Articles

E.g., 2026-06
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
First African Anti-Money Laundering Group Established On August 27, 1999, at a meeting in Arusha, Tanzania, the Finance and Law Ministers from 9 countries in the Eastern and Southern African Region agreed to establish the Eastern and Southern Africa... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United Kingdom, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, tanzania, mauritius, malawi Money Laundering, International Organizations, White Collar Crime
U.S. Custom Sting Results in Charge of Stolen German Art in World War II On November 8, 1999, a U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York indicted Frank J. Vaccaro, Long Island furniture restorer, for one count of possessing and trying to sell a 16th-... Bruce Zagaris 15 12 1999-11-01 United States, Germany Art and Cultural Property
Italy Requests Extradition of Chilean General on Assassination Attempt On October 8, 1999, the media reported that the Italian Government has requested the extradition of retired Gen. Manuel Contreras, the former head of the Chilean secret police, on charges he issued... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 Italy, Chile Extradition, Human Rights, Murder
Britain Announces A Review of the Operations of the Offshore Financial Centers On September 20, 1999, the British Government announced that it will conduct a review by independent analysts of the operations of offshore financial centers in its Caribbean dependent territories... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Bermuda Jurisdiction, Taxation, United Nations
Magistrate Finds Pinochet Extraditable On October 8, 1999, Mr. Ronald David Bartle, Metropolitan Magistrate in the Bow Street Magistrates’ Court, ruled that Gen. Augusto Pinochet can be extradited to Spain to stand trial on torture and... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, Italy, Chile Extradition, Human Rights, National Security
FATF Will Agree on Penalties for Non-Cooperating Countries At its next meeting, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is expected to prepare a list of approximately twenty criteria to define non-cooperative countries when it meets in Oporto, Portugal on... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 Mexico, Brazil, Europe, France, Argentina, Portugal Money Laundering, International Organizations, White Collar Crime, Treaties
U.S. Indicts Frankel on 36 Counts of Fraud, Money Laundering and Racketeering On October 7, 1999, a U.S. grand jury in the District of Connecticut returned an indictment of Martin R. Frankel, who fled the U.S. in May 1999 when his Greenwich, Connecticut mansion caught fire,... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, Germany Money Laundering, Extradition, Fraud
Multiple Investigations into Financial Crimes in the Former Soviet Union Mushroom Investigations of questionable financial transactions from the former Soviet Union by multiple law enforcement agencies continue to capture headlines and have enormous law enforcement and political... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United Kingdom, Switzerland, Russia, Kazakhstan Money Laundering, Taxation, Organized Crime, Fraud, White Collar Crime
U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles Charges Syndicate of Asian Women Smugglers On August 20, 1999, the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles announced indictments against a syndicate of smugglers and pimps that imported hundreds of young Asian women into the U.S. to work as prostitutes... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, Asia, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia Customs Enforcement, Human Rights, Immigration, Sex Crimes
U.S. Congress Hearings on Financial Irregularities On September 21-22, 1999, the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, House of Representatives, held a hearing on Russian money laundering. Rep. James A. Leach, R-Iowa and Committee Chair, in... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 World, United States, Russia Money Laundering, Corruption, Economic Sanctions, International Organizations, United Nations, Securities Law, Economic Integration
EU Justice and Home Affairs Meets in Luxembourg On October 4, 1999, the European Justice and Home Affairs Council held its 2203rd meeting in Luxembourg. 1. Final Report of the High-Level Group on Asylum and Migration The Council noted the... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 Europe, Luxembourg, Human Rights, International Organizations, European Union, Drugs & Trafficking, Conferences
U.S. First Anti-Money Laundering Strategy Has Many International Goals On September 23, 1999, the U.S. Government released its first national money laundering strategy, containing a multitude of international initiatives and consequences. The report, the first of five... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, Mexico, Russia Money Laundering, United Nations, Organized Crime
U.S. Blocks Return of Schiele Painting to Austria Despite Court Ruling On September 22, 1999, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York obtained a seizure warrant for “Portrait of Wally,” the painting allegedly plundered by the Nazis and held in... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, Germany, Austria Art and Cultural Property, International Courts
Multi-Country Sting Hits Colombian Cocaine Ring On October 13, 1999, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it had smashed a large Colombian drug ring with tentacles in Mexico, Central America and the U.S., and arrested 31 people, including... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, Latin America and South America, Colombia Customs Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance
Defending U.S. Citizens and Corporations in Cross Border Proceedings, Extradition, Mutual Assistance, and Asset Seizures: A French Prospective 6. Recent Developments In Crimes Against Humanity The recent developments in regards to the Pinochet case lead me to present some observations on the French definition of crimes against humanity, as... Francois Serres and Miss Elodie LeGal 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, France Customs Enforcement, Extradition, Immigration, Mutual Legal Assistance, Asset Forfeiture
Mexico Extradites Mexican National to the U.S. (IVB) On August 20, 1999, the media reported the Mexican Government has extradited Luis Enrique Arenas Hernández, a Mexican citizen, to the U.S. to stand charges of murder in an Arizona district court.... Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 United States, Mexico Extradition
Defending U.S. Citizens and Corporations in Cross Border Proceedings, Extradition, Mutual Assistance, and Asset Seizures: A French Prospective (XVIA) When dealing with international crimes especially, one should be concerned with the very unique way that each country prosecutes each violation of its internal law which may create controversy when... Francois Serres and Elodie LeGal 15 10 1999-10-01 United States, France Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance, Asset Forfeiture, Comparative and International Law
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Surrender to Rwanda Tribunal (IVC) On August 5, 1999, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit affirmed by a 2 to 1 vote the surrender of Elizaphan Ntakirutimana to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR or Tribunal... Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 United States, Rwanda Extradition
Sheinbein Plea Accepted in Israel (IVD) On August 24, 1999, Samuel Sheinbein, the teenager from Montgomery Country, Maryland who fled to Israel after the 1997 killing and dismemberment of Alfredo Enrique Tello Jr., has agreed to plead... Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 United States, Israel Extradition, Murder
British Magistrate Orders Saudi Extradited to U.S. on Embassy Bombings (VA) On September 9, 1999, a British magistrate ordered Khalid Fawwaz, a Saudi Arabian national committed for extradition to the U.S., to stand charges of conspiracy in two U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa... Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 United States, United Kingdom Terrorism

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