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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS, ARTICLES AND DOCUMENTS Books i. Banking and Money Laundering J.J. Norton, Devising International Bank Supervisory Standards (Graham & Trotman; M. Nijhoff, 1995), 338 pp...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 8 1996-08-01 World Bibliography
FATF Issues New Recommendations and Reports on Laundering Trends On June 28, 1996, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued revised standards in the form of its 40 Recommendations for countries to follow in combating money laundering. As the U.S. delegate to... Bruce Zagaris 12 8 1996-08-01 World, Turkey, Seychelles Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking, White Collar Crime, Drug Enforcement, Financial Crimes
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Laundering Conviction of Former American Express Bank Employee On June 19, 1996, the United States Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the convictions of 18 counts of money laundering, bank fraud, misapplication of funds and conspiracy of Antonio... Bruce Zagaris 12 8 1996-08-01 United States, Colombia Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Fraud, White Collar Crime, Drug Enforcement, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision
Luxembourg Joins Dutch "Harm Reduction" Drug Policy During the second week of June 1996, the Luxembourg Parliament voted to decriminalize "soft" drug cannabis and push for the harmonization of drug laws in the Benelux countries, thereby supporting the... Bruce Zagaris 12 8 1996-08-01 Netherlands, Luxembourg Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement
Mattel and Border Alliance Start Anti-Drug Smuggling Initiative On June 24, 1996, the Border Trade Alliance (BTA) and the U.S. toymaker Mattel Inc., of El Segundo, California announced a new anti-drug smuggling initiative between the public and private sector... Bruce Zagaris 12 8 1996-08-01 United States, Mexico Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement, Smuggle
Mexico and U.S. Agree on 5-Year Anti-Drug Plan On July 11, 1996, following a two-day conference of anti-drug officials from the two countries in El Paso and Cuidad Juarez, U.S. drug czar Gen. Barry McCaffrey pledged to furnish Mexico with... Bruce Zagaris 12 8 1996-08-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Conferences, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement
Brazil Initiates Anti-Laundering Legislation and Tax Exchange Agreements Brazil has taken a major initiative against money laundering and tax evasion and avoidance that will have profound consequences for the Western Hemisphere and the world...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 8 1996-08-01 United States, Brazil Money Laundering, Taxation, Drugs & Trafficking, Tax Enforcement, Drug Enforcement, Tax Crimes
German Bank Sues Tax Authorities for Violation of Secrecy On May 24, 1996, Martin Kohlhaussen, the chairman of Commerzbank, announced that it was suing the Frankfurt office of the German tax authorities for breach of secrecy and appealing against the DM400m... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 Germany, Luxembourg Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes, Banking Supervision
Polish Senate Dilutes Access to Bank Accounts and Risks Accession to OECD On May 24, 1996, the Polish Senate rejected a bill passed by the lower house (Sejm) that would erode bank secrecy rights to provide tax and other officials broad access to bank account information in... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 Poland, Russia, Hungary, Czech Republic Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes, Banking Supervision
Progress on EU Revised Extradition Treaty Stalls On the eve of the meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg on June 4, 1996, difficulties continued to block the achievement of an agreement on a new extradition convention...(... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 Europe, Luxembourg, Portugal Extradition, European Union, Prisoner Rights, Treaties
English Courts Holds Russian Computer Fraudster Extraditable In March 1996, an English court held that Mr. Levin, whose extradition the U.S. sought in connection with a computer crime in the Citibank network, was extraditable...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 United Kingdom, Russia Extradition, Fraud, Computer Crimes
Spain Seeks Clarification of Protocol with Mexico On June 5, 1996, Spain and Mexico decided to discuss and try to clarify a protocol to the extradition treaty, whose entry in force is pending the criticism of Spain on the acceptance of the principle... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 Mexico, Spain Extradition, Taxation, Terrorism, Organized Crime, Treaties, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
Trinidad Government Leads Witness Protection Initiative The Government of Trinidad & Tobago (T&T), whose criminal justice system is under assault from indiscriminate murders of witnesses, has taken action to implement a national and a regional... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 World, Caribbean, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica Administration of Justice, Murder, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement
EU Approves Treaty Establishing Europol On June 21, 1996, the European Union reached agreement on a treaty to establish the European Police Organization (Europol) as part of the settlement with the United Kingdom that lifts a ban on... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 Europe, United Kingdom International Organizations, European Union, Treaties
Lithuania Ratifies and Macedonia Signs Criminal and Human Rights Cooperation Agreements In May and June 1996, Lithuania ratified and Macedonia signed some of the Council of Europe conventions on criminal cooperation and others on human rights...(more) Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 Europe, Lithuania, Macedonia Human Rights, International Organizations, Transfer of Prisoners, European Union, Capital Punishment
Insider Trading and Criminal Law: Recent Developments in the Netherlands The past year my firm and I have received more than a dozen strictly confidential "Urgent Business Proposals" from top Nigerian officials (so they say), inviting me to assist them to transfer between... Jan M. Sjöcrona 12 7 1996-07-01 Nigeria, Netherlands Money Laundering, Maritime, Fraud, Financial Crimes, Economic Crimes, Financial Supervision
Meeting of the Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court From March 25 to April 12, 1996, the Preparatory Committee (PREPCOM) on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court (ICC) met at the United Nations Headquarters for its first session. Its... Immi Lehtonen 12 7 1996-07-01 World Human Rights, United Nations, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts, Treaties
U.S. Appellate Holds that Victims of Former Yugoslavia Can Sue Karadzic for Violations of International Law In June 1996, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its order, reversing the dismissal of actions by two groups of victims from Bosnia-Herzegovina against Radovan Karadzic... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 United States, Balkans, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia Human Rights, Jurisdiction, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts
Basle Committee on Banking and Securities Commission Agree to Cooperate On May 21, 1996, the two principal bodies representing banking and regulators from industrialized countries issued a joint statement of principles for improved cooperation between regulators in... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 World, Switzerland Bank Secrecy, Treaties, Banking Supervision
War Crimes Tribunal Accepts First Plea from Croatian On May 31, 1996, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia accepted the first plea from an ethnic Croat who fought for the Bosnian Serb army and plead guilty to crimes against... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 1996-07-01 Croatia, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia International Organizations, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts

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