Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
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
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
U.S. District Court Grants French Extradition Request for Brazilian on Narcotics Charges On August 17, 1999, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York found that the French extradition request showed probable cause for narcotics charges and certified that Jose Germano... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, Brazil, France Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
U.S., Mexico and Dominican Republic Crack Down on Juarez Cartel On September 22, 1999, U.S. and Mexican authorities conducted an operation that dealt a staggering blow to the Juarez cartel’s distribution of illegal drug network in the U.S., arresting 94 persons,... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, Mexico Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance
OAS Agrees to Test Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism At a meeting of the Organization of American States from August 31 to September 2, 1999 in Ottawa, officials of the OAS approved the testing phase of the creation of a Mechanism for Multilateral... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 Canada, United States, Chile International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties
OECD Delays and Strengthens Implementation of Tax Initiatives While Target Countries React The OECD has delayed slightly the implementation of the OECD harmful tax competition while strengthening cooperation with international organizations and informal groups friendly to the proposal.... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Bahamas, Luxembourg International Organizations, Jurisdiction, Taxation
Argentina Banishes Paraguay General to Interior While Paraguay Presses Argentina and Brazil to Extradite Oviedo and Cubas On September 28, 1999, the Argentine Government announced it will banish exiled Paraguayan coup leader and former General Lino Oviedo to a remote part of the country, far from Buenos Aires, for... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay Extradition, Human Rights, Prisoner Rights
Italy Arrests Fugitive Financier Parretti On October 11, 1999, Italian authorities arrested Giancarlo Parretti, an Italian national, on international arrest warrants from the U.S. for convictions on perjury and other frauds near Orvieto, a... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, France, Italy Money Laundering, Taxation, Fraud, White Collar Crime
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Canada Extradition Request for Murder On August 30, 1999, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of a Canadian national’s motion to dismiss the extradition request of the Canadian Government on a murder... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 Canada, United States Extradition, Murder, Prisoner Rights
U.S. Coast Guard Fires at Engines of Fleeing Boats to Increase Jurisdiction On September 30, 1999, a media report noted a new technique whereby the U.S. is expanding its unilateral extraterritorial jurisdiction, especially in narcotics cases: the use of small high-powered... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, Trinidad & Tobago, Haiti, Dominican Republic Customs Enforcement, Extradition, Jurisdiction, Maritime, Drugs & Trafficking
Swiss and U.S. Respond Positively to Requests by Nigerian Government to Help Prosecute Prior Corruptions and Forfeit Money On October 14, 1999, the Swiss Government announced it has frozen bank accounts belonging to Sani Abacha, the late Nigerian dictator, members of his family and his business associates, as a result of... Bruce Zagaris 15 11 1999-11-01 United States, Brazil, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Nigeria, Austria Corruption, Extradition, Asset Forfeiture
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
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
European Investigations of Russian Payments Calls Attention to Alleged Bribes and Money Laundering (IC) During August and September 1999, Swiss, French, English, Austrian, and German authorities announced investigations concerning alleged bribe payments and money laundering involving high-level... Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 Europe, Russia Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
Austrian Police Arrest Bosnian Serb General and Croatia Agrees to Extradite National (XIIA) In August 25, 1999, Gen. Momir Talic, the army Chief of Staff of Bosnia’s Serb Republic, was arrested in Vienna, Austria by Austrian police acting at the request of the ICTY. Talic was brought to a... Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia Law of War
Cuba Tentatively Accepts US Requests to Improve Counternarcotics Cooperation (IIA) On August 18, 1999, the media reported that U.S. and Cuba sources revealed Cuba’s tentative acceptance of two U.S. requests to strengthen Counternarcotics cooperation...[more] Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 United States, Cuba Drugs & Trafficking
ICJ Considers New Cases on War Crimes (XIIB) The International Court of Justice has received new cases concerning “ethnic cleansing”, aggression, and other conduct concerning the law of war...[more] Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 World Law of War
Senator Kerry Calls for Hearings on International Aspects of Money Laundering and Financial Crimes In a press release and letter of September 10, 1999, Senate Banking Committee member John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) urged Chairman Phil Gramm (R-Texas) to hold hearings in response to allegations that the... Bruce Zagaris 15 10 1999-10-01 United States Money Laundering

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