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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
European Professional Associations Agree on Due Diligence Against Organized Crime and U.S. Starts Gatekeepers Initiatives (IB) On July 27, 1999, in Brussels, Belgium, the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Community, the Conference of Notaries of the European Union, the European Federation of Accountants... Bruce Zagaris 16 5 2000-05-01 United States, Europe Administration of Justice, Due Diligence, International Organizations, European Union, Organized Crime, Conferences
1999 American Bankers Association/American Bar Association Eleventh Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Seminar Handbook (IC) On October 25-26, 1999, the ABA/ABA 11th Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Seminar was held in Arlington, Va. This review focuses primarily on the aspects of particularly potential interest to... Bruce Zagaris 16 5 2000-05-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
Malta Appellate Court Throws Out First Money Laundering Case (ID) On November 26, 2000, an appellate court in Malta overturned the country’s first money laundering conviction when it held that the Attorney General had failed to prove the link between the crime and... Bruce Zagaris 16 5 2000-05-01 Malta Money Laundering, Administration of Justice
NCIS in Britain Sees Criminal Movement of Money from Switzerland Due to Lax Compliance in London (IE) On March 15, 2000, the media reported that a report of the National Criminal Intelligence Services that will be published in May will take the position that organized criminals may be moving their... Bruce Zagaris 16 5 2000-05-01 United Kingdom, Switzerland Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, Intelligence, Organized Crime
Cayman Is Site of First Meeting of UN Offshore Forum (IF) On March 30, 2000, the Government of the Cayman Islands hosted the first plenary of the United Nations Offshore Forum, as part of a three-year initiative of the UN’s Office for Drug Control and Crime... Bruce Zagaris 16 5 2000-05-01 Cayman Islands Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking
U.S. Narcotics Report Shows New International Cooperation and Focus on Implementation and Enforcement Congressional hearings on Russian financial irregularities and gaps in due diligence in private banking, especially in the context of public figure accounts, has generated interest in bills to... Bruce Zagaris 16 5 2000-05-01 Antigua & Barbuda, Austria, Russia, United Kingdom, United States, World Administration of Justice, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking, International Courts, International Organizations, Money Laundering, National Security, Terrorism, White Collar Crime
U.S. Money Laundering Strategy for 2000 Has Major International Components (IG) In March 2000, the U.S. Departments of Treasury and Justice issued The National Money Laundering Strategy for 2000, which contains sixty separate action items designed to combat money laundering on a... Bruce Zagaris 16 5 2000-05-01 World, United States Money Laundering
U.S. House Banking Committee Holds Oversight Hearing on New International Financial Architecture (IIA On March 23, 2000, the U.S. Congress Committee on Banking and Financial Services held a hearing on “Proposals for a New International Financial Architecture,” airing existing alleged abuses and... Bruce Zagaris 16 5 2000-05-01 World, United States Bank Secrecy
CARICOM Requests OECD to Postpone Harmful Tax Initiative as Channel Islands Try to Distinguish Themselves from the Old Jurisdictions (IVA) On March 15, 2000, heads of state and other leaders from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) asked the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to postpone its plan to issue at the... Bruce Zagaris 16 5 2000-05-01 Caribbean International Organizations, Taxation
Philippines Locates Fugitive in French Corruption Case (VA) On March 15, 2000, the media reported that Philippines law enforcement have located Alfred Sirven, a key suspect in the alleged misuse of funds of Elf when the French oil group was a state enterprise... Bruce Zagaris 16 5 2000-05-01 France, Philippines Corruption, Extradition

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