Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Globality and Technology Gives Rise to New International Financial Crimes On August 3, 1995, during the Annual Convention of the American Bar Association Jane Wexton, counsel and Vice President, Citibank, highlighted developments in international financial crime.... Bruce Zagaris 11 9 1995-09-01 United States Money Laundering, Fraud, Financial Crimes, Economic Crimes
Congress Reviews U.S. Policy on Asian Heroin Production and Trafficking On June 21, 1995, the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the House Committee on International Relations in a hearing on Asian heroin production and trafficking reviewed current and future policy... Bruce Zagaris 11 9 1995-09-01 United States, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Asia, China, Venezuela, Taiwan, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Turkey, Thailand, Hong Kong, Former Soviet Union Intelligence, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement, Law Enforcement
Importers to South Korea Complain of Uncertainty in Applying Criminal Excise Tax Requirements Importers into South Korea have complained of uncertainty in the application of excise tax requirements that subject importers to substantial criminal and/or administrative penalties and focus on the... Bruce Zagaris 11 9 1995-09-01 United States, South Korea Taxation, Trade Enforcement, Treaties, Tax Crimes, Customs
Canada Captures Robbery Fugitive from New Jersey On August 9, 1995, Canadian law enforcement officials arrested Avram David Gottlieb in a hotel in Ottawa after he had evaded authorities in three countries for almost five months after he allegedly... Bruce Zagaris 11 9 1995-09-01 Canada, United States Extradition, Law Enforcement, Robbery
Israel Seeks Extradition of Alleged Terrorist from U.S. On July 31, 1995, a Jerusalem court issued an arrest warrant for Mousa Abu Marzook and on August 8, 1995, an extradition hearing was held, at which time U.S. prosecutors said that Marzook financed... Bruce Zagaris 11 9 1995-09-01 United States, Israel, Palestine Extradition, Immigration, Terrorism, Murder, Arms Trafficking
Forfeiture for the Purposes of Extradition, Crime or Punishment?: United States v. Saccoccia On December 18, 1992, Mr. Stephen A. Saccoccia was convicted on racketeering, money laundering, and other related charges concerning his alleged activities with the Cali cartel. After learning his... Lisa S. Koenig 11 9 1995-09-01 United States, Switzerland Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, Extradition, Asset Forfeiture, Treaties
British Court Holds Fugitive Extraditable and Long Delay of Extradition Not Sufficient Where Attributable in Part to Fugitive In 1994, a British court upheld the extradition of a person who was charged in Hong Kong with accepting bribes between 1981 and 1982 and denied his application for habeas corpus, which was based on... Bruce Zagaris 11 9 1995-09-01 China, United Kingdom, Hong Kong Extradition, Human Rights, Bribery
English Court Allows Swiss Court to Decide Whether to Fulfill Request for Judicial Assistance Even Though Trial Is Complete On February 21, 1995, a British court allowed Swiss authorities to determine whether to fulfill a request for judicial assistance even though a criminal trial was concluded...(more) Bruce Zagaris 11 9 1995-09-01 United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance
U.S. Court Dismisses Complaint of U.S. Narcotics Official Charged with Misallocation of Fuel in Bolivia On July 21, 1995, the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana dismissed a complaint brought by a U.S. citizen contract employee for the State Department conducting anti-narcotics... Bruce Zagaris 11 9 1995-09-01 United States, Mexico, Bolivia, China Administration of Justice, Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Drug Enforcement
Two Migration Enforcement Bills Progress Through U.S. Congress Two bills that would tighten significantly migration enforcement are flying through the U.S. Congress and reflect the global trend to simultaneously strengthen borders, criminalize illegal entry and... Bruce Zagaris 11 9 1995-09-01 United States Customs Enforcement, Immigration, Terrorism, Fraud, Asset Forfeiture, Deportation, Smuggle
Cayman Court Refuses to Recognize SEC Receiver of Trust In a decision reported recently, the Grand Court of Cayman refused to recognize the receiver of a Trust the U.S. District Court had appointed on the application of the U.S. Securities and Exchange... Bruce Zagaris 11 9 1995-09-01 United States, Cayman Islands Jurisdiction, Fraud, Securities Trade Enforcement
Dominican Republic Tries to Cope with Return of Ex-Convicts from the U.S. In early June 1995, the first 27 of approximately 5,000 Dominicans convicted of felonies in the United States were returned to the Dominican Republic after finishing their prison sentences. The... Bruce Zagaris 11 9 1995-09-01 United States, Caribbean, Dominican Republic Transfer of Prisoners, Deportation
Singapore Assures that Leeson Will Receive Fair Treatment A senior Singapore official, who has remained anonymous, has assured that, if extradited by Germany, Nick Leeson, the fugitive derivatives trader charged with multiple fraud charges, will receive a... Bruce Zagaris 11 8 1995-08-01 Germany, United Kingdom, China, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Hong Kong Fraud, Banking Supervision
United States Faces Charges of State-Sponsored Kidnapping before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights On July 17, 1995 a novel petition was filed on behalf of Kenneth Walker, a Canadian citizen, and Hossein Alikhani, a Cypriot citizen, with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights alleging that... Bruce Zagaris 11 8 1995-08-01 Canada, United States, Chile, Bahamas, Ecuador, Cyprus, Libya Customs Enforcement, Extradition, Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Kidnaping, Sanctions
Cypriot Courts Rearrest American Whose Extradition U.S. Has Requested in Embezzlement Charges On July 14, 1995, police in Limassol, Cyprus re-arrested David Lee Carter, 39 years old American citizen whose extradition is sought by the U.S. on charges of embezzling $1 million...(more) Bruce Zagaris 11 8 1995-08-01 United States, Cyprus Extradition, Jurisdiction, Fraud, Embezzlement
U.S. and Italy Conclude MOU in Commodities Futures Enforcement On June 22, 1995, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Commissione Nazionale per la Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB) of Italy concluded a mutual assistance agreement...(... Bruce Zagaris 11 8 1995-08-01 United States, Italy Mutual Legal Assistance, Securities Trade Enforcement
U.S. Presses Central and Eastern European Countries for Improved Cooperation as Stolen Vehicles Accelerate As the number of exported stolen automobiles skyrocket, the U.S. Government is increasing enforcement and pressing countries in Central and Eastern Europe and elsewhere to conclude treaties to... Bruce Zagaris 11 8 1995-08-01 United States, China, Poland, Dominican Republic, Baltic Region, Former Soviet Union Customs Enforcement, Fraud, Treaties, International Cooperation, Theft, Smuggle, Vehicles
Japan Starts Fund for "Comfort Women" On July 18, 1995, the Japanese Government announced the start of a fund to compensate "comfort women" who were forced to provide sexual services for the Japanese army during World War II...(more) Bruce Zagaris 11 8 1995-08-01 Japan, Netherlands, Philippines, Korea Human Rights, Victims Compensation
U.S. Removes Sanctions Against Taiwan for CITES Violations On June 30, 1995, President Bill Clinton removed trade sanctions against Taiwan imposed in 1994 because of their violations of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)... Bruce Zagaris 11 8 1995-08-01 United States, Taiwan Economic Sanctions, Environment, International Convention
European Union: Europol-Convention The Draft Europol-Convention has been the subject of long discussions within the European Union. At their meeting on June 20-21, 1995, the Council of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers agreed on the... Bruce Zagaris 11 8 1995-08-01 Europe, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg International Organizations, Jurisdiction, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, International Courts, International Convention

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