Articles

E.g., 2026-04
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Imposes Economic Sanctions and Freezes Assets of Former Liberian Leader On July 23, 2004, President George W. Bush issued an executive order freezing the assets of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, as well as his family and top aides, accusing them of undermining... Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 Liberia Sanctions
EU Commission Presents Council Common Position for Protocol to Money Laundering Convention of 1990 On June 25, 2004, the Commission of the European Communities (EC) proposed a common position for the European Council on negotiations in the Council of Europe (CoE) concerning the 1990 Convention on... Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 European Union Money Laundering
Brazil Continues Anti-Money Laundering Efforts During the last few months Brazil has continued its efforts to develop a more effective anti-money laundering regime. Jorge Nemr and Paulo Fretta Moreira 20 9 2004-09-01 Brazil Money Laundering
U.S. Congressional Hearings on Riggs Portend Changes in Anti-Money Laundering On July 15, 2004, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, released a report and held a hearing on current enforcement of key... Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 United States Money Laundering
OECD Strengthens Exchange of Information Provisions in Model Tax Treaty On July 23, 2004, the OECD's Committee on Fiscal Affairs announced agreement on new provisions for the exchange of information between national tax authorities as part of its work to strenghten... Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 Latin America and South America Taxation
House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Trafficking in Persons On June 24, 2004, a review of the fourth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report was held before the Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation & Human Rights. Lindsay Nordell 20 9 2004-09-01 United States Human Rights
Bahamas Court Denies U.S. Extradition Request for Narcotics Kingpin Due to Fair Trial Considerations On June 23, 2004, Mr. Justice Hugh Small, Commonwealth of the Bahamas Supreme Court, granted a habeas corpus petition of Samuel Knowles, who had been detained pursuant to a U.S. extradition, when the... Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 Bahamas Extradition
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Alvarez-Machain Claim, But Upholds Alien Tort Law On June 29, 2004, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in the case of Humberto Alvarez-Machain, the Guadalajara, Mexico physician whom the U.S. Drug Enfrocement Administration (DEA)... Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 United States Alien Tort Claims Act
Privy Council Decides Three Caribbean Death Penalty Cases On July 7, 2004, the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, sitting in an expanded nine-person panel, issued three options concerning the validity of the death penalty in three former... Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 Caribbean Death Penalty
Saudi Arabia Acts to Regulate Terrorist Financing, But Questions Remain On June 2, 2004, Saudi Arabia announced it would disband all existing charitable entities and committees operating abroad, including Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation (responsible for as much as $50... Bruce Zagaris 20 8 2004-08-01 Saudi Arabia Terrorism
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Sovereign Immunity No Bar to Suit to Recover Art from Austria On June 7, 2004, the United States Supreme Court held by a 6-3 majority that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) of 1976 applies to conduct of the Republic of Austria’s alleged wrongdoing... Bruce Zagaris 20 8 2004-08-01 United States, Austria Art and Cultural Property, Immunity
U.S. and British Detention Policies Continue to Unravel and Draw Litigation and Criticism During May and June 2004, controversy over U.S. and British detention policies continued to mount. Due to space limitations this article covers only the U.S. Government decision to charge Australian... Bruce Zagaris 20 8 2004-08-01 United States Human Rights, Law of War, National Security, Terrorism, Prisoner Rights
European Human Rights Courts Orders Russia To Pay Legal Fees of Gusinsky for Wrongful Prosecution On May 19, 2004, the European Court of Human Rights issued a judgment holding the Russian Government violated the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in... Bruce Zagaris 20 8 2004-08-01 Europe, Russia Corruption, Administration of Justice, Human Rights, European Union
New U.S. Laws Pertaining to U.S. Nationals Committing Sex Crimes Against Minors in Foreign Lands On April 10, 2003, Congress passed the Prosecutorial Remedies and Tools to End the Exploitation of Children Today (Protect) Act. One important section of the act addressed the problem of so-called... Lindsay Nordell 20 8 2004-08-01 United States Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Sex Crimes
European Central Bank and Interpol Conclude Anti-Counterfeit Currency Agreement On May 12, 2004, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) concluded an agreement to cooperate on combating the counterfeiting of the euro. The... Bruce Zagaris 20 8 2004-08-01 Europe Counterfeiting, International Organizations, European Union
Riggs Bank Problems Leave Foreign Embassies Without Any U.S. Banks Riggs Bank’s problems in managing the accounts of foreign governments—a factor in the recent sale of the bank—has resulted in closing of the Riggs accounts of more than 100 embassies, as of mid-July... Bruce Zagaris 20 8 2004-08-01 United States, Africa, Middle East Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
EU Justice & Home Affairs Council Meets On June 8, 2004, the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Union held its 2588th Meeting and continued its progress on a wide range of international enforcement cooperation and criminal... Bruce Zagaris 20 8 2004-08-01 Europe European Union
OECD Holds Global Forum on Tax Policy On June 3-4, Germany hosted in Berlin a meeting of the OECD Global Forum on Taxation to try to put all national approaches to tax matters on a level playing field. Bruce Zagaris 20 8 2004-08-01 World Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance
U.S. Authorities Seize Advertising Funds for Overseas Online Casinos Tropical Paradise, a Costa Rica-based Internet casino operation, has filed an action in U.S. District Court against Discovery Communications to demand the return of $3.25 million, of which $3.2... Bruce Zagaris 20 8 2004-08-01 United States International Gaming, Jurisdiction, Asset Forfeiture
Dominican Republic Court Dismisses Drug Charges against British Woman On June 9,2004, a panel of 5 judges in the Dominican Republic exonerated a woman whose boyfriend died trying to smuggle several bags of cocaine by swallowing them. Bruce Zagaris 20 8 2004-08-01 United Kingdom, Dominican Republic Jurisdiction, Drugs & Trafficking

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