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EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Continues Progress on Criminal Cooperation |
On December 2, 1999, the Justice and Home Affairs Council held its 2229th meeting, signaling continuing progress on criminal cooperation.
The Council achieved progress on the draft Convention on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
1 |
2000-01-01 |
Europe |
Administration of Justice, Counterfeiting, International Organizations, Trade Enforcement, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime |
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U.S. Senate Permanent Investigation Subcommittee Continues Private Banking Hearings |
On November 10, 1999, the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held its second day of hearings on “Private Banking and Money Laundering: A Case Study of Opportunities and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
1 |
2000-01-01 |
World, United States |
Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Drugs & Trafficking |
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France Arrests Former Rwandan Minister on Warrant from International Tribunal |
On November 25, 1999, the French Government arrested Jean de Dieu Kamuhanda, 46, in Paris on a warrant from the International Tribunal for War Crimes in Rwanda, which is based in Arusha, Tanzania…[... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
1 |
2000-01-01 |
France, Rwanda |
Administration of Justice, Jurisdiction, Law of War, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts |
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U.S. Reports Good Cooperation with Russia on Financial Investigations |
On December 1, 1999, U.S. law enforcement authorities reported good cooperation with counterpart Russian officials on investigations into financial irregularities and arrested Svetlana Kudryavtsev of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
1 |
2000-01-01 |
United States, Russia |
Money Laundering, Jurisdiction |
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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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Swiss Investigate Money Laundering by Family of Former Nigerian Leader |
Abstract:On October 26, 1999, the media reported that Swiss judicial authorities have opened an inquiry into alleged money laundering and participation in a criminal organization involving Nigeria’s... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
12 |
1999-12-01 |
Switzerland, Nigeria |
Money Laundering, Corruption, 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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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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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 |