Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
EU Brings Infringement Proceeding against U.S. Container Security Initiative On January 27, 2003, the European Union (EU) announced it would take action against four EU members for concluding agreements with the U.S. to prevent the use of cargo containers by terrorists due to... Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 United States, Europe Customs Enforcement, National Security, Trade Enforcement, European Union
EU Issues Green Paper on Procedural Safeguards in Criminal Proceedings On February 7, 2003, the European Commission announced the start of a new stage in consulting the public on procedural safeguards for suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings throughout the... Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 Europe European Union, Prisoner Rights
U.S. Court Grants Another John Doe IRS Summons On December 10, 2002, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy G. Hogan, District Court Southern District of Ohio, Western Division, granted an Internal Revenue Service ex parte petition to serve John Doe... Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 United States Taxation
ICC Elects Judges and Proceeds Towards March 11 Start During its Assembly of States Parties (ASP) meeting the International Criminal Court has continued preparations towards its inauguration on March 11 at its seat in the Hague with the election of key... Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 World, United States Immunity, Jurisdiction, International Courts
Extradition Treaties Recently Signed, Approved for Ratification and/or Entered into Force as of February 3, 2003 [This article includes a list of enforcement updates in Extradition Treaties.] Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 United States Extradition
Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties in Criminal Matters Signed, Approved for Ratification, and/or Entered into Force as of February 3, 2003 [This article includes a list of enforcement updates in Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties.] Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 United States Mutual Legal Assistance
ICTY Indicts KLA Members, Serb Leader, and Continue to Prepare for Closing The ICTY continues to have a lot of diverse activity even though it is struggling to find ways to wind down its work. On February 14, 2003, prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the... Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 World, Balkans Extradition, Human Rights, International Courts
Rwanda Tribunal Convicts Pastor and Physician Son of Genocide and Other Crimes On February 19, 2003, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda convicted Gérard Ntakirutimana, 45, a medical doctor practicing at the Mugonero Adventist hospital of genocide and of crimes... Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 Rwanda Human Rights, War Crimes, Genocide
FATF Issues Typologies Report, Withdraws Counter-Measures for Ukraine On February 14, 2003, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) took action on several matters. With respect to its initiative against non-cooperative countries, it removed Grenada from the list of non... Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 World, Ukraine Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Due Diligence, Terrorism
New Swiss Federal Banking Commission Money Laundering Ordinance The Swiss Federal Banking Commission (SFBC) has issued a money laundering Ordinance which contains more stringent due diligence requirements for banks, managers of funds and securities dealers... Paul Gully-Hart 19 4 2003-04-01 Switzerland Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Due Diligence
Canadian and Foreign FIUs Agree to Share Money Laundering Intelligence On February 5, 2003, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) announced it had reached agreements with financial intelligence agencies in the United States, United... Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 Canada Money Laundering, Due Diligence, Terrorism, Economic Integration
U.S. Customs Service Expands Terrorism Financing Teams as U.S. Prosecutions Increase On January 9, 2002, as the U.S. investigations and prosecution grow, the U.S. Customs Services announced the doubling of the operations devoted to investigating terrorist financing. The U.S. Customs... Bruce Zagaris 19 3 2003-03-01 United States Customs Enforcement, National Security, Terrorism
U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Freeze of Global Relief Foundation On December 31, 2002, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court denying the request of Global Relief Foundation (GRF) to enjoin the U.S.... Bruce Zagaris 19 3 2003-03-01 United States Economic Sanctions, National Security
Three Terrorist Suspects in Hong Kong Agree to Be Extradited to the U.S. On January 6, 2002, two Pakistanis and one U.S. national agreed to be extradited to the U.S. District Court in San Diego that they conspired to sell drugs for antiaircraft missiles that they had... Bruce Zagaris 19 3 2003-03-01 United States, China, Middle East Extradition, Terrorism
U.S. Asks Court to Reconsider Order Allowing U.S. Enemy Detainee to Meet Lawyer On January 15, 2003, Judge Michael B. Mukasey held a hearing on a motion of the Bush Administration for the court to reconsider his prior order that would allow U.S. citizen Jose Padilla, whom the... Bruce Zagaris 19 3 2003-03-01 United States, Europe Human Rights, National Security, Terrorism
U.S. Appellate Court Upholds Detention of U.S. Person Arrested in Afghanistan On January 8, 2003, the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit upheld the arrest and detention without rights for the duration of the war as an ?enemy combatant? U.S. citizen Yaser Esam... Bruce Zagaris 19 3 2003-03-01 United States, Afghanistan Extradition, Human Rights, National Security, Terrorism
Bank Accounts of Brazilian Public Officers Are Discovered in Switzerland As recent events have underscored, it has become more and more evident the necessity of the execution of a bilateral agreement between Brazil and Switzerland for the mutual assistance in criminal... Jorge Nemr 19 3 2003-03-01 United States, Brazil, Switzerland Corruption, Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance, White Collar Crime
Brazil and Switzerland Discuss International Cooperation On October 12, 2002, a Brazilian delegation headed by the National Secretary of Justice traveled to Switzerland in order to meet representatives of the Federal Department of Justice and other federal... Jorge Nemr 19 3 2003-03-01 Brazil, Switzerland Mutual Legal Assistance
World Bank Group Proceeds on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Work The World Bank Group has progressed in implementing plans to intensify work on issues of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financial enforcement (AML/CFT). The IMF/World Bank of Group also... Bruce Zagaris 19 3 2003-03-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Terrorism
EU Justice and Home Affairs Continue Cooperation On December 19, 2002, at the 247th meeting of the European Council?s Justice and Home Affairs a number of decisions were announced and items debated. This article summarizes some of them. Following... Bruce Zagaris 19 3 2003-03-01 United States, Europe Corruption, Extradition, Trade Enforcement, Mutual Legal Assistance

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