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U.S. Undercover Sting Results in Three Indictments against Chinese Alien Smuggling Group |
On October 8, 1996, as a result of a two-year investigation and undercover sting operation, U.S. authorities in Boston indicted three Chinese men on alien-smuggling chargers after they intercepted a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
United States, China |
Human Trafficking, Immigration |
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U.S. Illegal Immigration Law Has Many Provisions with International Enforcement Implications |
The newly enacted U.S. Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIR) contains many new draconian international enforcement provisions. In particular, the new law increases... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
United States |
Human Trafficking, Immigration, Fraud |
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U.S. Will Take New Anti-Corruption Action |
On September 24, 1996, on the release of the fourth annual National Export Strategy, the Clinton Administration pledged national and international efforts against bribery ... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
United States |
Corruption |
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World Bank President Calls for New Anti-Corruption Measures |
On October 1, 1996, World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn called for its members to tackle "the cancer of corruption ... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
World |
Corruption, International Organizations |
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Governments Issue Warning About Caribbean Offshore Banks |
The Bank of England has warned investors about making deposits in Antigua-based European Union Bank (EUB) amid reports from other law enforcement officials about problems in certain Caribbean... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
United States, Caribbean, Colombia, United Kingdom, Russia |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Organized Crime, Law Enforcement |
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New Jersey Indictment Alleges Cooperation between Russian Mob and La Cosa Nostra in Evasion of Fuel Tax |
A New Jersey indictment alleges an elaborate scheme between the Russian mob and representatives of the Genovese, Gambino, Lucchese and Columbo crime families in making millions of dollars selling... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
United States |
Organized Crime, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes |
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Banking Supervisors from Large Offshore Financial Centers Agree to Strengthen Cooperation in Line with Basle 1992 Resolution |
On October 7, 1996, banking supervisors from large offshore financial centers agreed to increase cooperation with their counterparts in investigating irregular behavior at banks under their control... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Cooperation, Financial Supervision |
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The Edinburgh Conference on Transnational & International Crime, May 15-17, 1997 |
On May 15-17, 1997, the Department of Public International Law and the Europa Institute of the Univ. of Edinburgh will sponsor a conference on the following topics: countering transnational crime;... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
World |
Human Rights, Conferences, International Crimes |
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U.S. Treasury Urges Strengthening of Financial Supervisory Enforcement Regimes in Latin America |
On October 8, 1996, Treasury Deputy Secretary Lawrence Summers, speaking to the Annual Conference on the Americas in New York, urged that strengthening and modernization of financial systems in Latin... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
United States, Latin America and South America |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Financial Supervision |
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Books |
Adjective Enforcement
International Criminal Law Cases and Materials (Jordan J. Paust, Cherif Bassiouni, Sharon Williams, Michael Scharf, Jimmy Gurale, and Bruce Zagaris, eds., Durham, N.C.:... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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EU Council Issues Foreign Assistance Regulation on Anti-Drug Cooperation |
On September 6, 1996, the European Union Commission issued an amended proposal for "North-South Cooperation in the Campaign against Drugs and Drug Addiction ... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
Europe |
International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties, International Cooperation |
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Book Reviews |
Christopher L. Blakesley, 90 A.J.I.L. 346 (1996), (reviewing Joseph J. Lambert, Terrorism and Hostages in International Law: A Commentary on the Hostages Convention (1979))...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
World |
Book Review |
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International Undercover Operations in Three Countries Penetrate Nigerian Heroin Ring |
On October 11, 1996, U.S. law enforcement officials announced the arrests of 34 suspects in three countries that have disrupted a major drug-trafficking group led primarily by Nigerian women who... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
United States, Nigeria |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime |
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Documents |
i. Intellectual Property
Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Framework Agreement on Intellectual Property Cooperation and Framework Agreement on Services, 35 I.L.M. 1072 (July 1996)... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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Brazil Government Will Propose Laws and Establish Office to Prevent Tax Evasion Through Improper Transfer Pricing |
In August 1996, the Brazilian Government announced plans to enact legislation to prevent tax evasion through improper transfer pricing and to open an office in its tax department to monitor and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
11 |
1996-11-01 |
Brazil |
Taxation, Tax Crimes |
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U.S. Requested Extradition from St. Kitts on Cocaine Trafficking |
Cocaine continues to dominate the news in St. Kitts as an extradition request from the U.S. rages ... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
10 |
1996-10-01 |
United States, St. Kitts & Nevis |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Organized Crime Penetrates Tendering of Oil Contracts |
As international organized crime groups penetrate the tendering of oil contracts with the help of corruption of employees of oil companies, the security teams of such companies are taking preventive... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
10 |
1996-10-01 |
World |
Corruption, International Organizations, Organized Crime |
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Hearings Reveals Multiagency U.S. Effort to Combat Nigerian Crime |
On September 11, 1996, U.S. executive branch officials revealed multi-agency efforts and international cooperation to expose, prevent, and prosecute Nigerian white collar and organized crime,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
10 |
1996-10-01 |
United States, Nigeria |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Fraud, White Collar Crime, International Cooperation |
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Italian High Court Will Rule on Priebke Case |
On October 15, 1996, the high court is scheduled to rule on the verdict of a Rome military tribunal that freed the former SS captain Erich Priebke due to Italian statute of limitations despite... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
10 |
1996-10-01 |
Italy |
Law of War, Murder, War Crimes, International Courts |
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Justice in Cataclysm: Criminal Tribunals in the Wake of Mass Violence |
The conference focused on several options to deal with mass violence in society. These options are not restricted only to criminal tribunals, but also embrace other solutions(e.g., truth commissions... |
Göran Sluiter |
12 |
10 |
1996-10-01 |
World |
Human Rights, Law of War, International Courts, Conferences |