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WTO Acts to Eliminate Bribery in Preshipment Inspections |
On December 22, 1997, the U.S. Trade Representative announced that the World Trade Organization has made a series of recommended actions concerning customs procedures, especially in preshipment... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
United States |
International Organizations, Bribery, Customs |
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Mexican Government Arrests Two U.S. Nationals for Arms Trafficking at the Request of U.S. Government |
On January 13, 1998, Mexican authorities, apparently acting at the behest of U.S. law enforcement officials, admitted having arrested two U.S. nationals for questioning in connection with the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Arms Trafficking |
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European Union Justice and Home Affairs Meeting Produces Progress |
At the December 4-5, 1997, meeting of the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, progress was made on a wide range of matters, including the Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Europe |
Human Trafficking, International Organizations, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime, Customs |
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British Government Announces Intention to Use EU Presidency to Combat Football Hooliganism and Other International Crimes |
On December 29, 1997, the media reported that the British Government plans to use its imminent presidency of the European Union to lead action against football hooliganism in the period before next... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Europe, United Kingdom |
International Organizations, Immigration, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Enforcement of International Sports Law |
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Dutch Courts Competent to Try Yugoslav War Crimes |
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled in a decision of November 11th, 1997, that Dutch Courts (military chamber) are competent to try violations of international humanitarian law, wherever... |
André Klip |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Netherlands, Former Yugoslavia |
Human Rights, Law of War, War Crimes, Sex Crimes |
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Colombia Prosecutor Investigates Checks from Cali Drug Cartel |
On January 7, 1998, the international media reported the investigation by Colombian deputy attorney general Jaime Cordoba, whose office is reviewing 10,000 checks to establish links between drug... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Colombia |
Corruption, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Texas Magistrate Denies Surrender to Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal |
On December 17, 1997, a Texas magistrate denied a surrender request by the Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal for the only person arrested on behalf of the Tribunal, thereby posing a major temporary setback... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
United States |
Law of War, United Nations, War Crimes, International Courts |
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Dominican Republican Connection Looms Large in Florida Money Laundering Connections |
On January 13, 1998, one of the biggest money-laundering trials in years in South Florida ended with the conviction of the head of a massive cocaine-trafficking network on 69 drug and laundering... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
United States, Dominican Republic |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Class Action Litigation Brought Against French Banks |
At the end of December 1997, French survivors of the Holocaust filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New York against a group of banks that had operations in Vichy France during the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
United States, France |
Law of War, Holocaust, Property Restitution |
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U.S. Appellate Court Upholds Application of Wire Fraud Laws to Foreign Tax Fraud |
On December 5, 1997, U.S. law enforcement and revenue officials obtained a victory when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overruled the dismissal of an indictment that alleged money... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Canada, United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Fraud, Tax Crimes |
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EU Establishes Mechanism to Evaluate Member Implementation of Measures to Combat Organized Crime |
On December 5, 1997, the Council Adopted a Joint Action under Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union (EU) to establish a mechanism for evaluating the application and implementation at the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
2 |
1998-02-01 |
Europe |
Organized Crime, International Cooperation, Law Enforcement |
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U.S. Drug Office and State Department Release Report on Enhanced Multilateral Drug Control Cooperation |
: In September 1997, the Office of the National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President and the U.S. Department of State, released the Report on Enhanced Multilateral Drug Control... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
1 |
1998-01-01 |
United States, Latin America and South America, Caribbean |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation |
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State and Local Governments Consider 90 Day Moratorium on Swiss Nazi Gold Issues |
On December 8, 1997, following a conference in New York of interested state and local governments and interested victims and their representatives concerning reparations for Holocaust victims, key... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
1 |
1998-01-01 |
United States, Switzerland |
Law of War |
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Philippine Extradition Request to Canada Raises Human Rights Issues |
On December 8, 1997, a hearing in the Ontario Court’s General Division concerned the extradition request by the Philippine Government for the extradition of Rodolfo Pacificador, a Philippine national... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
1 |
1998-01-01 |
Canada, Philippines |
Extradition, Human Rights |
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New Arrests and Criticisms of Multinational Peacekeeping |
On December 18, 1997, Dutch paratroopers and marines from the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Bosnia arrested two Bosnian Croat war crimes suspects and then sent them to the International Criminal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
1 |
1998-01-01 |
France |
Law of War, International Courts, Peacekeeping |
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Colombian Congress Approves New Extradition Law |
On November 26, 1997, the Colombian Congress approved a new extradition law that will enable its government to extradite nationals, but only prospectively. Because of the requested U.S. extradition... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
1 |
1998-01-01 |
United States, Colombia |
Extradition |
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Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group Formed to Combat Organized Crime |
On December 11, 1997, national anti-counterfeiting organizations from leading industrialized countries announced plans to cooperate on responding to the increasing involvement of organized crime in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
1 |
1998-01-01 |
United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden |
Counterfeiting, Intellectual Property, Organized Crime |
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Dutch Trial Court Holds Ireland Murder Suspect Extraditable |
On December 9, 1997, Amsterdam district court judges approved the extradition of Brian Meehan, an Irish national wanted for the murder of Veronica Guerin. Guerin, 36 at the time of her death, was... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
1 |
1998-01-01 |
Netherlands, Ireland |
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 |
1 |
1998-01-01 |
World |
Organized Crime, Conferences, International Cooperation |
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Italy Requests Greece to Extradite Italian National |
On November 23, 1997, the Greek police announced the arrest and detention for possible extradition to Italy of Enrico Bianco, 45, a former member of Italy’s far-left Red Brigades terrorist movement... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
1 |
1998-01-01 |
Italy, Greece |
Extradition, Terrorism |