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Saudi Arabia Accedes to U.S. Request to Monitor Suspect Bank Accounts |
On February 6, 2002, the media reported that U.S. and Saudi officials knowledgeable about the issues have said the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA), which is the central bank, is monitoring at... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
4 |
2002-04-01 |
United States, Europe, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia |
Bank Secrecy, Terrorism, European Union, Asset Forfeiture, Privacy |
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U.S. House Holds Hearing on Investigating Patterns of Terrorist Financing |
On February 12, 2002, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations convened a hearing on “PATRIOT Act Oversight: Investigating... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
4 |
2002-04-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Terrorism |
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Treasury New Rules for Information Sharing Have Important international Implications |
On February 26, 2002, the Treasury Department requested comment on a proposed rule that would facilitate information sharing between federal law enforcement offices and private financing institutions... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
4 |
2002-04-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Terrorism |
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The OECD Harmful Tax Practices Deadline Finds 23 Hold Outs and 10 Commitments |
On February 28, 2002, the final deadline set by the Organization of Economic Corporation and Development (OECD) for jurisdictions to make commitments to comply with the harmful tax practices policies... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
4 |
2002-04-01 |
World |
Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Taxation |
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British Court Grants Bail to Algerian on U.S. Extradition Request |
On February 12, 2002, British Magistrate Timothy Workman granted bail to Lotfi Raissi, 27, a pilot whose extradition the U.S. has requested for his role in assisting the September 11 hijackers after... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
4 |
2002-04-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
Extradition, Terrorism |
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U.S. Expands Options to Respond to Kidnaping of U.S. Nationals as Pearl Murder Raises Stakes for Obtaining Custody of Saeed |
On February 19, 2002, the media reported changes adopted by the Bush Administration in its response to kidnaping of U.S. nationals overseas. The policy review started in the Clinton Administration... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
4 |
2002-04-01 |
United States, Pakistan, India |
Terrorism, Kidnaping |
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UN Security Council Hears Progress of Counter-Terrorism Committee |
On January 18, 2002, Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock of the United Kingdom, the chairman of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) established to deal with the September 11 attacks against... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
3 |
2002-03-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
Terrorism, United Nations |
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Shanghai Cooperation Group Initiates Counter-terrorism Initiative |
On January 7, 2002, after a daylong meeting in Beijang, foreign ministers from six countries in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) agreed on counter-terrorism enforcement cooperation... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
3 |
2002-03-01 |
United States, China |
Terrorism |
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Europe Union Justice & Home Affairs Council Meeting |
On December 6 and 7, 2001, the European Union Justice & Home Affairs Council had its 2396th Council meeting. They reached agreement on a number of matters important for international criminal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
3 |
2002-03-01 |
Europe |
European Union |
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The European Commission Brings Up Again the Idea for a European Public Prosecutor |
After EUROJUST an “organization”created by the European Union on December 6, 2001 to help coordinate the investigation and prosecution of serious cross-border crime, the European Commission adopted a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
3 |
2002-03-01 |
Europe |
European Union |
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French Continue Controversial Investigation of Money Laundering & Correspondent Accounts |
In the middle of January 2002, as the criminal money laundering investigation of French banks involved in handling correspondent bank accounts has extended to more banks and bank executives, banking... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
3 |
2002-03-01 |
United States, France, Israel, Jordan |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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U.S. and Canada Conduct Joint Methamphetamine Operation |
On January 10, 2002, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced that, together with the U.S. Customs Services, Internal Revenue Services and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the arrests of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
3 |
2002-03-01 |
Canada, United States, Mexico |
Customs Enforcement, Taxation, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Cross Border Transactions: Avoiding Tax Fraud |
In the face of the restrictive approach to tax avoidance adopted by the Supreme Court of Canada, Tax authorities may seek recourse to the GAAR. When it was proposed, GAAR was described as rule... |
Claude Auger & Thomas Copeland |
18 |
3 |
2002-03-01 |
Canada, United States |
Taxation, Fraud |
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U.S. and Bahamas Conclude TIEA and OECD Removes Barbados from its List |
In January 2002, as the February 28, 2002 deadline for jurisdictions targeted as tax havens by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Developments (OECD) approaches, the U.S. concluded its... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
3 |
2002-03-01 |
United States, Bahamas |
International Organizations, Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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U.K. Sets Hearings on U.S. Extradition Request of Terrorist Suspect |
On January 15, 2002, the media reported Timothy Workman, the British magistrate has said he will set a new bail hearing next month if U.S. authorities do not submit firm evidence linking him to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
3 |
2002-03-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
Extradition, Terrorism |
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U.S. Appellate Court Disallows U.S. Jurisdiction over Offshore Banks |
On December 27, 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the District Court’s ruling that the U.S. Government has no jurisdiction to forfeit funds against the Swiss American... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
3 |
2002-03-01 |
United States, Switzerland, Antigua & Barbuda |
Bank Secrecy, Jurisdiction, Fraud, Asset Forfeiture, White Collar Crime |
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U.N. and Sierra Leone Sign Agreement Creating Ad Hoc Tribunal on War Crimes |
On January 16, 2002, the United Nations and the Sierra Leone Government signed an agreement establishing an ad hoc tribunal to try persons accused of committing atrocities during the civil war in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
3 |
2002-03-01 |
World, Sierra Leone |
Law of War, United Nations, International Courts |
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EU Acts to Access Bank Accounts Under MLAT Protocol |
On October 16, 2001, the Council of the European Union adopted a Protocol to the Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union that facilitates... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
3 |
2002-03-01 |
Europe |
Bank Secrecy, Terrorism, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, Economic Integration |
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The African Union and the Application of Human Rights Norms in Africa |
In March 2001 the Assembly of the Organization of African an Unity (OAU), meeting in extraordinary session in Sirte, Libya, declared the establishment of a new pan-African political and economic... |
Konstantinos Magliveras & Gino J. Naldi |
18 |
3 |
2002-03-01 |
Africa |
International Organizations, International Courts |
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Mexico Supreme Court Stays U.S. Extradition Request Due to Life Imprisonment Penalty |
On January 18, 2002, the media reported that Mexico’s Supreme Court has stayed extradition of Augustin Vazquez Mendoza, who is wanted in the 1994 murder of a U.S. drug agent because the U.S.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
3 |
2002-03-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Human Rights, Prisoner Rights |