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U.S. Antitrust Head Calls for Global Forum and Initiative for Antitrust Enforcement Cooperation |
On September 14, 2000, Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, called for initiatives and a new forum to strengthen antitrust enforcement... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
11 |
2000-11-01 |
United States, Belgium |
Customs Enforcement, Economic Sanctions, Economic Integration |
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Recommends Ratification of Criminal Cooperation Treaties |
The extradition treaties involved are Paraguay, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Belize.
On September 12, 2000, the U.S. Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate held a hearing on and then approved... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
11 |
2000-11-01 |
United States, France, Nigeria, South Africa, Greece, Egypt, Ukraine |
Customs Enforcement, Extradition, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Supervisory Committee Issues First Report on OLAF and Warns of Operational Problems |
At the end of its first year of operation, the Supervisory Committee for OLAF – the European Union’s Anti-Fraud Office – has issued its first annual report. This report, apart from evaluating the... |
Tom L.W. Scheirs |
16 |
11 |
2000-11-01 |
Europe |
European Union, Fraud |
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FBI Detects Fraud in Panama Bonds |
On October 5, 2000, the media reported the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation had detected an attempt to market bonds alleged in the amount of $100 million supposedly for the municipality of Colón... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
11 |
2000-11-01 |
United States, Panama |
Fraud |
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OAS Ministers of Justice Hold Third Meeting |
On March 1-3, 2000, the third meeting of the Ministers of Justice or of Ministers of Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA) took place.
Two areas that were the subject of focus were cyber crime... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
11 |
2000-11-01 |
Canada, United States, Latin America and South America, Caribbean |
Cybercrime, Administration of Justice, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Kosovo Local Court Sentences Serb Student for War Crimes |
On September 20, 2000, a local court with Kosovo Albanian judges and one French judge sentenced Milos Jokic, 21, to 20 years in prison for killing ethnic Albanians in the first trial for war crimes... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
11 |
2000-11-01 |
France, Albania, Serbia |
Extradition, Human Rights, War Crimes, Genocide |
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Die völkerrechtswidrige Entführung und ihre Rechtsfolgen (Cross-border, State-sponsored Abductions of Individuals which are Illegal by International Law |
Stephan Wilske’s recently published monograph on cross-border state-sponsored abductions of individuals is useful for readers, because every country can be confronted with this phenomenon relating to... |
Matthias Geiger |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
World |
Administration of Justice, Human Rights, Kidnaping, Book Review |
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Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties in Criminal Matters Signed, Approved for Ratification, and/or Entered into Force |
Country Date Signed Entry into Force
Antigua & Barbuda Oct. 31, 1996 July 1, 1999
Australia Apr. 30, 1997 Sep. 30, 1999
Barbados Feb. 28, 1996 Mar. 3, 2000...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
World, United States |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Argentina Withdraws International Arrest Warrants for IBM Employees |
On August 23, 2000, the media reported that an Argentine judge has annulled international arrest warrants issued in 1998 for two United States nationals who are executives for I.B.M.
The Argentine... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, Argentina |
Administration of Justice, International Courts |
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Extradition Treaties Recently Signed, Approved for Ratification and/or Entered into Force |
Country Date Signed Entry into Force
Antigua & Barbuda June 3, 1996 July 1, 1999
Argentina June 10, 1997 June 15, 2000...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
World, United States |
Extradition |
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International Cooperation and Sting Thwart Cybercrime Extortion of Bloomberg |
On August 14, 2000, an international cooperative sting operation involving the United States, the United Kingdom, and Kazakhstan thwarted an attempted cybercrime extortion effort targeting Bloomberg... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Kazakhstan |
Cybercrime, Extradition |
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Colombia Extradites 3rd National to U.S. on Drug Charges |
On August 18, 2000, the Colombian Government extradited Alberto “The Snail” Orlandez Gamboa, the third national to the U.S. for international narcotics trafficking despite threatened violence against... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, Colombia |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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New York State Court Enjoins Corporation and Executives from Operating Antiguan Internet Gaming Facility and Orders Restitution and Fines |
On July 22, 2000, in a strongly worded opinion, Judge Charles Edward Ramos issued an opinion ordering World Interactive Gaming Corporation (WIGC), an online casino operator, to pay $1.8 million in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, Caribbean, Antigua & Barbuda |
Cybercrime, International Gaming, Jurisdiction |
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French Announce Priorities for JHA Presidency |
During its Presidency of the European Union, which runs July 1 to December 31, 2000, the French Presidency has announced its priorities for Justice and Home Affairs Council.
1. The European... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
Europe, France |
Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, International Courts, Organized Crime |
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Mexico Detains Argentine on Spanish Extradition Request for “Dirty War”Atrocities |
On August 26, 2000, a Mexican judge ordered the detention of the accused Argentine torturer Miguel Ángel Cavallo, who had been living in Mexico where he was director-general of Mexico’s National... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
Mexico, Spain, Argentina |
Extradition, Human Rights |
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Antigua Deports to U.S. Internet Sports Manager After Suspicious Transaction Report |
On August 19, 2000, the Antiguan Prime Minister’s Office announced the deportation of Robert Eremain to Puerto Rico after a suspicious transaction report triggered investigations that revealed Mr.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
Caribbean, St. Kitts & Nevis |
Money Laundering, Extradition |
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U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Denial of Appeal from Extradition, But Holds Executive’s Decision on Torture Defense is Reviewable |
On July 11, 2000, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of Ramiro Cornejo-Barreto v. W.H. Seifert, affirmed the district court’s denial of a petition for habeas corpus that the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Human Rights |
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Haiti Deports Alleged Medillin Cocaine Trafficker to the U.S. |
On August 8, 2000, the Haitian Government deported to the United States Carlos Botero Asprilla, an alleged major operative in the Medillin, Colombian cocaine cartel that has used Haiti as a staging... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, Colombia, Haiti |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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PRC Protests Service and U.S. Suit of Chinese Leader for Tiananmen Atrocities |
On August 28, 2000, five participants of the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations filed a lawsuit against Li Peng, the chairman of the People Republic of China’s (PRC) National People’s Congress in U... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, China |
Human Rights, Jurisdiction |
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Bahamas Prime Minister Announces Willingness to Conclude Tax Information Exchange Agreement with the U.S. and Other Enforcement Measures |
On August 16, 2000, in an abrupt change of policy Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert A. Ingraham announced his Government would take a series of steps to respond to the blacklisting of his country on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, Bahamas |
Money Laundering, Taxation |