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Report of Terrorism Bills Released |
The Report, entitled Bills to Authorize Prosecution of Terrorists and Others Who Attack U.S. Government Employees and Citizens Abroad, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism of the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
4 |
1986-04-01 |
United States |
Counter-terrorism |
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New Trade in Services Survey Regulations in Force |
New regulations under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey (IITSSA) became effective on April 17, 1986. The significant development reflected in the new rules is a liberalization... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
2 |
4 |
1986-04-01 |
United States |
Trade Enforcement |
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U.S. Approves Haitian Assistance & Haitian Cooperation on Illegal Migration |
On February 25, 1986, Secretary of State George Shultz signed a determination that will permit the obligation of fiscal (FY) 1986 funds for certain forms of assistance to Haiti. Due to serious... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
4 |
1986-04-01 |
Haiti |
Adjective Enforcement |
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Customs Report Highlights Enforcement Success in 1985 |
The just-published annual report of the U.S. Customs Service tells of a change from an administrative collection bureau to a border enforcement agency. In the course of a major centralization effort... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
2 |
4 |
1986-04-01 |
United States |
Adjective Enforcement |
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U.K. Parliament Moves to Criminalize Money Laundering and Enable Forfeiture of the Proceeds of Drug Trafficking |
A bill to strip drug traffickers of their illegal gains and criminalize the laundering of drug profits is making its way through the UK Parliament. |
Gael M. Kerrigan |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
United Kingdom |
Drug Enforcement |
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European Parliament's Assertive Stance on Subsidies Fraud |
The European Parliament demonstrated an unknown assertiveness when its Committee on Budgetary Control decided on February 26, 1986 not to accept the EC Commission's investigative report on subsidies... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Europe |
Fraud |
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Book Reviews: Schweizerisches Strafgesetzbuch (Swiss Criminal Code) by Hauser/Rehberg |
These three pocket sized volumes contain the major Swiss pieces of legislation- statutes and regulations- in a handy annotated format. They can satisfy an occasional curiosity about and also a... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Switzerland |
International Law |
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U.S. and Trinidad Agree on Narcotics Cooperation |
During February 19-24, 1986, a visit by Bob Richards, Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, and Brad Cates and Mike Zeldim, U.S. Department of Justice, to Port of Spain, Trinidad... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Drug Enforcement |
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Book Reviews: Manual of Foreign Investment in the United States by J.E. Marans, P.C. Williams, J.P. Griffin, J.E. Pattison (eds.) |
This manual is full of useful information for the counselor of foreign investors. As a primer on numerous aspects of U.S. state and federal law, it can also be recommended to the foreign lawyer... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
United States |
Financial Supervision |
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Hearing on Nicaraguan Drug Trafficking |
On March 11, 1986, a hearing was held before the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Task Force on International Narcotics Control. The issue was the alleged involvement of the Government of Nicaragua... |
Doris Weidinger |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Nicaragua |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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IRS Confirms Continuation of Automatic Exemption from CTRs |
On April 14, 1986, the Internal Revenue Service gave assurances to financial institutions that they may continue to automatically exempt qualifying customers from currency transaction reporting... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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Inter-American Court Declares Licensing of Journalists Illegal |
In an advisory opinion of November 13, 1985, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights unanimously declared by a decision of 6-0 that the compulsory licensing of journalists is incompatible with the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Latin America and South America |
Human Rights |
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Interpol Adopts Model Legislation on Forfeiting Crime Proceeds |
Interpol is urging governments to adopt model legislation entitled "A law to facilitate the obtaining of evidence required in and for the purpose of criminal investigations and proceedings and for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
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INTERPOL |
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German Tax Information Collection Under Finance Administration Act |
In implementing the Finance Administration Act, the German Federal Tax Bureau established an information center for international relations. The powers of the center were conferred in a 1975... |
Clemens M. Kochinke |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Germany |
Financial Enforcement |
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Anti-Terrorism Act of 1986 |
A hearing on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1986 was held on March 4, 1986 before the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Committee on the Judiciary. Chairman William J. Hughes illustrated the several... |
Doris Weidinger |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
United States |
Counter-terrorism |
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U.S. Regulations to Enforce UNESCO Cultural Property Convention |
Effective March 31, 1986, the United States will have in force customs regulations for the enforcement of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act of 1983, which implements the 1970... |
Clemens M. Kochinke |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
United States |
Cultural Property |
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Maritime Wing of the Belize Defense Force |
In recent months a reassessment has been made of the Maritime Wing of the Belize Defense Force. Having been formed in 1983, the force received two twenty (20) metre Patrol Craft in July, 1984. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Brazil |
Maritime |
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Video Commercialization vs. Copyright in Peru: A Primer |
With the proliferation of home use video cassette recorders (VCR), an underground industry has emerged to provide the public with videocassettes of first run movies copied without permission from the... |
Juan Pedro van Hasselt |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Peru |
Copyright |
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Senior Officials of Commonwealth Countries Meet to Consider Draft Schemes on Mutual Assistance in the Administration of Justice |
A meeting of senior officials of Law Ministries from 31 Commonwealth countries was held at the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, from 21 January to 4 February 1986 to consider three draft schemes for... |
Gael M. Kerrigan |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
British Commonwealth |
Administration of Justice |
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Justice Starts Program on Crim, Investigative Training in Americas |
In January, 1986, the Department of Justice initiated an International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) to improve through training criminal investigative capabilities in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
2 |
3 |
1986-03-01 |
Latin America and South America |
Criminal Procedure/Proceedings |