Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Makes Progress On a Wide Front (XA) On May 29, 2000, the European Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) concluded its 2266th Council meeting and took action on a number of important criminal cooperation initiatives, including harmonization of... Bruce Zagaris 16 7 2000-07-01 World International Organizations, Mutual Legal Assistance
European Council Prioritizes Extension of Anti-Laundering Directive (IB) During the 2268th meeting of the Council of ministers of finance of the European Community (ECOFIN) in Luxembourg on June 5, 2000, the Council took note of a report by the Council Presidency on the... Bruce Zagaris 16 7 2000-07-01 Europe Money Laundering
Cambodia and UN Agree to Establish International Criminal Court (XIA) On May 24, 2000, United Nations (U.N.) officials announced that Cambodia and the U.N. reached an agreement to establish an international court to try former leaders of the Khmer Rouge, the guerrilla... Bruce Zagaris 16 7 2000-07-01 Cambodia Law of War, United Nations
Swiss Charges Eldest Son of Former Nigerian Leader with Money Laundering and Belonging to a Criminal Organization (IC) On June 7, 2000, the media revealed that the Swiss Government has charged Mohammed Abacha, the eldest surviving son of the late Nigerian dictator, General Sani Abacha, with money laundering and... Bruce Zagaris 16 7 2000-07-01 Switzerland, Nigeria Money Laundering, Fraud
Talks with German and Dutch Firms Over Holocaust Continue (XIB) Talks with German firms over the use of Nazi slave labor and with Dutch banks over money and property seized during the Holocaust continue with an agreement finally reached with German firms. On... Bruce Zagaris 16 7 2000-07-01 United States, Germany, Netherlands War Crimes, Genocide
President Clinton Issues 1st List of Alleged Drug Kings under New Law (IIA) On June 1, 2000, President Clinton identified twelve foreign persons as significant foreign narcotics traffickers pursuant to the Foreign narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. The list contained no... Bruce Zagaris 16 7 2000-07-01 World, United States, Mexico Drugs & Trafficking
Work on International Conventions Continues(IXA) Work on the principal conventions against transnational bribery, those of the OECD, the Organization of American States, and the Council of Europe, is continuing. Signatory countries are working to... Bruce Zagaris 16 6 2000-06-01 World Bribery
Senate Foreign Relations Urged to Ratify Inter-American Convention Against Corruption (IXB) On May 2, 2000, all four persons testified in support of U.S. ratification of and leadership in the implementation of the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption. Alan Larson, Under Secretary... Bruce Zagaris 16 6 2000-06-01 United States Corruption, Bribery
G-7 Endorses International Money Laundering and Tax Enforcement Efforts of International Organizations (XA) On April 15, 2000, at the conclusion of its meetings in Washington, Finance Ministers of the G-7 countries, the Central Bank Governors of Canada, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom, the... Bruce Zagaris 16 6 2000-06-01 World International Organizations
Rwandan President Accused of Crimes Against Humanity (XIA) On 30th March 2000, Bernard Ntuyahaga brought a complaint against Rwandan president ad interim Paul Kagame before a Belgian investigating magistrate. The 38-page complaint contains allegations of... Tom L.W. Scheirs 16 6 2000-06-01 Belgium, Rwanda Human Rights, Terrorism
Antigua Agrees to Measures of UN Offshore Forum and Urges Removal of Warnings (IA) On April 17, 2000, the media announced that the Government of Antigua and Barbuda had signed an anti-money laundering agreement with the United Nations that requires it to implement various standards... Bruce Zagaris 16 6 2000-06-01 United States, United Kingdom, Antigua & Barbuda Money Laundering, Fraud
Rwanda Tribunal (XIB) On March 24, 2000, Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, a 76-year-old former Pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Mugonero, Kibuye Prefecture, was transferred to the UN Detention Facility in Arusha. On... Bruce Zagaris 16 6 2000-06-01 Rwanda Law of War, Genocide
European Parliament Approves Decision on Anti-Money Laundering On April 12, 2000, the European Parliament approved legislation in the form of a decision to strengthen the 1991 EU directive on anti-money laundering. The European Parliament adopted a dozen... Bruce Zagaris 16 6 2000-06-01 Europe Money Laundering
War Crimes of the Former Yugoslav (XIC) On April 14, 2000, the Croatian Parliament passed a declaration, promising that Croatia will cooperate fully with the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The... Bruce Zagaris 16 6 2000-06-01 Balkans United Nations, War Crimes
U.S. and El Salvador Conclude Agreement for Airbase for Anti-Narcotics Flights (IIA) On March 31, 2000, Steve Lucas, spokesman for the U.S. military’s Miami-based Southern Command, announced the U.S. Department of State and the Salvadoran Government concluded an agreement, allowing... Bruce Zagaris 16 6 2000-06-01 United States, El Salvador Drugs & Trafficking
Christies Auctions Relics Over PRC Government’s Objections (XIIA) On April 30, 2000, Christie’s auctioned two relics despite protests from the People’s Republic of China that the relics had been looted from an imperial palace 140 years ago. The controversy gives... Bruce Zagaris 16 6 2000-06-01 China Art and Cultural Property
OECD Delays Sanctions for One Year, But Plans to Issue Report On Schedule On April 24, 2000, the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) announced in applying its harmful tax competition initiative that it would defer for one year sanctions it... Bruce Zagaris 16 6 2000-06-01 World Economic Sanctions, Taxation
Britain Orders Extradition of 2 Egyptians to the U.S. on Bombing of U.S. Embassies (XIIIA) On May 2, 2000, a British court ordered the extradition of Ibrahim Hussein Abdelhadi Eidarous and Adel Mohammed Abdul Almagid Barry to the U.S. where they are wanted in murder conspiracy charges in... Bruce Zagaris 16 6 2000-06-01 United States, United Kingdom, Egypt Extradition, Terrorism
OECD Report on Improving Access to Bank Information For Tax Purposes (IIIB) The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently issued a report entitled Improving Access to Bank Information for Tax Purposes. The report is 116 pages in length; and the... Charles M. Bruce 16 6 2000-06-01 World Taxation
Trinidad Police Conduct Software Piracy Raid after Help from NGO (XIVA) On April 16, 2000, the Trinidad and Tobago police reported conducting two raids against suspected computer pirates early during the week as a result of a tip off from the recently established local... Bruce Zagaris 16 6 2000-06-01 Trinidad & Tobago Intellectual Property

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