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Japan Requests Securities Enforcement Cooperation Agreement with U.S. |
On December 3, 1998, the Japanese Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission announced it was requesting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conclude a bilateral agreement on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United States, Japan |
Securities Law |
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Germany Decides Not To Extradite Kurdish Leader |
On November 27, 1998, the German Government rebuffed Italy’s demand that it seek the extradition from Italy of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdish workers’ party (PKK), calling instead for his... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
Germany, Italy, Turkey |
Extradition |
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Germany Extradites Salim, U.S. Indicts 5 More for Role in Embassy Bombings |
On December 20, 1998, the German Government turned over Mamduh Mahmud Salim to U.S. officials for extradition to the U.S... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United States, Germany, Kenya, tanzania |
Terrorism |
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EU Parliament Proposes to Extend Money Laundering Cooperation |
On November 17, 1998, the European Parliament deputies proposed that the European Union (EU) revise regulations on mutual assistance and information sharing for anti-money laundering so that customs... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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OECD Anti-Corruption Convention Will Take Effect in on February 15, 1999 |
On December 7, 1998, Australia became the 34th country to sign the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
World |
Corruption |
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Pinochet Wins New Hearing from Britain’s House of Lords |
On December 17, 1998, the House of Lords set aside its decision of November 25 denying him immunity from arrest on the basis of an undisclosed conflict of interest by one of the Lords who... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United Kingdom, Spain, Chile |
Extradition, Human Rights |
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U.S. Will Release Pinochet Documents |
On December 1, 1998, U.S. State Department spokesman James Rubin announced that it will declassify and release documents relating to human rights abuses during the rule of former Chilean dictator... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United States |
Human Rights |
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Texas Death Row Case of Canadian Raises Anew Aliens’ Rights |
On December 9, 1998, a U.S. District Court blocked the execution of Joseph Stanley Faulder, a 61-year-old Canadian national who had eight scheduled executions in Texas in more than two decades on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
Canada, United States |
Human Rights |
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: Honduras “Paroles” U.S. Person Convicted of Murder |
On November 6, 1998, the Honduras Government released on parole Gus Valle, a 49-year-old U.S. national from South Florida, who three months before was convicted of manslaughter... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United States, Honduras |
Human Rights |
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Jersey Amends Oversight and Secrecy Laws to Cope with Cantrade Scandal |
As a result of the Cantrade Private Bank Switzerland (CI) scandal, the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) will amend its Banking Business (Jersey) Law 1991, which will strengthen supervisory... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United Kingdom, Switzerland |
Fraud |
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U.S. Prosecution of Textile Transshipment Continues |
The prosecution of Peter Yeung, a Hong Kong resident and the first person extradited from Hong Kong in the summer of 1998 under its new extradition treaty with the U.S., continues as a pre-trial... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United States, Hong Kong |
Fraud |
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U.S. Court Strikes Down Massachusetts Burma Law |
On November 4, 1998, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that a Massachusetts statute that forbids the state from buying goods from anyone doing business with Myanmar is... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
1 |
1999-01-01 |
United States |
Economic Sanctions, Export Enforcement |
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Argentina Extradites Woman to Croatia for War Crimes |
On November 1, 1998, the Argentine Government extradited Nada Sakic, accused of serving as a death camp guard during World War II, to Croatia where she and her husband Dinko Sakic, who was extradited... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
Argentina, Croatia |
Extradition, War Crimes |
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Dutch Police Crack Down on Asian Alien Smuggling Group |
During the last week of October 1998, the Dutch police arrested four Chinese nationals and a Vietnamese on suspicion of operating a network that smuggled at least 350 Chinese persons into western... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
Netherlands |
Human Trafficking, Immigration, Law Enforcement |
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U.S. Indicts and Offers $5 Million Reward for Bin Laden and Atef for 2 Embassy Bombings |
On November 4, 1998, a Federal grand jury in Manhattan returned a 238-count indictment, charging Osama bin Laden and Muhammad Atef in the bombings of two U.S. Embassies in Africa in August and with... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
United States |
Terrorism |
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Review of White Collar Crime 1998 (ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education and the Criminal Justice Section)(N98WCCCB: $125.00)(9-800-285-2221; http://www.abanet.org/cle). |
This book is the course book for the March 1998 program of the White Collar Crime Committee, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
World |
White Collar Crime, Book Review, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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Negotiations Continue over Trial Over Pan Am Lockerbie Bombing |
On October 26, 1998, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and national security adviser Samuel R. “Sandy” Berger told several dozen family members of bombing victims that the U.S. would not... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, |
Terrorism |
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U.S. Senate Approves U.S.-Luxembourg Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty |
On October 21, 1998, the U.S. Senate approved the U.S.-Luxembourg mutual legal assistance in criminal matters treaty (MLAT) which paves the way for ratification of the income tax treaty between the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
United States, Luxembourg |
Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties, Evidence Gathering |
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Clinton Signs Law Implementing OECD Bribery of Foreign Officials Convention |
On November 10, 1998, President Clinton announced the signing of the International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 1998 (hereafter the Act) (S. 2375 and H.R. 4353). Clinton expressed hope... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
United States |
Corruption, Treaties |
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U.S.-Nigeria Combat Mail Fraud Schemes by Intercepting Mail |
The U.S. and Nigerian Governments have implemented a law enforcement initiative to intercept suspicious-looking mail from Nigeria to the U.S. to combat the proliferating mail fraud efforts... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
12 |
1998-12-01 |
United States, Nigeria |
Fraud, Law Enforcement |