Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Judge Hoeveler Dismisses All But One Charge and then Sentences Cali Cartel Lawyers On June 12 and 17, 1999, U.S. District Judge William Hoeveler sentenced William Moran and Michael Abbell, former defense counsel for the Cali cartel, after throwing out all but one charge, thereby... Bruce Zagaris 15 8 1999-08-01 United States, Colombia Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking
Seattle and German Museums Return Looted Art and New York Museum Settles Increasingly, art museums are agreeing to return stolen cultural property and in some cases settling with private owners... [more] Bruce Zagaris 15 8 1999-08-01 United States, Germany Art and Cultural Property
France Convicts Noriega and Wife of Money Laundering On July 1, 1999, a French court convicted Gen. Manuel Noriega and his wife in absentia of laundering $2.7 million in drug profits through French banks for Colombia’s Medillin drug cartel in 1988 and... Bruce Zagaris 15 8 1999-08-01 France Money Laundering
British Arrests Two Suspects in U.S. Embassy Bombings as U.S. Applies Sanctions Against Afghanistan for Hosting Bin Laden On July 11, 1999, British police arrested two men in London on a U.S. warrant charging them with conspiring with Osama bin Laden in the deadly bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on... Bruce Zagaris 15 8 1999-08-01 United States, United Kingdom, Kenya, tanzania, Afghanistan Terrorism
Jamaica Gang Leader to U.S. on Narcotics and Racketeering Charges On July 8, 1999, Jamaican officials extradited Vivian Blake, the alleged leader of the Shower Posse and one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, to the U.S. on eight counts of racketeering, drug... Bruce Zagaris 15 8 1999-08-01 United States, Jamaica Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds U.S. International Counterrorism Law On June 25, 1999, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the designations of U.S. Secretary of State Madeline K. Albright for the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran and... Bruce Zagaris 15 8 1999-08-01 United States, Iran Terrorism
Dutch Demand 16 Years Jail for Former Surinam Ruler for Drug Offenses On June 30, 1999, Dutch prosecutors demanded sixteen years imprisonment for Desi Bouterse, former military ruler of Surinam, in connection with accusations that he lead an organization responsible... Bruce Zagaris 15 8 1999-08-01 Netherlands Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
Clinton Proposes Initiatives to Counter Bio- and Cyber-Terrorism On January 22, 1999, President Clinton announced he will undertake initiatives against biological and chemical as well cyber-terrorism, including spending $1.46 billion in his fiscal 2000 budget to... Bruce Zagaris 15 8 1999-08-01 United States Terrorism
Cayman Islands Agrees to Have UN Review Its Financial System On May 24, 1999, the media reported that the Cayman Islands Government has agreed to a review by the United Nations of its financial systems to show that the island is not a haven for drug... Bruce Zagaris 15 7 1999-07-01 Cayman Islands Money Laundering, United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking
Mutual Evaluation: An Approach to Achieving Fairness and Progress in Implementing International Agreements The globalization of commerce, trade, and financial services places significant pressure on international efforts to address complex issues. The challenge is not simply adopting the best policies but... Stanley E. Morris 15 7 1999-07-01 World International Organizations
Inter-American Drug Abuse Controls Holds 25th Regular Session On May 3-7, 1999, the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) held its twenty-fifth regular session. Several important decisions were made,... Bruce Zagaris 15 7 1999-07-01 United States, Latin America and South America Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking
War Crimes Tribunal Charges Milosevic and Four Leaders with War Crimes On May 27, 1999, the International Tribunal for Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted and issued an arrest warrant for Slobodan Milosevic, the Yugoslav President, and four high-level... Bruce Zagaris 15 7 1999-07-01 Former Yugoslavia Law of War, International Courts
Venezuela Presidents Denies US Request to Use Venezuela Air Space for Narcotics Flights As U.S. Scrambles to Replace the Loss of Panama for Counterdrug Efforts On May 24, 1999, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he will deny a U.S. request to use Venezuela’s airspace for anti-narcotics flights. Meanwhile, the U.S. is scrambling to replace the use of... Bruce Zagaris 15 7 1999-07-01 United States, Venezuela, Panama Drugs & Trafficking
War Crimes Tribunal Prepares for New Investigations in Kosovo With the peace agreement in Kosovo, the International Tribunal for Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is preparing for a major expansion of its investigative efforts in Kosovo. On June 8, 1999,... Bruce Zagaris 15 7 1999-07-01 World Law of War, United Nations
English Court of Appeal Refuses to Indirectly Enforce Danish Revenue Claim On May 21, 1999, an English Court of Appeal denied an effort by the Danish Revenue Authority to enforce its taxes against a Danish national, but the European integration law issues are likely to... Bruce Zagaris 15 7 1999-07-01 United Kingdom, , Ireland Taxation
ICJ Rejects Yugoslav’s Request for Provisional Measures against NATO On June 2, 1999, the International Court of Justice rejected the request of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) for provisional measures in the case concerning Legality of Use of Force (... Bruce Zagaris 15 7 1999-07-01 Former Yugoslavia International Organizations, Law of War, International Courts
U.S. Extradition of Amezcua Declared Unconstitutional On May 19, 1999, a Mexican court declared efforts by the United States to extradite Jesús Amezcua, 33 and imprisoned in Mexico for nearly one year, unconstitutional because Mexico’s constitution... Bruce Zagaris 15 7 1999-07-01 United States, Mexico Extradition
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
Australian Court Denies N. Zealand Extradition Request on Fairness In 1999, an Australian court denied a New Zealand extradition request based on inability to guarantee due process to the fugitive if extradition was granted... [more] Bruce Zagaris 15 7 1999-07-01 Australia, New Zealand Extradition
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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