Articles

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EU Members Sign Convention Against Corruption Involving EU or National Officials On June 3, 1997, the 15 EU member States signed the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member states of the European Union (... Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 Europe Corruption, European Union, Bribery, Treaties
European Commission Recommends Measures against Synthetic Drugs On May 7, 1997, the European Commission adopted a communication on the control of new synthetic drugs, at the initiative of European Commissioner Anita Gradin ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 Europe European Union, Drugs & Trafficking
EU and U.S. Sign Agreement to Cooperate on Combatting Drug Trafficking On May 28, 1997, the United States and the European Union agreed to increase efforts to combat illegal drugs, signing an agreement to prevent the trafficking in chemicals used to make synthetic drugs... Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 United States, Europe European Union, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties, International Cooperation
Japan Tax Authority Proposes New Reporting for International Funds Transfers On June 2, 1997, the Japanese First Taxation Division, which is in charge of income taxes, announced that cross-border funds over one million yen ($8,890) must reported on a routine basis to prevent... Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 Japan Taxation
Canada Deports to U.S. Suspect in Saudi Bomb Probe On June 17, 1997, the Canadian Government deported to the United States Hain Abdel Rahim Sayegh after being detained for months in Canada. His cooperation is pledged in the investigation of the... Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 Canada, United States Extradition, Terrorism
U.S. Locates Murder Fugitive in France In mid-June 1997, after sixteen years on the lam, a former peace activist convicted of murdering his former girlfriend, Ira Einhorn has been arrested in southern France and is in custody awaiting... Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 United States, France Extradition, Murder
Swiss Government Announces Freeze of $3.4 Million in Bank Accounts for Mobutu On June 3, 1997, the Swiss federal banking commission announced that it has uncovered and frozen $3.4 million in assets belonging to former President of Congo, Mobutu Sese Seko, after a Swiss... Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 Switzerland, Congo Corruption, Asset Forfeiture
INS To Open 13 Foreign Enforcement Offices On June 19, 1997, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service announced that it will open thirteen new offices in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America to combat organized illegal trafficking in... Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 United States Immigration
EPA Obtains Largest Recovery in CFC Case and Forfeits Foreign Bank Accounts On June 6, 1997, federal officials announced that a Florida company and three employees have pled guilty to conspiring to smuggle 4,000 tons of dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) and agreed to forfeit... Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 United States Environment, Asset Forfeiture, Chemicals Smuggle
EC and U.S. Conclude Agreement on Customs Cooperation and Mutual Assistance The European Community (EC) and the United States have concluded an agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters, providing an example of the enlarged role in criminal and quasi-... Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 United States, Europe International Organizations, Treaties, Customs
EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Agree to Strengthen Criminal Cooperation in Several New Areas At a meeting on May 26-27, 1997, the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) of the European Union agreed to cooperate in a number of important new areas of criminal matters ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 Europe International Organizations, European Union
New Efforts to Enforce Dayton Accords in the Former Yugoslavia Some new initiatives are focusing on efforts to force signatories of the Dayton peace accords to comply with pledges to hand over indicted war criminals and help in the investigations and... Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 United States, Portugal, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia International Organizations, Law of War, War Crimes, Treaties
Bosnia Serbs Prosecute Halilovic for War Crimes While Observers Question Fairness of National War Crime Trials A war crimes trial in the Bosnian Serb republic provides a perspective on the realities of prosecuting most of the alleged war crimes in the former Yugoslavia ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 Bosnia Law of War, War Crimes, International Courts
Sweden Proposes Extended Anti-Money Laundering Laws On March 27, 1997, the Swedish Ministry of Finance published a study, proposing a new anti-money laundering law ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 Sweden Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
War Crimes Tribunal Convicts Tadic and German Court Convicts Bosnian Serb of War Crimes On May 7, 1997, the War Crimes Tribunal completed its first trail verdict in a lengthy 350-page written opinion, convicting Dusan Tadic, a Bosnian Serb, of eleven counts of war crimes and crimes... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 World, Germany Law of War, Murder, International Courts, Crimes against Humanity
Burma Return Thai Drug Fugitive for Extradition to U.S. On May 17, 1997, the Myanmar Government returned to Thailand Li Yung Chung, the chief suspect sought by the Thai police after the largest heroin seizure in United States history ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 United States, Myanmar, Thailand Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
EU Council Makes Recommendations to Combat Organized Crime On April 28, 1997, the European Council on Justice and Home Affairs met to consider the report of the High Level Group on organized crime and will set the state for likely policy directions ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 Europe European Union, Organized Crime
Mexico Rejects U.S. Requests as U.S. Considers Imposition of Economic Sanctions against Mexican Druglords On May 2, 1997, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo rejected U.S. Government requests to permit certain occurrences that enable U.S. law enforcement a bigger role in combatting drugs in Mexico.... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 United States, Mexico Drugs & Trafficking, Sanctions
EU Takes Initiative Against Cybercrimes On April 24, 1997, members of the European Parliament (MEP) have proposed to enact legislation against certain cybercrimes, namely pornography, paedophilia and racist material. The measures will... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 Europe Cybercrime, European Union, International Cooperation
European Human Rights Convention Is Used to Overturn French Fines for Late Payment of Taxes On May 5, 1997, the French Court of Appeals (Cour de Cassation) overturned penalties against a person for failure to pay vehicle registration charges in 1993 on the basis that it violates the... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 France Human Rights, Taxation, Treaties

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