Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Sierra Leone Tribunal Indicts Liberian Leader Despite Surrender of Warlord’s Body On June 1, 2003, the Liberian Government turned over the body of Sam Bockarie, a Sierra Leone warlord indicted for atrocities by the Special Tribunal for Sierra Leone (STSL) in response to demands... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 Liberia, Sierra Leone Human Rights, Law of War, International Courts
The UN-Cambodia Agreement Concerning the Prosecution of Crimes Committed During the Democratic Kampuchea My previous article for the International Enforcement Law Reporter discussed, on the one hand, the negotiations between the United Nations and Cambodia aiming at the establishment of a criminal court... Konstantinos Magliveras 19 8 2003-08-01 Cambodia Human Rights, United Nations, Genocide, International Courts
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
FATF Issues New Set of 40 Recommendations Expanding Scope of Money Laundering On June 23, 2003, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued a new set of its Forty Recommendations. The Recommendations include: an expansion of predicate offenses, coverage of persons... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 World Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Due Diligence, Terrorism
U.S. Indicts 11 in New York’s Jewelry District for Laundering Cash for Gold On June 5, 2003, James B. Comey, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the unsealing of criminal Complaints charging eleven individuals at seven different retail or... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 United States, Colombia Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking
European Anti-Fraud Office Helps Prosecute Cases Against Cigarette Smuggling The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) is increasingly active in the prosecution of cigarette smuggling, particularly a cases of smuggling through Montenegro into Italy and through the Balkans into... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 Europe, Balkans, Italy Customs Enforcement, Fraud
Mexico Detain U.S. Fugitive Rapist and U.S. Bounty Hunters Who Captured On June 18, 2003, Mexican authorities detained Andrew Luster, a U.S. national convicted of rape after he was abducted in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, by a U.S. bounty hunter, who, along with his... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Jurisdiction, Transfer of Prisoners
Nicaragua Deports Marc Harris to the U.S. On June 10, 2003, the Nicaraguan Government deported to the United States U.S. citizen and fugitive Marc Mathew Harris, who is wanted by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 United States, Nicaragua Extradition, Transfer of Prisoners, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Uruguay Supreme Court Approves Extradition of Suspected Terrorist to Egypt The Supreme Court of Uruguay recently upheld the extradition of a suspected Egyptian terrorist, Al Said Mohammed Ali Mokles. The Egyptian Government has requested the extradition of Mokles for... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 Egypt Extradition, Terrorism, Transfer of Prisoners
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Right to Bring Alien Tort Claim against Kidnappers & U.S. On June 3, 2003, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, affirmed in a split decision the judgment in favor of Mexican national Dr. Humberto Alvarez-Machain and recognizing... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 United States, Mexico Human Rights, Kidnaping, Drugs & Trafficking
Soccer Entrepreneurs and Players Arrested in Rio de Janeiro Following the investigations on the illegal remittance of more than US$ 30 million by fiscal agents of Rio de Janeiro five persons were arrested in early June, charged with participation in a... Jorge Nemr 19 8 2003-08-01 United States, Brazil Money Laundering, Taxation, Fraud
U.S.-Liechtenstein Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty Almost in Effect The proposed Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty (MLAT) between the United States and Liechtenstein, which was signed at Vaduz on July 8, 2002, is becoming close to taking effect. On... Bruce Zagaris 19 7 2003-07-01 United States, Liechtenstein Mutual Legal Assistance
U.S. Appellate Court Applies MLAT to Pre-Charge Investigations On March 31, 2003, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that the U.S. Government had to honor a Canadian request for assistance under the Mutual Assistance in Criminal... Bruce Zagaris 19 7 2003-07-01 Canada, United States Mutual Legal Assistance
IMF Creates New Unit for Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing On April 25, 2003, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that effective May 1, 2004, it established the Monetary and Financial Systems Department to indicate the reorganization of the... Bruce Zagaris 19 7 2003-07-01 World, United States Money Laundering, International Organizations, Terrorism
Two Class Actions Against 34 Multinational Companies Claim Damages for Apartheid Support Two class action suits were brought on behalf of tens of thousands of victims of apartheid against 34 multinational companies and banks in the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern... Bruce Zagaris 19 7 2003-07-01 World, South Africa Alien Tort Claims Act
Trial Court Dismisses and Vacates Libyan Award On April 2, 2003, the United States Court of Appeals reversed a default judgment in favor of a U.S. national against the Libyan Government for a torture claim and vacated and remanded as o the... Bruce Zagaris 19 7 2003-07-01 United States, Human Rights, Immunity
U.S. Amicus Brief in UNOCAL Case Urges Restricting Alien Tort Claims Act On May 8, 2003, the United States Department of Justice filed an amicus curiae brief in the Unocal Corporation case in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, urging the appellate... Bruce Zagaris 19 7 2003-07-01 United States, Iraq, Afghanistan, Human Rights, Alien Tort Claims Act
Asian Development Bank Approves New Anti-Money Laundering Policy On April 1, 2003, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a policy to increase anti-money laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financial (CTF) enforcement efforts in the Asian and Pacific region... Bruce Zagaris 19 7 2003-07-01 Asia Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Terrorism
ICJ Hold Hearings on Provisional Measure Request by Congo Against French On April 29, 2003, the International Court of Justice concluded two days of hearings on the request by The Republic of the Congo for the indication of a provisional measure in the case concerning... Bruce Zagaris 19 7 2003-07-01 United States, France, Belgium, Congo Human Rights, International Courts

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