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1. Extradition United Kingdom House of Lords: Regina v. Bartle and the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and Others -- Ex Parte Pinochet, 38 I.L.M. 581-663 (1999)... [more] |
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Books |
1. Law of War J.J. Busuttil, Naval Weapns Systems and the Contemporary Law of War.(Clarendon Press; Oxford Univ. Press)(1998)...[more] |
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Bibliography |
Defending U.S. Citizens and Corporations in Cross Border Proceedings, Extradition, Mutual Assistance, and Asset Seizures: A French Perspective |
The small number of cases related to asset forfeiture made them all the more interesting. The validity of a search and seizure measure in execution of an international rogatory letter shall only be... |
Francois Serres and Miss Elodie LeGal |
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1999-08-01 |
United States, Europe, France |
Comparative and International Law |
Inter-American Port Security Training Program Helps to Combat Seaport Crime |
In June 1999, the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), U.S. Department of Transportation, published a report about the Inter-American Port Security Training Program, which is a U.S./Organization of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1999-08-01 |
United States, Latin America and South America |
Maritime |
Clinton Proposes Initiatives to Counter Bio- and Cyber-Terrorism |
On January 22, 1999, President Clinton announced he will undertake initiatives against biological and chemical as well cyber-terrorism, including spending $1.46 billion in his fiscal 2000 budget to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1999-08-01 |
United States |
Terrorism |
U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds U.S. International Counterrorism Law |
On June 25, 1999, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the designations of U.S. Secretary of State Madeline K. Albright for the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1999-08-01 |
United States, Iran |
Terrorism |
British Arrests Two Suspects in U.S. Embassy Bombings as U.S. Applies Sanctions Against Afghanistan for Hosting Bin Laden |
On July 11, 1999, British police arrested two men in London on a U.S. warrant charging them with conspiring with Osama bin Laden in the deadly bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1999-08-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Kenya, tanzania, Afghanistan |
Terrorism |
Seattle and German Museums Return Looted Art and New York Museum Settles |
Increasingly, art museums are agreeing to return stolen cultural property and in some cases settling with private owners... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1999-08-01 |
United States, Germany |
Art and Cultural Property |
NATO Troops Arrest Serb Parliament Member on War Crimes |
On July 6, 1999, British NATO troops arrested Radoslav Brdjanin, a senior Bosnian Serb member of Parliament and former deputy prime minister of Bosnia’s peacetime Serb Republic, for charges of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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8 |
1999-08-01 |
Serbia, Bosnia |
Law of War |
New York State Court Issues Injunction Against Antiguan Internet Site |
On July 22, 1999, a New York Supreme Court Justice Charles Edward Ramos granted injunctive relief to New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to stop an online gaming company based in Antigua from... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1999-09-01 |
United States, Antigua & Barbuda |
Cybercrime, Jurisdiction |
International Money Laundering Investigations Of Russians Come To The Fore |
On August 17, 1999, the revelation of a major investigation of the Bank of New York has spotlighted large international money laundering investigations by several countries involving prominent... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1999-09-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Russia |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
War Crime Tribunal Continues to Obtain Custody over and Try Offenders |
On June 7, 1999, British troops in Bosnian arrested Drag Kulundzija, a former shift commander at the Keraterm concentration camp near Prijedor. Accroding to George Robertson, the UK defense... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1999-08-01 |
Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo |
Law of War |
War Crimes Investigations Proceed in Kosovo |
In the aftermath of the peace in Kosovo, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has sent staff and investigators to Kosovo to start war crimes investigation. In addition, the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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8 |
1999-08-01 |
Former Yugoslavia, Kosovo |
Law of War |
G-7 Releases Statement to Further Action Against Financial Crimes |
On June 20, 1999, the Group of Seven released a statement at the conclusion of tier summit in Cologne, Germany, indicating further action against financial crime, harmful tax competition, and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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8 |
1999-08-01 |
World |
Corruption, Taxation |
French, U.S., and Spanish Finance Minister Calls for Punitive Action Against Offshore Centers |
On June 23, 1999, the French Finance Minister Dominque Strauss-Kahn called for punitive action against offshore financial centers. According to Mr. Strauss-Kahn, most of the world’s criminal money... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1999-08-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Taxation |
U.S. Considers Contribution to OECD Anti-Corruption Convention |
On June 30, 1999, Stuart Eizenstat, undersecretary of State for economic, business, and agricultural affairs, announced that the U.S. is considering a voluntary contribution to provide the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1999-08-01 |
World |
Corruption |
Swiss Freeze Assets of Milosevic and Defendants Indicted for War Crimes |
On June 24, 1999, the Swiss federal authorities provisionally froze funds in Switzerland belonging to Slobodan Milosevic, the Yugoslav President, and four high-ranking officials, all indicted by the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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8 |
1999-08-01 |
Switzerland, Former Yugoslavia |
Asset Forfeiture |
Cyprus Proposes Asset Freezes on Certain Yugoslav Assets, As NATO Tries to Enforce Oil Embargo, and U.S. Plans Cyberwar |
On May 26, 1999, the Central Bank of Cyprus proposed to freeze assets held in Cyprus by certain Yugoslav offshore companies and banks who are on a prohibited list while almost simultaneously NATO is... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1999-08-01 |
United States, Europe, Former Yugoslavia, NATO |
Asset Forfeiture |
U.S. Indicts New Yorker for Smuggling Refrigerant from Russia |
On June 7, 1999, an indictment unsealed in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of New York charges Alex Roitman, a principal or partner in businesses located in Moscow and at a New York... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1999-08-01 |
United States, Russia |
Environment |
U.S. and Cuba Enforcement Cooperation May Presage Larger Opening |
During June and July 1999, the U.S. and Cuban governments have discussed strengthening enforcement cooperation on narcotics and alien smuggling, a development that has repeated similar patterns... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1999-08-01 |
Cuba, United States |
Adjective Enforcement |