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German Bank Sues Tax Authorities for Violation of Secrecy On May 24, 1996, Martin Kohlhaussen, the chairman of Commerzbank, announced that it was suing the Frankfurt office of the German tax authorities for breach of secrecy and appealing against the DM400m... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 Germany, Luxembourg Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes, Banking Supervision
Polish Senate Dilutes Access to Bank Accounts and Risks Accession to OECD On May 24, 1996, the Polish Senate rejected a bill passed by the lower house (Sejm) that would erode bank secrecy rights to provide tax and other officials broad access to bank account information in... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 Poland, Russia, Hungary, Czech Republic Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes, Banking Supervision
Progress on EU Revised Extradition Treaty Stalls On the eve of the meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg on June 4, 1996, difficulties continued to block the achievement of an agreement on a new extradition convention...(... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 Europe, Luxembourg, Portugal Extradition, European Union, Prisoner Rights, Treaties
English Courts Holds Russian Computer Fraudster Extraditable In March 1996, an English court held that Mr. Levin, whose extradition the U.S. sought in connection with a computer crime in the Citibank network, was extraditable...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 United Kingdom, Russia Extradition, Fraud, Computer Crimes
Spain Seeks Clarification of Protocol with Mexico On June 5, 1996, Spain and Mexico decided to discuss and try to clarify a protocol to the extradition treaty, whose entry in force is pending the criticism of Spain on the acceptance of the principle... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 Mexico, Spain Extradition, Taxation, Terrorism, Organized Crime, Treaties, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
Trinidad Government Leads Witness Protection Initiative The Government of Trinidad & Tobago (T&T), whose criminal justice system is under assault from indiscriminate murders of witnesses, has taken action to implement a national and a regional... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 World, Caribbean, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica Administration of Justice, Murder, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement
EU Approves Treaty Establishing Europol On June 21, 1996, the European Union reached agreement on a treaty to establish the European Police Organization (Europol) as part of the settlement with the United Kingdom that lifts a ban on... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 Europe, United Kingdom International Organizations, European Union, Treaties
Lithuania Ratifies and Macedonia Signs Criminal and Human Rights Cooperation Agreements In May and June 1996, Lithuania ratified and Macedonia signed some of the Council of Europe conventions on criminal cooperation and others on human rights...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 Europe, Lithuania, Macedonia Human Rights, International Organizations, Transfer of Prisoners, European Union, Capital Punishment
Insider Trading and Criminal Law: Recent Developments in the Netherlands The past year my firm and I have received more than a dozen strictly confidential "Urgent Business Proposals" from top Nigerian officials (so they say), inviting me to assist them to transfer between... Jan M. Sjöcrona 12 7 1996-07-01 Nigeria, Netherlands Money Laundering, Maritime, Fraud, Financial Crimes, Economic Crimes, Financial Supervision
Meeting of the Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court From March 25 to April 12, 1996, the Preparatory Committee (PREPCOM) on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (ICC) met at the United Nations Headquarters for its first session. Its... Immi Lehtonen 12 7 1996-07-01 World Human Rights, United Nations, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts, Treaties
U.S. Appellate Holds that Victims of Former Yugoslavia Can Sue Karadzic for Violations of International Law In June 1996, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its order, reversing the dismissal of actions by two groups of victims from Bosnia-Herzegovina against Radovan Karadzic... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 United States, Balkans, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia Human Rights, Jurisdiction, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts
The U.S. Is First to Start IPR Enforcement Sanctions against China On May 15, 1996, as expected, the United States Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky announced a list of Chinese imports that could be subject to $2 billion worth of trade sanctions unless the... Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 United States, China Counterfeiting, Intellectual Property
French Government Will Provide Mutual Assistance But Not Extradition to Belgian Authorities in Corruption Case On May 13, 1996, the French Government announced that it will provide mutual assistance in response to requests for information from the Belgian judicial authorities on Mr. Serge Dassault, the... Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 France, Belgium Corruption, Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance, Bribery
U.S. Court Orders Extradition of Marzook to Israel On May 8, 1996, U.S. District Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy ordered the extradition of Mr. Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook to Israel on criminal charges that he financed and helped organize terrorism attacks... Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 United States, Israel Extradition, Terrorism, Murder
Seychelles Issues Press Release Explaining EDA On April 26, 1996, the Seychelles Government and the European Union issued a joint press communiqué on the proposed enactment of the Economic Development Act (EDA)...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 Europe, Seychelles Money Laundering, European Union, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement
U.S. Terrorism Prevention Act Has Many International Provisions The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 has been enacted and is now in effect. It has many important international enforcement assistance provisions that warrant attention...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 United States Immigration, Terrorism, Kidnaping, Capital Punishment, Smuggle
Action Plan for Caribbean Regional Drug Control Set On May 15-17, 1996, the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) led an international conference that adopted a Regional Plan of Action...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 Caribbean, Jamaica International Organizations, Maritime, United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement
An Examination of the New UNIDROIT Convention on the Return of Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Goods In a Diplomatic Conference held in Rome, Italy in June 1995 and attended by more than 70 countries, observer states and international organizations, the International Institute for the Unification of... Konstantinos D. Magliveras 12 6 1996-06-01 United States, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Greece Art and Cultural Property, United Nations
U.S. Concludes "Zorro II" Drug Smuggling Investigation On May 2, 1996, U.S. law enforcement officials announced the conclusion of a seven-month investigation on a drug smuggling operation that revealed a highly sophisticated cooperation between Colombian... Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 United States, Mexico, Colombia Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement, Smuggle
Symposium on International Crime in Caribbean Perspective, October 3 and 4, 1996, Willemstad, Curaçao On October 3 and 4, 1996, the Department of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles will hold a symposium on International Crime in Caribbean Perspective. The primary goals of the symposium can be... Bruce Zagaris 12 6 1996-06-01 Caribbean, Curaçao Administration of Justice, Conferences

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