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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Brazil Justice Ministry Will Create MLAT Commission |
The Ministry of Justice, through its National Office of Justice, intends to create, as soon as possible, a Coordination Commission to handle mutual assistance in criminal matter agreements (MLAT). In... |
Jorge Nemr |
19 |
4 |
2003-04-01 |
Brazil |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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European Arrest Warrant |
Practical problems inherent in the inter-state mechanism of delivering up offenders are almost as old as extradition itself. No one knows them better than law enforcement officers as well as public... |
Michael Plachta |
19 |
4 |
2003-04-01 |
Europe |
Transfer of Prisoners, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Argentina Detains IMF Official and Former Peruvian Minister on Interpol Warrant |
On February 13, 2003, an Argentine federal court held a hearing and ordered the detention of Jorge Baca Compodónico, a former minister of finance in Peru, on an Interpol arrest warrant in connection... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
4 |
2003-04-01 |
Peru, Argentina |
Extradition, Transfer of Prisoners |
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British Government Starts Extradition Proceedings Against Chechen Leader |
On January 31, 2003, the British Government authorized extradition proceedings against Akhmed Zakayev, a Chechen separatist leader whose extradition the Russian Government has requested for mass... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
4 |
2003-04-01 |
United States, Russia |
Extradition, Transfer of Prisoners, War Crimes |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Mexico Turns Product Piracy into an Organized Crime Amid new Bilateral Intellectual Property Rights Cooperation |
After a year-long lobbying campaign by the local record and software industry as well as various national and international intellectual property associations decrying plummeting sales due to the... |
Marc Wellhausen |
19 |
3 |
2003-03-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Intellectual Property, Trade Enforcement |
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Mexico Sues U.S. in ICJ over Consular Rights in Death Penalty Cases |
On January 9, 2002, the Mexican Government brought a complaint against the U.S. in the International Court fo Justice (ICJ) over a dispute concerning alleged violations of the consular rights of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
3 |
2003-03-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Human Rights, International Courts, Capital Punishment |
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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 |
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U.S. Government Brings Civil Fraud Case Against Costa Rican Company for Prime Bank Debentures |
On January 7, 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a press release concerning a civil fraud case it brought against a Costa Rican Company and three individuals that purported to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
3 |
2003-03-01 |
United States, Costa Rica |
Mutual Legal Assistance, Securities Law, Fraud, White Collar Crime |