Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
UNDCP Publishes Report on Financial Havens, Bank Secrecy and Laundering On May 29, 1998, the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (UNDCP) released a report entitled "Financial Havens, Banking Secrecy, and Money Laundering." Written by four... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 World Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, United Nations, Financial Crimes
U.S. Allows Export of U.S. Software to Countries with Acceptable Laundering Laws On July 7, 1998, the Clinton Administration in a speech by William M. Daley, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, announced that it would for the first time permit the export of strong data-scrambling... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-08-01 United States Money Laundering, Trade Enforcement
European Parliament Supports Joint Action by EU Members on Enforcement Cooperation Against Credit Card Fraud On May 15, 1998, the European Parliament deputies voted to support joint action by European Union members on exchanging information to combat credit card fraud and other payment card fraud... [more] Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 Europe International Organizations, Fraud, International Cooperation, Law Enforcement
Law of War and Victims Compensation In the wake of the U.S. Government’s report on the role of neutrals in the Holocaust during World War II, the settlement of existing lawsuits and start of new ones continue... [more] Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 United States, Germany, Switzerland Law of War, Holocaust, Victims Compensation
OAS Stregnthens Anti-Money Laundering Efforts On May 12-14, 1998, the Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) met and agreed to strengthen anti-money laundering enforcement efforts... [more] Bruce Zagaris 14 7 1998-07-01 North America, Latin America and South America Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking
Neutrals Give Mixed Reaction to U.S. Call to Contribute to Holocaust Victims 1. U.S. Report On June 2, 1998, the U.S. in a supplemental report on the role of neutrals in the Holocaust urged five neutral countries to continue their accountability and make financial... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 United States, Norway Law of War, Holocaust
U.S. and Mexico Duel Over Money Laundering Case On May 18, 1998, a federal grand jury in Los Angeles charged three Mexican banks and twenty-six Mexican bankers with laundering millions of dollars in drug profits. According to an announcement by... Bruce Zagaris 14 7 1998-07-01 United States, Mexico Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking
Yugoslav Tribunal On June 15, 1998, French and German units of the NATO-led peace-keeping force in Foca, southeastern Bosnia, arrested Milorad Krnojelac, 57, a former Serbian prison camp commander who allegedly... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 France, Germany, Bosnia Law of War, War Crimes, Torture, International Courts
Panama Banking Regime Undergoes Reforms in Supervision In the thirty years since the enactment of Cabinet Decree 238 of 1970 as the Banking Law of Panama, the Panamanian banking system has transformed itself from a hub of brass-plate banking companies... Alvaro Aguilar-Alf 14 8 1998-07-01 Panama Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Banking Supervision
Rome Conference for Permanent International Criminal Court Opens On June 15, 1998, the Diplomatic Conference on a convention to establish a Permanent International Criminal Court opened with a rapid, no-debate adoption of its Rules of Procedure, including the... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 World International Courts, Treaties
Swiss Indict 3 Swiss Citizens with Bhutto Links for Money Laundering On June 2, 1998, Daniel Devaud, a Swiss magistrate in Geneva, announced the indictment of three Swiss citizens linked to the former Pakistani Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, for money laundering... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 Switzerland Money Laundering, Corruption, Bank Secrecy
EU Concludes “Pre-Accession Pact on Organized Crime” with 11 Applicants On May 29, 1998, the European Union Justice and Home Affairs ministers and their eleven colleagues from the countries applying for EU membership (the ten Central and Eastern European countries and... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 Europe International Organizations, Organized Crime
U.N. Drug Summit Adopts Global Strategy At a three-day special session of the United Nations General Assembly, June 8-10, 1998, attended by presidents, prime ministers, and senior ministers from 150 countries, a global strategy was adopted... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 World United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking
U.S. Announces Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime On May 12, 1998, on the eve of his departure for the G-8 Economic Summit in Birmingham, England, where transnational organized crime was one of the main subjects, U.S. President Clinton announced an... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 United States Organized Crime, International Cooperation
Interpol Agents Arrest Italian Wanted for Organized Crime in Italy On June 11, 1998, Interpol agents arrested Giovanni Fabbrocino, 28, in Argentina for charges on illicit association, money laundering, and murder in Naples, Italy... [more] Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 Italy, Argentina Money Laundering, Extradition, Murder, Organized Crime
A Critical Analysis of the U.N. Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 1. Introduction On 9 January 1998, the General Assembly of the United Nations approved Resolution 52/164 adopting the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings. This is the... Konstantinos D Magliveras 14 8 1998-07-01 World Terrorism, United Nations, Treaties
Bahamas Extradites Swiss Fugitive Financier On June 2, 1998, the Bahamian Government extradited Werner Rey to Switzerland on fraud charges in Switzerland over the failure of his business empire in 1991. A Swiss prosecutor and two police... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 Switzerland, Bahamas Extradition, Fraud
Spain Requests Extradition of ETA Member for Murder The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida is considering an extradition request from the Mexican Government for the first suspected Basque terrorist capture in the U.S. Ramon... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 United States, Mexico, Spain Extradition, Terrorism, Murder
Argentina Extradites Sakic to Croatia on World War II Crimes Charges On June 17, 1998, the Argentine Government extradited Dinko Sakic, a Croatian accused of World War II war crimes, from Buenos Aires to Zagreb, where he will stand trial for his role in the death of... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 Argentina, Croatia Extradition, War Crimes
Egypt Turns Over Alleged Terrorist to the U.S. In June 3, 1998, Mohammed Rashid, whom the United States Government has charged in a nine-count indictment with murder, sabotage, assault, and placing bombs on aircraft, arrived in Washington, D.C.... Bruce Zagaris 14 8 1998-07-01 United States, Egypt Terrorism, Murder

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