Articles

E.g., 2026-10
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
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. 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
Book Review: Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 1994-1999 This second volume in the series “Annotated Cases of International Criminal Tribunals” has decisions of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Part 1 discusses preliminary matters... Bruce Zagaris 17 8 2001-08-01 Rwanda War Crimes
FATF Issues 12th Annual Report For 2000-2001 On June 22, 2001, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) issued its twelfth annual report. In accordance with the priorities agreed to in the review of the FATF’s purposes from... Bruce Zagaris 17 8 2001-08-01 World Money Laundering, International Organizations
Uncertainty and Jockeying Continue on U.S. Position Towards ICC With the increasing approach of the next meeting of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court scheduled for New York on September 24, 2001, the time for decision approaches for... Bruce Zagaris 17 8 2001-08-01 United States International Courts
FATF Removes 4 and Adds 6 Jurisdictions to the Non-Cooperative List On June 22, 2001, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering published its twelfth annual report. In addition, the FATF published a review of non-cooperative jurisdictions, in which it... Bruce Zagaris 17 8 2001-08-01 World International Organizations, Taxation
EU Decides to Support Early Ratification and Implementation of the ICC On June 11, 2001, the General Affairs Council of the European Union (EU) adopted the EU common position on the International Criminal Court agreeing that they would enter into an early ratification... Meredith Beach 17 8 2001-08-01 Europe European Union, International Courts
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
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
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
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
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
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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