Articles

E.g., 2026-06
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
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
EU Proposes Second Generation of Schengen Information System On June 1, 2005, the European Commission presented three proposals to establish the second generation of the Schengen Information System (SIS II), which will supercede the current SIS. The SIS II... Bruce Zagaris 21 8 2005-08-01 Europe European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, Privacy, Economic Integration
AIDP Urges UN to Reinstate Mandate of Human Rights Expert in Afghanistan On June 4, 2005, the board of the International Association of Penal Law (commonly known by its French name Association Internationale de Droit Penal or its French acronym AIDP), met at the Palais de... Bruce Zagaris 21 8 2005-08-01 World, France, Afghanistan Human Rights, International Organizations, Law of War, United Nations
Colombian Congress Will Hold Hearings About Immunity for U.S. Troops Responding to the demands of the Colombian inspector general, the Colombian Congress will hold hearings reviewing the 1974 U.S.-Colombian diplomatic agreement affording U.S. troops in Colombia... Bruce Zagaris 21 8 2005-08-01 United States, Colombia Human Rights, Immunity, Jurisdiction
ICTY Postpones Closing Date Due to Kingpin Fugitives In a June 8, 2005, letter to the U.N. Security Council, Judge Theodor Meron, president of the International Criminal Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia, said that the tribunal would not... Bruce Zagaris 21 8 2005-08-01 Balkans Human Rights, Law of War, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts
EC Proposes New Initiative to Combat Organized Crime On June 2, 2005, the European Commission adopted a Communication on "developing a strategic concept on tackling organized crime" which includes strengthening tools and improving enforcement... Bruce Zagaris 21 8 2005-08-01 Europe International Organizations, European Union, Organized Crime
EU and Libya Discuss Immigration and Human Trafficking Enforcement Cooperation The European Union and the Libyan government are discussing human trafficking and immigration enforcement cooperation. On June 3, 2005, the EU, at the request of Italy and Malta, decided to help... Bruce Zagaris 21 8 2005-08-01 Europe, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Immigration, National Security, European Union
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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