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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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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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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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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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U.S. Tax Officials Raid Persons Involved in Offshore Vehicles |
On March 5, 2001, the Internal Revenue Service announced the carrying out of extensive raids during the preceding week to obtain information against suspected promoters of tax evasion schemes... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
United States |
Taxation |
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French Court Convicts Nazi for Crimes Against Humanity |
Aloïs Brunner, an old SS-officer was convicted of crimes against humanity by the Paris’ Assize Court on March 2, 2001. Brunner, one of the most sought after war criminals, of whom one does not know... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
France, Austria |
Human Rights, War Crimes |
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U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Summons under French Treaty |
On February 5, 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion affirming the decision of the U.S. District Court’s dismissing summary judgment of French taxpayer’s complaint... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
United States, France |
Taxation |
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U.S. Judge Refuses to Dismiss Holocaust Case Due to Lack of Funding |
On March 7, 2001, U.S. District Judge Shirley Wohl Kram refused to dismiss the case against German companies brought by former Holocaust-era slave laborers after she explained the foundation had not... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
United States, Germany |
Law of War |
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U.S. Lures Terrorist Suspect from Sudan to Kenya in Embassy Bombings Case |
United States prosecutors have achieved an important break through in the trial of defendants in the U.S. Embassies bombing case when they lured a suspect from his home in Sudan to Kenya where they... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
United States, Kenya |
Terrorism |
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ICTY Gains Custody of Two Serbs, Presses for Surrender of Milosevic |
In March 2001, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) succeeded in gaining two high level suspects from Serbia – one handed over by Yugoslav authorities and the second... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
Balkans |
Law of War |
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French Arrests Alleged Abortion Slaying Fugitive and U.S. Arrests Abortion Colleagues |
On March 29, 2001, French police arrested James Charles Kopp, 46, an anti-abortion activist known as “Atomic Dog” and one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, as he tried to collect a money order for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
United States, France |
Extradition, Capital Punishment |
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Mexico Expels a U.S. Fugitive and Arrests and Holds for Extradition Another U.S. Fugitive |
Mexico has arrested two U.S. national fugitives, expelling one and holding the other for extradition to the U.S.
On February 22, 2001, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office announced that its... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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European Council’s 2337th Meeting of Justice and Home Affairs |
On March 15 and 16, 2001, the European Union held its 2337th Council meeting on Justice, Home Affairs and Civil Protection presided over by the Swedish Presidency of the EU…[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
Europe |
European Union |
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Council of Europe Anti-Money Laundering Report Criticizes Latvia |
On January 22, 2001, the media publicized the Council of Europe’s criticism of Latvia for inadequate efforts in combating money laundering in the context of an increasing incidence of crime in Latvia... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
Europe, Latvia |
Money Laundering, Counterfeiting, European Union, Organized Crime |
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EU Study Makes Recommendations on Ways to Combat Cybercrime |
On October 2000, the Computer Related Crime Research Unit, Queen Mary, University of London, submitted a study to the European Union containing recommendations on ways to combat criminal activities... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
5 |
2001-05-01 |
Europe |
Cybercrime |