Articles

E.g., 2026-10
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
European Parliament Amends Resolution on EU Money Laundering Directive On April 5, 2001, the European Parliament made additional amendments to its resolution on EU Money Laundering Directive, which must be reconciled between the Parliament and Council. The European... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 Europe Money Laundering, European Union
U.S. to Enhance Securities Enforcement against Listed Foreign Companies Doing Business in Embargoed Countries On May 8, 2001, a letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Acting Chairman announced a plan whereby the SEC will demand enhanced disclosure from foreign companies listed on the... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 United States Securities Law
The Status of Money Laundering Enforcement in Latvia The Latvian parliament (Seimas) successfully passed comprehensive money-laundering legislation on June 1, 1998. Since the passage of the legislation, however, the Latvian government has failed to... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 Latvia Money Laundering
U.S. Appellate Court Overturns Lower Court Decision on Holocaust Payments On May 17, 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a ruling by Judge Shirley Wohl Kram that had prevented the start of payments to Holocaust survivors under last year’s $4.4... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 United States, Germany Human Rights, War Crimes
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Extraterritorial Laundering Conviction of Lawyer On February 20, 2001, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of a U.S. attorney charged with money laundering notwithstanding that most of the acts occurred outside the U.S.... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 United States Money Laundering, Fraud
World Bank & IMF Decide to Participate in Anti-Money Laundering Efforts During April 13, 2001, the Executive Directors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund met to consider the joint Bank/Fund staff paper on enhancing contributions to combating money... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 World Money Laundering
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Swiss Release Borodin As Prosecution Difficulties Mount On April 12, 2001, a Swiss three-judge panel released Pavel P. Borodin on $2.9 million bail and indicated their skepticism of the evidence against him. Chief Judge Martine Heyer, the head of the... Bruce Zagaris 17 6 2001-06-01 Switzerland, Russia Money Laundering, Corruption
U.N. Hires Private Investigator to Help Enforce Economic Sanctions The United Nations has decided to hire Kroll Associations to uncover the financial network on which Unita rebels rely to support a protracted war against the Angola Government. The U.N. will pay... Bruce Zagaris 17 6 2001-06-01 Africa Economic Sanctions, United Nations
UK Starts Criminal Laundering Investigations against Lawyers for Top Law Firms The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced investigations of six lawyers linked to six of Britain’s top law firms, indicating that it is enforcing the gatekeepers’ initiative. Already the SFO has... Bruce Zagaris 17 6 2001-06-01 United Kingdom Mutual Legal Assistance, Fraud
U.N. Imposes Sanctions on Liberia for Non-Compliance with Sierra Leone Resolution On May 4, 2001, the United Nations Security Council, which met in closed consultations on Liberia, considered the Secretary-General’s report on Liberia, and imposed sanctions on Liberia, effective... Bruce Zagaris 17 6 2001-06-01 Liberia, Sierra Leone Economic Sanctions, United Nations
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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