Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.K. Investigates KBR Involvement with Alleged Nigerian Bribe On August 7, 2006, the Financial Times reported that the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root’s (KBR) role in an alleged... Bruce Zagaris 22 10 2006-10-01 United States, France, United Kingdom, Nigeria Money Laundering, Corruption, Bribery
U.N. Security Council and Interpol Agree on Enhanced Cooperation On August 8, 2006, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1699, calling for closer cooperation between the UN Security Council and Interpol to increase the effectiveness of UN... Bruce Zagaris 22 10 2006-10-01 World International Organizations, Mutual Legal Assistance
EU Reviews International Narcotics Control Priorities On June 26, 2006, the European Union issued a paper on its international narcotics control priorities, emphasizing the importance of a solution that safeguards the health and security of Europe. In... Bruce Zagaris 22 10 2006-10-01 Europe European Union, Drugs & Trafficking
Appellate Court Upholds Lawyer’s Money Laundering Conviction On July 21, 2006, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the conviction of Luis Flores, a solo practitioner in Queens, New York, for helping an Ecuadorian businessman launder drug... Bruce Zagaris 22 10 2006-10-01 United States Money Laundering
Joint International Tax Shelter Information Center Helps U.S. and Canada Crack Cross-Border Tax Scheme On August 3, 2006, the Canada Revenue Agency and the United States Internal Revenue Service announced significant progress stopping an abusive cross-border tax scheme using leads and information... Bruce Zagaris 22 10 2006-10-01 Canada, United States Taxation
U.S. Arrests 44 Members of Khat Importing Conspiracy On July 26, 2006, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) announced the indictment of 44 members of a criminal enterprise that imported... Bruce Zagaris 22 10 2006-10-01 United States, Europe, Africa, United Arab Emirates Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking
Bibliography of Books, Articles, and Documents I. ARTICLES A. Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing A. Cheney, Leaving No Loopholes for Terrorist Financing: The Implementation of the USA Patriot Act in the Real Estate Field, 58 Vanderbilt L... Bruce Zagaris 22 10 2006-10-01 World Bibliography
Hamdan Redux: Formulating a Congressional Response On June 29, 2006, the day the Supreme Court announced its decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Congress began preparing a response as Senator Arlen Spector introduced S. 3614, the Unprivileged Combatant... James P. Taylor 22 10 2006-10-01 United States Human Rights, Law of War, National Security
Two Asian Sex Trafficking Rings Dismantled as GAO Criticizes U.S. Anti-Trafficking Efforts Abroad In one week in August 2006, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"), the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and local law enforcement officials disrupted two separate sex trafficking... Victoria Gotsch 22 10 2006-10-01 United States, South Korea Human Trafficking, Organized Crime, Sex Crimes
Central America Increasingly Overwhelmed by U.S. Deportation of Criminal Aliens Responding to increased criminal activities among immigrant gangs, in 1996 the U.S. Congress passed The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (PL 104-208) (“1996 Immigration Law... Victoria Gotsch 22 9 2006-09-01 United States, Latin America and South America, El Salvador, Guatemala Immigration, Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime
Getty Museum to Return Disputed Art to Italy, Greece In the latest developments in a long-running controversy, California J. Paul Getty Museum has agreed to return disputed antiquities to Italy and Greece. The Museum, which has suffered negative press... Jed Borod 22 9 2006-09-01 United States, Italy, Greece Art and Cultural Property
EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Deliberates Evidence Warrant, Transfer of Sentenced Persons, and Procedural Rights in Criminal Proceedings On June 1-2, 2006, the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs of the Council held its 2732nd Council Meeting, making progress on the European Evidence Warrant (EEW), the transfer of sentenced... Bruce Zagaris 22 9 2006-09-01 Europe European Union
EU Directive on Criminalization and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights On April 26, 2006, the Commission of the European Communities adopted a proposal for a directive to combat intellectual property offenses, amending the proposal it approved on July 12, 2005. The... Bruce Zagaris 22 9 2006-09-01 Europe Intellectual Property, European Union
U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Consular Rights of Foreigners Arrested in the U.S. On June 28, 2006, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the remedies of a foreign arrestee in the United States for violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Convention are limited. In... Bruce Zagaris 22 9 2006-09-01 United States, Mexico, Honduras International Organizations, Prisoner Rights
EU Orders Review of Savings Tax Directive On the anniversary of the taking effect of the European Union’s saving tax directive, Laszlo Kovacs, EU Tax commissioner, has ordered a review of the operation of the directive to see whether it... Bruce Zagaris 22 9 2006-09-01 Europe, Switzerland Bank Secrecy, Taxation, European Union
European Parliament and Foreign Governments Investigate U.S. Surveillance of SWIFT Following the June 22, 2006 media revelations of Bush administration surveillance of Society of Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) wire transfer records, the European Parliament... Bruce Zagaris 22 9 2006-09-01 United States, Europe Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Terrorism, European Union, Privacy
Financial Action Task Force Issues 2005-2006 Annual Report On June 23, 2006, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued its 2005-2006 annual report. This year’s report focuses on a number of FATF initiatives, including efforts to expand FATF membership,... Bruce Zagaris 22 9 2006-09-01 World Money Laundering, International Organizations, Terrorism
EU and Philip Morris Conclude Anti-Smuggling, Anti-Counterfeit Agreements On June 6, 2006, the European Commission announced that since July 2004 fourteen European Union (EU) members have joined the Community and the initial ten EU members in their efforts to combat... Bruce Zagaris 22 9 2006-09-01 Europe Customs Enforcement, Trade Enforcement, European Union
U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Political Activist’s Extradition to Thailand On May 22, 2006, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed a district court decision to extradite Van Duc Vo, a naturalized U.S. citizen, to Thailand, denying Vo’s argument that the... Bruce Zagaris 22 9 2006-09-01 United States, Thailand, Vietnam Extradition, Terrorism
Justice and Home Affairs Meets, Focuses on Illegal Migration On June 1-2, 2006, the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs of the Council held its 2732nd Council Meeting, making progress on the European Evidence Warrant (EEW), the transfer of sentenced... Bruce Zagaris 22 9 2006-09-01 Europe European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance

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