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Caribbean and Americas Anti-Money Laundering Programs Progress |
Significant progress is occuring on anti-money laundering enforcement efforts in the Caribbean and the Americas generally. |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Caribbean, United States |
International Cooperation, Money Laundering |
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Trade Bill to Provide Andean Preferences Passes |
On the eve of the Congressional recess, both houses approved by voice vote the conference agreement on a bill, HR 1724, that will provide trade preferences to Andean countries. The new law extends to... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Colombia, Peru, United States |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Trade Enforcement, Treaties |
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IRS Assists Japan in Tax Evasion Investigation of Japanese Real Estate Investments in Hawaii |
With the assistance of the Internal Revenue Service, Japan's National Tax Administration Agency has detected 218 instances of possible tax evasion by Japanese nationals in Hawaiian real estate.... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Japan, United States |
Tax Enforcement, Taxation |
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Peru Begins Broad Corporate Tax Compliance Program Amidst Prosecution of Ex-President Garcia for Illicit Enrichment |
Peru's Government has simultaneously taken action on three fronts in an effort to try to both raise revenue and bring equity into its tax system and overall government. |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Peru |
Corruption, Prosecution, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
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Economic Crime Emerging Market Economies: Poland and the Case for an Adequate Legal Prootection |
Poland is one of the Eastern European countries which has been desperately trying to transform its unworkable economy to a free market system. The commerical spirit of the former socialist society... |
Michael Plachta |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Poland |
Economic Crimes, International Cooperation |
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Tension Builds over Requests for Extradition of Libyans as Arab League Backs Libya and Libya Makes Concessions |
Diplomatic tensions are building over the refusal by Libya to accede to the demands of the United States and Britain to extradite or turn over Abdel Basste Ali Al-Meghari and Lamen Khalifah Fhiman,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Libya, United Kingdom, United States |
Extradition, International Cooperation, Terrorism |
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EC Progress on Common Asylum and Enforcement Program against Illegal Immigrants |
In what is shaping up as one of the key public international law and international criminal cooperation matters, momentum is gaining towards a compromise and the achievment of a common European... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
European Union |
Asylum, Immigration |
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Trevi Ministers Meet and Agree to Strengthen Regional Cooperation |
On December 2-3, The Euroepan Ministers responsible for police and security matters met in The Hague to conduct their half-yearly round of formal discussions. The Dutch Presidency, represented by Mr... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
European Union |
International Cooperation, International Law, International Organizations |
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Considers Ratification of International and Political Covenant |
On November 21, 1991, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations considered the case for the ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The holding of the hearing... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
United States |
Human Rights, International Law |
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Bhopal Crime Case Begins Without Union Carbide Chair |
On November 27, 1991, the criminal case began in India on the alleged responsibility of the former chairman of Union Carbide Corportation, a U.S.-based company and eight executives of its Asian... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
India |
Environment, Prosecution |
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ABA Program Highlights Frontier Developments in International Environmental Criminal Law |
On December 3, 1991, the Committee on International Criminal Law, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Associations, held a program on "International Encironment Criminal Law: Cross-Border Problems... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
United States, World |
Environment, International Law |
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Environmentalists Finally Hook Japan to End the Use of Drift Net Fishing |
In an important victory for environmental groups seeking to jump-start international environmental enforcement law, on November 26, the Japanese cabinet approved a moratorium on drift net fishing on... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Japan |
Environment, Wildlife |
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Italy Establishes Compensation Fund through Insurance Policies to Compensation Victims of Organized Crime Extortion |
The Government of Italy has established a compensation fund to assist victims of extortion efforts by organized crime. The fund will be partly financed by a new one-percent tax on certain insurance... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Italy |
Administration of Justice, Extortion, Organized Crime, Oversight |
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Canadian Proposes to Link Human Rights and Foreign Aid Raises Whole Tie of Enforcement of International Human Rights |
During the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Harare, ZImbabwe, Canadian Prime Minsiter Brian Mulroney proposed that foreign assistance be directly tied to the human rights record of the... |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Canada, Zimbabwe |
Human Rights, International Cooperation |
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International Environmental Law Conference Sees New Enforcement Regimes |
One of the clear themes emerging out of a two-day conference of the American Bar National Instiute on international environmental law is that enforcement mechanisms in international environmental law... |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
United States, World |
Environment, International Cooperation, International Law |
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Mexican Government Will Buttress Environmental Enforcement |
On October 28, Mexico's Secretary of Urban Development and Ecology (SEDUE) Patricio Chirinosannounced a three-year program of more than $460 million to protect the environment along Mexico's border.... |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Environment |
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Financial Action Task Force Report Provides Additional Momentum |
The most recent report of the Financial Action Task Force indicates that the organization is quickly becoming the most important intergovernmental organization for money laundering enforcement. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy, FATF, Money Laundering |
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Foreign-Owned Vessels Detained in Liberian Waters |
In a series of incidents in Liberian waters, vessels have been seized. |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Liberia, Spain |
Piracy |
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German Cabinet Approves Drug-Related Laundering and Forfeiture |
The German Cabinet has sanctioned a draft law anti-narcotics trafficking law. The new law will criminalize money laundering and enable the courts to, as part of their sentence, fine violators an... |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Germany |
Asset Forfeiture, Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Money Laundering |
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Fisheries Enforcement Cooperation between Namibia and Angola |
Friction has arised between Namibia and Spain over illegal fishing in Namibian waters. On June 25, 1991, two Spanish fishing vessels were detected fishing illegally in Namibian waters during a... |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Angola, Namibia, Spain |
Environment, Trade Enforcement, Wildlife |