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Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act Reintroduced in U.S. Congress |
On March 2, 2009, the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act (STHAA) was introduced as S. 506 and H.R. 1265 on the following day in the 111th Session of the U.S. Congress. The bill is quite similar to its... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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6 |
2009-06-01 |
Canada, United States, Barbados, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Bahamas, Panama, Antigua & Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Liechtenstein, Bermuda, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Cyprus |
Jurisdiction, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
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Guyana Denies Extradition of Guyanese Drug Suspects to the U.S. |
On April 13, 2009, the Caribbean media reported that recently the Chief Justice of Guyana, Ian Cheng, recently denied the U.S. extradition request for two high profile drug suspects...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
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6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, Guyana |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement |
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U.S. Indicts Anti-Castro Cuban Posada for Lying About Terrorism Incident in Cuba |
On April 8, 2009, a federal indictment was returned in the U.S. District Court in El Paso, Texas, against Luis Posada Carriles for perjury and obstruction of a government proceeding related to his... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, Cuba |
Administration of Justice, Immigration, Terrorism |
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PartyGaming and U.S. Reach Non-Prosecution Agreement |
On April 7, 2009, the U.S. government and PartyGaming PLC, an Internet gambling company incorporated in Gibraltar and publicly trade on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PRTY,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Gibraltar |
Administration of Justice, International Gaming |
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Mexico Requests Automatic Exchange of Information about Interest Paid by U.S. Banks to Mexican Residents |
The Mexican Finance Secretary, Agustin Carstens, has written to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, requesting that the United States and Mexican Governments exchange information automatically... |
David Spencer |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement |
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G20 Meeting Agree on Mechanisms and Arrangements to Increase International Financial Regulation and Enforcement |
On April 2, 2009, the Communique of the G20 Meeting contains undertakings to strengthen international financial regulation and enforcement, including the strengthening of the Financial Stability... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
World, G-10 member countries |
International Organizations, Securities Law, White Collar Crime, Securities Trade Enforcement, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation |
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Unfunding Terror: The Legal Response to the Financing of Global Terrorism by Jimmy Gurulé (Edward Elgar Publishing, 425 pp. 2008). |
The author, a Professor at Notre Dame University Law School and former Under Secretary for Enforcement in the U.S. Department of the Treasury on September 11, 2001, when the Bush Administration... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, Afghanistan |
Terrorism, United Nations, Book Review |
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SEC Stops Ponzi Scheme of Americans Using Swiss Affiliate and Caribbean Bank |
On March 28, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained an emergency court order, stopping a $68 million Ponzi scheme involving the sale of fictitious high-yield certificates of deposit (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
World, United States, Switzerland, st. vincent |
Securities Law, Fraud, White Collar Crime, Securities Trade Enforcement |
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U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Hearing Shows Trends in Efforts to Strengthen International Tax Enforcement |
On March 31, 2009, the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on “Issues Involving Banking Secrecy Practices and Wealthy American Taxpayers.”... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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6 |
2009-06-01 |
World, United States |
Taxation, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes, International Convention |
