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Security Council to Expand Role of Women in Peace and Security Operations |
On October 31, 2000 the Security Council of the United Nations adopted Resolution 1325 (2000) calling for an broadened role for women in the decision-making process of peace-building, the resolution... |
Sashi Selvendran |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
World |
United Nations |
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EU Council Initiates Arrangements for Exchange of Information between FIUs |
On October 17, 2000, the Council of the European Union issued a decision concerning arrangements for cooperation between financial intelligence units of the EU members in respect of exchanging... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, European Union |
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British Troops Arrest War Crimes Suspect |
On June 7, 1999, British troops in Bosnian arrested Drag Kulundzija, a former shift commander at the Keraterm concentration camp near Prijedor. According to George Robertson, the UK defense... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
United Kingdom, Balkans |
War Crimes |
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Dutch-Registered Bank Implicated in Suharto Money Laundering Scam |
According to the information provided by the Dutch media group NCRV on 6 November 2000, the Dutch-registered Indover Bank has been implicated in transactions, resulting in the loss of large sums of... |
Timur Sinuraya |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
Netherlands, Indonesia |
Money Laundering, Corruption |
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U.N. Prosecutors Issue War Crime Indictments Against 11 in East Timor |
On December 11, 2000, U.N. prosecutors in East Timor handed down the first war crime indictments relating to the violence that occurred in the aftermath of its residents voting for independence from... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
Indonesia |
United Nations, War Crimes |
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International Cooperation Breaks Up Ecstasy Syndicate |
On November 22, 2000, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that wide-ranging multi-governmental cooperation had helped dismantle a MDMA (ecstasy) ring, including the arrest of the leaders.
On... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
United States, Europe |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Customs Creates Art Recovery Unit and Returns Stolen Art to Germany |
On December 5, 20000, Raymond W. Kelly, Customs Commissioner, announced the creation of the Customs Service seven-member Art Recovery Team on the occasion of the return to Germany of a rare 16th... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
United States, Germany |
Art and Cultural Property |
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Belgian Police Raid Belgian and Foreign Banks on Tax Fraud Probe |
On November 15, 2000, Belgian police searched the head offices of at least five Belgian and foreign banks in a continuing investigation of tax crimes.
According to the Brussels public prosecutor’s... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
Belgium |
Taxation |
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Implementation in France of the OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials |
The convention on combatting bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions signed on 17 December 1997 (the "OECD Convention") is now implemented in France.
The law... |
Stephane Bonifassi |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
France |
Corruption, Bribery |
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OECD Releases MOU on Harmful Tax Practices |
On November 23, 2000, the Commonwealth Secretariat announced that high-level multilateral talks on harmful taxation practices are to be held in Barbados on January 9 to 10, 2001. The announcement... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
World |
Taxation |
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OECD Members Agree to Prevent Bribery in Export-Credit Transactions |
On December 6, 2000, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Export Credit Group, a group of 28 countries that manages a “Gentleman’s Agreement” among countries covering the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
World |
Corruption |
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Cuba and Venezuela Request Extradition of 4 Persons Arrested in Panama of Anti-Castro Plot |
Cuba and Venezuela have requested the extradition of four men arrested on November 17, 2000 in Panama for an anti-Castro plot.
On November 18, 2000, the Cuban Government formally asked Panama to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
Venezuela, Cuba, Panama |
Extradition, Terrorism |
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Canada Contemplates Deportation of Alleged Smuggler to PRC |
During the third week of November, 2000, the Canadian police arrested Lai Changxing outside a casino hotel in Niagara Falls and thereafter his wife, and has initiated deportation proceedings against... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
Canada, China |
Extradition |
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Germany Affirms Frankel German Conviction and His Extradition to the U.S. |
On December 1, 2000, the German appellate court dealt a stinging defeat to high-rolling financier Martin R. Frankel, affirming his convictions in Germany and the US. extradition request on multiple... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
United States, Germany |
Extradition, Fraud |
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Scottish Court Invalidates Forfeiture Due to Human Rights Violations and Blair Administration Proposes Law Reform |
On October 13, 2000, the Appeal Court, High Court of Judiciary in Scotland overturned and invalidated a forfeiture judgment under Section 4(3)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 as a violation of the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
United Kingdom |
Asset Forfeiture |
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U.S. and Yemen Reach Agreement on Cole Bombing Cooperation |
On November 29, 2000, the U.S. and Yemeni Government signed an agreement on mutual assistance in the investigation and prosecution of suspects and witnesses in the investigation of the bombing of the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
17 |
1 |
2001-01-01 |
United States, Yemen |
Terrorism, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Argentina’s New Anti-Money Laundering Law #25.246, Effective May 16, 2000 |
The Republic of Argentina recently passed new anti-money laundering legislation which radically alters the country’s approach to controlling financial crime. For many years one of the few countries... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
Argentina |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking |
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ICTY Subpoenas NATO On Circumstances of Arrest of Bosnian Serb Suspect |
On October 20, 2000, the International Criminal Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia issued its first subpoena to NATO, ordering it to disclose details on its detention of a Bosnian Serb... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
Europe, Netherlands, Serbia |
War Crimes, International Courts |
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Europeans and Latin Americans Show Caution on “Plan Colombia” |
At a meeting in Costa Rica for anti-drug strategy in Colombia, the European Union announced an aid package for Colombia that is significantly below what Colombian and United States officials had... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
United States, Latin America and South America, Colombia, Europe, Costa Rica |
European Union, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Indicted Serb Commits Suicide |
During the night of October 12, 2000, Janko Janjic, who the International Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), committed suicide when NATO soldiers tried to arrest him.
Janjic... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2000-12-01 |
Europe, Netherlands, Serbia |
War Crimes, International Courts |