Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
CARICOM To Approve Witness Protection Program On January 3, 1999, Trinidad & Tobago Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Mahraj confirmed a December 21, 1998 report of the Trinidad Guardian that four years after initial negotiations a CARICOM... Bruce Zagaris 15 2 1999-02-01 Trinidad & Tobago Mutual Legal Assistance
European Commission Contributes to 51 Projects on Police and Customs Cooperation On November 3, 1998, the European Commission announced the selection of 51 new projects for financing under the OISIN program direct at stimulating cooperation between law enforcement authorities in... Bruce Zagaris 15 2 1999-02-01 Europe Mutual Legal Assistance, Economic Integration
English Court Gives Effect to U.S. Restraint Order Retrospectively In a case reported in September 1998, an English court has given retrospective effect to a restraint order to enforce an asset forfeiture order of a U.S. court... [more] Bruce Zagaris 15 2 1999-02-01 United States, United Kingdom Asset Forfeiture
OECD and NGOs Cooperate in Anti-Corruption Work While South Center Urges Developing Countries to Resist Inclusion of Bribery in WTO Agenda On January 12, 1999, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced a cooperative effort with Transparency International to broaden efforts to combat transnational and... Bruce Zagaris 15 2 1999-02-01 World Corruption, International Organizations
U.S. District Court in Florida Approves Successive Prosecutions by Different Sovereigns On November 2, 1998, Judge Jose A. Gonzalez, Jr. in the U.S. District Court, Fort Lauderdale, issued an opinion, denying a motion to dismiss an indictment due to prior conviction for the same offense... Bruce Zagaris 15 2 1999-02-01 United States, Colombia Human Rights
1998 ABA/ABA 10th Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Seminar The materials from the November 2-3, 1998 10th Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Seminar are quite useful in their coverage of international and comparative money laundering and asset forfeiture... Bruce Zagaris 15 2 1999-02-01 United States Money Laundering
British House of Lords Continues to Evaluate the Case of General Pinochet In January 1999, the House of Lords again grappled with the albatross of the plight of Gen. Pinochet. On January 15, the House of Lords issued a report explaining their rationale for overturning... Bruce Zagaris 15 2 1999-02-01 United Kingdom, Spain, Chile Extradition, Human Rights, Immunity, International Organizations
Caribbean Prepares for New Anti-Money Laundering Program In February 1999, the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force will administer a four year program on anti-money laundering and related matters... [more] Bruce Zagaris 15 2 1999-02-01 Caribbean Money Laundering
SEC Brings Charges Against 4 Canadians for Fraud On January 19, 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced it has filed charges in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against four Canadian nationals who... Bruce Zagaris 15 2 1999-02-01 United States Fraud
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
Jersey Amends Oversight and Secrecy Laws to Cope with Cantrade Scandal As a result of the Cantrade Private Bank Switzerland (CI) scandal, the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) will amend its Banking Business (Jersey) Law 1991, which will strengthen supervisory... Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 United Kingdom, Switzerland Fraud
U.S. Prosecution of Textile Transshipment Continues The prosecution of Peter Yeung, a Hong Kong resident and the first person extradited from Hong Kong in the summer of 1998 under its new extradition treaty with the U.S., continues as a pre-trial... Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 United States, Hong Kong Fraud
U.S. Court Strikes Down Massachusetts Burma Law On November 4, 1998, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that a Massachusetts statute that forbids the state from buying goods from anyone doing business with Myanmar is... Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 United States Economic Sanctions, Export Enforcement
European Union Holds Justice and Home Affairs Council Meeting On December 3-4, 1998, the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Union held its 2146th Council meeting and reached a number of important decisions with respect to international criminal... Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 Europe International Organizations
: Money Laundering in Switzerland: Analysis and Some Observations The financial sector in Switzerland has traditionally been associated with secrecy, which makes it prone to exploitation by money launderers. The aim of the Swiss government and of the financial... Konstantinos D Magliveras 15 1 1999-01-01 Switzerland Money Laundering
44 Countries Promise to Help Return Nazi-Looted Art On December 3, 1998, at a conference, 44 countries approved guidelines to restore thousands of works of art looted by the Nazis to their rightful owners or their heirs. Meanwhile, efforts continue... Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 World Art and Cultural Property, Law of War
U.S.-Swiss Cooperation Results in Seizure of $276 Million of Drug Money On December 18, 1998, the U.S. announced the seizures of $276 million in illicit drug money from a Colombian trafficking organization and its associates. It was the largest confiscation in history... Bruce Zagaris 15 1 1999-01-01 United States, Colombia, Switzerland Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Asset Seizure

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