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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |