Articles

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Brazil Loses Restraining Order Against Opportunity Fund in Civil Asset Forfeiture Case On February 24, 2009, Judge D. Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order dissolving the restraining orders against funds held by Opportunity Fund and related... Bruce Zagaris 25 5 2009-05-01 United States, Brazil Administration of Justice, Jurisdiction, Asset Forfeiture, White Collar Crime
Financial Center Governments Pledge to Follow OECD Harmful Tax Practices During the second week of March 2009, a number of important governments with strong international financial services, pledged to abide by the OECD harmful tax practices standards concerning tax... Bruce Zagaris 25 5 2009-05-01 United States, Switzerland, Singapore, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Austria, Hong Kong, monaco Taxation, European Union, White Collar Crime, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
Practitioners Discuss Defects of Criminalizing International Tax Fraud as a Separate Money Laundering Offense On March 18, 2009, a group of concerned practitioners, many of whom are members of the American Bar Association Sections of Taxation, International Law, and Criminal Justice, and alumni of the... Bruce Zagaris 25 5 2009-05-01 World, United States Money Laundering, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Makes Progress on Migration, Jurisdiction and Many Other Subjects On February 26-27, 2009, the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council held its 2927th meeting and achieved progress on a number of criminal justice and enforcement matters...[more] Bruce Zagaris 25 5 2009-05-01 Europe, Japan Jurisdiction, Immigration, Terrorism, European Union, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Drug Enforcement
U.N. Secretary General Visits ICTR on Ending Mandate While Rwanda Government Urges Countries to Surrender or Try Suspects At the end of February 2009, the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, made his first visit to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, to discuss, among other things... Bruce Zagaris 25 5 2009-05-01 World, Africa, Rwanda Human Rights, United Nations, Genocide, International Courts
U.S. Issues International Narcotics Control Strategy Report On February 27, 2009, the Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, David T. Johnson, gave a media briefing on the release of the 2009 International... Bruce Zagaris 25 5 2009-05-01 World, United States, Mexico, Colombia, Afghanistan, Guatemala Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement
Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Holds Second Hearing on Tax Haven Banks and the UBS Case On March 4, 2009, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, held a hearing on Tax Haven Banks and U. S. Tax Compliance - Obtaining... Bruce Zagaris 25 5 2009-05-01 World, United States, Switzerland Bank Secrecy, Taxation, White Collar Crime, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chair Urges Blocking Bush Internet Gaming Financial Regulations On February 3, 2009, Barney Frank, (D-Mass) and House Financial Services Committee Chairman, said he will seek to repeal Bush Administration regulations on illegal Internet gambling. Meanwhile, a... Bruce Zagaris 25 4 2009-04-01 United States, World Fraud, International Gaming
Appellate Court Overturns U.S. Government Win on Fugitive Disentitlement On January 27, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned a summary judgment order in favor of the U.S. government in an international asset forfeiture case... Bruce Zagaris 25 4 2009-04-01 United States, Virgin Islands Administration of Justice, Asset Forfeiture, International Courts, International Gaming
Obama Administration Signals Engagement with the ICC On January 29, 2009, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice indicated a shift from the Bush approach to the ICC by raising it in her first appearance in the Security Council. In her statement, she... Bruce Zagaris 25 4 2009-04-01 United States, World Genocide, International Courts, United Nations
Czech Presidency Presents Program in Justice and Home Affairs The Czech Presidency has presented a robust program in Justice and Home Affairs for January 1-June 30, 2009...[more] Bruce Zagaris 25 4 2009-04-01 Czech Republic, Europe Customs Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, European Union, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Terrorism
Justice Department Proposes Applying Money Laundering to International Tax Evasion On February 11, 2009, at a hearing held by the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on the need for increased fraud enforcement in the wake of the economic downturn, the Department of Justice... Bruce Zagaris 25 4 2009-04-01 World, United States, Russia Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, Customs Enforcement, Taxation, White Collar Crime, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
Double Jeopardy Case Highlights Inconsistencies in International Criminal Law In a case concerning scope and meaning of the “ne bis in idem” principle, enshrined in Article 54 of the Convention implementing the Shengen Agreement (CISA), the European Court of Justice found this... Axel Knabe 25 4 2009-04-01 Algeria, France Administration of Justice, European Union, Extradition, Murder
Latin American Commission on Drugs Calls for Paradigm Shift Away from Prohibition On February 14, 2009, the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, headed by former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso and former presidents Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico and Cesar... Bruce Zagaris 25 4 2009-04-01 United States, Mexico, Latin America and South America, Colombia, Guatemala, Panama Corruption, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS, ARTICLES AND DOCUMENTS Books A. Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and Torture P. Sands, Torture Team; Rumsfeld’s Memo and the Betrayal of American Values. 1st ed. Palgrave Macmillan 2008, 254 pp. Bruce Zagaris 25 4 2009-04-01 World Bibliography
Latin and Central American Countries Agree on Stronger Drug Enforcement as U.S. Implements Merida Initiative In the context of the United States government’s Merida initiative that gives $1.4 billion to Mexico and Central America to buy surveillance equipment and train police and judges, some governments... Bruce Zagaris 25 4 2009-04-01 United States, Mexico, Latin America and South America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement
UBS Under Continued Pressure Resulting from U.S. Taxpayer with Undeclared Accounts On January 15, 2009, new U.S.C. §rman said that negotiating a settlement with U.S. prosecutors was a top priority as well as recovering UBS’s reputation. 2009 has begun with UBS facing a class action... Bruce Zagaris 25 4 2009-04-01 Switzerland, United States Taxation, Treaties, White Collar Crime
Finland Denies Extradition to Rwanda of Genocide Suspect On February 20, 2009, the Finnish government announced it has denied a Rwandan extradition request for an unnamed 57-year-old man because he may not receive a fair trial in Rwanda...[more] Bruce Zagaris 25 4 2009-04-01 Africa, Rwanda, Finland Extradition, Human Rights, Genocide, International Courts
U.S. Department of Agriculture Liberalizes Implementation of the Lacey Act Amendments The enactment of amendments to the Lacey Act, which were included in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (also known as the Farm Bill), became effective as of May 22, 2008. They give rise... Bruce Zagaris 25 4 2009-04-01 United States, World Customs Enforcement, Endangered Species, Environment
U.S. Charges Stanford Group with Fraud, Freezes Assets and Appoints Receiver On February 17, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Robert Allen Stanford and three of his companies on engaging in a fraudulent, multi-billion dollar investment scheme based... Bruce Zagaris 25 4 2009-04-01 United States, Germany, Philippines Customs Enforcement, Endangered Species

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