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Presidential Budget Proposals Contain Tax Enforcement Measures |
President Bush’s budget proposal of February 9, 1989, contains few ideas that may have an impact on international enforcement in the tax area. The only major item is a proposal to increase funding... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
2 |
1989-02-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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Langer's Practical International Tax Planning Supplement Covers Enforcement Developments |
Release No. 3 to Marshall J. Langer’s Practical International Tax Planning continues to highlight developments in enforcement that impact international tax planning. For instance, it contains a new... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
5 |
1989-02-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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IRS and State Department Implement International Tax Compliance |
The Internal Revenue Service and the Department of State have established procedures to start computer checks against State Department passport files to identify possible nonfilers. |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
5 |
1989-02-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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Greek Government Takes Action to Improve Enforcement against International Terrorism |
On January 24, after an emergency meeting following attacks on Greek judicial officials by urban terrorist groups, the Greek Government announced new measures to battle international terrorism.
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Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
2 |
1989-02-01 |
Greece |
Counter-terrorism |
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Irish Attorney General Refuses Extradition of Alleged Terrorist to British Authorities |
The Attorney General of Ireland has recently refused the extradition of an alleged Irish terrorist to British Authorities, after deciding that he would not be able to obtain a fair trial in England... |
Bruce Zagaris and Stephen Gardner |
2 |
5 |
1989-02-01 |
Ireland |
Extradition |
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Releases Print of Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty Hearings |
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has released a print of the hearings on the pending Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs). In order to conserve resources, the Committee’s print is entitled... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
2 |
1989-02-01 |
United States |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects Specialty Doctrine in Applying Swiss Court's Extradition Order Enjoining Prosecution for Fiscal Offenses |
In February 5, 1989, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (no.87-5007), in a two to one decision, affirmed the conviction on various drug related charges, holding, inter alia,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
2 |
1989-02-01 |
Switzerland |
Extradition |
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Mariel Cuban Repatriation Program Proceeds |
On January 31, 1989, the Department of Justice announced that its Mariel Cuban Repatriation and Parole Review Panels had reviewed 98 cases through January 23, making final decisions in 78 cases and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
2 |
1989-02-01 |
Cuba |
Adjective Enforcement |
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Central American Governments Agree to International Enforcement to Monitor and Assist in the Implementation of Peace Accord |
The foreign ministers of five Central American countries announced that an agreement has been reached on a mechanism to enforce the peace accord. |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
2 |
1989-02-01 |
Central America |
Adjective Enforcement |
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Conference on Inter-American Human Rights System Dissects Velasquez (Disappearance) Case and Examines Role of Inter-American Conference |
On October 28, 1988 the second conference on the Inter-American Human Rights System was held at the American University in Washington. The conference dealt with the first exercise of the Inter-... |
Hans Siegrist |
4 |
12 |
1988-12-01 |
United States |
Human Rights |
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9th Circuit Declares Rights of Foreign Nationals When Searched Abroad- U.S. v. Verdugo-Urquidez |
In a recent decision the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a 2-1 vote, affirmed the decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, which extended the... |
Steve Smith |
4 |
12 |
1988-12-01 |
United States |
Human Rights |
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Appellate Court Dismisses Wire and Fraud Counts in International Arms Sale for Failure of the U.S. to Establish its Property Rights |
On April 27, 1988, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously affirmed the dismissal, by trial judge Leonard B. Sand, of wire and mail fraud counts of an indictment for failure to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
12 |
1988-12-01 |
United States |
Fraud |
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Book Review: Morton David Goldberg, Computer Software 1988- Protection and Marketing |
The law on computer software stands at the cutting edge of trade secret, copyright, patent, trademark, and international law. Fourteen contributors expertly guide the practitioner through the... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
4 |
12 |
1988-12-01 |
United States |
Computer Crimes |
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Canada Enacts Narcotics Act with Extraterritorial Elements |
On July 7, 1988, the Canadian House of Commons enacted Bill C-61 that provides important new substantive and procedural mechanisms to combat international narcotics trafficking and related money... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
12 |
1988-12-01 |
Canada |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Agreement Is Reached on United Nations Drug Convention |
In a development that will have dynamic and highly significant international criminal law implications, forty-three governments signed, on December 20 in Vienna, a new United Nations drug convention... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
12 |
1988-12-01 |
World |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Maltese Terrorism Trial Ends with 25-Year Sentence |
On November 1, 1988, hijacker Omar Mohammed Ali Rezaq pleaded guilty before a Criminal Court in Malta to seven criminal charges, including murder and attempted murder. The next day, he was sentenced... |
Susan H. Steer |
4 |
12 |
1988-12-01 |
Malta |
Terrorism |
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Congress Passes First Substantive Amendment to United States Extradition Laws in More Than 100 Years |
In one of the many changes to title 18, United States Code, in the recently signed Omnibus Drug Initiative Act of 1988, Congress amended this country's extradition laws to make it easier to obtain a... |
Michael Abbell |
4 |
12 |
1988-12-01 |
United States |
Extradition |
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U.S.-Thai Prisoner Transfer Treaty Enters Into Force |
On December 7, 1988, the United States and Thailand exchanged instruments of ratification bringing into force the prisoner-transfer-treaty signed in 1982. Thailand is the nineteenth country with... |
Michael Abbell |
4 |
12 |
1988-12-01 |
Thailand |
Transfer of Prisoners |
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Congress Amends Prisoner Transfer Treaty Implementing Legislation to Permit Transfer of Americans Convicted in Foreign Countries of Offenses Committed After October 31, 1987 |
In pasing the Omnibus Drug Initiative Act of 1988, Congress also amended this country's prisoner transfer treaty implementing legislation by enacting a new 4106A, title 18, United States Code, to... |
Michael Abbell |
4 |
12 |
1988-12-01 |
United States |
Transfer of Prisoners |
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Congress Passes Statute to Permit Witnesses in Custody in Foreign Countries to Come to the United States to Testify in Criminal Proceedings |
As part of the Omnibus Drug Initiative Act of 1988, Congress added a new S3508 to tite 18 United States Code. |
Michael Abbell |
4 |
12 |
1988-12-01 |
United States |
Criminal Procedure/Proceedings |