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U.S. Presses Intellectual Property Enforcement Actions in WTO |
1. Action Against Greece and Bulgaria In its annual filing to the U.S. Trade Representative’s office, a coalition of copyright-dependent industries demanded trade action against Greece and Bulgaria... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
United States, Greece, Ireland, Bulgaria |
Intellectual Property, International Organizations |
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SEC Takes Enforcement Action Against Canadian Stock Manipulators |
On January 29, 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took civil action against two former officers of MTC Electronic Technologies, Inc., a Canadian entity that traded on the Nasdaq,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
Canada, United States |
Securities Trade Enforcement, Financial Crimes |
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Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties Signed by the U.S. |
According to the Office of Treaty Affairs, U.S. Department of State, the following changes have occurred in U.S. mutual legal assistance treaties since our last update in October 1995.... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
United States |
Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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Regional Group Proposes Formation of an Inter-American Commission on Corruption |
On March 9, 1998, the Leadership Council for Inter-American Summitry issued a report, From Talk to Action: How Summits Can Forge a Western Hemisphere Community of Prosperous Democracy, urging the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean |
Corruption, International Organizations, Law Enforcement |
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Extradition Treaties Signed by the U.S. but Not in Force |
Country Signed Treaty Doc.
ARGENTINA 06/10/97 105-18
AUSTRIA 01/08/98
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Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
4 |
1998-04-01 |
United States |
Extradition, Treaties |
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Britain Considers Compensating Holocaust Victims |
On January 18, 1998, British ministers agreed to publish a full list of the names of the 25,000 companies, partnerships, and individuals who did not receive assets that had been confiscated during... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
United Kingdom |
Law of War, Holocaust, Property Restitution |
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U.S. Troops Arrest and Send Bosnian Serb to War Crimes Tribunal While Two Serbs Surrender |
On January 22, 19987, U.S. troops arrested and turned over Goran Jelisic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Jelisic is accused of killing at least sixteen Muslims and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
United States, Bosnia |
Law of War, Murder, War Crimes, International Courts |
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Caribbean Under Pressure to Tighten Anti-Laundering and Financial Supervision |
Caribbean dependencies and independent countries are under pressure from the U.K. and the U.S. to tighten anti-money laundering and financial supervision and are acting to strengthen their regimes... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
United States, Caribbean, United Kingdom, Russia, Panama |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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U.S. Congress Holds Hearing on Looted Artworks and Insurance Polices from Holocaust |
On February 12, 1998, the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, held a hearing on restitution issues related to World War II and the Holocaust, focusing in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
United States |
Law of War, Holocaust, Property Restitution |
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: Two U.S. Interior Designers Convicted of Laundering for Cali Cartel Member |
On February 19, 1998, two San Francisco interior designers who worked exclusively for former Cali cartel druglord Jose Santacruz Londono, were convicted in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn on charges... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Advances in Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Panama |
The enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs) has been a major concern for U.S. companies doing business in the rest of the world. In the case of Panama, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR... |
Alvaro Aguilar-Alfu |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
United States, Panama |
Intellectual Property, Law Enforcement |
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Drugs and Security in the Caribbean: Sovereignty under Siege |
The author, a political science professor at Florida International University and a specialist on Caribbean security matters, promotes that the drug phenomenon in the Caribbean constitutes a security... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
United States, Caribbean |
Corruption, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Book Review |
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EU Members Sign Customs Enforcement Cooperation Convention |
On December 18, 1998, representatives of fifteen European Union Members signed the Naples II Convention on Mutual Assistance and Cooperation between Customs Administrations, obligating themselves to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
Europe |
Customs Enforcement, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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Second Regional Meeting on Drug Control Coordination and Cooperation in the Caribbean Reviews Progress on Plan of Action |
During December 8-9, 1997, the Second Regional Meeting on Drug Control Coordination and Cooperation was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A Declaration addressed future efforts to implement... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
Caribbean |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation |
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Swiss Highest Court Upholds Freeze on Mobutu’s Assets |
On February 10, 1998, the Swiss Federal Tribunal, its highest court, upheld a freeze on the assets of the estate of Mobutu Sese Seko, the late dictator of Congo, pending the Congo’s request to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
Switzerland, Congo |
Asset Forfeiture |
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Dominican Republic Arrests Fugitive U.S. Doctor |
On February 14, 1998, the media reported the arrest two days before by Dominican Republic authorities of Dr. Rafael Gonzalez Pantaleon, a former government official and member of the political party... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
United States, Dominican Republic |
Extradition, Fraud |
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Extradition Under the New Polish Legislation of 1997 |
1. Constitution of the Republic of Poland On April 2, 1997, the Polish National Assembly adopted an entirely new Constitution which shows almost no resemblance to the previous Constitution of 1952... |
Michael Plachta |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
Poland |
Extradition |
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U.S. Court Denies Swiss National’s Effort to Dismiss Extradition |
On January 27, 1998, a U.S. Magistrate in New York denied a motion of Rudolf Johann Othmar Ernst to dismiss an extradition complaint filed against him by the Swiss Government in a case involving... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
United States, Switzerland |
Extradition, Fraud |
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Caribbean Police Commissioners Prepare Anti-Crime Scheme |
On January 22-23, 1998, the Caribbean Commissioners of Police met at the Regional Police Training Center in Barbados and prepared a six-point anti-crime plan... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
Caribbean |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Argentine Military Officer Complains of Unfairness of French In Absentia Conviction |
On January 23, 1998, in the Argentine magazine Trespuntos, former Argentine navy Commander Alfredo Astiz complained that a French court used false testimony to convict him of charges that he killed... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
3 |
1998-03-01 |
France, Argentina |
Human Rights, Murder, Law Enforcement |