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U.S. Narcotics Report Reviews Status of International Money Laundering |
As part of the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), the U.S. Department of State has provided a review of the status of global money laundering trends and countermeasures... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, International Organizations, International Cooperation |
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Ukraine Ratifies European Extradition and Mutual Assistance Treaties |
On March 11, 1998, Ukraine ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Extradition and Its Additional Protocols and the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and its... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Europe, Ukraine |
Extradition, International Organizations, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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Latvia Signs European Laundering Convention |
On March 11, 1998, the Government of Latvia signed the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime. Maria Klisans, Charge d’Affaires of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Latvia |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Treaties |
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Dutch Government Rejects Heirs of Jewish Art Collector’s Nazi War Claims |
On March 25, 1998, Aad Nuis, the Deputy Culture Minister of the Netherlands Government, denied a claim by heirs of Jewish art collector, Jacques Goudstikker, to paintings that were acquired by... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Netherlands |
Art and Cultural Property, Law of War, Property Restitution |
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Summit of the Americas Produces Multilateral Counterdrug Alliance |
On April 19, 1998, at the second Summit of the Americas, the thirty-four participating countries agreed to establish a Multilateral Counterdrug Alliance and related Plan of Action that, inter alia,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean |
International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking |
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NATO Special Forces Arrest Two Bosnian Serbs for Omarska Camp Crimes and A Serb Suspect Surrenders |
On April 8, 1998, British special forces that are part of the NATO forces arrested Miroslav Kvocka and Mladen Radic, two Bosnian Serb war crime suspects wanted for alleged atrocities at the Omarska... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United Kingdom, Netherlands, Bosnia |
Law of War, Torture, International Courts |
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Romania Signs Agreement on Combatting Illicit Drugs Traffic By Sea |
On March 19, 1998, the Romanian Government signed the European Agreement on Illicit Traffic by Sea. This Council of Europe Convention helps implement, within Europe, the provisions of Article 17 of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Europe, Romania |
International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties |
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Swiss Banks and Jewish Representatives Agree on Restitution Fund |
On March 26, 1998, the three major Swiss banks agreed to negotiate a global settlement with Holocaust victims, promising to establish a compensation fund in the U.S. to make restitution to Holocaust... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Switzerland |
Law of War, Treaties, Holocaust, Property Restitution |
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Senate Upholds Clinton Administration’s Certification of Mexican Drug Policy |
On March 26, 1998, the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 54 to 45, upheld the Clinton Administration’s decision to certify that the Mexican Government is “fully cooperating” with the U.S. in counterdrug... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation |
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Agreement Reached to Establish Commission to Resolve Insurance Claims of Holocaust Victims |
On April 8, 1998, at a meeting at New York State Insurance Superintendent’s office, four major European life insurance companies, state insurance regulators, and the representatives of two Jewish... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United States |
Law of War, Treaties, Holocaust |
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Swiss Highest Appellate Court Approves Forfeiture of Marcos Assets |
On April 15, 1998, a spokesman for the Swiss Federal Police Agency announced that the Swiss Court of Appeals affirmed the forfeiture of more than $500 million in Swiss bank accounts belonging to the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Switzerland, Philippines |
Corruption, Asset Forfeiture |
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U.S. Congress Holds Hearing on Cybercrimes, Transnational Crime, and Intellectual Property Theft |
On March 24, 1998, the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress held a hearing on “Cybercrime, Transnational Crime, and Intellectual Property Theft.”...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United States |
Cybercrime, Intellectual Property, Theft |
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New Mexico Governor Demands Extradition of Murder Suspects from Cuba |
In the aftermath of the announcement by the Clinton Administration of moves to reduce some of the economic sanctions against Cuba, Governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico has renewed a request that the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United States, Cuba |
Extradition, Murder |
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Smuggler of Precious French Religious Relics Pleads Guilty |
On April 8, 1998, Sebastian Zegrean, 23, pleaded guilty before Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise of the U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey, to one count of making false statements to Customs... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
United States, France |
Art and Cultural Property, Smuggle |
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Panama Denies Haitian Extradition Request for Former Military Ruler |
On April 10, 1998, Panamanian Vice Foreign Minister Marcel Salamin announced that his Government denied a Haitian Government request to extradite former head of state Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras because... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Haiti, Panama |
Extradition, Murder |
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AIDP Colloquium on Organized Crime and International Cooperation |
On May 13-17, 1998, a preparatory Colloquium of the Association International de Droit Penal (AIDP) on Organized Crime and International Cooperation in Criminal Matters will be organized in Utrecht,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
World |
Organized Crime, Conferences, International Cooperation |
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Privy Council Grants Swiss Extradition Request for Financial Fugitive |
On April 2, 1998, the Privy Council in London, the supreme court for the Bahamas and other Caribbean jurisdictions, upheld the decision in 1996 of Magistrate Carolita Bethel that Werner Rey must be... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Switzerland |
Extradition, Embezzlement |
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Crime Across the World: Is the Rule of Law Being Corrupted? |
On May 22-25, 1998, the Section on General Practice, International Bar Association, is hosting the fourth seminar on the Alleged Transnational Criminal, in Vienna, Austria. Investigators,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
World |
Conferences, Crimes |
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Peruvian Woman Seeks Asylum in Venezuela to Prevent Extradition |
On February 16, 1998, Cecilia Rosa Nunez Chipana, a Peruvian woman accused of participating in one of Peru’s deadliest terrorist attacks, was arrested when she entered Venezuela illegally using her... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
Peru, Venezuela |
Extradition, Terrorism |
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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 |
5 |
1998-05-01 |
World |
Human Rights, Conferences, Law Enforcement |