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Implementation of Former Yugoslavian War Crimes Proceed |
Several developments indicate that the International Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia and efforts by national governments continue to implement efforts to adjudicate alleged war... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
1 |
2000-01-01 |
Balkans |
Administration of Justice, Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Law of War, War Crimes, International Courts |
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OAS Holds Meeting in Montevideo and Adopts Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism |
On October 5-7, 1999, at its Twenty-Sixth Regular Session in Montevideo, Uruguay, the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States, made progress on a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
1 |
2000-01-01 |
North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean |
Money Laundering, International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Rwanda Tribunal Sentences Rutaganda to Life Imprisonment for Genocide and Rwanda Government Allows Chief Prosecutor to Visit |
On December 6, 1999, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (CTR) sentenced Georges Anderson Nderubumwe Rutaganda to imprisonment for life following his conviction on one... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
1 |
2000-01-01 |
Rwanda |
Administration of Justice, Human Rights, Law of War, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts |
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EU Issues Annual Counterdrug Report and European Parliament Calls for Action |
On November 22, the EU drugs agency and the European Parliament each issued recommendations for counterdrug policy. This article reviews the two policies.
On November 22, 1999, the European... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
1 |
2000-01-01 |
Europe |
European Union, Drugs & Trafficking, Conferences |
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Germany Reaches Accord on Holocaust Claims |
On December 17, 1999, the German Government and business leaders reached an accord to pay $5.2 billion in settlement of various claims arising from the Holocaust. The final settlement, agreed after... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
1 |
2000-01-01 |
United States, Europe, Germany |
Administration of Justice, Human Rights, Law of War, Genocide |
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Mexico and U.S. Cooperate on Locating Bodies on Juarez-El Paso Border |
U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials have cooperated in locating the remains of six people at a farm outside the order city of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and continue to search for clues to the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
1 |
2000-01-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Human Rights, Murder, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Bribery |
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Swiss Holocaust Settlement Advances and Swiss Committee Issues Report |
On November 29, 1999, holocaust survivors and their supporters reported to a federal judge that they are willing to accept – grudgingly – a $1.25 billion settlement in their lawsuit against Swiss... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
1 |
2000-01-01 |
Europe, Switzerland |
Administration of Justice, Human Rights, Law of War, Genocide |
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President Clinton Signs into Law Bill Providing Economic Sanctions for Firms Linked to Drug Kingpins |
On December 3, 1999, President Bill Clinton signed the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (“FNKDA”)(H.R. 1555), legislation that prohibits U.S. companies from doing business with foreign firms... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
1 |
2000-01-01 |
World, United States, Colombia |
Administration of Justice, Economic Sanctions, National Security, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking |
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California Suits Target Japanese Corporations for Forced Labor and Mistreatment of Civilians During World War II |
On December 7, 1999, a series of suits were filed in California against some of Japan’s largest mining, steel, construction, and trading houses on the 58th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
1 |
2000-01-01 |
Canada, United States, Germany, United Kingdom, China, Japan, Switzerland, Netherlands, South Korea, Australia |
Human Rights, Law of War, War Crimes, Prisoner Rights |
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Australian Court Grants Bail for Fugitive Pending Extradition Due to Medical Conditions |
On May 24, 1999, the Federal Court of Australia overturned denial of bail by the Magistrate on an extradition of a Hungarian national.
The fugitive was T, a Hungarian national who emigrated to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
1 |
2000-01-01 |
Australia, Hungary |
Administration of Justice, Extradition, Fraud |
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First Holocaust Action Is Filed Against Israeli Bank |
On November 22, 1999, the media revealed that in the preceding week the first Holocaust action over dormant accounts claimed by heirs of European Jews who perished in the Holocaust was filed against... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
1 |
2000-01-01 |
United States, Germany, Israel, Poland |
Administration of Justice, Law of War, Genocide, International Courts |
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U.S. Senate Hearing on Private Banking and Money Laundering Presages Ill Winds |
On November 9-10, 1999, the U.S. Senate Committee on Permanent Investigations held two days of hearings on private banking and money laundering focusing on problems of Citicorp accounts. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Nigeria, Panama, Cayman Islands, Gabon |
Money Laundering, Corruption, Administration of Justice, Bank Secrecy, Due Diligence, Fraud |
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EU Justice & Home Affairs Commissioner Signals New Money Laundering Initiative |
On September 16, 1999, Antonio Vitorino, the new European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA), in his first official business, signaled new initiatives on money laundering and financial... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, Bank Secrecy, Jurisdiction, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, International Courts |
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International Cooperation Against Russian Financial Irregularities |
On October 20, 1999, at the end of a conference to combat crime organized by the Group of Eight industrialized countries, international enforcement officials welcomed Russia’s commitment to adopting... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
United States, Russia, Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Ukraine, Antigua and Barbuda |
Money Laundering, International Organizations |
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U.N. Agrees to Sanctions against Taliban for Non-Surrender of Osama Bin Laden |
On October 15, 1999, the United Nations Security Council agreed to a resolution to impose sanctions in 30 days that will freeze the economic assets abroad of the Islamic Taliban movement of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
United States, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates |
Terrorism, United Nations, Sanctions |
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U.S. Appellate Court Upholds Lack of Jurisdiction in Antiguan Asset Forfeiture Case |
On September 8, 1999, the U.S. Government suffered a setback when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld the district court’s decision that the U.S. Government had no jurisdiction to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Panama, Antigua & Barbuda |
Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, Jurisdiction, Asset Forfeiture |
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Colombia Supreme Court Approves Extradition to U.S. of Cuban National |
On October 26, 1999, the Colombian Supreme Court approved the extradition to the U.S. of Sergio Braulio Gonzalez, a Cuban citizen wanted in the U.S. for drug trafficking and illegal arms possession... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
United States, Colombia, Cuba |
Extradition, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Sanctions |
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Arrested Gunman Implicates Oviedo & Cubas; Argentina Will Ask Oviedo to Leave |
On October 26, 1999, in his first foreign policy announcement, as President-elect, Fernando de la Rúa advised former Gen. Lino Oviedo of Paraguay, who has been exiled in Argentina since March 1999... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
Brazil, Cuba, Argentina, Paraguay |
Corruption, Extradition, Murder |
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Administration of Justice: Governmental, Intergovernmental, and Non-Governmental Perspectives |
On October 25, 1999, the International Criminal Law and National Security Committee of the International Law Section of the D.C. Bar sponsored a luncheon program on the Administration of Justice (AOJ... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
World |
Administration of Justice, International Organizations |
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New House Bill Targets Online Gambling |
On October 21, 1999, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va) introduced a bill in the House, entitled the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, that would ban gambling via the Internet and provide for criminal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
United States |
Cybercrime, Administration of Justice, International Gaming |