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U.S. Appellate Ct. Overturns Pretrial Restraint of Substitute Assets in Liechtenstein |
On May 20, 1993, in a decision by the respected Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham, the Court reversed a decision of the U.S. district court, ordering pretrial restraint of... |
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8 |
1993-08-01 |
United States, Liechtenstein |
Asset Seizure |
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S. Korea Government Forms Center to Collect Intelligence on Int’l Drug Smuggling |
On June 9, 1993, the South Korean media reported that the South Korean’s Agency for National Security Planning is establishing its own center to collect intelligence on international drug smuggling,... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
South Korea |
Money Laundering, National Security, Drugs & Trafficking, Smuggle |
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NAFTA Side Agreements Strengthen Enforcement, but Miss Opportunity for Meaningful Enforcement Cooperation Mechanisms |
On August 13, 1993, the U.S., Mexico and Canada agreed on supplemental accords on environmental and labor matters to strengthen enforcement. The accords do provide for dispute resolution mechanisms... |
Bruce Zagaris |
9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
North America |
Environment, Intellectual Property, Treaties, Compliance |
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Report Warns of the New Threat of Int’l Organized Crime to U.S. National Security |
In August 1993, the National Strategy Information Center had a press conference and released a report, entitled International Organized Crime: Emerging Threat to U.S. Security. The report states that... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
United States |
Intelligence, Organized Crime |
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Bibliography |
The next Bibliography will appear in the October issue of the International Enforcement Law Reporter. |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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Brazil Government Ratifies Italian Extradition and Penal Cooperation Treaties |
On July 12, 1993, the Brazilian Government approved its ratification of an extradition treaty with Italy. The treaty obligates the signatory countries to extradite criminals pursued by the... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
Brazil, Italy |
Extradition, Human Rights, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties |
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Brazil Extradites Alleged Mafia Drug Trafficker to Italy |
On July 10, 1993, the Brazil Federal Police reported that Vicenzo Curcelli, an alleged Italian drug trafficker and member of the Mafia, had been extradited to Italy. Curcelli had avoided a sentence... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
Brazil, Italy |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Canadian International Money Laundering: Money on the Run by Mario Possami |
This book depicts the evolution during the last ten years or so of money laundering in Canada. The author, a former investigative reporter who became a financial investigator, provides in twelve... |
Bruce Zagaris |
9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
Canada |
Money Laundering, Law Enforcement, Investigation, Prosecution |
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Mexico Cooperates with the U.S. to Deport Chinese Migrants Intercepted at Sea While China Convicts Smugglers |
On July 17, 1993, Mexico, bowing to high-level pressure from the U.S. Government, started deporting 430 Chinese migrants seized aboard two illegal smuggling ships. By July 18, the third of the three... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Mexico, China |
Human Rights, Immigration, Smuggle |
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Financial Action Task Force Issues Annual Report |
On June 29, 1993, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued its 1992-3 annual report on money laundering. The Task Force confirms the trend towards both greater use of non-bank financial... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, FATF |
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U.S. Government Rides Wave of Enforcement Action against Illegal Migration |
Riding the crest of an international anti-illegal migration enforcement wave, on July 27, 1993, President Clinton, joined by a bipartisan group of lawmakers whose states have been staggered by blows... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States |
Immigration, Asset Forfeiture, Smuggle, Prosecution, Border Security, Asylum |
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Portugal Enacts Anti-Money Laundering Regulations |
The Portuguese Government, in the face of growing illicit trade in narcotics, especially from Latin America and Africa, has enacted two laws to combat money laundering. On January 22, 1993, it... |
Bruce Zagaris |
9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
Portugal |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement, Legislation |
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Treaty Update |
This article details changed that have occurred in U.S. mutual legal assistance treaties since the last update in February 1993…[more] |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States |
Treaties |
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United Arab Emirates and India Sign Bilateral Narcotics Agreement |
On June 7, the governments of India and the United Arab Emirates announced the signing of a bilateral narcotics agreement in Abu Dhabi that provides for bilateral cooperation in combatting narcotics... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
India, United Arab Emirates |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties, International Cooperation |
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Bibliography of Books, Articles and Documents |
This article gives details on recently released books, articles and documents on international law enforcement…[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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U.S. Citizens Detained and Linked to Brazil-Nigerian Cocaine Trade |
The arrest of Donald Koehl, a U.S. citizen, has been heralded as an effort to combat the cocaine trade between Brazil and Nigeria. According to a media report, Koehl was arrested in his house which... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Brazil, Nigeria |
Drugs & Trafficking, Arrest, Prosecution |
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European Community Internal Committee of Experts Reviews EC Directive on Mutual Assistance and Other Means to Improve Exchange of Information |
On July 7, 1993, reports from the tax media were that European Community national tax expert David Carr, who has worked as an expert in the European Community’s finance institutions and company law... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
Europe |
Trade Enforcement, International Cooperation, Sovereignty, OECD |
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9th Circuit Affirms Specialty Claim for Pakistani Fugitive on Drug Charges |
On April 1993, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the decision of the U.S. District Court and agreed with the argument of Pakistani’s fugitive, Zulquarman Khan, that the... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Pakistan |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Prosecution, Fugitive |
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Nigeria Deports Hijacker Ali Rezaq to the U.S. after Ghana Releases Him |
On July 15, the Nigerian Government released to the U.S. Government Omar Mohammed Ali Rezaq, an airplane hijacker, who was assiduously sought by the U.S. for his role in the hijacking of a jetliner... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Nigeria, Ghana |
Deportation, Arrest |
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Egypt’s Ability to Obtain Sheik Tied to Bomb Case Rests on 1874 Extradition Treaty |
The immediate plight of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the Islamic cleric who was arrested in connection with the World Trade Center bombing, will depend on the disposition of the Egyptian extradition... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
Egypt |
Extradition, Terrorism, Murder, Treaties, Piracy, Rape |