Articles

E.g., 2026-06
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Removes Financial Advisory on Antigua On August 21, 2001, the U.S. Department of Treasury informed the Antigua and Barbuda Government by letter that the U.S. has removed the financial advisory against Antigua. According to Sir Ronald... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States, Antigua & Barbuda Money Laundering
Inter-American Development Bank Increases Criminal Administration of Justice Initiatives During the last few years the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has continued to increase its initiatives to assist criminal administration of justice initiatives in several areas it has... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 World Administration of Justice, International Organizations
EU Holds Informal Justice & Home Affairs Council Meeting On July 28 and 29, 2000, the European Union held an informal Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting in Marseille, France. Mrs. Elisabeth Guigou, the French Minister of Justice, presented the three... Bruce Zagaris 16 10 2001-10-01 Europe, France European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime
U.S. Introduces Anti-Money Laundering Bill On August 3, 2001, Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Co-Chairman of the U.S. Senate Drug Caucus... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States Money Laundering
U.S. Presses Mexico for Action After Acquittal of Mexicans for Death of American On August 4, 2001, two Mexican suspects in the death of journalist Philip True of Texas, who died while hiking in Mexico in 1998, resulted in protests by U.S. Government officials and by journalists... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States, Mexico Murder
Russian Ratifies European Laundering Convention and Enacts New Anti-Laundering Law On August 2, 2001, Russia completed ratification of the European Convention on Money Laundering and on August 7 Russia enacted a new anti-money laundering law. On August 2, 2001, Russia’s ambassador... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 Europe, Russia Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
War Crimes Tribunal for Yugoslavia Has Full Agenda After a relatively slow start, the Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has a full slate of business with new arrests of high-level officials, trials, and various motions. On... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 Balkans Corruption, War Crimes, Genocide
U.S. Hands Over U.S. Airman and Rape Suspect to Japan On July 5, 2001, the United States handed over U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Timothy B. Woodland, 24, to face rape charges, thereby temporarily ending a volatile dispute that threatened the continued... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 United States, Japan Extradition, Immunity, Jurisdiction
ICJ Hears German Suit Against U.S. for Executions and Violations of Consular Rights On November 13, 2000, the International Court of Justice held a hearing on the German suit against the United States, claiming the U.S. had violated international agreements by failing to accord two... Bruce Zagaris 17 1 2001-09-01 United States, Germany War Crimes, Capital Punishment
U.S. and Mexico Agree to Exchange Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Officials On July 25, 2001, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that the U.S. and Mexico would start exchanging prosecutors and law enforcement officials to work in each other’s Attorney General’s... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 United States, Mexico Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance
Global Forum Held, U.S. Releases Annual Report and Issues Indictment, and British Moves on Proposed Legislation A number of important developments in actions against transnational bribery have occurred, including the holding of the Global Forum in Amsterdam, the release of the third annual U.S. report on the... Naureen Malik and Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 World Corruption, Bribery
French Investigating Judge Transfers Torture Case to Trial Court On May 28, 2001, the investigating judge at court of first instance (Tribunal de Grande Instance) of Montpellier issued an order to transfer the case of Ely Ould Dha to the Assize Court. Ely Ould Dha... Tom Scheirs 17 9 2001-09-01 France, Mauritania Human Rights
EU Files Amicus Curiae Brief in U.S. Death Penalty Case Involving Retarded Person For the second time ever the European Union has filed an amicus curiae brief in a case involving the proposed execution of a retarded person, thereby escalating the issue of whether the U.S.... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 United States, Europe Human Rights, Capital Punishment
Fighting International Transgression: the UN Convention on Transnational Organized Crime On December 14, 2000, the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime together with its two accompanying protocols ? the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons... Konstantinos D. Magliveras 17 9 2001-09-01 World Human Trafficking, United Nations, Organized Crime
Oklahoma Governor Refuses Clemency Request for Mexican Death Row Inmate On July 20, 2001, Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating refused to stay the execution of a Mexican convicted of murder who at the time of his arrest, trial and appeal was not advised of his right under the... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 United States, Mexico Human Rights, Capital Punishment
U.S. Will Free Convicted Aliens and Threatens Countries Refusing to Accept Their Return On July 19, 2001, U.S. Attorney General John D. Ashcroft ordered the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to start releasing 23,4000 nationals who have completed sentences for criminal... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 World, United States Human Rights, Immigration
Belgian Judge Charges 3 Kazak Businessmen With Money Laundering On July 6, 2001, the media reported that according to Joe Colpen of the Brussels city prosecutor’s office, a Belgian judge has charged three of Kazakstan’s leading businessmen with money laundering... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 Belgium, Kazakhstan Money Laundering
U.S. Court Holds Redesignation of Foreign Terrorists Groups Violates Due Process On June 8, 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed with two organizations designated as foreign terrorists that the designations did not comply with the... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 United States Terrorism
CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting At the heads of government meeting on July 3-6, 2001, in Nassau, Bahamas, the following excerpt from the CARICOM communique that was released prioritized tackling the regional security and criminal... Bruce Zagaris 17 9 2001-09-01 Caribbean International Organizations, Securities Law, Economic Integration
Belgium Condemns Four for Involvement in Rwandan Genocide On June 2, 2001 a Belgian court convicted four Rwandan nationals for their involvement in the 1994 genocide in their home country. They were found guilty of having committed serious violations of... Tom Scheirs 17 9 2001-09-01 Belgium, Rwanda Human Rights, War Crimes, Genocide

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