Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Indicts Canadian Couple for Illegally Importing CFCs On April 29, 1997, a U.S. grand jury in Maine indicted a Canadian couple for allegedly sending 85 tons of chlorofluorocarbon-12 (CFC-12) illegally to automotive repair shops in the U.S. ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 Canada, United States Environment, Chemicals Smuggle
B.V.I. Develops Anti-Laundering and Due Diligence Initiatives The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is taking action to strengthen its anti-money laundering legislation by setting a Code of Conduct for its offshore practitioners, and initiating audits to assure... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 United Kingdom Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
German National Pleads Guilty to CFC Smuggling On May 15, 1997, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida accounted that a German citizen living in Florida has pleaded guilty to charges relating to a scheme to smuggle an ozone-... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 United States, Germany Environment, Chemicals Smuggle
U.S. Narcotics Report on Anti-Money Laundering In March 1997, the release of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) contained a large section on anti-money laundering. Some of the discussions are worthwhile to summarize for... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking
French Charge Six Libyans with 1989 Bombing of French Airliner On May 7, 1997, Jean-Louis Bruguiere, the French principal anti-terrorism investigating magistrate in the case, announced that he requested a court to try six high-level Libyan officials in absentia... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 France, Libya Terrorism
U.S. Proposes Tough Rules for Money Transmitters On March 19, 1997, the U.S. Department of Treasury proposed new regulations tightening the rules for operation of money transmitters that will make it more difficult for money launderers to use this... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
Croat Appears and Pleads Not Guilty at Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia On April 29, 1997, Zlatko Aleksovski, the first suspect extradited by Croatia to the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, appeared and plead not guilty to charges that he participated in... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 Croatia 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
English Court Grants Challenge of Extradition Due to Delay in Surrender On October 29, 1996, the Queens Bench Division in England granted leave to challenge the surrender order for a Mr. Akbar based on undue delay in his surrender ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 United Kingdom Extradition
Basle Committee Issues Basic Principles for International Banking Supervision On April 9, 1997, the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision issued 25 basic principles for international banking supervision, stating they represent the basic elements of an effective supervisory... Bruce Zagaris 13 5 1997-05-01 Switzerland Banking Supervision
EU Anti-Fraud Report Prioritizes Four Enforcement Areas The European Union has released a report that calls for prioritizing four enforcement areas to combat the increasing incidence of international fraud, presaging action in these areas ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 5 1997-05-01 Europe European Union, Fraud
Mexican Seizure of Gaxiola Bank Account Signals New Cooperation and Tension in Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement Cooperation On March 12, 1997, testimony by U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary, Lawrence H. Summers, to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and other reports indicate that the Mexican and U.S. Governments are... Bruce Zagaris 13 5 1997-05-01 United States, Mexico Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Cooperation
U.S. White Collar Crime White Collar Crime 1997 (WCC 1997 Course Book) is a two-volume set of materials that result from the annual White Collar Crime American Bar Association National Institute. The program is organized... Bruce Zagaris 13 5 1997-05-01 World, United States White Collar Crime, Book Review, Adjective Enforcement
U.S. Releases Annual International Narcotics Report The March 1997, the publication of the U.S. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report shows mixed results ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 5 1997-05-01 United States Drugs & Trafficking

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