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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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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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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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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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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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U.S. and Portugal Conclude Commodities Futures Enforcement Agreement and Commodities and Securities Regulators Cooperate More with International Organizations |
On February 4, 1999, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the conclusion of a enforcement cooperation agreement with the Commisåo do Mercado de Valores Mobilirios (CMVM), its... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
4 |
1999-04-01 |
United States, Portugal |
Securities Trade Enforcement |
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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 |
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Justice and Home Affairs Council Holds Meeting |
On March 12, 1999, the Justice and Home Affairs Council held its 2166th meeting... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
4 |
1999-04-01 |
Europe |
International Organizations |
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U.S. Department of State Releases Annual Narcotics Report |
On February 26, 1999, the U.S. Department of State Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs released the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. It requires the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
4 |
1999-04-01 |
United States |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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European Parliament Committee Calls for Creation of European Public Prosecutor |
On February 18, 1999, the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs unanimously adopted a report, calling for the gradual development of a European criminal law system and the establishment... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
4 |
1999-04-01 |
Europe |
International Organizations |
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British Proposes New Standards of Financial Regulatory Requirements |
On March 17, 1999, Robin Cook, the British foreign secretary, proposed “a renewed contract” between Britain and its remaining overseas territories, whereby the territories, in return for their... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
4 |
1999-04-01 |
United Kingdom |
Taxation |
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Cambodia Rejects UN Plan for Khmer Rouge Trial in Favor of Its Own |
On March 12, 1999, the Cambodian Government officially rejected United Nations recommendations that the UN convene an international tribunal to try surviving senior Khmer Rouge leaders and instead... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
4 |
1999-04-01 |
Cambodia |
Law of War |
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U.S. Court Orders Summons Enforcement Under French-U.S. Tax Treaty |
On February 5, 1999, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ordered summary enforcement of a summons issued by the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of the French Government... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
4 |
1999-04-01 |
United States, France |
Taxation |
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UN Tribunal for Rwanda Expands Courts |
: On February 23, 1999, the media reported the opening of a third courtroom by the International Tribunal for War Crimes in Rwanda and the swearing in of three new judges... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
4 |
1999-04-01 |
Rwanda |
Law of War, International Courts |