U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Considers New Criminal Cooperation Treaties

On April 8, 1992, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a routine hearing of three sets of conventions that have critical importance for strengthening international criminal cooperation. The conventions included: proposed extradition treaties with the Federal Republic of Germany, The Bahamas, Australia, and Spain; Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaties (MLATs) with Jamaica, Argentina, Uruguay, and Spain; and Consular Conventions with Tunisia, Algeria, and Mongolia…[more]