John Walker Lindh. Like Lindh, David Hicks... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
United States, Australia |
Law of War |
|
Russian Government Will Negotiate Tax Information Exchange Agreements |
On July 29, 2003, the Russian Taxes and Levies Ministry announced it would start negotiating agreements on exchange of tax information and will enter into agreements with Latvia, France, Poland,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
Europe, Russia |
Taxation |
|
ICTY and ICTR Developments |
The article contains three updates in the International Tribunal in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and one in Rwanda (ICTR). On July 31, 2003, the ICTY sentenced Milomir Stakic to life in prison for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
Balkans, Rwanda |
Law of War |
|
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of RICO Action by 3 Countries for Tax Claims |
On August 14, 2003, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a district court?s dismissal of three countries? claims of violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
10 |
2003-10-01 |
United States, Belize, Honduras, Ecuador |
Taxation |
|
U.S. Deports Pennsylvania Man to Ireland for 1975 Killing |
On July 17, 2003 agents of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested John Edward Anthony McNicholl at his home in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. He was flown to Dublin the following day... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
9 |
2003-09-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Ireland |
Extradition, Terrorism, Mutual Legal Assistance |
|
U.S. and EU Conclude Mutual Assistance and Extradition Agreements |
On July 19, 2003, the European Union published in the EU Official Journal the texts of the European Union-United States Agreement on extradition and mutual assistance which were signed on June 25,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
9 |
2003-09-01 |
United States, Europe |
Extradition, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance |
|
U.S. Suspends Military Aid to 35 Countries for Failure to Conclude Exemption Agreements |
On July 2, 2003, the Bush Administration suspended all U.S. military assistance to 35 countries under the American Servicemembers Protection Act of 2002 (ASPA) because they refused to pledge to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
9 |
2003-09-01 |
United States |
Immunity, Jurisdiction, International Courts |
|
IMF Imposes Pressure on Bolivia to Increase Corporate Tax Collection |
On July 20, 2003, the media reported that the Bolivian Government, under intense pressure from the International Monetary Fund to meet fiscal targets and avoid economic collapse, is planning... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
9 |
2003-09-01 |
Bolivia |
International Organizations, Taxation |
|
U.S. Court Awards U.S. Nationals $313 Million Against Iran for 1997 Israel Bombing |
On July 17, 2003, U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, awarded a judgment of $313 million to the family of Leah Stern, a U.S. citizen from New York... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
9 |
2003-09-01 |
United States, Iran, Israel |
Immunity, Terrorism, Alien Tort Claims Act |
|
Venezuelans Sue President Chavez in Florida for April 2002 Shootings |
On July 11, 2003, representatives of 15 anti-protestor Venezuelan plaintiffs filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Venezuelan President... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
9 |
2003-09-01 |
United States, Venezuela |
Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Alien Tort Claims Act |
|
A Small Step Forward in the Guatemala Genocide Case |
Recently the Spanish supreme court ruled that lower courts may exercise universal jurisdiction to investigate acts of torture committed during the Guatemalan civil war between 1976 and 1984. It is a... |
Quirine A.M. Eijkman |
19 |
9 |
2003-09-01 |
Spain, Guatemala |
Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Law of War, War Crimes, Genocide |
|
European Commission Issues Communication on Comprehensive EU Policy Against Corruption |
On June 2, 2003, the European Commission adopted a Communication on a comprehensive European Union policy against corruption that has important benchmarks for EU members to implement internal and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
9 |
2003-09-01 |
Europe |
Corruption, European Union |
|
White Collar Crime 2003 Review |
In March 2003, the American Bar Association through its Criminal Justice Section and Center for Continuing Legal Education held the annual White Collar Crime. The materials from the two-day... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
9 |
2003-09-01 |
United States |
Taxation, White Collar Crime |
|
U.S. Designates 6 for Military Tribunals as Allies Express Concern |
On July 3, 2003, President George W. Bush designated six detainees suspected of involvement in terrorism as eligible to be tried before military tribunals, thereby triggering then process that U.S.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
9 |
2003-09-01 |
United States |
Law of War, National Security, Terrorism, Prisoner Rights |
|
Bibliography |
I. Books
A. Constitutional and Human Rights
Guide to International Human Rights Practice (3rd ed. 1999), Transnational Publishers, 348 pp.
B. Combating Transnational Terrorism
USA PATRIOT Act;... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
9 |
2003-09-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
|
Brazil Amends Its Money Laundering Law |
On July 9, 2003, Brazilian President Lula enacted Law No. 10,071, which amended and added provisions to Law No. 9,613, of March 3, 1998, which provides on crimes of money laundering or of occultation... |
Jorge Nemr |
19 |
9 |
2003-09-01 |
Brazil |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Due Diligence, Privacy |
|
U.S. and Mexico Announce Indictment of Arellano Felix Cartel Leaders |
On July 8, 2003, a press conference of Attorney General John D. Ashcroft and Mexican Attorney General Rafael Macedo de la Concha announced the criminal indictment against the Arellano Felix brothers... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
9 |
2003-09-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Drugs & Trafficking, Asset Forfeiture |
|
U.N. Security Council Extends for One Year U.S. Peacekeepers’ Immunity from the ICC |
On June 12, 2004, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution extending immunity for one more year to United States nationals serving in U.N.-authorized peacekeeping missions... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
8 |
2003-08-01 |
World, United States |
Human Rights, Jurisdiction, United Nations, International Courts |
|
FATF Issues Annual Report with Watershed Developments |
On June 20, 2003, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) issued its annual report. A major preoccupation of FATF was the review and reissuance of the forty recommendations.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
8 |
2003-08-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Due Diligence, Terrorism |