Senate Judiciary Considers US-UK Extradition Treaty |
Hearings on the Supplementary Treaty on Extradition Between the United States and the United Kingdom have been continuing. On August 1, 1985, The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held hearings... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
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Extradition |
ABA Committee on International Courts Reports on Compulsory Jurisd. |
Anthony D'Amato, Chairman, Committee on International Courts, has submitted a report urging the United States to make a modified adherence to the general compulsory jurisdiction of the International... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
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Jurisdiction |
Inter-American Center of Tax Administrators (CIAT) Activities |
A publication called "Tax Administration Review" is being published jointly by the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrators (CIAT) Executive Secretariat and the Institute of Fiscal Studies of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
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Tax Enforcement |
Congressional Hearings on the Mining of Nicaraguan Ports & Harbors |
Prints are now avaliable on the hearings and markup before th Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives on H. Con. Res, 290 concerning the mining of Nicaraguan ports and harbors. |
Bruce Zagaris |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
Nicaragua |
Maritime |
Inter-American Bar Association Conference Papers |
On the XXV Conference of the Inter-American Bar Association, in Acapulco, Mexico, several papers were submitted for the Committee on Criminal Law and Procedure. Bruce Zagaris, the Committee's... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
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Law Enforcement |
U.S.-Swiss 2d Round of Mutual Assist. Negotiations |
The Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung (#201, 1985) reported on September 1/2, 1985, on page 11, that the second round of talks between the Swiss and American judicial assistance authorities provides a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
Switzerland |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
USAID Regional Administration of Justice Grant to ILANUD |
A current project for the Regional Administration of Justice grant to the United States International Development Cooperation Agency for International Development is described in a Project Paper. A... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
United States |
U.S. Federal Government |
GAO Report on Nazi War Criminals |
On June 28, 1985, the GAO released a report, entitled "Nazis and Axis Collaborators Were Used to Further U.S. Anti-Communist Objectives in Europe-Some Immigrated to the United States". After World... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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3 |
1985-11-01 |
Europe |
Holocaust |
More Indictments for Money Laundering in Boston |
On October 15, 1985, The Bank of New England, two head tellers, an officer and a customer were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of illegally concealing cash transactions worth more than $... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering |
Court Reduces Sentence for Violating Export Administration Act |
On August 29, 1985, U.S. District Court Judge Richard L. Williams reduced the sentence of D. Frank Bazzare, who was found guilty of violating the Export Administration Act, from imprisonment for five... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Export Enforcement |
U.S. Offers Rewards for Trans World Airlines Hijackers |
On October 17, the Justice Department announced that it had charged three men with murder and piracy for the hijacking of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) jet in June and the shooting death of one of its... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1985-10-01 |
United States |
Counter-terrorism |
Money Laundering Investigation of Rhode Island Institution |
In early October, the U.S. Attorney's office for Rhode Island subpoenaed records concerning currency transactions at the Columbus National Bank of Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Hospital Trust... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering |
Hearing on Revision to U.S.-U.K. Extradition Treaty |
On October 22, 1985 a hearing took place regarding the U.S./U.K. Supplementary Extradition Treaty which would revise a 13-year old extradition treaty between two countries. The leading Irish... |
Dr. Doris Weidinger |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Extradition |
Senate Hearing Held on Money Laundering Crime Bills |
Bills to make money laundering a crime continue to make their slow way through Congress. On October 29, 1985, the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on several Senate bills dealing with money... |
Constantine G. Papavizas |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering |
Judge Rules Espionage Has Extraterritorial Application |
In a ruling with potentially far-reaching implications, Judge Albert V. Bryan Jr., District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, denied a motion to dismiss by Michael A. Soussoudis, a Ghanian national... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
Ghana |
Espionage |
General Accounting Office Renews its Criticism of BSA Enforcement |
The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations continues its watchdog role over enforcement of the Bank Secrecy Act. On October 29, 1985, the Permanent Subcommittee held a status hearing on... |
Constantine G. Papavizas |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
Department of Justice Privacy Exemptions |
On September 12, 1985, the Department of Justice (DOJ) proposed to exempt a new system of records entitled the "General Files System of the Office of the Attorney General" from certain provisions of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Privacy |
Select Committee Holds Hearing |
On September 12, 1985, the ranking members of the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control in a hearing urged the Reagan Administration to give a higher priority to international... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Drugs & Trafficking |
Meese Addresses Italy-USA-Switzerland Conference |
In a speech delivered to the Italy-USA-Switzerland Conference of the International Association of Jurists, on September 14, 1984, Edwin Meese III, Attorney General of the United States, praised new... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
Italy |
Law Enforcement |
Three Narcotics Trafficking Reports Issued by Congress |
Three reports have recently been issued by Congress on international narcotics. The International Narcotics Control Report (S. HRG. 99-74) contains a report of the Hearing before the Subcommittee on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2 |
1985-10-01 |
United States |
Drugs & Trafficking |