Articles

E.g., 2026-04
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Three Terrorist Suspects in Hong Kong Agree to Be Extradited to the U.S. On January 6, 2002, two Pakistanis and one U.S. national agreed to be extradited to the U.S. District Court in San Diego that they conspired to sell drugs for antiaircraft missiles that they had... Bruce Zagaris 19 3 2003-03-01 United States, China, Middle East Extradition, Terrorism
U.S. Asks Court to Reconsider Order Allowing U.S. Enemy Detainee to Meet Lawyer On January 15, 2003, Judge Michael B. Mukasey held a hearing on a motion of the Bush Administration for the court to reconsider his prior order that would allow U.S. citizen Jose Padilla, whom the... Bruce Zagaris 19 3 2003-03-01 United States, Europe Human Rights, National Security, Terrorism
U.S. Appellate Court Upholds Detention of U.S. Person Arrested in Afghanistan On January 8, 2003, the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit upheld the arrest and detention without rights for the duration of the war as an ?enemy combatant? U.S. citizen Yaser Esam... Bruce Zagaris 19 3 2003-03-01 United States, Afghanistan Extradition, Human Rights, National Security, Terrorism
Bank Accounts of Brazilian Public Officers Are Discovered in Switzerland As recent events have underscored, it has become more and more evident the necessity of the execution of a bilateral agreement between Brazil and Switzerland for the mutual assistance in criminal... Jorge Nemr 19 3 2003-03-01 United States, Brazil, Switzerland Corruption, Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance, White Collar Crime
Brazil and Switzerland Discuss International Cooperation On October 12, 2002, a Brazilian delegation headed by the National Secretary of Justice traveled to Switzerland in order to meet representatives of the Federal Department of Justice and other federal... Jorge Nemr 19 3 2003-03-01 Brazil, Switzerland Mutual Legal Assistance
World Bank Group Proceeds on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Work The World Bank Group has progressed in implementing plans to intensify work on issues of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financial enforcement (AML/CFT). The IMF/World Bank of Group also... Bruce Zagaris 19 3 2003-03-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Terrorism
EU Justice and Home Affairs Continue Cooperation On December 19, 2002, at the 247th meeting of the European Council?s Justice and Home Affairs a number of decisions were announced and items debated. This article summarizes some of them. Following... Bruce Zagaris 19 3 2003-03-01 United States, Europe Corruption, Extradition, Trade Enforcement, Mutual Legal Assistance
Mexico Turns Product Piracy into an Organized Crime Amid new Bilateral Intellectual Property Rights Cooperation After a year-long lobbying campaign by the local record and software industry as well as various national and international intellectual property associations decrying plummeting sales due to the... Marc Wellhausen 19 3 2003-03-01 United States, Mexico Intellectual Property, Trade Enforcement
Mexico Sues U.S. in ICJ over Consular Rights in Death Penalty Cases On January 9, 2002, the Mexican Government brought a complaint against the U.S. in the International Court fo Justice (ICJ) over a dispute concerning alleged violations of the consular rights of... Bruce Zagaris 19 3 2003-03-01 United States, Mexico Human Rights, International Courts, Capital Punishment
Justice and Home Affairs Act on Migration and Other Criminal Cooperation Issues On November 28-29, 2002, the European Council took action on migration and a host of other criminal cooperation and criminal justice issues. Determination of EU Member Responsible to Examine an... Bruce Zagaris 19 2 2003-02-01 Europe European Union
FATF Imposes Countermeasures Against Ukraine and Defers Them Against Nigeria On December 12, 2002, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced it will apply counter-measures to Ukraine, in addition to the current application of Recommendation 21 and defer any counter-... Bruce Zagaris 19 2 2003-02-01 World, Nigeria, Ukraine Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Economic Sanctions, International Organizations
Swiss, French, and Canadian Break Pedophile Group On December 14, 2002, the media reported that cooperation among law enforcement authorities succeeded in breaking a French-speaking pedophile ring of 40 suspected persons that spanned at least three... Bruce Zagaris 19 2 2003-02-01 Canada, United States, France, Switzerland Cybercrime, Sex Crimes
Brazil Prepares to Expedite the Fight Against the Crime of Money Laundering On December 16, 2002, the mixed Commission of the fight against the crime of money laundering, associated to the Council of Federal Justice and composed of members of the Public Prosecution, Federal... Jorge Nemr 19 2 2003-02-01 Brazil Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
U.S. Terrorism Insurance Act Provides for Civil Causes of Act Prior to adjourning during its lame-duck session, the U.S. Congress enacted S. 2600, the “Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002,” which provides for civil causes of action to victims of transnational... Bruce Zagaris 19 2 2003-02-01 United States Terrorism
U.S. Designates Sanctions Against Ukraine and Nauru for Lack of Anti-Laundering Laws On December 20, 2002, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a notice advising the public that it designated Nauru and Ukraine as primary money laundering concerns pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 5318A,... Bruce Zagaris 19 2 2003-02-01 United States, Nauru, Ukraine Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Economic Sanctions
ICTY Sets Aside Subpoena for War Correspondent On December 11, 2002, an Appeals Chamber for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in an interlocutory appeal filed in the Brdjanin/Talic case by counsel for Mr.... Bruce Zagaris 19 2 2003-02-01 United States, Balkans International Courts
U.S. Indicts Five in Money Laundering Through Insurance Funds On December 6, 2002, U.S. Customs Service announced the first grand jury indictment connected with the use by Colombian drug cartels of international life insurance polices laundering millions of... Bruce Zagaris 19 2 2003-02-01 United States, Mexico, Colombia, Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking
Judges for Ad Hoc Sierra Leone War Crimes Court Take Oaths On December 2, 2002, the eight judges comprising a United Nations special tribunal to try certain high level persons accused of responsibility for war crimes in Sierra Leone’s civil war were sworn... Bruce Zagaris 19 2 2003-02-01 Sierra Leone Human Rights, Law of War, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts
UN Approves Congo Peacekeepers and Rejects U.S. Efforts to Block On December 4, 2002, the United Nations Security Council approved unanimously a resolution to send nearly 3,200 more peacekeepers to go to the eastern part of Congo as the civil war in the Congo... Bruce Zagaris 19 2 2003-02-01 World, United States, Congo Law of War, United Nations, International Courts
Brazil Extradites Gloria Trevi to Mexico on Sex Abuse Charges On December 21, 2002, Brazil sent pop star Gloria Trevi to Mexico, her native country, on sex abuse charges after Brazil’s supreme court ordered her extradition December 6, 2002. The actual transfer... Bruce Zagaris 19 2 2003-02-01 Mexico, Brazil Extradition, Sex Crimes

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