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Colombians Arrest 5 Persons Indicted in the U.S. for Cocaine Trafficking |
On July 8, 1999, in an operation sure to test the 1997 U.S.-Colombian extradition treaty, Colombian officials arrest five persons accused o masterminding a scheme to transport tons of cocaine into... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
United States, Colombia |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Inter-American Port Security Training Program Helps to Combat Seaport Crime |
In June 1999, the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), U.S. Department of Transportation, published a report about the Inter-American Port Security Training Program, which is a U.S./Organization of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
United States, Latin America and South America |
Maritime |
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Mexico Extradites Major Drug-Trafficker to the U.S. and Recent Developments in U.S.-Mexico Extradition |
Extradition matters between Mexico and the United States have recently been of a mixed nature. On one hand, issues have arisen in Mexican courts that may eventually pose some difficulties. On the... |
Rodrigo Labardini |
15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Defending U.S. Citizens and Corporations in Cross Border Proceedings, Extradition, Mutual Assistance, and Asset Seizures: A French Perspective |
The small number of cases related to asset forfeiture made them all the more interesting. The validity of a search and seizure measure in execution of an international rogatory letter shall only be... |
Francois Serres and Miss Elodie LeGal |
15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
United States, Europe, France |
Comparative and International Law |
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U.S. and Cuba Enforcement Cooperation May Presage Larger Opening |
During June and July 1999, the U.S. and Cuban governments have discussed strengthening enforcement cooperation on narcotics and alien smuggling, a development that has repeated similar patterns... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
Cuba, United States |
Adjective Enforcement |
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Books |
1. Law of War J.J. Busuttil, Naval Weapns Systems and the Contemporary Law of War.(Clarendon Press; Oxford Univ. Press)(1998)...[more] |
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15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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U.S. Indicts New Yorker for Smuggling Refrigerant from Russia |
On June 7, 1999, an indictment unsealed in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of New York charges Alex Roitman, a principal or partner in businesses located in Moscow and at a New York... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
United States, Russia |
Environment |
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Documents |
1. Extradition United Kingdom House of Lords: Regina v. Bartle and the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and Others -- Ex Parte Pinochet, 38 I.L.M. 581-663 (1999)... [more] |
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15 |
8 |
1999-08-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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U.S. Extradition of Amezcua Declared Unconstitutional |
On May 19, 1999, a Mexican court declared efforts by the United States to extradite Jesús Amezcua, 33 and imprisoned in Mexico for nearly one year, unconstitutional because Mexico’s constitution... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition |
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ICJ Rejects Yugoslav’s Request for Provisional Measures against NATO |
On June 2, 1999, the International Court of Justice rejected the request of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) for provisional measures in the case concerning Legality of Use of Force (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
International Organizations, Law of War, International Courts |
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Australian Court Denies N. Zealand Extradition Request on Fairness |
In 1999, an Australian court denied a New Zealand extradition request based on inability to guarantee due process to the fugitive if extradition was granted... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Australia, New Zealand |
Extradition |
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War Crime Tribunal Continues to Obtain Custody over and Try Offenders |
On June 7, 1999, British troops in Bosnia arrested Drag Kulundzija, a former shift commander at the Keraterm concentration camp near Prijedor. According to George Robertson, the UK defense... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina |
Law of War |
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Dominican Republic Arrests and Extradites Police Official to Haiti |
On June 5, 1999 Haiti Police Chief Jean Coles Rameau, who is sought in connection with the killings of 11 men in police custody, was arrested in the Dominican Republic and extradited to Haiti... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Haiti, Dominican Republic |
Extradition |
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State Department Consular Notification and Access |
As a result of the number of foreign nationals that are arrested in the U.S., the U.S. Department of State has published a “Consular Notification and Access,” which provides instructions for federal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States |
Human Rights |
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EU Carries Out Transnational Corruption Assistance to Central & Eastern European Applicants |
On September 17, 1998, Mr. van den Broek, an official of the European Commission, provided responses to questions posed by Gerhard Hager (NI) to the Commission on the nature of financial and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Europe |
Corruption |
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Italian Court Opens Case for Italians Who Disappeared in Argentina |
On May 20, 1999, Italian Judge Claudio D’Angelo decided to start an oral and public proceeding, where seven ex-military officials of Argentina will be prosecuted for the disappearance of eight... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Italy, Argentina |
Human Rights |
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Swiss Court Approves Return of $4.5 Million to Argentina on IBM Bribe Case |
On June 8, 1999, an investigating judge in Geneva obtained permission from the account holders, all of them former Argentine bankers, to transfer $4.5 million from frozen bank accounts that... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Switzerland, Argentina |
Corruption, Bribery |
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Trinidad Executes 9 Persons and Other Caribbean Governments Follow Its Lead |
On June 4, 5, and 7, 1999, Trinidad and Tobago executed nine persons at the gallows (by hanging), triggering a likely trend in other English-speaking Caribbean countries... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Caribbean |
Human Rights |
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U.S. Extradition Hearing Set for Request for Ukrainian |
On June 7, 1999, a U.S. District Court in San Francisco set a hearing date for June 21, 1999 on the extradition request by the Ukraine Government for Pavlo Lazarenko, its former prime minister, who... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, Ukraine |
Money Laundering, Corruption, Extradition |
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Defending U.S. Citizens and Corporations in Cross Border Proceedings, Extradition, Mutual Assistance, and Asset Seizures: A French Perspective |
The irregularity of the formal conditions required for the validity of an extradition request cannot be raised before the extradition court when a court deals with a demand lodged by an individual to... |
Francois Serres and Miss Elodie LeGal |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, France |
Comparative and International Law |