Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Panama and U.K. Conclude Mutual Assistance Treaty On June 7, 1994, the Panamanian General Assembly ratified the Agreement concluded between Panama and the United Kingdom on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters relating to Illicit Drug Trafficking... Bruce Zagaris 10 12 1994-12-01 Colombia, Panama, United Kingdom Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Asset Forfeiture, Treaties, Drug Enforcement
International Criminal Court Initiative at Critical Stage The initiative to establish an International Criminal Court (ICC) is at a critical stage with three resolutions -- one which that would convene a conference of plenipotentiaries to prepare a treaty,... Bruce Zagaris 10 12 1994-12-01 Canada, United States, Rwanda, Australia, Ethiopia, Former Yugoslavia International Organizations, Jurisdiction, United Nations, International Courts, Treaties, International Convention
U.S. Designates Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area to Increase Interdiction and Cooperation with Caribbean On November 2, 1994, Dr. Lee P. Brown, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, announced the designation of the Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands High Intensity Drug Trafficking... Bruce Zagaris 10 12 1994-12-01 United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico Administration of Justice, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement
DRUGS AND FOREIGN POLICY: A CRITICAL REVIEW (by Raphael F. Pearl, ed.), (Westview Press: May 23, 1994, 224 pp., $54.95) Despite new initiatives taken by the international community and tactical victories, the flow of illicit drugs into the United States has continued largely unabated. This book addresses the dilemmas... Bruce Zagaris 10 12 1994-12-01 United States, Mexico Drugs & Trafficking, Book Review, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement, Smuggle
U.S. Tax Treaties with Switzerland and Austria Include New Enforcement Provisions and Presage New Cooperation In pending negotiations of an income tax treaty with both Austria and Switzerland the United States has succeeded in including several new enforcement provisions. Together with related criminal... Bruce Zagaris 10 12 1994-12-01 Canada, United States, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria Fraud, Treaties, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
U.S. Department of Justice Establishes Fugitive Unit In June 1994, in an internal newsletter the U.S. Department of Justice announced in the establishment of a fugitive unit that will provide greater support in the search for and return to justice of... Bruce Zagaris 10 12 1994-12-01 United States Extradition, Intelligence, Law Enforcement, Deportation
Uruguay Extradites to France Former Nice Mayor on Corruption Charges On November 8, 1994, a French Court of Appeals ordered the arrest of Jacques Medecin, the former Mayor of Nice, the day after the governor of Uruguay extradited him. Medecin was extradited and will... Bruce Zagaris 10 12 1994-12-01 France, Venezuela, Uruguay Corruption, Extradition, Fraud, Embezzlement
U.S. and U.K. Conclude Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters On January 6, 1994, the U.S. and UK concluded a Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty (MLAT). The signing is significant because the two governments had been trying for over ten years to... Bruce Zagaris 10 12 1994-12-01 United States, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos, United Kingdom, Scotland, Isle of Man Immunity, Transfer of Prisoners, Mutual Legal Assistance, Asset Forfeiture
ILA Adopts Resolution on Extradition and Human Rights At the Buenos Aires Conference on August 14-20, 1994, the International Committee of the International Law Association adopted a resolution on extradition and human rights. In addition to adopting... Bruce Zagaris 10 11 1994-11-01 United States, Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, United Kingdom Extradition, Human Rights, Treaties, International Cooperation, International Convention
Multicountry Cooperation Against Prime Bank Fraud Recently an international investigation has resulted in the arrest and prospective extradition of persons involved in a major prime bank fraud scheme involving 6 million on the Salvation Army in the... Bruce Zagaris 10 11 1994-11-01 United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Netherlands Money Laundering, Due Diligence, Extradition, Fraud, Financial Crimes
U.S. Congress Passes Law for Antitrust Enforcement Cooperation At the end of the 103rd Congress, the U.S. Congress passed H.R. 4781, entitled the "International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994"...(more) Bruce Zagaris 10 11 1994-11-01 United States Jurisdiction, Mutual Legal Assistance, Antitrust Cooperation , Securities Trade Enforcement
New Panama Government Issues Decree Requiring Lawyers to Know Their Clients On September 19, 1994, the new Panamanian Administration of Ernesto Perez Balladares has issued a decree, requiring all lawyers and law firms who act as Resident Agent of a Panamanian corporation to... Bruce Zagaris 10 11 1994-11-01 Panama Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance
Monaco Signs Anti-Laundering Accord with France The Government of Monaco has concluded an agreement with the French Government to cooperate in combatting money laundering. Under the agreement Monaco will require its banks, insurance companies and... Bruce Zagaris 10 11 1994-11-01 United States, France, Belgium, Italy, Australia, monaco Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, European Union, Tax Crimes, Banking Supervision
Austrian Extradition Case: Stranger than Fiction Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction. But in the case of Austrian John Henry Abbott Unterweger, an international serial murderer, his fiction was all too real. On June 30, 1994, the man... Jennifer M. Wesley 10 11 1994-11-01 United States, Switzerland, Austria Extradition, Murder, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties
Jurisdiction over Colombian Ships on High Seas Litigated in Two Drug Cases Two cases in the United States District Court in Southern Florida have brought into question the efforts of the U.S. Coast Guard to seize foreign-flag vessels on the high seas. Already one case has... Bruce Zagaris 10 11 1994-11-01 United States, Colombia, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico Jurisdiction, Maritime, United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking, International Convention
Jamaica Court Reintroduction of Flogging Sets Stage for New Human Rights Confrontation On August 9, 1994, the Jamaican Supreme Court ordered the reintroduction of whipping when it sentenced a man convicted of wounding with intent, setting the stage for additional litigation of the... Bruce Zagaris 10 11 1994-11-01 Jamaica Human Rights, Murder, Capital Punishment
Protocol to U.S.-Canadian Tax Treaty Indicates Trend to Strengthened Tax Enforcement Cooperation in Tax and Criminal Cooperation Agreements On August 31, 1994, the U.S. and Canadian Governments concluded a protocol to the Tax Treaty, signaling a trend to enhance fiscal enforcement provisions in both tax and criminal cooperation... Bruce Zagaris 10 11 1994-11-01 Mexico, Switzerland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria Taxation, Treaties, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes
U.S. District Court Grants Enforcement of Summons under Mexican TIEA On May 31, 1994, H.W. Head Jr., a U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District of Texas, has ordered the enforcement of a summons issued by the Internal Revenue Service to assist the Mexican... Bruce Zagaris 10 11 1994-11-01 United States, Mexico Administration of Justice, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
Hong Kong Court Orders Judicial Assistance to U.S. in Tax Case On March 25, 1994, the Supreme Court of Hong Kong ordered assistance requested in a summons by the Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and the Standard Chartered Bank in the connection with a... Bruce Zagaris 10 11 1994-11-01 United States, Hong Kong Jurisdiction, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes
Berlin Conference Results in Declaration for New and Strengthened East-West Cooperation against Nuclear Theft, Drug Trafficking and Illegal Immigration On September 8, 1994, government ministers from West and East Europe signed a declaration in Berlin, pledging new and strengthened forms of criminal cooperation to combat growing international crime... Bruce Zagaris 10 11 1994-11-01 Canada, United States, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Morocco Immigration, European Union, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Theft

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