Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Grants Czech Extradition Request for False Export Control on Machine Guns On February 18, 1998, U.S. Magistrate Theodore H. Katz, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, denied defendant Rafael Eduardo Pineda Lara's motion to dismiss the extradition... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-06-01 United States Extradition
Ex-Leader Pleads Guilty to Rwanda Genocide Before International Tribunal On May 1, 1998, in the most sensational development in the contemporart operation of the War Crimes Tribunals, Jean Kambanda, a former Rwanda Prime Minister, pleaded guilty to genocide charges before... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-06-01 Rwanda Genocide
Argentina Arrests Sakic in Response to Croatia's Extradition Request On April 30, 1998, the Argentine police arrested Dinko Sakic, 76, one of the most important living persons accused of war crimes from World War II, in response to a request from the Croatian... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-06-01 Argentina Extradition
U.S. Sting Results in Indictments of Three Mexican Banks and Apology from Clinton On May 18, 1998, the culmination of a three-year sting operation resulted in a grand jury indictment against 160 people, including three Mexican banks and twenty-two Mexican bankers for laundering... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-06-01 Mexico Money Laundering
U.S. and EU Implement Plans to Stop Firearms Exports On April 22, 1998, the Clinton Administration notified the British Government that it was revoking all pending licenses for the export of firearms to British companies as a first step to stop the... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-06-01 European Union Export Enforcement
The New Money Laundering Regime: Bermuda's "Know Your Client" Culture Affirmed "The Proceeds of Crime Act 1997" (the "Act") received the assent of the Governor on 19 December, 1997, and came into operation in Bermuda on 19 January, 1998. Monica J. Jones and Michael J. Burns 14 5 1998-06-01 Bermuda Money Laundering
OECD Agrees to Series of Steps to Increase International Tax Enforcement The OECD Ministers have agreed on a series of steps to strenghten international tax enforcement, especially against so-called tax havens. Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-06-01 Europe Tax Enforcement
Advance Fee Loan Fraud Using Antiguan Banks Broken On May 7, 1998, U.S. law enforcement officials announced an indictment involving a ring of international fraud and money laundering, in which many victims were defrauded out of at least $60 million.  Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-06-01 Antigua & Barbuda Fraud
Summit of the Americas Produces Multilateral Counterdrug Alliance On April 19, 1998, at the second Summit of the Americas, the thirty-four participating countries agreed to establish a Multilateral Counterdrug Alliance and related Plan of Action that, inter alia,... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking
NATO Special Forces Arrest Two Bosnian Serbs for Omarska Camp Crimes and A Serb Suspect Surrenders On April 8, 1998, British special forces that are part of the NATO forces arrested Miroslav Kvocka and Mladen Radic, two Bosnian Serb war crime suspects wanted for alleged atrocities at the Omarska... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 United Kingdom, Netherlands, Bosnia Law of War, Torture, International Courts
Romania Signs Agreement on Combatting Illicit Drugs Traffic By Sea On March 19, 1998, the Romanian Government signed the European Agreement on Illicit Traffic by Sea. This Council of Europe Convention helps implement, within Europe, the provisions of Article 17 of... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 Europe, Romania International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties
Swiss Banks and Jewish Representatives Agree on Restitution Fund On March 26, 1998, the three major Swiss banks agreed to negotiate a global settlement with Holocaust victims, promising to establish a compensation fund in the U.S. to make restitution to Holocaust... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 Switzerland Law of War, Treaties, Holocaust, Property Restitution
Senate Upholds Clinton Administration’s Certification of Mexican Drug Policy On March 26, 1998, the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 54 to 45, upheld the Clinton Administration’s decision to certify that the Mexican Government is “fully cooperating” with the U.S. in counterdrug... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 United States, Mexico Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation
Agreement Reached to Establish Commission to Resolve Insurance Claims of Holocaust Victims On April 8, 1998, at a meeting at New York State Insurance Superintendent’s office, four major European life insurance companies, state insurance regulators, and the representatives of two Jewish... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 United States Law of War, Treaties, Holocaust
Swiss Highest Appellate Court Approves Forfeiture of Marcos Assets On April 15, 1998, a spokesman for the Swiss Federal Police Agency announced that the Swiss Court of Appeals affirmed the forfeiture of more than $500 million in Swiss bank accounts belonging to the... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 Switzerland, Philippines Corruption, Asset Forfeiture
U.S. Congress Holds Hearing on Cybercrimes, Transnational Crime, and Intellectual Property Theft On March 24, 1998, the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress held a hearing on “Cybercrime, Transnational Crime, and Intellectual Property Theft.”...[more] Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 United States Cybercrime, Intellectual Property, Theft
New Mexico Governor Demands Extradition of Murder Suspects from Cuba In the aftermath of the announcement by the Clinton Administration of moves to reduce some of the economic sanctions against Cuba, Governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico has renewed a request that the... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 United States, Cuba Extradition, Murder
Smuggler of Precious French Religious Relics Pleads Guilty On April 8, 1998, Sebastian Zegrean, 23, pleaded guilty before Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise of the U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey, to one count of making false statements to Customs... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 United States, France Art and Cultural Property, Smuggle
Panama Denies Haitian Extradition Request for Former Military Ruler On April 10, 1998, Panamanian Vice Foreign Minister Marcel Salamin announced that his Government denied a Haitian Government request to extradite former head of state Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras because... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 Haiti, Panama Extradition, Murder
AIDP Colloquium on Organized Crime and International Cooperation On May 13-17, 1998, a preparatory Colloquium of the Association International de Droit Penal (AIDP) on Organized Crime and International Cooperation in Criminal Matters will be organized in Utrecht,... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 World Organized Crime, Conferences, International Cooperation

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