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U.K. Inland Revenue Requests G8 Elite Tax Evasion Force |
Nick Montagu, chairman of the United Kingdom Inland Revenue, has urged the G8 Economic Summit countries to establish a multilateral law investigative force to combat tax evasion... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United Kingdom |
International Organizations, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
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U.S., Britain and Libya Agree on Plan for Lockerbie Trial in Holland |
On August 24, 1998, the U.S. and British Government announced a plan originally proposed in 1994 by Libya, to convene a Scottish court in the Netherlands to try two Libyan intelligence agents accused... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, |
Terrorism |
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Argentina Denies Italian Extradition Request Due to In Absentia Conviction |
On August 13, 1998, the Argentine Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold an appeals court ruling denying an Italian Government’s extradition for Italian citizen Augusto Cauchi, who is wanted in a 1980... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
Italy, Argentina |
Extradition, Terrorism |
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Pakistan Detains and Deports to Kenya Suspect in US Embassy Bombing |
On August 7, 1998, Pakistan officials arrested in the Karachi airport Muhammad Sadiq Odeh (also known as Mohammad Sadiq Hoawaida), 34, and turned him over to U.S. officials on August 13. On August 16... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United States, Pakistan, Kenya |
Terrorism |
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Australian Appellate Court Denies New Zealand Extradition Request Based on Delay |
An Australian appellate court’s affirmance of the denial by a lower court’s decision on an extradition request by New Zealand on a sex crime, due to the unjust and oppressive effects of the delay in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
Australia, New Zealand |
Extradition, Sex Crimes |
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European Parliament Committee Adopts Report Endorsing Need for EU Anti-Corruption Policy |
On July 23, 1998, the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, chaired by Hedy D’Ancona (PES, NL), unanimously adopted the report by Rinaldo Bontempi (PES, I) on the paper of the European... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
Europe |
Corruption |
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U.S. Court Denies Fugitive’s Motion to Quash Warrant and Change of Venue |
On April 16, 1998, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied a motion to quash a warrant for arrest of the relator, Shoshannah Eliseba Schweidenback, and denied a motion to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United States |
Extradition, Jurisdiction |
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U.S. and Other Countries Act to Ratify and Implement OECD Convention |
On July 31, 1998, the United States Senate acted to strengthen measures on transnational business corruption in acting to approve ratification of the OECD anti-corruption treaty and implementing... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United States, Trinidad & Tobago, Brazil |
Corruption, International Organizations, Treaties |
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Alleged Drug Trafficker Threatens to Kill U.S. Nationals If St. Kitts Grants Extradition |
On July 30, 1998, the U.S. Department of State reported that Charles “Little Nut” Miller, whose extradition the U.S. Government has requested from St. Kitts, has threatened to randomly kill U.S.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United States, St. Kitts & Nevis |
Extradition, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking |
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British Court Agrees to US Extradition Request for One of Three Computer Crime and Credit Card Crimes |
On June 2, 1998, The Times carried a report of a decision affirming appeals of the denial of extradition to the U.S. resulting from credit card and computer crime offenses.... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
Extradition, Financial Crimes, Computer Crimes |
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U.S.-Austrian MLAT Takes Effective |
On August 1, 1998, the Agreement on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the U.S. and Austria, signed on February 23, 1995, became effective. The signatories exchanged instruments of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United States, Austria |
Mutual Legal Assistance, White Collar Crime |
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U.S. Agrees to Help Turkey Combat Tax Crimes |
On August 10, 1998, the Turkish Anatolia news agency reported that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service will instruct Turkish tax officials on combating tax crimes, such as tax evasion...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
9 |
1998-09-01 |
United States, Turkey |
International Criminal and Comparative Law, Tax Crimes |
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International Money Laundering |
On September 21-23, 1998, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will host the International Money Laundering Conference, to be held in Montreal, Canada. The conference will deal mainly with the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Conferences |
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Bolivian Supreme Court Holds Drug Leader Extraditable to U.S. |
On July 2, 1998, the European Commission (EC) proposed a directive to prevent individuals from avoiding taxes by moving, along with their assets, from one European Union member state to another... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States, Bolivia |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Balancing the Protection of Human Rights with the Needs of Law Enforcement |
On August 24-28, 1998, the Commonwealth Secretariat is hosting a conference, entitled Balancing the Protection of Human Rights with the Needs of Law Enforcement. The theme will be International... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Human Rights, Conferences, International Cooperation |
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Dominican Republic Amends Extradition Law |
The Dominican Republic legislature has passed an amendment to the 1969 Extradition law that prohibits extradition of its nationals. The new law will permit extradition of persons charged with... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States, Dominican Republic |
Money Laundering, Extradition, Murder, Kidnaping, Drugs & Trafficking |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS |
1. Comparative Criminal Law
Marina Braun & Galina Clothier, American-Russian Legal Dictionary: Criminal Law (Westport, CT, Greenwood 1998).
2. International Criminal Law in General... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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Latin American Leaders Decry Difficulties in Extraditing Political and Business Leaders Charged with Corruption from South Florida |
Increasingly, persons charged with corruption in Latin America find refuge in Miami and South Florida and in many other parts of the U.S. The latest ire from Latin America has occurred in Ecuador as... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States, Latin America and South America |
Corruption, Extradition |
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Bibliography of Articles |
1. Banking Privacy and Money Laundering
K.L. Case, The Saiwa Wake-up Call; The Need for International Standards, 26 Ga. J. Int’l & Comp. L. 215-31 (1996).
John K.F. Delaney, Impact of Money... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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U.S. Courts Grants Extradition to Mexico of Mexican on Firearms Charges |
On May 8, 1998, Magistrate Cynthia G. Aaron, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, found Gabriel Alfredo Valdez-Mainero extraditable to Mexico. His extradition was requested... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Arms Trafficking |