Articles

E.g., 2026-06
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Cypriots Challenge Extraterritorial Jurisdiction over Non-U.S. Persons Another battle is being fought over a second individual charged in a conspiracy that previously provided the basis for kidnapping a Cypriot. Hossein Alikhani, his partner, George Christoforu, and... 9 9 1993-09-01 United States, Cyprus, Libya Money Laundering, Jurisdiction, Kidnaping, Sanctions
International Law Commission Issues Revised Report of the Working Group on the Draft Statute for International Criminal Court: Part 1 Approximately one year after the International Law Commission voted on May 17, 1993 to reconvene the Working Group on a draft statute for an international criminal court and after holding 22 meetings... 9 9 1993-09-01 World Jurisdiction, Treaties, International Criminal Court, Investigation, Prosecution
European Parliament Joins List Ordering to Ignore Cuban Democracy Act On September 16, 1993, the European Parliament adopted a resolution, calling on the European Community and its member governments to ignore the Cuban Democracy Act, which was signed into law on... 9 9 1993-09-01 Europe Trade Enforcement, Legislation
The European Community’s Anti-Drug Efforts For more than ten years, the European Community has made efforts to fight illicit drug abuse. A previous article in this publication (concerning the defrauding of the Community budget) noted that the... Bertold L. Baer 9 9 1993-09-01 Europe Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Treaties, Drug Enforcement, Legislation
U.S. Cracks Down Against Illegal Textile Transshipments In the wake of continued illegal transshipments of textiles, the Clinton administration is taking steps to increase prosecutions and other enforcement actions against textile transshipments.... 9 9 1993-09-01 United States Trade Enforcement, Customs, Trade Crimes, Investigation, Prosecution
Spain Starts Major Trial Against 50 Cocaine Traffickers During the week of September 23, 1993, the trial began of 50 alleged drug traffickers accused of operating a cocaine network from Colombia to Galicia, a province in northwest Spain. The case is said... 9 9 1993-09-01 Colombia, Spain Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement, Investigation, Prosecution
U.S. and Cyprus Agree to New Extradition Treaty On September 17, 1993, the United States and Cyprus agreed on a modern extradition treaty to replace the 1931 British-U.S. Extradition Treaty that now applies to Cyprus. According to Cypriot media... 9 9 1993-09-01 United States, Cyprus Extradition, Kidnaping, Treaties, Rendition
German Court Convicts Old Leadership of Crimes in Unprecedented On September 16, 1993, a German court convicted three former East German leaders of inciting border guards to kill citizens who tried to flee westward The proceedings were highly unuualy by their... 9 9 1993-09-01 Germany Investigation, Prosecution, Border Security
Mexico Increases International Criminal Cooperation A biannual report of the Attorney General’s Office on its activities during the period from January 4 to July 14, 1993, indicates that the Mexican Government continues to strengthen its international... 9 9 1993-09-01 Mexico Jurisdiction, Transfer of Prisoners, Kidnaping, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation
Asia/Pacific Catches the Money Laundering Bug The Asian/Pacific region is a natural area for the expansion of money laundering operations The combination of drugs and arms trafficking, the smuggling of timber, gems, and other commodities, well-... Scott MacDonald 9 9 1993-09-01 Asia Money Laundering, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement, Smuggle
United Nations and United States Take Initial Steps to Impose Sanctions on China and Taiwan for Violating Endangered Species Treaty During September 7, 1993, at a meeting of the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) in Brussels, both the UN and the US took steps to... 9 9 1993-09-01 United States, China, Taiwan Environment, United Nations, Endangered Species, Sanctions, Wildlife
Mexico and U.S. Conduct Joint Raid on Pirated Music Recordings On August 6, 1993, in an example of new cooperative bilateral intellectual property enforcement cooperation, U.S and Mexican law enforcement authorities conducted the first simultaneous raids on... 9 9 1993-09-01 United States, Mexico Intellectual Property, International Cooperation, Piracy
Conviction of Imelda Marcos Provides Cause for Philippines to Forfeit Assets from Switzerland The conviction of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos on two criminal corruption charges on September 24, 1993, raises the opportunity for the Philippine Government to facilitate the Marcos... 9 9 1993-09-01 Switzerland, Philippines Corruption, Asset Seizure, Prosecution
California State Treasurer Calls for NAFTA Side Accord on Deportation In a letter dated July 24, 1993, to President Clinton and in a television appearance the following day, State Treasurer Kathleen Brown called for a side pact to the North American Free Trade... 9 9 1993-09-01 United States Human Rights, Immigration, Transfer of Prisoners, Deportation
Demjanjuk Case Underscores Ability to Order Extraditees’ On September 22, 1993 John Demjanjuk left Israel for the United States, ending seven years of proceedings after his extradition from the U.S. in 1986. Although the case has many novel aspects, one of... 9 9 1993-09-01 Israel Extradition, Torture, Holocaust, Prosecution
Terrorism and Foreign Sovereign Immunity: The Time has Come to Remove the Terrorist’s Legal Cloak In the field of international commerce, the rules are rapidly changing to comport with the new realities of developing technology in communication and transportation. Not so, however, with regard to... 9 9 1993-09-01 World Immunity, Jurisdiction, Terrorism, Torture, Sovereignty
El Salvador and Mexico Conclude Series of Int’l Criminal Cooperation Agreements On Salvadorian President Alfredo Cristiani and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed several agreements on international criminal cooperation as well as agreements on economic trade... 9 8 1993-08-01 Mexico, El Salvador Extradition, Immigration, Transfer of Prisoners, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement
U.S. and Colombia Sign TIEA and U.S.-Peru TIEA Now in Force On July 30, 1993, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced that on July 21, in Bogota, the United States and Colombia signed an agreement to exchange tax information (TIEA). The agreement authorizes... 9 8 1993-08-01 United States, Colombia, Peru Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation
Britain Broadens Predicate Offenses for Suspicious Transactions Report Requirement to All Serious Crimes Great Britain gave Royal Assent and, during the last week of July, enacted the Criminal Justice Bill. The bill increases the responsibility of banks and other financial service companies to report... 9 8 1993-08-01 United Kingdom Money Laundering, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking
Proposed Policy for United States Prisoner Transfer Treaties United States prisoner transfer treaties permit foreign nationals sentenced by all federal courts and most state courts to be transferred to their countries of nationality to serve the remainder of... Michael Abbell 9 8 1993-08-01 United States Transfer of Prisoners, Treaties

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