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Mexico Releases Last of 19 Americans Arrested for Arms Trafficking |
On March 12, 1999, a Chihuahua court ordered the dismissal of all charges against Robert Brown, a Birmingham, Alabama man arrested August 30, 1999, in Juárez on arms-smuggling charges after he... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
Mexico |
Arms Trafficking |
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French Police and Interpol Penetrate International Vehicle Theft Racket |
On March 27, 1999, Mexican prosecutors and Interpol announced police have detected and penetrated an international auto theft ring whose members stole luxury vehicles in Mexico and the U.S. and sold... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
France |
Vehicles |
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U.S. National Study Will Recommend Banning Internet Gaming |
On March 19, 1999, the nine-member congressionally appointed National Gambling Impact Study Commission ordered to study the social and economic effects of gambling announced it will seek a broad... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
United States |
Internet Crime |
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U.S. and Israel Antitrust Cooperation Agreement and U.S. Secures Conviction in Price Fixing of Worldwide Sale of Vitamins |
In March 1999, two important developments occurred in international anti-trust enforcement: on March 14, 1999, the U.S. and Israel concluded an enforcement agreement; and on March 2, 1999, the U.S.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
Israel |
Antitrust Cooperation |
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War Crimes Tribunal Investigators Recommend Indictment against Warning about Kosovo |
On March 21, 1999, a front-page article in the New York Times revealed that investigators have recommended the indictment of three Croatian generals for summary executions, indiscriminate shelling of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
Kosovo |
War Crimes |
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Holocaust |
The French and Swiss Government and industry continued to deal with efforts of victims and their representatives to obtain compensation and accountability for injuries during the Holocaust. |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
France |
Holocaust |
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Rwanda Tribunal Releases Former Army Officer Accused of Murdering Ten Belgian Peacekeepers; Cameroon Arrests 3 Accused Former Rwanda Ministers; and Swiss Try Former Rwandan Mayor |
Efforts to invesitgate and prosecute atrocities from the Rwandan conflict are occupying the Rwandan Tribunal and other governments, including two European governments. |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
Rwanda |
War Crimes |
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Kosovo Conflict Produces Many Legal International Criminal Law Issues |
The conflict in Kosovo has produced thousands of international criminal law issues and is a laboratory for their resolution. |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
Kosovo |
International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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European Parliament Passes Resolution Urging Adoption of Second Commission Report to Extend Money Laundering Directive |
On March 9, 1999, the European Parliament passed a resolution reommending extension of the Council Directive 91/308 of 10 June 1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering |
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Libya Hands Over Two Lockerbie Suspects |
On April 5, 1999, the two Libyans accused of planting the bomb that caused the Lockerbie air disaster on Pan Am Flight #103 were brought to the Netherlands for trial, ending a near eight-year... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
Libya |
Terrorism |
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U.S. and UK Warn Financial Community to Avoid Antigua |
On April 7, 1999, the U.S. Department of Treasury advised U.S. banks and other financial institutions to further scrutinize all financial transactions routed into or out of Antigua and Barbuda. |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
Antigua & Barbuda |
Banking Supervision |
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Former U.S. Journalist Held Hostage in Lebanon Sues Iran Government |
On March 22, 1999, Terry Anderson, the U.S. national and former journalist who was kidnaped and held hostage for more than six years in Lebanon, and his family sued the Iranian government, seeking $... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
Lebanon |
Kidnaping |
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Operation Casablanca |
On March 30, 1999, two large Mexican banks, Banca Serfin and Bancomer, pleaded guilty to money laundering charges. |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
5 |
1999-05-01 |
Mexico |
Money Laundering |
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Greek Pros. Rules Pro-Kurdish Greeks Must Face Criminal Prosecution for Helping Ocalan |
: On March 11, 1999, a Greek prosecutor in Athens ruled that Antonis Naxakis, a retired Greek navy admiral, and Costas Badouvas, a former Socialist deputy, must be prosecuted for arranging the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
4 |
1999-04-01 |
Greece |
Terrorism |
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U.S. Detains Former Ukraine Prime Minister Under Corruption Investigations |
On February 22, 1999, U.S. Customs Services officials announced the detention on Friday February 19, 1999, of Ukrainian former Prime Minister, Pavlo Lazarenko, who is under investigation in both... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
4 |
1999-04-01 |
United States, Switzerland, Ukraine |
Corruption |
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U.S. Hosts High-Level Anti-Corruption Conference While Olympic Inquiry Recommends Prohibiting Any Country from Hosting Games Without Ratifying OECD Convention |
On February 24-25, 1999, U.S. Vice President Al Gore opened a Global Forum on Fighting Corruption that was held at the State Department and attended by 89 countries. Meanwhile, on March 2, 1999, an... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
4 |
1999-04-01 |
United States |
Corruption |
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Venezuela Proposes to Include Anti-Bribery Provisions in Future WTO Agreement on Government Procurement |
: At the February 24-25, 1999 meeting of the World Trade Organization’s working group on transparency in government procurement, Venezuela called for the inclusion of anti-bribery provisions in a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
4 |
1999-04-01 |
World |
Corruption, International Organizations |
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U.S. Regulators Will Withdraw “Know Your Customer” Proposed Regulations |
On March 15, 1999, federal regulators announced they will withdraw and reconsider proposed ”know your customer” rules that would have required banks and thrifts to investigate customers identities... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
4 |
1999-04-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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European Organizations Start Comprehensive Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime Aid to Central and Eastern Europe |
On February 4, 1999, in Strasbourg, the European Commission and the Council held a conference to inaugurate Octopus II, a program to strengthen the capacity of Central and Eastern European countries... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
4 |
1999-04-01 |
Europe |
Corruption |
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British and UN Initiate More Anti-Money Laundering Towards Offshore Jurisdictions |
On March 5, 1999, the United Kingdom Government and the United Nations initiated new and separate anti-money laundering initiatives directed toward offshore jurisdictions... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
4 |
1999-04-01 |
United Kingdom |
Money Laundering, United Nations |