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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Inter-American Court of Human Rights Condemnation of Peruvian Case Results in Release of Defendant |
Shortly after the judgment rendered September 17, 1997, the Peruvian Government released Maria Elena Loayza Tomaya, signifying a major victory for the ability of an international human rights... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
12 |
1997-12-01 |
North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean, Peru |
Human Rights, International Courts |
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Canada and Trinidad Conclude Law Enforcement Agreements |
On September 4, 1997, Trinidad & Tobago concluded two criminal cooperation agreements with Canada: one on mutual assistance in criminal matters and the other on sharing of assets seized from drug... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
12 |
1997-12-01 |
Canada, Trinidad & Tobago |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties, Asset Seizure, Teaching, Research, Adjective Assistance |
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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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Japan Urges Tax Administrators to Combat Use of Underground Money |
During the October 22-24, 1997 meeting of the Pacific Association of Tax Administrators (PATA), the Japanese delegation urged tax administrators to combat the growing transmission of underground... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
11 |
1997-11-01 |
Canada, United States, Japan, Australia |
Taxation, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes |
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Mexico Will Increase International Tax Audits, Professionalize Tax Civil Service, and Integrate Handling of Tax and Customs |
: On September 18, 1997, C.P. Ricardo Gonzalez, the fiscal attaché for the Mexican Government to the United States, reviewed important developments affecting Mexican international tax developments... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
11 |
1997-11-01 |
Mexico |
Taxation, Customs |
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Swiss Financier Loses Second Appeal Against Swiss Extradition from the Bahamas |
On October 18, 1997, a Bahamian Appellate Court announced its decision to uphold the extradition of Werner Rey, a Swiss financier whose extradition from the Bahamas has been requested by the Swiss... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
11 |
1997-11-01 |
Switzerland, Bahamas |
Extradition, Fraud |
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Canadian Supreme Court Upholds Evidence Obtained in U.S. under MLAT Despite Violations of the Charter |
The Canadian Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Mr. Terry on second degree murder and has ruled that the statement U.S. police took from him pursuant to the warrant for his arrest, issued... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
11 |
1997-11-01 |
Canada, United States |
Murder, Mutual Legal Assistance |