Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Maritime Groups Urge PRC to Rectify Apparent State Piracy On August 24, 1998, the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) and the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) urged the People’s Republic of China to... Bruce Zagaris 14 10 1998-10-01 China International Organizations, Maritime, Law Enforcement, Piracy
U.S. Undercover Sting Operation Nets Major Traffickers of Endangered Species On September 14, 1998, the United States and Mexico achieved success when Mexico arrested Keng Liang “Anson” Wong, 40, a Malaysian businessman first indicted in the U.S. in 1992 for smuggling iguanas... Bruce Zagaris 14 10 1998-10-01 United States, Mexico Environment, Law Enforcement, Wildlife Smuggle
Belgian Government Tightens Passport Issuance to Curtail Fraud After Other Governments Warn About Passport’s Loss of Credibility The Belgian Government has taken steps to centralize the issuance of its passports to stem the large increase in incidences of fraud and theft... [more] Bruce Zagaris 14 10 1998-10-01 United States, Belgium Immigration, Fraud
Report on Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement A report on Swiss money laundering indicates the suspicious transaction reports are increasing and leading to increasing number of prosecutions and civil actions since the reporting requirement took... Bruce Zagaris 14 10 1998-10-01 Switzerland Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Law Enforcement
U.S. Intercepts Suspected Smugglers Ship Off Mexico and Freezes Foreign Investor Immigrant Program Pending Fraud and Other Investigations Two different enforcement initiatives, the interception of a vessel carrying 150 Chinese aliens off the Mexican coast, and investigations of alleged fraud and improprieties in the implementation of... Bruce Zagaris 14 10 1998-10-01 United States, Mexico Human Trafficking, Immigration, Fraud
France Rearrests U.S. Murder Suspect Tried in Absentia On September 20, 1998, the French Government rearrested Ira Einhorn, a U.S. national, under a new extradition warrant for the 1977 murder of a Texas woman. According to a news report, Einhorn will... Bruce Zagaris 14 10 1998-10-01 United States, France Extradition, Murder
Ex-Rwandan Head of State Gets Life for Genocide Despite Plea On September 4, 1998, the United Nations Tribunal for Rwanda sentenced Jean Kambanda, a former Prime Minister of Rwanda, to life in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide, despite his agreement to... Bruce Zagaris 14 10 1998-10-01 Rwanda Law of War, Genocide, International Courts
U.S.-Austrian MLAT Takes Effective On August 1, 1998, the Agreement on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the U.S. and Austria, signed on February 23, 1995, became effective. The signatories exchanged instruments of... Bruce Zagaris 14 9 1998-09-01 United States, Austria Mutual Legal Assistance, White Collar Crime
U.S. Agrees to Help Turkey Combat Tax Crimes On August 10, 1998, the Turkish Anatolia news agency reported that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service will instruct Turkish tax officials on combating tax crimes, such as tax evasion...[more] Bruce Zagaris 14 9 1998-09-01 United States, Turkey International Criminal and Comparative Law, Tax Crimes
Caribbean Judicial Conference Proposes New Cooperative Arrangements On August 4-7, 1998, the University of the West Indies (UWI)/United Nations International Drug Control Program (UNDCP) hosted a regional judicial symposium on anti-money laundering, criminal... Bruce Zagaris 14 9 1998-09-01 Caribbean Money Laundering, Asset Forfeiture, Conferences, International Criminal and Comparative Law, International Cooperation
Western Hemisphere Law Enforcement Officials Hold Conference on Stemming Illegal Export of Firearms On August 17, 1998, law enforcement authorities from 24 countries in the Western Hemisphere met in Miami Beach to discuss cooperation to slow the illegal trade in firearms...[more] Bruce Zagaris 14 9 1998-09-01 North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean Arms Trafficking, Conferences
Russian Mob Increase Prostitute Rackets in Israel An investigative report has exposed the increasing trend by Russian organized crime rings to allure Russian women into prostitution rings in Israel. The struggling Russian economy and the fear of... Danielle Barranca 14 9 1998-09-01 Israel, Russia Immigration, Organized Crime, Sex Crimes, Law Enforcement
U.S. Executive Contemplates Alternatives on International Criminal Court In shock over the rejection of some of its positions at the conclusion of the conference to draft a statute on the Permanent International Criminal Court, the Clinton Administration is considering... Bruce Zagaris 14 9 1998-09-01 United States International Organizations
Former Yugoslav Tribunal Operates Under Accusations for Deaths of Detainees Two deaths of detainees awaiting trial have stimulated accusations and inquiries into the conditions of pre-trial detention for defendants awaiting trial before the Former Yugoslav Tribunal.... Bruce Zagaris 14 9 1998-09-01 Former Yugoslavia Law of War, Genocide, International Courts
EU Proposes to Extend Anti-Money Laundering and Strengthen FIU Cooperation On July 13, 1998, the European Commission published its second report on implementing the 1991 money laundering directive and announced that by the end of this year or by early 1999 it would present... Bruce Zagaris 14 9 1998-09-01 Europe Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Cooperation
Swiss Holocaust Settlement Focuses Attention to German Banks and Companies The announcement on August 13, 1998 of a settlement between Holocaust victims and Swiss banks focused attention to the German banks and companies and the effort by victims and their heirs to obtain... Bruce Zagaris 14 9 1998-09-01 Germany, Switzerland Human Rights, Law of War, Holocaust
Amezcua Released on Mexican Charges and Rearrested for Extradition On August 4, 1998, José de Jesus Amezcua was rearrested for extradition to the United States after his release from prison following the Eighth Criminal District Court’s dismissal against him of... Bruce Zagaris 14 9 1998-09-01 United States, Mexico Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Extradition, International Cooperation
U.S. Government Urges European Countries to Facilitate Recovery of Property by Holocaust Victims On August 6, 1998, Stuart Eizenstat, US under-secretary of state, called on countries in central and eastern Europe to remove their legal restrictions on the rights of Holocaust victims to recover... Bruce Zagaris 14 9 1998-09-01 United States, Europe Human Rights, Law of War, Holocaust, Property Restitution
EU Initiative on International Tax Enforcement Additional details of the European Commission proposal of July 2, 1998 to strengthen cooperation against tax evasion have become available. As mentioned in the last issue of the IELR, the directive... Bruce Zagaris 14 9 1998-09-01 Europe Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
Swiss Banks Reach Agreement over Holocaust Claims On August 12, 1998, representatives of Swiss commercial banks and Holocaust survivors announced a settlement, in which the banks agree to pay $1.25 billion in reparations to victims of the Nazi area... Bruce Zagaris 14 9 1998-09-01 Switzerland Human Rights, Law of War, Holocaust, Property Restitution

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