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Justice Department Agrees to Consolidate Anti-Drug Programs |
On February 3, 1987, Attorney General Edwin Meese III announced that President Reagan would issue an Executive Order which will consolidate responsibility for all federal anti-drug programs into the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
2 |
1987-02-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
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Congressional Hearing on Cuban Political Prisoners Focuses on U.S.-Cuban-Agreement |
A print of a hearing held on September 24, 1986, on Cuban Political Prisoners by the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
2 |
1987-02-01 |
Cuba |
Prisoner Rights |
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European Convention on Human Rights Violated by Switzerland |
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, as the highest forum to enforce the European Convention on Human Rights decided a significant Swiss case on October 21, 1986. |
Sabine Dauner |
2 |
3 |
1987-02-01 |
Switzerland |
European Court of Human Rights |
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Reprint of Hearing on National Drug Enforcement Policy Board Released |
A reprint of the hearing on "The Role and Activities of the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board," held before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, 99th Cong., Second Session... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
2 |
1987-02-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
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Computer Related Crime: Analysis of Legal Policy by The Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) |
"Computer Related Crime: Analysis of Legal Policy" is the tenth in a series of studies published by the Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy of the OECD (hereinafter the "... |
Jay A. Rosenthal, Esq. |
3 |
2 |
1987-02-01 |
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Computer Crimes |
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IRS Announces Study of Cash Payments of $10,000 or More |
The IRS will sample 1,200 1985 Form 8300 responses, and examine those businesses that are selected for the study. |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
2 |
1987-02-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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Oversight Subcommittee Will Examine Both Tax Treaties & CBI |
In a letter dated January 21, 1987, to J.J. Pickle (D. Tex.), Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight, House Ways & Means Committee, and Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill), Chariman of the Full Committee,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
2 |
1987-02-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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U.S. Concludes Three Tax Information Exchange Agreements |
Since late December, the U.S. Government has concluded three tax information exchange agreements with Commonwealth Caribbean governments, Jamaica, Grenada, and St. Lucia. On December 18, 1986, the U... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
2 |
1987-02-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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U.S. Officials Announce Intent to Strengthen Enforcement |
At the meeting of the USA Branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) on February 12 and 13, at least three high level officials reiterated and supplemented previous statements to strenghten... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
2 |
1987-02-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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U.S. Effort to Call Antiterrorism Session with Allies Fails |
On February 5, 1987, the Reagan Administration, after key governments expressed unwillingness to attend, withdrew its plan to convene a conference with six major allies to discuss coordinated... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
2 |
1987-02-01 |
United States |
Counter-terrorism |
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Chilean Belatedly Answers Extradition Request in Letelier Case |
On February 4, 1987, Armando Fernandez Larios, who the U.S. had indicted in the assassination eight years ago and whose extradition had been sought, pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
2 |
1987-02-01 |
Chile |
Extradition |
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French Administrative Tribunal Suspends Emergency Expulsion of Basque |
On January 27, 1987, the Administrative Court of Paul suspended an expulsion order against a Basque refugee. |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
2 |
1987-02-01 |
France |
Expulsion |
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Abdallah Stands Trial and Is Sentenced to Life Imprisonment |
On January 28, the French Chamber of Accusation of the Court of Appeal of Paris rendered a decision ordering Georges Ibrahim Abdallah to stand trial for complicity in the 1982 assassinations of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
2 |
1987-02-01 |
France |
Terrorism |
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U.S. Customs Cancels Proposed Remote TV System on Canadian Border |
The border between Maine and Canada was to be the site for an elaborate cost-cutting program. The U.S. Customs Service was putting together the "Northern Border Enhancement" which reportedly... |
Peter Brown |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
United States |
Customs Enforcement |
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Book Reviews: II International Criminal Law Procedure by M. Cherif Bassiouni |
Volume II follows Volume I by dealing with the procedural aspects of international criminal law, which is also known as adjective international criminal law. The author also previously referred to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
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International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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ALI-ABA Program & Bilateral Agreements Highlight Securities Cooperation Program |
A program entitled "Transactional Commercial and Trade Litigation: Recent Developments" and new Memoranda of Understanding on the Sharing of Information in Matters Relating to Securities and Futures... |
Bruce Zagaris |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
United States |
Securities Exchange Commission |
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Book Reviews: Entertainment Industry Contracts: Negotiating and Drafting Guide, Edited by Donald C. Farber |
Criminal and civil enforcement of intellectual property rights abroad has increasingly become an area of concern for international lawyers drafting contracts for clients in the entertainment field. ... |
Jay Rosenthal |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
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Intellectual Property |
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U.S. Extradition Request of Lebanese from Germany Stirs Interest |
On January 19, 1987, the press widely reported that the United States filed papers with the West German government requesting the extradition of Mohammed Ali Hamadei, a Lebanese Shiite Moslem, wanted... |
Bruce Zagaris and Cornelia Beck |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
Germany |
Extradition |
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Swiss Double Criminality in Export Control Investigations |
The Swiss Supreme Court decided on July 14, 1986 that some enforcement meaures for judicial assistance benefitting the United States are proper even if there is no proven violation of a criminal law... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
Switzerland |
Export Enforcement |
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Extradition of a Jew By Israel? |
On December 22, 1986, The Israeli Supreme Court began the review of the extradition of a convicted Jewish murderer. William Nakash, who in France was sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia, fled... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke and Jay Rosenthal |
3 |
1 |
1987-01-01 |
Israel |
Extradition |