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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Brazil Initiates Tax Crime Investigations into Illegal Overseas Accounts The Brazil Government has initiated simultaneously investigations against Brazilian banks misusing the right to have overseas accounts and negotiating agreements to investigate these accounts in the... Bruce Zagaris 12 2 1996-02-01 United States, Brazil, Bahamas, Paraguay, Cayman Islands Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes
U.S. Court Upholds Summons under Mexican TIEA The United States District Court for the South District of New York has dismissed the petition of a Mexican citizen to quash a summons served on a domestic bank by the Internal Revenue Service on... Bruce Zagaris 12 2 1996-02-01 United States, Mexico Administration of Justice, Treaties, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
Brazil Extradition of Arson Suspect to U.S. Raises Questions On December 18, 1995, the extradition order by the Supreme Court of Brazil of an arson suspect to the United States has raised questions and controversy on the scope of the prosecution authority... Bruce Zagaris 12 2 1996-02-01 United States, Brazil Extradition, Murder, Fraud, Treaties, Deportation
U.S. Requests Extradition from Holland of Person Accused of Rare Manuscript Theft On December 29, 1995, Dutch newspapers reported that Daniel Spiegelman, a United States citizen whose extradition the U.S. has requested in connection with illegal weapons possession, may have... Bruce Zagaris 12 2 1996-02-01 United States, Netherlands Extradition, Human Rights
Brazil Initiates Anti-Money Laundering Project The Brazilian Minister of Justice Nelson Jobim has discussed publicly the anti-money laundering project that the Cardoso Administration has initiated. Jobim defended the proposal in Buenos Aires... Bruce Zagaris 12 2 1996-02-01 Brazil, Argentina Money Laundering, Corruption, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Tax Crimes
Schneider Withdraws Appeal of Extradition to Germany On January 15, 1996, Mr. Michael Lacher, counsel for Mr. Jürgen Schneider, the fugitive German property tycoon and financier, announced that Mr. Schneider has withdrawn his appeal against the... Bruce Zagaris 12 2 1996-02-01 United States, Germany Extradition, Fraud, Financial Crimes
Czech Republic Is the 25th Signatory to the European Laundering Convention On December 18, 1995, the Czech Republic became the 25th government to sign the 1990 European Convention on Money Laundering...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 2 1996-02-01 Europe, Czech Republic Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, European Union, Asset Forfeiture, Economic Integration, Asset Seizure, International Convention
Interpol Puts Canadian Financier on Most-Wanted List On January 22, 1996, a South African court ruled that Paul Grecian, a former British spy and arms dealer whose extradition the United States has requested for sending contraband material to Iraq,... Bruce Zagaris 12 2 1996-02-01 Canada, Europe, Switzerland, United Kingdom Money Laundering, Mutual Legal Assistance, Fraud, Law Enforcement, Theft
Hemispheric Ministers Agree on Principles to Combat Money Laundering At the end of a four-day Summit of the Americas ministerial conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 2, 1995, a Communique (hereafter the BA Summit Communique) was signed by 34 governments... Bruce Zagaris 12 1 1996-01-01 United States, Mexico, Latin America and South America, Caribbean, Cuba, Argentina Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Economic Sanctions, Extradition, Terrorism, United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Asset Forfeiture, Sanctions, International Cooperation, Financial Crimes, International Convention, Law Enforcement, Financial Supervision, Banking Supervision
Bahamas Prepares Money Laundering (Proceeds of Crime) Act 1995 In July, 1990, the Bahamas ratified the Treaty between the United States and the Bahamas on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters. The Treaty provided for the immobilization of forfeitable assets of... Z.C. Allyson Gibson 12 1 1996-01-01 United States, Bahamas Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Asset Forfeiture, Treaties, Asset Seizure, International Cooperation, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision, Banking Supervision
OAS Anti-Drug Group Agrees to Strengthen National Drug Control Commissions and Convene Experts Group on Anti-Laundering On October 17-20, 1995, the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) at its Eighteenth regular session in Washington, D.C. decided to strengthen the National Drug Control Commissions and... Bruce Zagaris 12 1 1996-01-01 Canada, United States, Latin America and South America, Caribbean, Barbados, France, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina Money Laundering, Corruption, International Organizations, European Union, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement
Bahamas Decides to Avoid Integration into Western Hemisphere Free Trade Association to Protect Secrecy and Avoid Tax Cooperation According to a recent media report, the Bahamas Government has decided to avoid any aspect of harmonization of law and cooperation in the context of the Free Trade Association of the Americas (FTAA)... Bruce Zagaris 12 1 1996-01-01 United States, Caribbean, Switzerland, Belize, Bahamas, Liechtenstein, Channel Islands, Cyprus, Malta, Gibraltar Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes, International Convention
IRS Commissioner Announces New International Enforcement Initiatives On December 14, 1995, United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue Margaret Milner Richardson, speaking at an Institute on Current Issues in International Tax at The George Washington University,... Bruce Zagaris 12 1 1996-01-01 United States, Mexico, United Kingdom Money Laundering, International Organizations, Taxation, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Asset Seizure, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement, Law Enforcement
Japan Claims Withholding Tax Evasion on Foreign Payments Soars On November 9, 1995, the Tokyo Regional Tax Bureau of the National Tax Administration stated the amount of payments to overseas firms and individuals that escaped the mandatory Japanese withholding... Bruce Zagaris 12 1 1996-01-01 United States, Japan Human Rights, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes
Gold Smuggling in Guyana Used to Launder Money On November 27, 1995, Kellawan Lall, political advisor to Guyana President Cheddi Jagan, announced that the Guyanese government is cooperating with the United States Government and receiving... Bruce Zagaris 12 1 1996-01-01 United States, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Chile, Suriname, Guyana Money Laundering, Corruption, Customs Enforcement, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Export Enforcement , International Cooperation, Law Enforcement, Customs, Smuggle
Barbados Appellate Court Rejects Appeal of Extradition Order as Untimely On June 8, 1995, the Court of Appeal of Barbados held that Notices of Appeal and Grounds of Appeal against the decision of a magistrate to commit Paul Webster for surrender following an extradition... Bruce Zagaris 12 1 1996-01-01 United States, Barbados Extradition, Human Rights
Money Laundering and the French Legislation Because "dirty money" is usually laundered not only across countries but, on many occasions, across continents as well, it was essential for the international community to organize the fight against... François Serres 12 1 1996-01-01 Europe, France Bank Secrecy, Extradition, Terrorism, European Union, United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking, International Courts, Organized Crime, Fraud, Asset Forfeiture, Sanctions, Asset Seizure, Financial Crimes, International Convention, Economic Crimes, Financial Supervision
U.S. Court in Florida Upholds Extradition Statute On September 22, 1995, a United States District Court upheld the constitutionality of the U.S. extradition statute in connection with an extradition request made by Peru, thereby providing more... Bruce Zagaris 12 1 1996-01-01 United States, Peru Extradition, Treaties, International Convention
Relator Blocks French Extradition Request to England for Testimony Only In 1994, a relator/fugitive successfully sought a writ of habeas corpus against her detention pursuant to a request for her extradition made by France to England...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 1 1996-01-01 France, United Kingdom Extradition, Treaties, International Convention
Germany Extradites Leeson to Singapore in Barings Case and Plea Is Made On November 23, 1995, Nicholas W. Leeson, the British trader, was extradited and arrived in Singapore where he was immediately arrested for the eleven charges for which he was extradited in... Bruce Zagaris 12 1 1996-01-01 Germany, United Kingdom, Singapore Extradition, Fraud, Forgery, Financial Crimes

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