Articles

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
U.S. Prepares for Ratification of OECD Anti-Bribery Convention On April 7, 1998, U.S. officials provided an optimistic view of the prospects for ratification and implementation of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Public Officials in International... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 United States, OECD Bribery, Treaties
Bibliography of Books 1. Human Rights Capital Punishment: Global Issues and Prospects (Peter Hodgkinson & Andrew Rutherford eds., Waterside Press 1996), ISBN 1-872870-32-5...[more] Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 World Bibliography
U.K. Law Commission Proposes New Bribery Law to Meet OECD Convention The U.K. Law Commission has proposed a new law on bribery that will create four new offenses and bring the United Kingdom into compliance with the recently concluded OECD Convention on Transnational... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 United Kingdom, OECD Bribery, Treaties
Bibliography of Articles 1. Banking, Privacy, and Money Laundering Lawrence L.C. Lee, Taiwan: Recent Opposition to the Money-Laundering Epidemic, 1 J. Money Laundering Control 268-76 (1997)...[more] Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 World Bibliography
Commonwealth of Virginia Executes Paraguayan Despite ICJ Plea On April 14, 1998, the Commonwealth of Virginia executed Angel Francisco Breard, a Paraguayan national, for murder despite a plea from the International Court of Justice and from Secretary of State... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 Human Rights, Murder, International Courts
Spanish Public Prosecutor Calls for End to Prosecute Pinochet On March 23, 1998, Mr. Ignacio Pelaez, public prosecutor in Madrid, called for an end to Spanish legal efforts to prosecute former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for the disappearance of hundreds... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 Spain Human Rights, Law Enforcement
FATF Issues Annual Report on Money Laundering Typologies On February 12, 1998, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Money Laundering issued its 1997-98 report on money laundering typologies. The purpose of the exercise was to provide a forum for law... Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 World Money Laundering, International Organizations, Law Enforcement
G-8 Environment Ministers Agree to Strengthen Enforcement Cooperation On April 3-5, 1998, at a meeting of the Group of Eight Environment Ministers at Leeds Castle in the United Kingdom, an informal agreement was achieved to strengthen enforcement cooperation...[more] Bruce Zagaris 14 5 1998-05-01 G-8 member countries Environment, International Cooperation, Crimes
International Court of Justice Finds Jurisdiction While U.S. Court Rejects Libyan Government’s Argument for Lack of Jurisdiction in Lockerbie Case On February 27, 1998, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that it had jurisdiction and the arguments of Libya were admissible in applying the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the... Bruce Zagaris 14 4 1998-04-01 United States, International Organizations, Jurisdiction, Terrorism, Treaties
Spanish Court Broadens Case on Disappeared Person in Argentina On March 16, 1998, six leaders of the Argentine Workers’ Central gave Judge Baltasar Garzon the names of 9,000 persons, many of them Spaniards and their descendants, who disappeared during the... Bruce Zagaris 14 4 1998-04-01 Spain, Argentina Human Rights, Murder, Kidnaping

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