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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
House of Lords Affirms Extradition of Suspected Al Qaeda Official for African Embassy Bombings On December 17, 2001, the Law Lords, the highest court of Britain, affirmed the extraditability of Khaled al Fawwaz, an alleged Al- Qaeda member who is charged with planning the 1998 bombings of two... Bruce Zagaris 18 2 2002-02-01 United States, United Kingdom, Africa Extradition, Human Rights, Terrorism, European Union, Capital Punishment
Detention of Taliban, Al Qaeda and Other Suspects Raises Legal Issues As the U.S. and Afghanistan Governments take custody of more individuals arrested during the conflict within Afghanistan, many legal issues have arisen about the propriety of their detention, the... Bruce Zagaris 18 2 2002-02-01 United States Human Rights, Law of War, National Security, Prisoner Rights, Terrorism
British Court Denies Bail to Algerian Pilot Linked to Sept. 11 Incidents On December 10, 2001, High Court judge Duncan Ousely denied bail to Lotfi Raissi, an Algerian pilot accused of helping train a hijacker suspected of crashing a plane into the Pentagon on September 11... Bruce Zagaris 18 2 2002-02-01 United States, United Kingdom Extradition, Terrorism
Cross Border Transaction: Avoiding Tax Fraud While third parties are subject to criminal sanction for participating in tax evasion, they were generally not subject to civil penalties. Given the fact that the onus on the Crown to prove a... Claude Auger & Thomas Copeland 18 2 2002-02-01 United States Taxation
President Bush Adds Two Pakistani Groups to List of Terrorists For Blocking Funds On December 20, President George Bush announced that two Pakistani groups had been added to the list of terrorist groups whose financial assets must be blocked . Both groups, Lashkar R-Tayyiba (LAT... Bruce Zagaris 18 2 2002-02-01 United States, Pakistan National Security, Terrorism, Asset Forfeiture
Europe Union Adds to List of Terrorist Groups On December 28, 2001 the European Union added to its list of terrorist organizations to include Irish, Basque, Greek and Middle Eastern extremist groups. The significance of the list is that EU... Bruce Zagaris 18 2 2002-02-01 Europe, United Kingdom, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Ireland National Security, Terrorism, European Union, Asset Forfeiture
ABA/ABA Money Laundering Enforcement Conference Materials On October 21-23, 2001, the American Bar Association/American Bankers Association held the annual program. As usual, its materials contain an abundance of excellent information for professionals.... Bruce Zagaris 18 2 2002-02-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Terrorism, Asset Forfeiture
U.S. Treasury?s Issues Proposed Rules on Correspondent Accounts for Foreign Shell Banks, SARs for Money Transmitters, and Reporting by Non-financial Trades and Businesses of Certain Currency Transactions On December 28, 2001, the U.S. Department of Treasury published in the Federal Register notice of proposed rules for ?Counter Money Laundering Requirements-Correspondent Accounts for Foreign Shell... Bruce Zagaris 18 2 2002-02-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Terrorism
U.S Raids 2 Large Muslim Charities and Provides Technical Assistance to Countries on Regular Charities On December 14, 2001, Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) Agents raided two more large Muslim charities. Meanwhile the U.S. is planning technical assistance to 39 countries on regulating... Bruce Zagaris 18 2 2002-02-01 United States Terrorism, Asset Forfeiture
Mexico Arrests Narcotics Family Wanted by the U.S. On January 4, 2002, the media reported the Mexican Government, at the request of the U.S. Government, has arrested four leaders of a family of alleged drug traffickers who now face extradition to the... Bruce Zagaris 18 2 2002-02-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
Interpol and Treasury Cooperate on Combating Terrorist Financing On December 11, 2001, Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble and U.S. Treasury under Secretary for Enforcement Jimmy Gurule announced new joint Treasury-Interpol cooperation to combat terrorist... Bruce Zagaris 18 2 2002-02-01 United States International Organizations, Terrorism
Mexico Arrests Leader of Narcotics Cartel on U.S. Extradition Charge On December 20, 2001, Mexican authorities arrested Miguel Caro Quintero, who has been widely identified for years as the leader of one of the world?s largest drug cartels, on a U.S. extradition... Bruce Zagaris 18 2 2002-02-01 United States, Mexico Money Laundering, Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance
Czech Republic Frees Uzbek Opposition Leader and Denies Extradition Request On December 14, 2001 a Prague Municipal Court ruled that Uzbek’s opposition leader, Mohammed Solih, would not be extradited to Uzbekistan to serve a 15 ½ year sentence for alleged involvement in a... Meredith Beach 18 2 2002-02-01 Czech Republic, Uzbekistan Extradition, Human Rights, Terrorism
Brazil?s Supreme Court Denies Paraguay Extradition Request of General Oviedo On December 17, 2001, the Brazil Supreme Court announced it denial of Paraguayt?s petition to extradite former army chief Lino Oviedo on charges of planning the assassination in 1999 of Paraguayan... Bruce Zagaris 18 2 2002-02-01 Brazil, Paraguay Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance
Argentina Arrests Astiz on Swedish Extradition Warrant for “Dirty War” On December 28, 2001, in response to an extradition request from the Swedish Government, the Argentine Government arrested Alfred Astiz, a navy officer accused of murdering a 15-year old Swedish girl... Bruce Zagaris 18 2 2002-02-01 Italy, Argentina, Extradition, Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Murder, War Crimes
Report on Penal and Administrative Sanctions, Settlement, Whistleblowing and Corpus Juris in the Candidate Countries On September 19, 2001, Christine Van Den Wyngaert, Professor of Law, University of Antwerp, submitted a report on the protection of the financial interests of the EU in the candidate states. The... Bruce Zagaris 18 1 2002-01-01 Europe Money Laundering, Corruption, Counterfeiting, Extradition, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, Fraud
U.S. Issues Orders Curtailing Rights of Suspected Terrorists, Including Allowing Trial of Terrorists by Military Courts, Interrogating Certain Foreigners, and Monitoring Communications between Detained Persons and Attorneys The U.S. Government has acted to make major legal transformations in civil liberties in response to the September 11 terrorist incidents, generating much discussion over the international and... Bruce Zagaris 18 1 2002-01-01 United States Human Rights, Terrorism, International Courts, Prisoner Rights
International Cooperation against Transnational Terrorism Continues As efforts to combat transnational terrorism, including the terrorist incidents in New York and Washington of September 11, 2201, continue, a wealth of new cooperative joint investigations, arrests,... Bruce Zagaris 18 1 2002-01-01 United States Extradition, Terrorism
G-20 Nations Agree to Freeze Terrorist Assets and IMF Will Provide Technical Aid On November 17, 2001 a group of 20, which includes top economic officials form industrial countries and some emerging markets, such as Brazil, South Korea and South Africa, agreed on an ?action plan... Bruce Zagaris 18 1 2002-01-01 Canada, South Africa, South Korea Money Laundering, Corruption, International Organizations, Terrorism, United Nations
Counterterrorism Financial Enforcement Produces Litigation and Controversy As the effort to take enforcement action against counterterrorism financing proceeds, some targets and governments are resisting. In Britain, Yassin Kadi, also known as Yasin al-Qadi, brought a... Bruce Zagaris 18 1 2002-01-01 United States, United Kingdom Human Rights, Terrorism

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