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South African Court Rules Extradition of Mohamed to U.S. on Embassy Bombings Illegal |
On May 28, 2001, the South African Constitutional Court ruled that the handing over of Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, a Tanzanian national, to the U.S. in the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa was... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
United States, South Africa |
Extradition, Human Rights, Prisoner Rights |
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U.S. Adds the Real IRA to List of Sanctioned Terrorist Groups |
On May 16, 2001, the U.S. Department of State added the Real Irish Republic Army to its official list of terrorist organization, citing the group for a campaign of violence in Northern Ireland and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
United States, Ireland |
Terrorism |
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U.N. Holds Preparatory Committee Debate for Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms |
On February 28-March 1, 2001, as the United Nations Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) held a general debate on the 2001 Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms, it heard that the conference should... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
World |
United Nations, Arms Trafficking |
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U.S. Consul Raises Evidentiary Inconsistencies with Mexican State Government Murder Prosecution of U.S. National |
On May 10, 2001, U.S. Consul Edward Vazquez met with Chihuahua State Governor Patricio Martinez and Attorney General Arturo Gonzalez to raise apparent evidentiary inconsistencies in the detention and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Immigration |
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Swiss Military Supreme Court Confirms Conviction of Rwandan for War Crimes |
On April 27, 2001 the Swiss Military Supreme Court (Cour militaire de cassation) upheld the conviction of Fulgence Niyonteze for war crimes committed during the Rwandan genocide in 1994. The trial... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
Switzerland, Rwanda |
War Crimes, Genocide |
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Albania’s Infant Money Laundering Legislation Turns One |
Attempts to introduce Western models of capitalism to Central and Eastern Europe have shown that reform of transition economies is frequently impeded by cultural legacies, economic stagnation,... |
Jeremy Kinsell |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
Albania |
Money Laundering |
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ICTR Denies Judicial Review in Akayesu Case |
To recall: Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of Taba was found guilty by the ICTR of genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide and seven different counts of crimes against humanity... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
7 |
2001-07-01 |
Rwanda |
Law of War, Genocide |
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EU Council Adopts Initiative on Execution of Orders Freezing Assets or Evidence |
On March 7, 2001, the Council of the European Union adopted a framework decision, whereby members of the European Union will be obligated to give judicial assistance in mutually recognizing orders... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Europe |
European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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EU Adopts Directive on Criminal Sanctions for Environmental Law Violations |
On March 13, 2001, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Directive that for the first time would introduce criminal sanctions for breaches of environmental law at an EU level.
The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Europe |
Environment, European Union |
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Canadians Arrest Impersonator Wanted by 3 Countries |
On April 26, 2001, in Oak Bay on Vancouver Island, Canada Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested Christophe Rocancourt, an alleged impersonator who is wanted by authorities in the United States,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Canada, United States, France, Switzerland |
Extradition, Fraud |
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U.S. Court Compels Judicial Assistance to Russian Tax Enforcement |
On November 1, 2000, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed an order of the district court denying efforts to dismiss proceedings brought by the U.S. Attorney, acting as... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Russia, United States |
Fraud, Taxation |
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Quebec Plan of Action Proposes Much Criminal Cooperation |
The Final Declaration and Plan of Action resulting from the Quebec Summit of the Americas contain many proposals to enhance criminal cooperation in the Western Hemisphere.
The Declaration of Quebec... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
World |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Japan and P.R.C. Agree to Cooperate on Stolen Cultural Property |
On April 17, 2001, the Miho Museum, a major new antiquities museum near Kyoto, announced that it would return one of its masterpieces, a rare Buddhist statue from the People’s Republic of China (P.R.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
China, Japan |
Art and Cultural Property |
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Jamaica and Barbados Take Steps To Join International Criminal Conventions |
The Jamaican and Barbados Governments have taken steps to join two Organization of American States criminal cooperation conventions.
On March 30, 2001, Jamaica become the 22nd country in the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Barbados, Jamaica |
Corruption, Arms Trafficking, International Courts |
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U.S. Appellate Court Holds Consular Treaty Gives No Exclusionary Rights to Defendants |
On February 26, 2001, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a foreign national defendant in a criminal case cannot invoke the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
United States |
Counterfeiting |
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Peru Officials Meet with Venezuela Over Montesinos Search |
On April 13, 2001, the media reported that Peruvian Interior Minister Antonio Ketin Vidal met with senior Venezuelan law enforcement officials in Caracas in an effort to obtain strengthened help in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Peru, Venezuela |
Money Laundering, Arms Trafficking |
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ICTY Convicts Three for Rape and Enslavement as Crime Against Humanity |
On February 22, 2001, the ICTY delivered its judgement in the Foca rape case. The judgement is of historic importance since it is the first time ever rape and enslavement were withheld as crimes... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Balkans |
Human Rights, War Crimes |
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Scotland Yard to Open Investigation Against Saddam Hussein |
In the course of the month of April 2001, Lord Williams, the British Attorney General has asked Scotland Yard to start an investigation against Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi President and his Minister of... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
United Kingdom, Iraq |
War Crimes |
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Yugsolav Government Delivers ICTY Indictment to Milosevic |
On May 3, 2001, the Yugoslav Government delivered to Slobodan Milosevic an arrest warrant and a list of war crimes charges against him after the International Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Balkans |
Corruption, War Crimes |
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ICTY Renders Judgement in Kordic and Cerkez Case |
On February 26, 2001, the ICTY sentenced Dario Kordic and Mario Cerkez to 25 and 15 years of imprisonment respectively. The accused were found guilty of having committed crimes against humanity,... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
6 |
2001-06-01 |
Balkans |
Human Rights, War Crimes |