Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Congress Considers Colombian Anti-Money Laundering On October 22, 1997, the General Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Banking and Financing Services Committee, U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on black market peso... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 United States, Colombia Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking
Florida Holds Hearing on Entitlement to Life Insure Benefits from Holocaust as Swiss Banks Release More Information on Dormant Accounts and Start Payments to Victims The State of Florida is investigating potential entitlement to life insurance for Florida residents, illustrating the active roles played by state and local government in pursuing claims arising from... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 United States, Switzerland Law of War, Holocaust, Property Restitution
Trial Against Former Cali Cartel Lawyers Ends in Mistrial On May 27, 1997, jurors acquitted two attorneys accused of racketeering charges and deadlocked on all four other drug-related charges, including another racketeering count, two drug-conspiracy counts... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 United States Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Fraud
EU Proposes Action Plan to Combat Organized Crime On August 15, 1997, the Council of the European Commission adopted an action plan to combat organized crime. The Action Plan results from decisions taken by the European Council at its meeting in... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 Europe European Union, Organized Crime, Treaties
U.S. Senate Hearing on U.S.-Mexico Anti-Narcotics Cooperation On October 29, 1997, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Drug Caucus held a joint hearing on anti-narcotics cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 United States, Mexico Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation
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 13 12 1997-12-01 World Organized Crime, Conferences, International Cooperation
U.S. Considers an Initiative on Enhanced Multilateral Drug Control Following a report and then a conference November 17-19, 1997, the United States Government seems poised to undertake an initiative on enhanced multilateral drug control cooperation. The initiative... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 North America, United States, Latin America and South America, Caribbean Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation
Belgian Authorities Arrest Luxembourg Bank President During the first week of November 1997, the media reported the arrest of Damien Wigny by Belgian law enforcement authorities. Wigny, president of Kredietbank Luxembourgeoise, the fourth-largest bank... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 Belgium, Luxembourg Money Laundering, Taxation, Fraud, Tax Crimes
Italian Court Orders Trial in Criminal Tax against Tobacco Distributor, But Dismisses Criminal Association Charges On October 27, 1997, an Italian court in Naples dismissed charges of criminal association against affiliate companies of Philip Morris, but ruled that twelve executives and board members of Intertaba... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 Italy Taxation, Tax Crimes
Four PATA Members Will More Actively Cooperate in Tax Enforcement During the meeting of the four-nation Pacific Association of Tax Administrators (PATA) in San Francisco on October 21-23, 1997, the PATA members (U.S., Japan, Canada, and Australia) agreed to engage... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 Canada, United States, Japan, Australia Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance, Tax Enforcement
Brazil Denies British Extradition Request for Biggs, the Great Train Robber On November 13, 1997, the Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal ruled unanimously to deny the British request to extradite the Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, twenty-four years after he participated in... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 Brazil, United Kingdom Extradition, Robbery
Mexico Extradites U.S. National on Marijuana Trafficking On November 14, 1997, coinciding with meetings between the U.S. and Mexican Governments in which agreements to broaden extradition cooperation was reached, the Mexican Government extradited a U.S.... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
OAS Members Sign Convention Against Illicit Firearms Trafficking On November 14, 1997, the U.S. and members of the Organization of American States (OAS) signed the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, the... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 North America, United States, Latin America and South America, Caribbean International Organizations, Arms Trafficking, Treaties
German and U.S. Conclude MOU to Enforce Commodities Futures On October 17, 1997, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the German futures and securities regulator, Budesaufsichtsamt für den Wertpapierhandel (BAWe) concluded a Memorandum of... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 United States, Germany Treaties, Securities Trade Enforcement, International Cooperation
French Court Invalidates Bourse Hearing On May 7, 1997, for the first time in France, a court has cited the European Human Rights Convention to strike down a stock exchange commission proceeding... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 France Human Rights, White Collar Crime, Treaties
FATF Presses Swiss Government On Laundering During the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary session in Paris on September 22-24, 1997, its mutual review on money laundering pressed the Swiss Government to take the long-promised action on... Bruce Zagaris 13 11 1997-11-01 World, Switzerland Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations
Bibliography of Book Reviews R. Lawson, The European Union and Human Rights (N.A. Neuwahl and A. Rosas, eds.). 5 Eur.J. Crime, Cr.L.Cr.J. 91-94 (1997). Bruce Zagaris 13 11 1997-11-01 World Bibliography
French Government Maintains Border Checks to Combat Drug Trafficking Despite Schengen On September 23, 1997, French President Jacque Chirac announced that his government would continue controls on its northern borders to combat international narcotics trafficking in spite of the... Bruce Zagaris 13 11 1997-11-01 France Drugs & Trafficking
Bibliorgraphy of Documents 1. Adjective Enforcement Hong Kong-United States: Agreement for the Transfer of Sentenced Person, 36 I.L.M. 856 (July 1997)...[more] Bruce Zagaris 13 11 1997-11-01 World Bibliography
Proposed U.S. Tax Treaties Increase Mutual Assistance for Tax Crimes At a hearing on October 7, 1997, before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, the proposed U.S. tax treaties, which pave new paths for mutual assistance in the investigation and... Bruce Zagaris 13 11 1997-11-01 United States, Switzerland, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Ireland, Luxembourg, Austria Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties, Tax Crimes

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