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France Extradites Einhorn to the U.S. |
On July 19, 2001, France handed over Ira Einhorn to the U.S., ending an extradition battle that had carried on approximately four years. On July 12, 2001, the Council of State, France’s highest... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
9 |
2001-09-01 |
United States, France |
Extradition |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Egmont Accepts Bahamas as FIU Member |
The Egmont Group has accepted the Bahamas as its 54th member. The Egmont Group provides a forum for Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) as a support to their national anti-money laundering programs... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
8 |
2001-08-01 |
Bahamas |
Money Laundering |
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The Council of Europe and the Draft Convention On Cyber Crime |
The Council of Europe (CoE) has been concerned with the growing problem of international computer-related crimes (“cyber crimes”) since the late 1980’s. In 1989, the CoE published a study... |
Diana C. Durham |
17 |
8 |
2001-08-01 |
Europe |
Cybercrime |
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Vanuatu’s Efforts to Enter the First-Rank of Off-Shore Laundering Centers |
Since the 1970s, Vanuatu, a Southern Pacific island chain with a population of some 190,000 citizens, has been a well-known tax haven. The economy of Vanuatu, which relies largely on sugar cane... |
Trifin J. Roule and Jason Venner |
17 |
8 |
2001-08-01 |
Vanuatu |
Money Laundering, Corruption |
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Antiguan Prime Minister Proposes Inclusion of Counterdrug Mechanism in Single Market |
On June 13, 2001, the Caribbean media reported that at the opening of the fourth joint meeting of the Inter-Governmental Task Force on Drugs and Ministers responsible for National Security Antigua... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
8 |
2001-08-01 |
Caribbean |
International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Mexico Arrests Alleged Cocaine Smuggling Kingpins as U.S. Unseals Indictment |
On June 13, 2001, the Mexican Government announced the arrest of Alcides Ramón Magaña, one of the twelve persons listed as “drug kingpins” by the U.S., in the southern city of Villahermosa as the U.S... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
8 |
2001-08-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. and Mexico Make Strike Against Juárez Cartel |
On June 20, 2001, the U.S. Department announced that a joint operation with Mexican authorities had succeeded in breaking up a cocaine and marijuana smuggling operation of the Juárez cartel,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
8 |
2001-08-01 |
United States, Mexico, Colombia |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Venezuela Finally Locates and Deports Montesinos to Peru |
On June 24, 2001, after an eight month search, the Venezuelan Government finally located, arrested, and within 24 hours deported to Peru Vladimiro Montesinos, the former director of intelligence for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
8 |
2001-08-01 |
Peru, Venezuela |
Corruption, Extradition |
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U.S. Immigration Arrests Colombian Charged with Corruption Offenses |
On June 21, 2001, U.S. immigration officials announced the arrest of Reginaldo Bray-Bohórquez, a Colombian national, accused of fleeing Colombia after allegedly stealing $14 million from the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
8 |
2001-08-01 |
United States, Colombia |
Corruption, Extradition |
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ICJ Finds Against U.S. in Consular Convention Case |
On June 27, 2001, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an opinion that the United States violated the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of April 24, 1963 by failing to notify the two... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
8 |
2001-08-01 |
United States, Germany |
Human Rights |
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French Court Approves Kopp Extradition Based on U.S. Death Penalty Assurances |
On June 28, 2001, a French court in Rennes recommended the extradition of James Charles Kopp, the main suspect in the murder of a New York abortion doctor, after the Bush Administration gave high-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
8 |
2001-08-01 |
United States, France |
Extradition, Capital Punishment |
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Oklahoma Stays Execution of Mexican Partly Due to Violation of Consular Treaty |
On June 16, 2001, Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating delayed for 30 days the execution of a Mexican national, Gerardo Valdez Mota, for killing a man who the prisoner said had made homosexual advances... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
8 |
2001-08-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Capital Punishment |