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Bibliography of Documents 1. Taxation Gibbs International v. Internal Revenue Service, ___ F.3d ___ (4th Cir. 1997), 80 ATR2d Para.97-5536. No. 96-2790). (A U.S. appellate court upheld the lower court decision that the IRS... Bruce Zagaris 14 2 1998-02-01 World Bibliography
U.S. and Canada Plan Cooperation to Combat Telemarketing Fraud On November 20, 1997, in the wake of a decision by a Canadian appellate court that denied the U.S. extradition request for Canadian defendants in telemarketing cases, the U.S.-Canada Working Group on... Bruce Zagaris 14 2 1998-02-01 Canada, United States Extradition, Fraud, International Cooperation, Law Enforcement
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 2 1998-02-01 World Organized Crime, Conferences, International Cooperation
Criminal Law Reform in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe: The Challenges of Transnational Organized Crime in a Global Society On January 13, 1998, the program, hosted by the International Law Society of the National Law Center, George Washington University, was taped by Voice of America. The program discussed problems of... Bruce Zagaris 14 2 1998-02-01 United States, Former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe Administration of Justice, Organized Crime, International Criminal and Comparative Law, International Cooperation
Crime Across the World: Is the Rule of Law Being Corrupted? On May 22-25, 1998, the Section on General Practice, International Bar Association, is hosting the fourth seminar on the Alleged Transnational Criminal, in Vienna, Austria. Investigators,... Bruce Zagaris 14 2 1998-02-01 World Conferences, Crimes
Panamanian Court Refuses Jurisdiction over National Acquitted of Murdering U.S. Soldier and Sought by U.S. Prosecutors At the end of December 1997, tensions were rising between the U.S. and Panamanian Governments over the apparent efforts of U.S. prosecutors to gain custody over Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, son of the... Bruce Zagaris 14 2 1998-02-01 United States, Panama Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Murder
Balancing the Protection of Human Rights with the Needs of Law Enforcement On August 24-28, 1998, the Commonwealth Secretariat is hosting a conference, entitled Balancing the Protection of Human Rights with the Needs of Law Enforcement. The theme will be International... Bruce Zagaris 14 2 1998-02-01 World Human Rights, Conferences, Law Enforcement
Spanish Human Rights Investigations of Argentine and Chilean Atrocities under Pressure A letter from the Spanish attorney general to Spanish legislators requesting the suspension of two Spanish court investigations into the torture and killings of Spanish citizens during the "dirty... Bruce Zagaris 14 2 1998-02-01 Spain, Chile, Argentina Human Rights, War Crimes, Torture
Venezuela Moves Against Customs and Tax Corruption The Venezuelan Government has acted against customs officials accused of corruption, initiating action to suspend operating licenses of up to 600 out of 2,100 customs agents. The initiative is... Bruce Zagaris 14 2 1998-02-01 Venezuela Corruption, International Organizations, Tax Crimes, Customs
SEC Obtains Conviction in Transnational Fraud Case On November 25, 1997, the media reported a conviction obtained by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in a transnational securities fraud case. Alan Benlolo, a Canadian... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 Canada, United States Human Rights, Fraud
Eight Governments Agree on Cooperation against Cybercrimes On December 10, 1997, at a meeting in Washington, D.C., ministers from eight industrialized governments agreed to combat cybercrime with enhanced technology and a harmonized crime legislation... [... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 Canada, United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, Russia Cybercrime
OECD Convention on Transnational Corruption Signed On December 17, 1997, 29 nations signed the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. This article discusses the Convention and the... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 OECD Corruption, International Organizations
European Council Adopts Measures to Combat Transnational Corruption On November 13, 1997, the Council of the European Union adopted measures to combat transnational corruption. The action was taken in the wake of the signing of the OECD Convention to criminalize... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 Europe, OECD Corruption, International Organizations
CICAD Anti-Money Laundering Experts Recommend On-Going Assessment of Compliance with Standards and Creation of National Financial Intelligence Units At its meeting November 4-7, 1997 in Lima, Peru, the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), Organization of American States (OAS), made several decisions and recommendations of... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
The Criminalization of Trade Secret Theft: the U.S. Economic Espionage Act of 1996 The collapse of the Soviet Union has resulted in far-reaching changes in the global environment. One of the immediate effects of the demise of what Ronald Reagan dubbed the "Evil Empire" was the... Pamela Stuart 14 1 1998-01-01 United States Trade Enforcement, Economic Espionage
Canadian Supreme Court Reinstates Extradition for U.S. Money Laundering Sting The Supreme Court of Canada recently set aside the judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal and reinstated the extradition order of a Canadian citizen to the United States on a failed money laundering... Kirk W. Munroe 14 1 1998-01-01 Canada, United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Extradition
Permanent International Criminal Court PrepCom Ends with Agreement on Most Issues and Boosts Likely Role and Independence of Prosecutor At the latest Preparatory Conference (PrepCom) on the establishment of a Permanent International Criminal Court (PICC), the participants reached agreement on many key issues. The role of the... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 World International Courts
European Union Justice and Home Affairs Meeting Produces Progress At the December 4-5, 1997 meeting of the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, progress was made on a wide range of matters, including the Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 Europe International Organizations
Materials from the 9th Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Seminar, Nov. 5-6, 1997, Wash., D.C. While only some of the materials focus specifically on international aspects of anti-money laundering per se, the sheer quality and diversity of materials, combined with the influence of the U.S.... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 World, United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
Nazi Gold At the first international conference on money and gold stolen from victims of the Holocaust, attended by 250 delegates from 41 countries, some governments committed to $15 million for a new... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 World Law of War

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