Articles

E.g., 2026-08
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
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
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
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
U.S. Presses UN to Establish War Crimes Tribunal for Saddam Hussein On September 18, 2000, the Clinton Administration pressed the United Nations to establish a war crimes tribunal to try Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials in the deaths of up to 250,000... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 United States, Middle East, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait Human Rights, United Nations, War Crimes, International Courts
House of Lords Affirms Extradition to US for Probation Violation On June 15, 2000, the House of Lords unanimously affirmed the extradition to the U.S. of Mr. Burke whose extradition was requested after he violated his supervised release. On September 14, 1992,... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 United States, United Kingdom Extradition
French Initiative on Money Laundering Cooperation On August 24, 2000, the French Government initiated the adoption of a Council Framework Decision on money laundering, the identification, tracing, freeing, seizing and confiscation of... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 Europe, France Money Laundering, European Union, Asset Forfeiture
UN Prosecutor Prepares for New Indictment Against Milosevic In the aftermath of Milosevic’s resignation from office, Carla Del Ponte, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), is preparing a new indictment... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 Netherlands, Serbia War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts
U.S. District Court Requires Release On June 28, 2000, the U.S. District Court in Tampa granted a Motion for Summary Judgment to a publishing and media companies and order the U.S. Department of Commerce to release records from 1996 to... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 United States, Cuba Customs Enforcement, National Security
EU Finance Ministers Agree on Extension of Anti-Money Laundering Regulations to Professionals On September 29, 2000, the European Union ministers of finance reached agreement on extending the 1991 anti-money laundering directive to professionals advising on investments and covering a broader... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 Europe Money Laundering, European Union, International Courts
UN Appoints Head Prosecutor for War Crimes in East Timor On October 3, 2000, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Mohamed Othman, a former lawyer from Tanzania, as prosecutor general for East Timor. Othman, who is 49 years old, will have exclusive... Bruce Zagaris 16 11 2000-11-01 Indonesia United Nations, War Crimes, International Courts
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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