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Mexican Attorney General Cracks Cuban Immigrant Smuggling Ring in Cancun |
On June 20, 2005, The Mexican Attorney General and agents of the Federal Agency of Investigation (AFI) detained two leaders of an organization smuggling Cubans into the United States through Cancun... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
8 |
2005-08-01 |
United States, Mexico, Cuba |
Human Trafficking, Immigration, National Security |
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U.S. Conducts Operation Against Black Market Peso Exchange |
On June 24, 2005, Drug Enforcement Administration head Karen P. Tandy announced the successful results of Operation Mallorca, a 27-month investigation that targeted the alleged money laundering... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
8 |
2005-08-01 |
United States, Colombia |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Customs Enforcement, Trade Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Extradition from the U.K. Engenders Controversies |
The U.S. government has gradually expanded its authority to gain custody of non-nationals through extradition and alternative means. U.S. extradition requests for three British nationals for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
8 |
2005-08-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
Extradition, Jurisdiction, Transfer of Prisoners, Securities Law, White Collar Crime |
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U.S. Denies Venezuelan Provisional Arrest Request for Alleged Terrorist |
On May 27, 2005, the U.S. government denied the provisional arrest request of the Venezuelan government for the arrest of its citizen Luis Posada Carriles. On May 3, 2005, the Venezuela Supreme... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
United States, Venezuela, Cuba |
Extradition, Terrorism, Transfer of Prisoners |
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Ibero-American Network Will Strengthen International Enforcement Cooperation, Especially Against Corruption |
During June 2004, at the 14th Conference of Ibero-American Ministers of Justice in Fortaleza, Brazil, recommended adaptation of penal law to combat transnational crime and greater agility in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
United States, Latin America and South America, Brazil |
Money Laundering, Corruption, International Organizations, United Nations, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Brazil and Argentina Sign TIEA During Meeting of CIAT |
On April 22, 2005, Brazil and Argentina signed an agreement on tax information exchange during the 39th General Assembly of the Inter-American Center for Tax Administrations (CIAT) in Buenos Aires.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
Brazil, Argentina |
Intelligence, Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance, Economic Integration |
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European Parliament Approves 3rd Anti-Laundering Directive |
On May 26, 2005, the European Parliament approved the proposed Third Directive on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, European Union, Economic Integration |
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U.S. Detention Practices Become Major Foreign Policy Issue |
In May 2005, U.S. detention practices became a major foreign policy issue as information about its abusive detention practices, albeit denied as false, triggered riots and loss of life in several... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
United States |
Human Rights, Law of War, National Security, Terrorism, Prisoner Rights |
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U.S. Supreme Court Deny Appeal on Wire Fraud Law for Currency Exchange Activities Concerning Evading Canadian Cigarette Excise Taxes and Vacate Decision against EC in RICO Cigarette Smuggling Case |
On May 2, 2005, the United States Supreme Court has given another victory to the Canadian government trying to enforce its excise taxes on spirits and cigarettes when it denied a certiorari... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
Canada, United States, Europe |
Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Jurisdiction, Taxation, Trade Enforcement, European Union |
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U.S. Arrests 140 in National Law Enforcement against Unlicensed Money Transmitters |
On May 23, 2005, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 140 persons in a nationwide raid of unlicensed money transmittal businesses and underground "hawalas," seizing more... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Terrorism |
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Swiss FIU Evaluates Self-Regulating Organizations in Annual Report |
On March 31, 2005, the Swiss Money Laundering Control Authority (MLCA) published its annual report, discussing its activities during the last year. The report evaluates the work of the self-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
Europe, Switzerland |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, European Union |
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Florida County Jail Surrenders to USVI Detained Persons Fighting Extradition Without Hearing |
On May 7, 2005, four days before two persons were scheduled to appear in Hernando County Circuit Court in Florida, Virgin Islands Justice Department officials removed them from the jail without a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
7 |
2005-07-01 |
United States, Virgin Islands |
Extradition, Jurisdiction, Transfer of Prisoners, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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U.S. Detention Policies Continue to Experience Criticism |
The U.S. government published its ten investigative reports on detention abuses while court and administrative proceedings proliferated over individual detention cases. Meanwhile, the UN tried to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
6 |
2005-06-01 |
World, United States, Afghanistan, Turkey |
Human Rights, International Organizations, National Security, Terrorism, United Nations, Torture, Prisoner Rights |
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British Court Clarifies that Court Counsel Need Not Make Suspicion Activity Reports |
On March 8, 2005, the Supreme Court of Judicature Court of Appeal, Civil Division, issued an opinion clarifying that the requirements of the British anti-money laundering law obligating lawyers to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
6 |
2005-06-01 |
United Kingdom |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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Top Human Rights Investigator Fired after Critical Report Published on Coalition Activities in Afghanistan |
Amidst strong U.S. pressure, the United Nations fired its top human rights official tasked with monitoring activities in Afghanistan after the release of a report that was critical of U.S.-led... |
Jason McClurg |
21 |
6 |
2005-06-01 |
United States, Afghanistan |
Human Rights, International Organizations, Terrorism, United Nations |
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U.S. Indicts and Will Try to Extradite 3 British Nationals on Terrorism Charges |
On April 12, 2005, the U.S. Attorney General in the Southern District of New York announced the indictment of three British nationals who are being held on terrorism charges in the United Kingdom on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
6 |
2005-06-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Pakistan |
Extradition, Terrorism |
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Eurojust Issues Rules of Procedure on the Processing and Protection of Personal Data |
On March 19, 2005, Eurojust issued rules of procedure on the processing and protection of personal data that try to balance the need for judicial assistance in serious crime investigations, emergency... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
6 |
2005-06-01 |
Europe |
European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, International Courts, Privacy, Economic Integration |
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Swiss Government Charges Abacha with Laundering Nigeria?s Looted Funds |
On April 15, 2005, a Swiss judge charged Abba Abacha, son of the late Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha, with money laundering in connection with billions of dollars in embezzled Nigerian state funds.
In... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
6 |
2005-06-01 |
Germany, Switzerland, Nigeria |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Fraud, Forgery |
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UN Security Council Makes First Referral to ICC in Darfur Case |
On March 31, 2005, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations (UN), the UN Security adopted Resolution 1593 to refer the situation in Darfur since July 1, 2002 to the Prosecutor of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
6 |
2005-06-01 |
United States, France, United Kingdom, Africa, Sudan |
Human Rights, United Nations, Genocide, International Courts |
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Iceland Will Not Help U.S. Know Fischer?s Travel Plans |
After providing asylum to Bobby Fischer on March 21, 2005, a former U.S. citizen whom the U.S. has tried to extradite from Japan, Iceland has announced it will not tip off the U.S. when the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
21 |
6 |
2005-06-01 |
United States, Japan, Iceland |
Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance |