Articles

E.g., 2026-08
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Peruvian Court Issues International Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Fujimori On September 13, 2001, Judge Juis Locaros of the Supreme Court of Peru issued an international arrest warrant for ex-president Alberto Fujimori concerning charges he was responsible for ordering and... Bruce Zagaris 17 11 2001-11-01 Peru, Japan Extradition, Immunity
Austria Denies Extradition to U.S. Due To Human Rights Considerations On September 11, 2001, the Vienna Regional Court of Appeal denied the extradition request of the U.S. of December 18, 2001, relating to Sholam Weiss, a New York businessman sentenced in absentia to... Bruce Zagaris 17 11 2001-11-01 United States, Austria Extradition, White Collar Crime
EU Initiates New Counter-terrorism Cooperation On September 20, 20001, in its Justice and Home Affairs Meeting an d at the extraordinary European Council meeting on September 21, 2001, the European Union has initiated a number of important... Bruce Zagaris 17 11 2001-11-01 United States, Europe Terrorism, European Union
U.S. Investigative Requests Produces Wave of Joint Investigations, Arrests, and Other Bilateral Responses In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorism incidents in the U.S., many countries, especially in Europe, started joint investigations with U.S. law enforcement and made arrests, many of which have... Bruce Zagaris 17 11 2001-11-01 United States, Europe Extradition, Terrorism, Mutual Legal Assistance
Accusations Against Israeli Prime Minister Urge Belgium to Rethink War Crimes Act A complaint against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has caused unease in Belgian political and diplomatic circles. Based on the Belgian War Crimes Act, the complaint, which was introduced on May... Tom Scheirs 17 10 2001-10-01 Belgium, Middle East Human Rights, War Crimes
U.S. Removes Financial Advisory on Antigua On August 21, 2001, the U.S. Department of Treasury informed the Antigua and Barbuda Government by letter that the U.S. has removed the financial advisory against Antigua. According to Sir Ronald... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States, Antigua & Barbuda Money Laundering
Inter-American Development Bank Increases Criminal Administration of Justice Initiatives During the last few years the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has continued to increase its initiatives to assist criminal administration of justice initiatives in several areas it has... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 World Administration of Justice, International Organizations
EU Holds Informal Justice & Home Affairs Council Meeting On July 28 and 29, 2000, the European Union held an informal Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting in Marseille, France. Mrs. Elisabeth Guigou, the French Minister of Justice, presented the three... Bruce Zagaris 16 10 2001-10-01 Europe, France European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime
U.S. Introduces Anti-Money Laundering Bill On August 3, 2001, Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Co-Chairman of the U.S. Senate Drug Caucus... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States Money Laundering
U.S. Presses Mexico for Action After Acquittal of Mexicans for Death of American On August 4, 2001, two Mexican suspects in the death of journalist Philip True of Texas, who died while hiking in Mexico in 1998, resulted in protests by U.S. Government officials and by journalists... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States, Mexico Murder
Russian Ratifies European Laundering Convention and Enacts New Anti-Laundering Law On August 2, 2001, Russia completed ratification of the European Convention on Money Laundering and on August 7 Russia enacted a new anti-money laundering law. On August 2, 2001, Russia’s ambassador... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 Europe, Russia Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
War Crimes Tribunal for Yugoslavia Has Full Agenda After a relatively slow start, the Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has a full slate of business with new arrests of high-level officials, trials, and various motions. On... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 Balkans Corruption, War Crimes, Genocide
ABA Rejects Ethics Revisions on Client Confidentiality On August 6-7, 2001, the American Bar Association House of Delegates rejected proposed changes to permit lawyers to disclose client confidences to prevent a client from committing a crime or fraud,... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States Securities Law
Cambodian Leader Signs Law to Create War Crimes Tribunal On August 10, 2001, Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihanouk signed a law that will permit a war crimes tribunal to prosecute leaders of the Communist Khmer Rouge for crimes against humanity during their... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 Cambodia United Nations, War Crimes
EU Commission Responds to Anti-Money Laundering Proposed Revised Directive On June 13, 2001, the European Commission provided its opinion on the European Parliament’s amendments to the Council’s common position regarding a proposal for a revised anti-money laundering... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 Europe Money Laundering, European Union
Bush Under Increasing Pressure on International Criminal Court Position as Dutch Prepare Construction of New ICC Site As the time for President Bush’s visit to the United Nations and the next Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court (ICC), both in September, draws close, Republican leaders have... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States, Netherlands International Courts
Colombian Extradition to the U.S. of Ochoa and 2 Others Progresses On August 26, 2001, the Colombian President Andrés Pastrana and his Justice Minister Rómulo González approved the extradition to the United States of Fabio Ochoa Vásquez, the little brother of the... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States, Colombia Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
U.S. Issues First Report on Trafficking in Persons In July 2001, the U.S. Department of State issued its first Trafficking in Persons Report pursuant to the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 2000 (The Act), classifying countries into... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States Human Trafficking, Immigration
Appellate Court Affirms Offshore Trust Promoter’s Conviction and US Arrests Fugitive Wanted in Offshore Trust Scheme On June 15, 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the conviction of an offshore trust promoter for conspiracy to defraud the IRS and helping his clients evade taxes by... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 United States Taxation, Fraud
OECD Provides Guidance for Tax Enforcement Cooperation under Harmful Tax Practices On July 10, 2001, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Members of the Joint Working Group, established during the joint OECD Commonwealth meeting hosted by Barbados in... Bruce Zagaris 17 10 2001-10-01 World Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance

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