Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Rwanda Arrests and Surrenders to U.S. 3 Rwandans Charged with Political Killing of 2 Americans On March 1, 2003, the Rwanda and U.S. Governments cooperated in the arrest and surrender to U.S. authorities of three nationals charged with murder, conspiracy and other crimes in a politically... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, Rwanda, New Zealand Extradition, Transfer of Prisoners, Genocide
Sierra Leone Tribunal Starts Proceedings On March 15, 2003, Foday Sankoh, formerly an army corporal who commanded the Revolutionary United Front that rebelled in a civil war in 1991, was brought before the Ad Hoc Tribunal for Sierra Leone... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 Sierra Leone Law of War, United Nations, War Crimes
Switzerland Arrests Brazilian Suspect of Draining U.S. $242 Million from Banco Noroeste The draining of approximately U.S. $242 million from the Brazilian Bank Noroeste was discovered in 1998 after its sale to the Spanish group Santander. According to the current controlling group, the... Jorge Nemr 19 5 2003-05-01 United States, Brazil, Switzerland, Cayman Islands Money Laundering, Extradition, International Organizations, Fraud
International Criminal Court Opens for Business On March 11, 2003, the International Criminal Court held its opening session as the world’s first permanent tribunal to try war crimes. During the opening sessions the ICC’s 18 judges were sworn in... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 World, United States International Organizations, Jurisdiction, United Nations, International Courts
Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism Increases Cooperation The Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism has taken various measures to implement counter-terrorism cooperation. The Organization of American States (OSA) Permanent Council Resolution 837,... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 North America, Latin America and South America, Colombia International Organizations, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime
EU Justice and Home Affairs Meet On February 27-28, 2003 the European Union’s Justice & Home Affairs Council held its 2489th meeting and continued of make progress towards new mutual assistance and harmonization of criminal... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 Europe European Union
U.S. Creates Office for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (EOTF/FC) On March 3, 2003, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow announced the creation of a new Executive Office for Terrorist Financial Crimes (EOTC/FC) reporting directly to the Deputy Secretary. The Office... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 United States Money Laundering, Terrorism
U.S. Meeting on Enforcement Laws Against Trafficking of Humans On February 23-26, 2003, the U.S. Government hosted a meeting of countries and experts involving implementing the law prohibiting the international trafficking of human beings. One goal is to... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 United States, Asia, Europe Administration of Justice, Human Trafficking, International Organizations
Swiss Delegation Visits Brazil to Reinforce International Cooperation In February 2003, the General Attorney of Switzerland, Valentin Roschacher, visit Brazil, accompanied by a delegation composed of members of the Public Prosecution and of the Federal Judiciary Police... Jorge Nemr 19 5 2003-05-01 United States, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Switzerland Money Laundering, Corruption, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime
Appellate Court Denies Access to Courts and Lawyers for Guantanamo Detainees On March 11, 2003, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously upheld the decision that the 650 suspected terrorists and Taliban members held at a U.S. naval base in... Bruce Zagaris 19 5 2003-05-01 United States Human Rights, National Security, Terrorism, Prisoner Rights
Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties in Criminal Matters Signed, Approved for Ratification, and/or Entered into Force as of February 3, 2003 [This article includes a list of enforcement updates in Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties.] Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 United States Mutual Legal Assistance
ICTY Indicts KLA Members, Serb Leader, and Continue to Prepare for Closing The ICTY continues to have a lot of diverse activity even though it is struggling to find ways to wind down its work. On February 14, 2003, prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the... Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 World, Balkans Extradition, Human Rights, International Courts
Rwanda Tribunal Convicts Pastor and Physician Son of Genocide and Other Crimes On February 19, 2003, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda convicted Gérard Ntakirutimana, 45, a medical doctor practicing at the Mugonero Adventist hospital of genocide and of crimes... Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 Rwanda Human Rights, War Crimes, Genocide
FATF Issues Typologies Report, Withdraws Counter-Measures for Ukraine On February 14, 2003, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) took action on several matters. With respect to its initiative against non-cooperative countries, it removed Grenada from the list of non... Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 World, Ukraine Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Due Diligence, Terrorism
New Swiss Federal Banking Commission Money Laundering Ordinance The Swiss Federal Banking Commission (SFBC) has issued a money laundering Ordinance which contains more stringent due diligence requirements for banks, managers of funds and securities dealers... Paul Gully-Hart 19 4 2003-04-01 Switzerland Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Due Diligence
Canadian and Foreign FIUs Agree to Share Money Laundering Intelligence On February 5, 2003, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) announced it had reached agreements with financial intelligence agencies in the United States, United... Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 Canada Money Laundering, Due Diligence, Terrorism, Economic Integration
Brazil Justice Ministry Will Create MLAT Commission The Ministry of Justice, through its National Office of Justice, intends to create, as soon as possible, a Coordination Commission to handle mutual assistance in criminal matter agreements (MLAT). In... Jorge Nemr 19 4 2003-04-01 Brazil Mutual Legal Assistance
European Arrest Warrant Practical problems inherent in the inter-state mechanism of delivering up offenders are almost as old as extradition itself. No one knows them better than law enforcement officers as well as public... Michael Plachta 19 4 2003-04-01 Europe Transfer of Prisoners, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance
Argentina Detains IMF Official and Former Peruvian Minister on Interpol Warrant On February 13, 2003, an Argentine federal court held a hearing and ordered the detention of Jorge Baca Compodónico, a former minister of finance in Peru, on an Interpol arrest warrant in connection... Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 Peru, Argentina Extradition, Transfer of Prisoners
British Government Starts Extradition Proceedings Against Chechen Leader On January 31, 2003, the British Government authorized extradition proceedings against Akhmed Zakayev, a Chechen separatist leader whose extradition the Russian Government has requested for mass... Bruce Zagaris 19 4 2003-04-01 United States, Russia Extradition, Transfer of Prisoners, War Crimes

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