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Dr. Alvarez-Machain Sues U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency for Kidnapping, Torture and Deprivation of Human Rights |
On July 9, Dr. Humberto Alvarez-Machain, the Mexican physician who was kidnapped from his home in Guadalajara, Mexico in April 1990 to stand trial in the murder of a former DEA agent Enrique Camarena... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Human Rights, Kidnaping, Torture, Drug Enforcement |
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The Germany Law of Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters |
In the 1990s, two factors increased the practical relevance of legal assistance in international criminal matters: the abolishment of internal borders in the European Community and the collapse of... |
Bertold L. Baer |
9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Germany |
Investigation, Prosecution, Border Security |
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Bulgaria Ratifies Two Council of Europe Criminal Cooperation Conventions |
On June 2, 1993, Bulgaria ratified two Council of Europe Conventions on Criminal Cooperation: the Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure, and Confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime and the... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Europe, Bulgaria |
Money Laundering, Corruption, Environment, Terrorism, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Asset Seizure, International Cooperation |
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Panama’s Government Denies DEA Request for Interrogation Center |
In April 1993, the Panamanian Government denied a request from the Drug Enforcement Administration to establish a DEA interrogation center on one of the Southern Command bases on the banks of the... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
United States, Panama |
Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement, Law Enforcement, Investigation |
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Italian Central Bank Issues Anti-Money Laundering Regulations |
Italy has issued by-laws (“Decalogo”) in further regulation of its Anti-Money Laundering Law enacted July 5, 1991 (no. 198). The Italian Anti-Money Laundering Law requires that banks, financial... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Italy |
Money Laundering, Kidnaping, Drugs & Trafficking, Financial Crimes, Extortion |
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U.S. and Chile Sign Memorandum on Securities Enforcement Cooperation |
On June 3, 1993, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding governing consultation and cooperation in the administration and... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
United States, Chile |
International Cooperation |
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Financial Action Task Force Issues Annual Report and Plans Meeting with Gulf Cooperation Council in the Wake of Money Movement Problems |
On June 29, the Financial Action Task Force released its annual report. The next issue of the International Law Reporter will discuss its highlights. In October 1993, the FATF will hold a meeting... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Middle East |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Fraud, Embezzlement |
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Japanese Organized Crime Suspected of Smuggling Chinese |
On April 8, 1993, Japanese police investigated allegations that an organized crime group had attempted to smuggle 145 Chinese people into Japan. Police searched the group’s office in efforts to... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
China, Japan |
Maritime, Immigration, Organized Crime, Smuggle |
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Money Laundering and the Asia/Pacific Region |
Money laundering is going to be a major growth industry in the 1990s and the Asia/Pacific region will figure prominently in that development. The usual perception of money laundering evokes images of... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Asia |
Money Laundering |
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New Waves of Organized Immigrant Smuggling Prompts U.S. To Initiate Efforts to Strengthen Enforcement Regime Against Illegal Migration |
On June 18, 1993, U.S. President Bill Clinton announced an initiative agent against the smuggling of illegal immigrants by crime syndicate. The U.S. Government initiative includes plans to combat... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
United States |
Immigration, Organized Crime, Smuggle, Racketeering/RICO |
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Operation White Paradise Dismantles International Drug Trafficking Ring |
On April 14, 1993, Argentinean police successfully completed Operation White Paradise, a multinational drug enforcement effort attacking drug trafficking which involved Argentina, Bolivia and Italy.... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Argentina |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement, Investigation |
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U.S. Aggressively Prosecutes Chinese Crime Rings and Alien Smuggling |
At the beginning of June 1993, several San Francisco and New York cases involved organized alien smuggling galvanized the U.S. law enforcement community to prosecute both more aggressively and... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
United States |
Law Enforcement, Smuggle, Prosecution, Asylum |
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EC To Establish Europol Anti-Drug Unit by July 1 |
On May 7, 1993, the European Community (EC) justice ministers agreed to set up the previously delayed Europol anti-drug unit beginning July 1. The EC police unit was originally scheduled to commence... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Europe |
Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement, Border Security |
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Research Perspectives on International Criminal Law |
The phrase “international criminal law” was coined by Jeremy Bentham in 1820. The very existence of such a branch of the law remained controversial until recently. It is hardly questionable today... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
World |
Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition, Genocide, Human Rights, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Jurisdiction, Money Laundering, Taxation, Terrorism |
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Ecuador Government Interrupts and Dismantles Two Drug Trafficking Groups |
On April 4, 1993, the Ecuador Government announced success in interrupting and dismantling the assets of two of the largest drug-trafficking organizations that had been operating in Ecuador and whose... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Ecuador |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement |
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Bibliography |
The bibliography for the International Enforcement Law Reporter is published quarterly. The bibliography will be published in July…[more] |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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Spain Enacts Law on Drug Trafficking |
On December 23, 1992, Spain enacted a law on drug trafficking in accordance with its ratification of the 1988 Vienna United Nations Drug Convention. The prefatory explanation of the bill states that... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Spain |
Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement, Legislation |
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The “Nigerian Connection” Is Revealed by Brazilian Police |
“The Nigerian Connection,” a new international drug trafficking route, was revealed on April 7, 1993 by the Federal Prison (PF, Brazilian police). Since September 1993, thirteen Nigerians and three... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Nigeria |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime |
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Major Bust Indicates Efforts of Portugal to Combat Rising Drug Trafficking |
On June 1 and 2, 1993, the Judicial Police of Faro, Portugal arrested nine persons next to Olhão in the Algarve, the popular southern Portuguese resort area. The Judicial Police reported that the... |
On Bruce Zagaris |
9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Morocco, Portugal |
Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement |
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IRS Warns U.S. Employers of Illegal Aliens About their Withholding and Employment Tax Obligations |
In its spring 1993 issue of International Tax Forum, the International Revenue Service informed taxpayers that illegal aliens must file and pay tax on any U.S. income or worldwide income in the same... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
United States |
Immigration, Taxation |