Articles

E.g., 2026-06
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
EU Working Party Unanimously Finds SWIFT-U.S. Data Sharing in Violation of EU Law1 On November 22, 2006, the EU Article 29 Working Party adopted an opinion finding that the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)’s sharing of data with the United States... Bruce Zagaris 23 1 2007-01-01 European Union
FATF Holds Gatekeeper Meeting On November 7-8, 2006, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) convened a meeting with gatekeepers from over 40 organizations, including bar and accounting associations and representatives of trust... Bruce Zagaris 23 1 2007-01-01 World Money Laundering, Due Diligence, International Organizations, Terrorism
U.S. Enforcement Updates The IELR periodically publishes an updated list of U.S. Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaties. Changes since the last update (the August 1, 2006 issue of the IELR) are in... Jed Borod 23 1 2007-01-01 United States Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance
South Korean Officials Arrests Former Korea Exchange Bank Chief, Authorize Extradition for Lone Star Officials, and Indict Both Companies   On November 7, 2006, Korean officials arrested the former chief of Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), and on November 16, 2006, a Seoul court issued warrants for the arrest of two high-level officials... Bruce Zagaris 23 1 2007-01-01 South Korea, United States Extradition, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Trade Enforcement
Russia and U.K. Sign Agreement to Facilitate Extradition On November 22, 2006, the media reported that Ken Macdonald, Britain’s director of public prosecutions, and Alexander Zvyaginsev, Russia’s deputy prosecutor-general, signed a legal memorandum of... Bruce Zagaris 23 1 2007-01-01 Russia, United Kingdom Extradition
Australia Issues Arrest Warrant, Prepares U.S. Extradition Request for Doctor Linked to 17 Patient Deaths On November 22, 2006, the Brisbane Magistrates Court issued an arrest warrant for Jayant Patel, a U.S. surgeon, charging him with three counts of manslaughter and five counts of inflicting grievous... Bruce Zagaris 23 1 2007-01-01 Australia, United States Extradition, Murder
Rwandan Military Court Convicts Priest of Genocide in Absentia On November 16, 2006, a Rwandan military court convicted Wenceslas Munyeshyaka, a Roman Catholic Rwandan priest, of genocide for his role in the systematic rape and Hutu massacre of Tutsis during the... Bruce Zagaris 23 1 2007-01-01 Rwanda Extradition, Genocide
FATF Issues Typology Report on Misuse of Corporate Vehicles On October 13, 2006, the Financial Action Task Force released a new typology report, The Misuse of Corporate Vehicles, Including Trust and Company Service Providers. The report, which seeks to... Bruce Zagaris 23 1 2007-01-01 World Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Due Diligence, International Organizations, Privacy
France Approves Arrest Warrants for Rwandan Leader for 1994 Killing of Rwandan and Burundi Heads of State On November 20, 2006, the Paris prosecutor’s office approved the issuance of arrest warrants against Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s current president, and nine of his associates in connection with the... Bruce Zagaris 23 1 2007-01-01 Burundi, France, Rwanda Assassination, Extradition
U.S. Court Denies U.K. Bank’s Motion to Dismiss in Terrorism Financing Case On September 27, 2006, U.S. District Judge Charles Sifton denied a motion by NatWest Bank PLC to dismiss claims brought by victims of a Hamas attack that NatWest knowingly provided services to a... Bruce Zagaris 22 12 2006-12-01 United States, United Kingdom, Middle East, Palestine Due Diligence, International Organizations, Terrorism
Canadian Finance Minister Announces AML Initiatives On October 11, 2006, at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary in Vancouver, Canadian Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty announced that Canada had agreed to serve as the secretariat of the... Bruce Zagaris 22 12 2006-12-01 World, Canada Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Terrorism
Belgium Rules U.S. Surveillance of SWIFT Data Illegal On September 27, 2006, the Belgium Privacy Commission ruled that U.S. surveillance of transaction data from the Belgium-based Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) was... Bruce Zagaris 22 12 2006-12-01 United States, Europe, Belgium Bank Secrecy, Terrorism, European Union, Privacy
FATF Holds Vancouver Plenary, Removes Last Country from NCCT, and Issues Reports on New Payment Technologies and Corporate Vehicles At its October 2006 plenary meeting in Vancouver, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) detailed a number of recent accomplishments, including the removal of the last country from its non-... Bruce Zagaris 22 12 2006-12-01 Myanmar Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Taxation
Bank of America Settles Brazilian MSB Cases with NY District Attorney On September 27, 2006, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau announced an agreement with Bank of America Corporation (BAC) settling two investigations of BAC’s dealings with Brazilian money... Bruce Zagaris 22 12 2006-12-01 United States, Brazil, Uruguay Money Laundering
CITES Standing Committee Struggles with Tiger Trade At an October 2006 meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Standing Committee, the group failed to reach an agreement on a U.S.-submitted document discussing... Jed Borod 22 12 2006-12-01 United States, China, India Customs Enforcement, Environment, International Organizations, Endangered Species
EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Acts on Schengen and Migration Issues On October 5, 2006, the EU’s Justice and Home Affairs Council met to discuss the Schengen Information System II and border control issues ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 22 12 2006-12-01 Europe Immigration, European Union
U.S. Detention Policy Post Hamdan: Interesting Times Lie Ahead With the announcement on September 6, 2006, that fourteen "high value" detainees had been held in secret prisons and would be transferred to Guantanamo for trial by military commission, Congress was... James P. Taylor 22 12 2006-12-01 United States Human Rights, National Security, Terrorism
Appeals Chamber for Rwanda Tribunal Rules Against Transfer to Norway On August 30, 2006, the Appeals Chamber for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda affirmed the Trial Chamber’s denial of the Prosecution’s request to refer the case against Michel Bagaragaza... Bruce Zagaris 22 12 2006-12-01 Rwanda, Jurisdiction, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts
Tampa Jury Finds Accused Colombian Drug Lord Guilty of Cocaine Trafficking On October 25, 2006, at the conclusion of a three-month trial, a jury in the U.S. District Court in Tampa found Joaquin Mario Valencia-Trujillo guilty after three days of deliberations. During the... Bruce Zagaris 22 12 2006-12-01 United States, Colombia Drugs & Trafficking
U.S. Cages Tamil Tigers Arms Smuggling Ring Federal officials in Maryland have indicted six suspects in an arms trafficking investigation involving the Indonesian Army and Sri Lankan separatist group the Tamil Tigers. According to the... Jed Borod 22 12 2006-12-01 United States, Indonesia, Sri Lanka Money Laundering, Terrorism, Arms Trafficking

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