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War Crime Tribunal Continues to Obtain Custody over and Try Offenders |
On June 7, 1999, British troops in Bosnia arrested Drag Kulundzija, a former shift commander at the Keraterm concentration camp near Prijedor. According to George Robertson, the UK defense... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina |
Law of War |
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Dominican Republic Arrests and Extradites Police Official to Haiti |
On June 5, 1999 Haiti Police Chief Jean Coles Rameau, who is sought in connection with the killings of 11 men in police custody, was arrested in the Dominican Republic and extradited to Haiti... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Haiti, Dominican Republic |
Extradition |
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State Department Consular Notification and Access |
As a result of the number of foreign nationals that are arrested in the U.S., the U.S. Department of State has published a “Consular Notification and Access,” which provides instructions for federal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States |
Human Rights |
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EU Carries Out Transnational Corruption Assistance to Central & Eastern European Applicants |
On September 17, 1998, Mr. van den Broek, an official of the European Commission, provided responses to questions posed by Gerhard Hager (NI) to the Commission on the nature of financial and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Europe |
Corruption |
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Italian Court Opens Case for Italians Who Disappeared in Argentina |
On May 20, 1999, Italian Judge Claudio D’Angelo decided to start an oral and public proceeding, where seven ex-military officials of Argentina will be prosecuted for the disappearance of eight... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Italy, Argentina |
Human Rights |
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Swiss Court Approves Return of $4.5 Million to Argentina on IBM Bribe Case |
On June 8, 1999, an investigating judge in Geneva obtained permission from the account holders, all of them former Argentine bankers, to transfer $4.5 million from frozen bank accounts that... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Switzerland, Argentina |
Corruption, Bribery |
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Trinidad Executes 9 Persons and Other Caribbean Governments Follow Its Lead |
On June 4, 5, and 7, 1999, Trinidad and Tobago executed nine persons at the gallows (by hanging), triggering a likely trend in other English-speaking Caribbean countries... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Caribbean |
Human Rights |
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U.S. Extradition Hearing Set for Request for Ukrainian |
On June 7, 1999, a U.S. District Court in San Francisco set a hearing date for June 21, 1999 on the extradition request by the Ukraine Government for Pavlo Lazarenko, its former prime minister, who... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, Ukraine |
Money Laundering, Corruption, Extradition |
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Defending U.S. Citizens and Corporations in Cross Border Proceedings, Extradition, Mutual Assistance, and Asset Seizures: A French Perspective |
The irregularity of the formal conditions required for the validity of an extradition request cannot be raised before the extradition court when a court deals with a demand lodged by an individual to... |
Francois Serres and Miss Elodie LeGal |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, France |
Comparative and International Law |
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Mexico Acts Against Illegal Migrants and Child Traffickers |
Mexican authorities increasingly are encountering and taking action against hundreds of persons without appropriate immigration documents going toward the U.S., some bringing children without proper... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, Mexico, Guatemala |
Immigration, Sex Crimes |
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Portugal Enacts Legislation to Assist International Criminal Tribunals |
Portugal is in the process of enacting legislation in order to assist the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and for the Former Yugoslavia. The draft act is now pending before Parliament.... |
Andre Klip |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Rwanda, Portugal, Former Yugoslavia |
International Courts |
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European Justice and Home Affairs Council Continues Enforcement Cooperation Progress |
On May 27 and 28, 1999, the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Union continued to make enforcement cooperation progress at its 2184th meeting. This article summarizes selected... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Europe |
International Organizations |
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Antigua Arrests U.S. National in Florida Fraud Allegation |
On May 18, 1999, Antiguan authorities arrested William W. Cooper, a major player in Antigua’s international financial services sector, in connection with fraud allegations pending in U.S. District... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, Antigua & Barbuda |
Money Laundering, Fraud |
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U.S. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Issued |
On February 26, 1999, the U.S. Department of State released its annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, showing a mixed picture of gains and setbacks in counterdrug policy in 1998.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, United States |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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European Parliamentary Committee Proposes Harmonization Measures |
On March 8, 1999, the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs submitted a report on criminal procedures in the European Union (Corpus Juris) that proposes a series of measures to facilitate... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
Europe |
Due Diligence, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime, Prisoner Rights, Terrorism |
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U.S. Closes Anti-Drug Base in Panama and Opens New Missions in Ecuador and Dutch Antilles |
On May 5, 1999, the U.S. closed its anti-drug trafficking mission in Panama and announced that it would operate missions out of Curacao, Aruba and Ecuador although its overall capabilities would be... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
Aruba, Curaçao, Panama, United States, World |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Gaming Commission Will Recommend Criminalization of Offshore Internet Gaming |
On April 28, 1999, the U.S. media reported that the National Gambling Impact Study Commission will recommend to criminalize offshore Internet gambling, thereby setting the stage for inevitable... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
United States |
International Gaming |
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Bolivia Requests Extradition of Former President and Suspends Counterdrug Efforts |
On November 1, 2008, Bolivian President Evo Morales of Bolivia suspended counterdrug operations sponsored by the U.S. government. Meanwhile, on November 11, 2008, Bolivian officials said they had... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
1 |
1999-06-01 |
United States, Bolivia |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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IRS Criminal Investigation Division Recommends Stronger International Operations |
On April 13, 1999, a high-level task force headed by former CIA and FBI Director William Webster, issued a report with recommendations on international operations of the Internal Revenue Service’s... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
Bolivia, Canada, Mexico, United States |
Money Laundering, Organized Crime, Taxation |
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U.S. Requests Israel to Hold Part of Sheinbein Trial in the U.S. |
On April 19, 1999, the U.S. Government on behalf of Montgomery County, Maryland’s chief prosecutor, Attorney Douglas Gansler, has sent Israeli authorities a letter, requesting that Sheinbein’s trial... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
6 |
1999-06-01 |
Israel, United States |
Extradition, Murder |