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Prosecution of Russian Alcohol Smuggling Results in Conviction of Traditional U.S. Distiller |
An elaborate Russian organized crime operation to smuggle U.S. grain alcohol into Russia has resulted in a conviction of McCormick Distilling of Weston, Missouri, and has uncovered a massive scheme... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States, Russia |
Customs Enforcement, Organized Crime |
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Panel Recommends UN Reforms to and Expansion of Peacekeeping Department |
On August 23, 2000 an international expert panel submitted a report to Secretary-General Kofi Annan urging the United Nations (UN) to strengthen and upgrade peacekeeping operations through the growth... |
Sashi Selvendran and Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
World |
National Security, United Nations |
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US House Majority Leader Opposes US Support of OECD Harmful Tax Initiative |
On September 7, 2000, Congressman Dick Armey (R.-Tex.) and Chairman, House Ways & Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, sent a strong letter to Lawrence Summers, U.S. Secretary of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United States |
Taxation |
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Bomb Kills Croatian Witness Who Was Cooperating with War Crimes Tribunal |
On August 28, 2000, a bomb detonated in the front of the home of Milan Levar, a former military officer who helped investigators from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
Croatia, Serbia |
Murder, International Courts |
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Australian Court Agrees to Extradite to Indonesia Accused for Bank Crimes |
On August 29, 2000, Australian Federal Judge affirmed in a 125 page-long opinion the validity and legality of the decision of December 17, 1999, in which the Justice of Peace Court in Melbourne,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
China, Indonesia, Australia |
Money Laundering, Extradition |
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U.N. Security Council Votes to Establish War Crimes Tribunal for Sierra Leone |
On August 14, 2000, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution, establishing a tribunal to prosecute rebels responsible for killing and maiming tens of thousands of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
United Kingdom, Sierra Leone |
National Security, United Nations, War Crimes |
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Australian 2d Instance Court Affirms Mexican Financier Cabal Peniche Is Extraditable |
On August 29, 2000, Australian Federal Judge affirmed in a 125 page-long opinion the validity and legality of the decision of December 17, 1999, in which the Justice of Peace Court in Melbourne,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
Mexico, Australia |
Administration of Justice, Extradition |
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Croatia Arrests for Prosecution Two Nationals Accused of Atrocities against Muslims |
On September 6, 2000, the media reported Croatian police have arrested two Croatian men accused of participating in a 1993 killing campaign in the Bosnian Muslim village of Ahmici, in central Bosnia... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
10 |
2000-10-01 |
Croatia, Serbia |
Human Rights, War Crimes, Genocide |
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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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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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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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EU Announces Intention to Sue Cigarette Companies in the US |
On July 20, 2000, Alessandro Buttice, a spokesman for the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), announced its intention to bring a civil action in a U.S. court against at least two U.S. cigarette makers... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
9 |
2000-09-01 |
Europe, United States |
Customs Enforcement, Jurisdiction, Taxation |
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BRIEF NOTES |
Pinochet Stripped of Immunity--On August 8, 2000, the Chilean Supreme Court ruled to remove Gen. Augusto Pinochet of his senatorial immunity, enabling the Chilean prosecutor to continue his... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
9 |
2000-09-01 |
Chile, Myanmar, Switzerland, United States |
Human Rights, Immunity, Trade Enforcement |
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French Prime Minister Finds Einhorn Extraditable to the U.S. |
On July 25, 2000, French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin affirmed the decision of French courts to extradite Ira Einhorn to the U.S. to answer charges of murder...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
9 |
2000-09-01 |
France, United States |
Extradition |
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El Salvadoran Legislature Approves Constitutional Amendment to Allow Extradition of Nationals |
On July 5, 2000, the El Salvadoran legislature voted to amend its constitution to permit extradition of nationals...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
9 |
2000-09-01 |
El Salvador |
Extradition |
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Mexico Extradites Salvadoran National to the U.S. on Murder Charges |
On July 5, 2000, the Mexican Attorney General Office announced that on June 28, 2000, it has turned over Mao Ali Lainez, a Salvadoran citizen, to the United States law enforcement authorities,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
9 |
2000-09-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Administration of Justice, Extradition, Murder |
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Mexico Arrests Mexican National on US Extradition Warrant for Murder of DEA Agent |
On July 9, 2000, the Mexican Federal Attorney General Office announced the arrest of Agustin V quez Mendoza, who is on the Federal Bureau of Investigation list of the 10 most wanted fugitives in the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
9 |
2000-09-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Administration of Justice, Extradition |
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Australian High Court Overturns Sentence Due to Non-insistence on Rule of Speciality |
On September 9, 1999, the High Court of Australia overturned a sentence due to the rule of speciality and failure to adhere to its principles in the sentencing of an extradited person...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
9 |
2000-09-01 |
Australia |
Administration of Justice, Extradition, Jurisdiction |
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Defending a Criminal Case with International Human Rights Law |
Any defense lawyer knows that the battle for application of a substantive right is won only after overcoming significant procedural barriers to its invocation. Application of treaty provisions is no... |
Richard Wilson |
16 |
9 |
2000-09-01 |
United States |
Human Rights, Treaties |
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U.S. Issues Second Annual Report on the OECD Antibribery Convention |
In July 2000, the U.S. Department of Commerce released its second annual report to Congress on the 1997 OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
9 |
2000-09-01 |
United States |
Bribery, Corruption, Treaties |