Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Caribbean Financial Action Task Force Adopts Resolution on OECD Harmful Tax Competition Report On November 19, 1998, the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), at a meeting in the Cayman Islands, adopted a resolution appointing a working group to study the OECD Harmful Tax Competition... Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 World Tax Enforcement
Council of Europe Promulgates Convention on Protection of the Environment Through Criminal Law On November 16, 1998, seven countries signed the Council of Europe’s Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law, which opened for signature November 4, 1998. An article... Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 World, Europe Environment
Australia Arrests on Behalf of Mexico Mr. Cabal, Fugitive for Financial Crimes On November 11, 1998, the Australian Government arrested Mr. Carlos Cabal Peniche, who fled Mexico in 1994 and has been one of Mexico’s most-wanted fugitives... [more] Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 Mexico, Australia Extradition
Japan Requests Securities Enforcement Cooperation Agreement with U.S. On December 3, 1998, the Japanese Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission announced it was requesting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conclude a bilateral agreement on... Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 United States, Japan Securities Law
Germany Decides Not To Extradite Kurdish Leader On November 27, 1998, the German Government rebuffed Italy’s demand that it seek the extradition from Italy of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdish workers’ party (PKK), calling instead for his... Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 Germany, Italy, Turkey Extradition
Germany Extradites Salim, U.S. Indicts 5 More for Role in Embassy Bombings On December 20, 1998, the German Government turned over Mamduh Mahmud Salim to U.S. officials for extradition to the U.S... [more] Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 United States, Germany, Kenya, tanzania Terrorism
EU Parliament Proposes to Extend Money Laundering Cooperation On November 17, 1998, the European Parliament deputies proposed that the European Union (EU) revise regulations on mutual assistance and information sharing for anti-money laundering so that customs... Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 Europe Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Mutual Legal Assistance
OECD Anti-Corruption Convention Will Take Effect in on February 15, 1999 On December 7, 1998, Australia became the 34th country to sign the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International... Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 World Corruption
Pinochet Wins New Hearing from Britain’s House of Lords On December 17, 1998, the House of Lords set aside its decision of November 25 denying him immunity from arrest on the basis of an undisclosed conflict of interest by one of the Lords who... Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 United Kingdom, Spain, Chile Extradition, Human Rights
U.S. Will Release Pinochet Documents On December 1, 1998, U.S. State Department spokesman James Rubin announced that it will declassify and release documents relating to human rights abuses during the rule of former Chilean dictator... Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 United States Human Rights
Texas Death Row Case of Canadian Raises Anew Aliens’ Rights On December 9, 1998, a U.S. District Court blocked the execution of Joseph Stanley Faulder, a 61-year-old Canadian national who had eight scheduled executions in Texas in more than two decades on... Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 Canada, United States Human Rights
: Honduras “Paroles” U.S. Person Convicted of Murder On November 6, 1998, the Honduras Government released on parole Gus Valle, a 49-year-old U.S. national from South Florida, who three months before was convicted of manslaughter... [more] Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 United States, Honduras Human Rights
Philippines Inter-Agency Task Force Targets Foreign Tax Crimes During the week of October 19, 1998, the Philippine Government established an interagency task force composed of ranking officials from the Bureau of Immigration and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (... Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 Philippines Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
Raúl Salinas Appeals Seizure of $114 Million by Swiss On October 30, 1998, the media reported that Raúl Salinas and his wife have appealed with Switzerland’s highest court the seizure of $114 million. The seizure was based on allegations that the money... Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 Switzerland Asset Forfeiture, Bribery, Treaties
Swiss Appellate Court Prioritizes U.S. Extradition Request Over Greek Request On October 9, 1998, the Swiss Federal Tribunal denied the appeal of Spyridon Aspiotis, a Greek citizen, of a decision by the Swiss Federal Police Office dated July 7, 1998 to extradite him to the US... Christina Johansson 14 12 1998-12-01 United States, Switzerland, Greece Extradition
Regional Cooperation in Combating Transnational Organized Crime: Task Force on Organized Crime in the Baltic Sea Region The radical political changes and economic transformation in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe in the early nineties have resulted in the dramatic surge of the level of criminality not only... Michael Plachta 14 12 1998-12-01 Baltic Region Organized Crime, International Cooperation
Australia Arrests on Behalf of Mexico Mr. Cabal, Fugitive for Financial Crimes On November 11, 1998, the Australian Government arrested Mr. Carlos Cabal Peniche, who fled Mexico in 1994 and has been one of Mexico’s most-wanted fugitives... [more] Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 Mexico, Australia Extradition, Financial Crimes
Private Sector Forms Organization to Combat IP Piracy in Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe On October 16, 1998, executives from several multinational companies announced that they would form an industry group to work for strengthened enforcement of intellectual property rights in the... Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 Former Soviet Union, Intellectual Property, Law Enforcement
Argentina Extradites Woman to Croatia for War Crimes On November 1, 1998, the Argentine Government extradited Nada Sakic, accused of serving as a death camp guard during World War II, to Croatia where she and her husband Dinko Sakic, who was extradited... Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 Argentina, Croatia Extradition, War Crimes
Dutch Police Crack Down on Asian Alien Smuggling Group During the last week of October 1998, the Dutch police arrested four Chinese nationals and a Vietnamese on suspicion of operating a network that smuggled at least 350 Chinese persons into western... Bruce Zagaris 14 12 1998-12-01 Netherlands Human Trafficking, Immigration, Law Enforcement

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