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South African Apartheid Victims Sue Multinationals |
On November 12, 2002, a complaint was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on behalf of dozens of South Africans who allege they are victims of acts by twenty-two... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, South Africa, Spain |
Human Rights |
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Nigeria Warns Taylor Not to Meddle in Liberian Affairs or Lose His Asylum As Many Demand Transparency in Maritime Revenue |
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo rebuked former Liberian president Charles G. Taylor on September 16, 2003, and threatened to revoke his asylum if he did not cease interfering with internal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
11 |
2003-01-01 |
Nigeria, Liberia |
Extradition |
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British Dependent Territories Try to Fight British Demand to Participate in the EU Savings Directive |
During November 23-24, 2002 ministers from the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos, Montserrat and Anguilla met in Georgetown, Grand Cayman, to respond to a British... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Europe, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands |
Bank Secrecy, Taxation, European Union, Economic Integration |
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U.S. Widower Takes Advantage of Right to Participate in German Prosecution |
On November 11, 2002, a German court in Hamburg announced that Stephen Push of Great Falls, Virginia whose wife died aboard the airliner that crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, has been... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Germany, Afghanistan |
Terrorism |
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U.S. Appellate Court Overturns Canadian Excise Tax Conviction Due to Revenue Rule |
On September 30, 2002, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned a conviction of five persons on six counts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §343 on the basis that a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Canada, United States |
Taxation, Fraud |
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EU Forum on Prevention of Organized Crime Considers EU Anti-Laundering Laws |
On October 1, 2002, the European Commission?s Justice and Home Affairs Office held a workshop as part of an EU Forum on the prevention of organized crime to focus on the reporting obligations under... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Europe, Ireland |
Money Laundering, European Union |
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Head of Irish Revenue Commission Says New International Enforcement Cooperation Will Facilitate Successful Prosecution of Tax Criminals |
In a speech delivered November 20, 2002, Frank Daly, the Irish Revenue Commissioner, promised that international tax enforcement cooperative developments would enable the Irish Revenue Commission to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Ireland |
Taxation, Economic Integration |
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EU Files New RICO Case against Cigarette Company Alleging Money Laundering |
On October 31, 2002, the European Community and ten European Union members filed a 149-page complaint against RJR Nabisco, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and related companies (hereafter RJR... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Europe |
Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Taxation, Trade Enforcement |
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IRS Increase Pressure on International Schemes |
On November 14, 2002, a U.S. District Court sentenced Wayne Anderson, 63, and Richard Marks, 59, in connection with an offshore tax crime and money laundering scheme. Anderson?s Ark &... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Taxation |
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Brazil Enacts Inter-American Convention Against Corruption |
On October 7, 2002, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso enacted Decree no. 4,410, by means of which Brazil commits itself-American Convention against Corruption, adopted in Caracas on March 29, 1998... |
Jorge Nemr |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Brazil |
Corruption, International Organizations |
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Hotel Executive Pleads Guilty in International Tax Evasion Scheme as U.S. Tries to Extradite Two Other Defendants |
On September 5, 2003, Tollman-Hundley Hotels? executive Brett G. Tollman pleaded guilty to his part in a tax evasion in which he received more than $2.7 million in unreported compensation from a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
11 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Australia |
Taxation |
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Bermuda Appellate Court Gives US Victory in Braswell TIEA Case |
On November 28, 2002, the Court of Appeals for Bermuda gave the United States and Bermuda Governments a unanimous 3-0 victory in their appeal of a decision of the lower court in efforts to obtain... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Europe, United Kingdom, Bermuda |
Taxation |
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U.S. Announces Break Up of International Ecstasy Trafficking Group |
On November 5, 2002, Drug Enforcement Administration officials announced multiple arrests and cracking of an international narcotics ring involving Dominican drug dealers in New York that imported... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Netherlands |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Bush Administration Supports Bill to Further Criminalize Internet Gaming and Conyers Introduces Bill to Regulate It |
On October 28,2002, the Bush Administration sent a letter written by Lawrence B. Lindsey, the chair of the Council on Economic Advisors, to Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), the Senate majority leader,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States |
International Gaming |
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Blair Administration Introduces Bill to Simplify Extradition |
On November 14, 2002, the Blair Administration introduces new legislation to modernize its extradition legislation to cover tax and customs matter. The bill incorporates the European arrest warrant... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Europe, United Kingdom |
Extradition, European Union |
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Denmark Arrests Iraqi Opposition Leader for War Crimes in the Late 1980s |
On November 19, 2002, Danish prosecutors arrested for war crimes Nizar Khazraji, a former military chief of staff of Saddam Hussein who fled Iraq in 1996 and has been living in Denmark as a political... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Iraq, |
Extradition, Human Rights, Law of War, War Crimes |
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Russia Requests Berevsky Extradition from Denmark and Qatar |
On October 30, 2002, the Danish Government arrested a senior Chechen leader, Akhmed Zakayev, the 43 year-old deputy prime minister of the Chechen Separatist government in exile, on charges that he... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Russia, , Qatar |
Extradition, Human Rights |
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Senate Banking Has Oversight Hearing on Administration?s Money Laundering Strategy |
On October 3, 2002, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing on ?The Administration?s National Money Laundering Strategy for 2002 and expressed concern that... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
12 |
2002-12-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, National Security, Terrorism |
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EU Council Recommends Enhanced Cooperation Between Member States to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Precursor Chemicals |
In a recommendation dated April 25, 2002, the Council of the European Union recommends its Member States to enhance the cooperation and exchange of information between their operational units... |
Tom L.W. Scheirs |
18 |
12 |
2002-12-01 |
Europe |
European Union, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Colombia Extradites Two Nationals to U.S. on Murder & Kidnaping Charges |
On October 28, 2002, the Colombian Government extradited two citizens suspected of participating in a violent kidnaping group that targeted U.S. and other foreign workers in Ecuador and demanded... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
12 |
2002-12-01 |
United States, Colombia, Ecuador |
Extradition, Kidnaping, Drugs & Trafficking |