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Ghanaian Court Evidence Used to Overturn Fraud Conviction |
On April 19, 1993, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, on the basis of newly discovered evidence gleaned from a criminal case in Ghana, vacated a criminal fraud conviction. At... |
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8 |
1993-08-01 |
United States, Ghana |
Fraud, Prosecution |
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Ibero-American Summit Agrees to Alternative Economic Development Program for Coca Growers |
On July 16, the Ibero-American Summit, at the request of the Peruvia delegation, adopted a resolution to establish an action program to provide economic development as a means to combat illegal drug... |
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8 |
1993-08-01 |
Latin America and South America |
Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Hungary Ratifies 6 Council of Europe Criminal Cooperation Treaties |
On July 7, 1993, Hungary ratified six of the following Council of Europe criminal cooperation treaties, showing the positive impact of regional intergovernmental organizations in the evolution of... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
Hungary |
Extradition, Transfer of Prisoners, Treaties, International Cooperation |
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Peru Added as 4th Beneficiary to the Andean Trade Preferences Act |
On August 12, 1993, President William J. Clinton promulgated an order, designating Peru as the fourth beneficiary under the Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA). In a letter dated August 11, President... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
United States, Peru |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation |
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U.N. Progresses on Establishing War Crimes Tribunal as American Bar Association Supports Creation of U.S. War Crimes Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia |
On August 20, 1993, the United Nations moved closer to establishing a tribunal to prosecute war criminals in the former Yugoslavia by narrowing a list of candidates for potential judges from 41... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
United States, Former Yugoslavia |
War Crimes, Prosecution, International Criminal Tribunal |
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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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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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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
United States, Liechtenstein |
Asset Seizure |
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Haiti Is the Focus of International Human Rights Law Effort While Haitian Refugees Have Mixed Success in Pressing Human Rights Abroad |
The international community, specifically the United Nations (UN) and the Organization for American States (OAS), apparently has successfully rallied to impose economic sanctions against the Haitian... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
Haiti |
Human Rights, United Nations, Sanctions, Detention |
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Americas Watch Repeats Call for Mechanisms to Remedy Human Rights Abuses on U.S.-Mexican Border |
On May 13, 1993, Americas Watch in a supplemental report, concludes that serious abuses by U.S. immigration law enforcement agents continue and calls for new mechanisms to curtail abuses and... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Immigration, Law Enforcement, Rape, Detention, Border Security |
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Congressional Hearing Calls for New Measures to Combat Crossborder Laundering between the U.S. and Mexico as Treasury and Texas Initiate New Anti-Laundering Enforcement Project |
At a hearing held by the House Banking Committee in San Antonio, Texas, Assistant Treasury Secretary for Enforcement Ronald Noble and Texas Attorney General Dan Morales announced a pilot project, “... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Money Laundering, Financial Crimes, Border Security, Legislation |
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German Court Denies Ghanian Citizen Asylum Indicating Strict Enforcement of New Asylum |
The German federal constitutional court dismissed an appeal from a Ghanian citizen who desired asylum in Germany. The decision allayed fears that asylum-seekers would use the court system to prevent... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
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7 |
1993-07-01 |
Germany, Ghana |
Immigration, Deportation, Asylum |
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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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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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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 |