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Cambodian Senate Passes Bill to Establish War Crimes Tribunal |
On January 15, 2001, the Cambodian Senate passed a bill to establish a tribunal to prosecute former top members of the Khmer Rouge Government who are accused of genocide.
Two weeks before the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
Cambodia |
War Crimes, Genocide |
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Haiti-US Agree to Interdiction and Related Narcotics Enforcement Cooperation |
On January 12, 2001, the media reported that Haiti president-elect Jean-Bertrand Aristide has agreed to new interdiction and other narcotics enforcement cooperation with the U.S., including allowing... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States, Haiti |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. and Colombia Cooperate on Breaking Up Heroin Ring |
On January 18, 2001, the U.S. and Colombia helped to penetrate and dismantle an international drug trafficking operation that specialized in distributing heroin from Colombia to the U.S., arresting... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States, Colombia |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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IRS Issues Proposed Rules on Reporting Deposit Interest to Nonresident Aliens |
On January 16, 2001, the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed rules that would expand the information reporting requirement for bank deposit interest paid to nonresident aliens recipients who are... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
Canada, United States |
Taxation |
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Clinton Pardons Long-Time Fugitive Mark Rich |
On January 20, 2001, outgoing U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton pardoned two financiers Marc Rich, a billionaire commodities trade who has been a fugitive from U.S. justice for almost... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States |
Extradition, Fraud |
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Philippines Deport French Fugitive Wanted in Elf Aquitaine Matter |
On February 2, 2001, Philippine immigration officials deported Alfred Sirven, 74, formerly the second highest official of the French company Elf Aquitaine, to France where he is wanted in a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
France, Philippines |
Extradition |
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Mexico’s Supreme Court Allows the Extradition of Mexican Nationals |
On January 18, Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) ruled by a majority vote (10-1) that the extradition of Mexican nationals is in accordance with Mexico’s Constitution. The ruling definitely... |
Rodrigo Labardini |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition |
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Peru Searches for Montesinos |
Some months after the disappearance of Vladimiro Montesinos, one of the most powerful officials in Peru, an intensive search rages in Peru and other parts of Latin America in the aftermath of various... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
Latin America and South America, Peru |
Corruption, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Fraud, Bribery |
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German Court Outlaws Foreign Nazi Websites |
On December 12, 2000 the Bundesgerichtshof – Germany’s Supreme Court – held that Germany’s domestic laws on Nazi propaganda are also applicable to web sites located on servers abroad, thus reversing... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
Germany |
Cybercrime |
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Lockerbie Trial Ends with Conviction, Acquittal |
On January 31, 2001, the Scottish High Court of Justiciary sitting in Camp Zeist in the Netherlands, pursuant to the Agreement Between the Government of Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States, Europe, |
Terrorism |
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Relatives of Murdered Belgian Priests Initiate Criminal Investigation into Crimes Against Humanity while Spanish Court Dismisses Complaint of Rigoberta Menchu |
On December 2, 1999 Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu filed a complaint with the Spanish National Court of Justice. The complaint accuses eight Guatemalan military and political leaders – amongst... |
Tom Scheirs |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
Belgium, Spain, Guatemala |
Human Rights |
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Federal Judge Reversals Ruling and Allows Defendants’ Statements in Kenya in US Trial |
On January 29, 2001, Judge Leonard B. Sand, U.S. District Court in Manhattan, ruled that United States prosecutors could use statements obtained in Kenya from three defendants in the 1998 bombings of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States, Kenya |
Human Rights |
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International Aspects of ABA/ABA 12th Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Seminar |
On October 29-31, 2000, the American Bankers Association/American Bar Association held their Twelfth Annual Money Laundering Enforcement Seminar in Arlington, Virginia. This review discusses the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
3 |
2001-03-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering |
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GAO Report on Russian-U.S. Money Laundering Fuels Calls for Strengthening U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Laws |
In a report released October 31, 2000, the U.S. General Accounting Office has indicated the ease with which Russian entities form Delaware corporations to open bank accounts in the U.S. that are used... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
2 |
2001-02-01 |
United States, Russia |
Money Laundering |
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The Special Court for Sierra Leone: A New Type of Regional Criminal Court for the International Community? |
Since the end of World War II, the international community has known two different types of international criminal courts trying the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity and humanitarian... |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras |
17 |
2 |
2001-02-01 |
Sierra Leone |
Law of War, United Nations, International Courts |
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U.S. Suspicious Activities Report Discloses International Trends |
In October 2000, the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group, a joint government-private sector group, published for the first time the Suspicious Activities Report (SAR) Review: Trends Tips & Issues.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
2 |
2001-02-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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Cambodian House Agrees to Establish a War Crimes Tribunal |
On January 1, 2001, the Cambodian National Assembly agreed to establish a tribunal to try former Khmer Rouge leaders, a major step in the U.N.-lead efforts to bring to trial persons in the Maoist... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
2 |
2001-02-01 |
Cambodia |
War Crimes |
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U.S. Multiagency Investigation Succeeds in Disrupting Mexican Drug Cartel |
On December 14, 2000, in a press conference in Washington, D.C. the U.S. Government announced the arrest of over fifty individuals in ten cities as the result of “Operation Impunity II,” a national... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
2 |
2001-02-01 |
United States, Mexico, Colombia |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Closes Hemispheric Military Academy with Plans to Reopen for Training of Law Enforcement Officials |
On December 15, 2000, U.S. Army Secretary Louis Caldera at a ceremony closed the School of Americas, the Army’s controversial school for Latin American military with promises to reopen under a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
2 |
2001-02-01 |
United States, Latin America and South America |
Human Rights |
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Consultations in Barbados on OECD Harmful Tax Competition Initiative Yield Progress |
On January 8-9, 2001, the high level consultations on the OECD’s harmful tax competition (HTC) initiative resulted in progress for all sides. The targeted countries and the Commonwealth Secretariat... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
2 |
2001-02-01 |
Barbados |
International Organizations, Taxation |