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House Considers International Securities Enforcement Bill |
On August 3, 1988, the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, held a hearing on H.R. 4945, the "International Securities... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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8 |
1988-08-01 |
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Securities Trade Enforcement |
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British Court Grants Canada's Extradition Request for Sikh |
On August 9, 1988, a British court ordered the extradition of Inderjit Singh Reyat, who is wanted in British Columbia in connection with a bombing at a Tokyo airport in 1985. After an eleven day... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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8 |
1988-08-01 |
United States |
Extradition |
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Trinidad Prime Minister Reiterates Call for International Commission of Inquiry |
On August 9, 1988, in an address at the American Bar Association's Annual Convention in Torontom Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister A.N.R. Robinson repeated his call for the establishment of an... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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8 |
1988-08-01 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Investigation |
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INS Recommends Preservation of Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments Act |
In a report of May 11,1988, Immigration and Naturalization Service Commissioner Alan C. Nelson recommended that the Immigration Marriage Fraud Amerndments Act (IMFA) of 1986 be kept intact. The IMFA... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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8 |
1988-08-01 |
United States |
Immigration |
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Commission of the European Communities' Green Paper on Copyright and the Challenge of Technology |
On June 7, 1988 the Commission of the European Communities released a Communication from the Commission entitled "Green Paper on Copyright and the Challenge of Technology- Copyright Issues Requiring... |
Jay A. Rosenthal, Esq. |
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8 |
1988-08-01 |
Europe |
Copyright |
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Bill Imposing Tougher Sanctions Against South Africa Progresses |
In February 1987, Representative Ron Dellums (D-CA) and Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA) introduced HR.1589 and S.556 to impose comprehensive sanctions against South Africa. The bills would amend the... |
Steve Smith |
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8 |
1988-08-01 |
South Africa |
Human Rights |
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Inter-American Court Finds Honduras Guilty of Disappearance |
On July 29, 1988, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereafter the "Court") in a far-reaching opinion ruled in favor of Juan Manfredo Velasquez Rodriguez, ordering payment of damages by the... |
Ricardo Martinez Tanoira and Bruce Zagaris |
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8 |
1988-08-01 |
Honduras |
Human Rights |
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Controversy Ensues over Decision-Making Process in the Indictment of Foreign Leaders |
Several developments recently have brought to the forefront the decision-making processes for indicting foreign leaders. |
Bruce Zagaris |
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7 |
1988-07-01 |
World |
Indictment |
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United States Appeal Canadian McVey Extradition Ruling |
The United States on June 20, 1988 appealed in the British Columbia Court the extradition ruling on Charles McVey. The United States claimed that "it must meet prima facie proof that the conduct of... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
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7 |
1988-07-01 |
United States |
Extradition |
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U.S. Supreme Court Requires Target to Sign Consent Directive |
On June 22, 1988, in an 8 to 1 opinion, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that the target of a federal grand jury investigation must sign a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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7 |
1988-07-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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GAO Gives Bad Marks to National Guard- Customs Anti-Smuggling Efforts |
In a report on Operation Autumn Harvest, the General Accounting Office (GAO) concludes that the Operation did not meet its primary objective of interdicting drug smugglers, although it provided... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
7 |
1988-07-01 |
United States |
Smuggle |
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1st Circuit Upholds Marijuana Conviction in High Seas Search |
In the case of United States v. Robinson et al, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in an opinion dated March 18, 1988, affirmed the conviction of three defendants for unlawful... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
7 |
1988-07-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
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Trinidad and the U.S. Schedule Tax Information Exchange Talks |
Trinidad and the United States have scheduled negotiations over a tax information exchange agreement (TIEA), and by the time the next IELR is published (the end of August), a TIEA should be concluded. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
7 |
1988-07-01 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Taxation |
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U.S. Withdraws Ambassador to Protest Mexico's Refusal to Extradite Alleged Terrorist |
On June 24, 1988, the Government of Mexico released William Morales, 37, a national of Puerto Rico whose extradition the United States Government had requested. The Mexican Government denied the U.S... |
Bruce Zagaris and Ricardo Tanoira Martinez |
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7 |
1988-07-01 |
Mexico |
Terrorism |
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PLO Mission Controversy |
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on June 29, 1988 that the United States Government did not have legal authority to close the Palestine Liberation... |
Jay A. Rosenthal, Esq. |
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7 |
1988-07-01 |
Palestine |
Terrorism |
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Hearing Held on Bill for Securities Enforcement and Cooperation |
On June 29, the Subcommittee on Securities of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held a hearing concerning S.2544, The International Securities Enforcement Cooperation Act of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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7 |
1988-07-01 |
United States |
Adjective Enforcement |
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Brazil and U.S. Conclude Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Securities Enforcement |
On June 1,1988, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Brazil Comissao de Valores Mobiliarios (CVM) concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). |
Bruce Zagaris and Ricardo Tanoira Martinez |
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7 |
1988-07-01 |
Brazil |
Securities Trade Enforcement |
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Seventh Circuit Upholds Nazi Conviction of Crime Against Humanity |
In Kulle v. Immigration & Naturalization Service, No. 86-1277 (7th Cir. Aug. 5, 1987), the court upheld the deportation of Kulle under section 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. |
Teresita Ferrera |
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6 |
1988-06-01 |
United States |
Holocaust |
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Judicial Releases Antitrust Guidelines for Criminal Prosecution of International Operations |
On June 7, 1988, the U.S. Department of Justice released draft Antitrust Guidelines for International Operations, to replace a similar guide issued by the Department in 1977. The reason for the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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6 |
1988-06-01 |
United States |
Antitrust Cooperation |
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Federal Court Grants Extradition Request for Argentine General |
On April 27, 1988, the District Court of California granted the Extradition of respondent Carlos Guillermo Suarez Mason. |
Ricardo Martinez Tanoira and Bruce Zagaris |
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6 |
1988-06-01 |
Argentina |
Extradition |