Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
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
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
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
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
Scheffer Rates Prospects for the Establishment of an International Permanent Criminal Tribunal Are Positive On September 19, 1996, David J. Scheffer, Senior Advisor and Counsel to Ambassador Madeleine Albright, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, spoke about the growing prospect for the establishment of... Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 World, United States International Organizations, International Courts
Canon Law Scholar Convicted of Theft of Rare Manuscripts On August 13, 1996, Anthony Melnikas, a retired art history professor from Ohio State, pleaded guilty to charges against him for smuggling and attempted sale of two 14th-century illuminated leaves... Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 United States Theft, Cultural Property
U.S. Government-Private Sector Group Recovers 16 Stolen Vehicles from Thailand During the first week of September 1996, after a yearlong effort by a team of public and private sector groups, Thailand returned 16 vehicles that had been stolen in Southern California and shipped... Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 United States, Thailand Theft, Vehicles
The First Tango? The OAS Adopts Plan of Action on Hemispheric Cooperation to Prevent, Combat, and Eliminate Terrorism 1. Introduction -- The Nature of the Threat Terrorism can be defined as the substate application of violence or threatened violence intended to sow panic in a society, to weaken or even overthrow... Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean International Organizations, Terrorism, International Cooperation
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 10 1996-10-01 World Human Rights, Conferences, International Crimes
U.S. Will Soon Issue Draft Rules Requiring Reports on Foreign Bank Drafts On September 5, 1996, at a hearing before the House Banking General Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, witnesses discussed steps that will help combat Mexican drug money laundering in the U.S... Bruce Zagaris 12 10 1996-10-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking, Financial Supervision
U.S. Signs Ship Rider Agreements with 9 Caribbean Governments, While 5 Other Governments Decline During the last 18 months the U.S. Government has concluded ship rider agreements with nine of twenty-six Caribbean governments (e.g., Antigua, Belize, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, St.... Bruce Zagaris 12 9 1996-09-01 United States, Caribbean Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties
English Court Affirms Use of Electronics Listening Devices to Detect and Prosecute Narcotics Trafficking On July 2, 1996, the House of Lords dismissed an appeal and affirmed the conviction of Sultan Khan on violating the prohibition against heroin importation, not withstanding challenges to the use of... Bruce Zagaris 12 9 1996-09-01 United Kingdom Drugs & Trafficking
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission Holds 19th Regular Session On March 5-8, 1996, the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), Organization of American States (OAS), held its nineteenth regular session at the General Secretariat of the OAS.... Bruce Zagaris 12 9 1996-09-01 North America, Latin America and South America Money Laundering, International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking
Spain and Mexico Conclude New Extradition Treaty as Mexican Banker Is Arrested in Mexico On July 29, 1996, Spanish authorities arrested fugitive Mexican bank executive Angel Rodriguez Saenz ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 12 9 1996-09-01 Mexico, Spain Extradition, Treaties
Efforts by Venezuela to Extradite Bankers Produces Various Strategies and Results Efforts by the Venezuelan Government to arrest and extradite high-level individuals allegedly involved in the spectacular collapse of its major banks has produced various strategies by the Venezuelan... Bruce Zagaris 12 9 1996-09-01 United States, Venezuela Extradition
U.S. Senate Approves Ratification of Pending MLATs and Extradition Treaties On August 2, 1996, the U.S. Senate voted to approve the ratification of five Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaties (MLATs) (with Korea, the United Kingdom, Austria, Hungary, and the... Bruce Zagaris 12 9 1996-09-01 United States, Bolivia, Belgium, Switzerland, South Korea, Hungary, Philippines, Austria, Malaysia, United Kingdom Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties
The U.S. Continues to Experience Difficulties Regarding Detention of Illegal Immigrants, Implicating International Human Rights Obligations 1. Introduction The United States has experienced a number of problems relating to maltreatment of immigration detainees, including persons requesting asylum who have been detained. The United... Mark Andrew Sherman 12 9 1996-09-01 United States Human Rights, Immigration
U.S. and Dominican Republic Conclude Agreement on the Recovery and Return of Stolen Vehicles On April 30, 1996, the United States and the Dominican Republic Governments concluded an agreement on the recovery and return of stolen vehicles in response to reports of a gang of car thieves... Bruce Zagaris 12 9 1996-09-01 United States, Dominican Republic Treaties, Vehicles
Miami Person Pleads Guilty in Smuggling CFCs after Arrest In and Extradition from Costa Rica On July 19, 1996, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Bruce Burrell, a Miami resident, pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the smuggling of 285 tons of ozone-deleting chlorofluoro-... Bruce Zagaris 12 9 1996-09-01 United States, Costa Rica Environment, Extradition, Taxation, Chemicals Smuggle

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