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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 |
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11 |
1994-11-01 |
United States, Hong Kong |
Jurisdiction, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes |
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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 |
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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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U.S. Crime Control Law Has Many International Provisions |
On September 13, 1994, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (VCCLEA) of 1994 became law and provides a number of new provisions with significant international criminal implications...(... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
11 |
1994-11-01 |
United States |
Counterfeiting, Extradition, Terrorism, Capital Punishment, International Convention, Piracy, Deportation, Smuggle |
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Swedish Government Accuses Russia of Harboring and Employing as a Spy a Swedish National |
On August 3, 1994, the Government of Sweden accused Russia of harboring a convicted Swedish double-agent and using him to spy in Russia, Hungary and Lebanon as recently as this year...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
Russia, Hungary, Lebanon, Sweden |
Intelligence, National Security, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Economic Espionage |
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Cuba and the U.S. Reach Accord on Migration Enforcement |
On September 9, 1994, after seven days of talks in New York City, the Cuban and the U.S. Governments reached a narrow agreement on migration enforcement. Under the agreement the U.S. will take at... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
United States, Cuba, Panama |
Economic Sanctions, Human Rights, Immigration, Teaching, Research, Adjective Assistance |
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Money Laundering Suppression Act Will Make Foreign Checks, Drafts, Notes, Money Orders and Other Instruments Subject to Reporting Unless Foreign Jurisdictions Have Proper Anti-Laundering Laws |
A new money laundering law, referred to as the "Money Laundering Suppression Act of 1994," has almost been enacted as part of the Community Development Banking Act by the U.S. Congress. It has... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
Canada, United States, Mexico |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Smuggle, Banking Supervision |
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U.N. Crime Investigations Hampered by Lack of Resources |
A severe shortage of resources has restricted the efforts of the United Nations to monitor human rights abuses in Rwanda and collect evidence on humanitarian and related law of war violations. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia, tanzania, Zaire |
Human Rights, Law of War, United Nations, War Crimes, International Courts |
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Canadian Police Penetrate Organize Crime Drug Ring |
On August 30, 1994, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police realized some of the initial fruits of its infiltration of two large drug-related money laundering networks involving millions of dollars of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
Canada, Jamaica, Colombia, Italy, Philippines |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement |
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Hungarian Officials Arrest Two Persons on Involvement with Trafficking in Nuclear Materials |
On August 30, 1994, the Hungarian police reported that they arrested two Hungarian nationals for trying to sell 2kg of radioactive material, believed to be uranium fuel rods from the former Soviet... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
Germany, Russia, Hungary, Former Soviet Union |
Intelligence, European Union, Arms Trafficking, Smuggle, Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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Brazilian Police Bust Organized Crime Cocaine Ring |
On September 9, 1994, Brazilian police arrested Alex Suyanoff, 37 years old and a naturalized American, and announced other arrests and information, revealing successes in penetrating an organized... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
United States, Brazil, Nigeria, Ghana, Denmark |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement |
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Thai Government Arrest Iranian In Bomb Attack and Intensify Exchange of Anti-Terrorism Intelligence |
The conclusion of a five-month investigation of an attempted truck bombing resulted in criminal charges brought against a suspected Iranian and the release of two other Iranians for lack of evidence... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
Iran, Israel, Argentina, Thailand |
Intelligence, Terrorism, Murder, European Union, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Theft |
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Mexico Increases Transfer Pricing Method Audits and Increases Tax Enforcement Cooperation with U.S. |
The Government of Mexico has taken steps to increase its audits of international transfer pricing while it has extended its tax information exchange cooperation with the U.S. and is discussing... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
Canada, United States, Mexico |
Taxation, Treaties, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes |
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Caldera Tries to Give Regional Anti-Corruption Effort a Push |
During the meeting on September 7-11, 1994, of the heads of government meeting of the Group of Rio which consists of the countries of the Organization of American States, Venezuelan President Rafael... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
United States, Brazil, Venezuela |
Corruption, International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking, Fraud |
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Austrian Activist Lured into and Arrested in Italy for Alleged Terrorism Activities |
On August 14, 1994, Austrian Karola Unterkirchner, who had been convicted and sentenced in absentia to 12 years imprisonment in Bolzano, Italy for alleged participation in a series of attacks carried... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
Italy, Austria |
Extradition, Jurisdiction, Terrorism |
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Bibliography of Books, Articles and Documents |
Books
1. Adjective Assistance
André Huet and Renée Koreing-Joulin, DROIT PÉNAL INTERNATIONAL (International Criminal Law) (439 pp. 1994 Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 158 ff.)
(This is a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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Norway Agrees to Extradite Iranian Hijackers to Russia |
On August 23, 1994, the Ministry of Justice of Norway agreed to extradite to Russia three Iranian nationals who hijacked an Aeroflot airliner to Oslo last year following a decision by the Norwegian... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
United States, Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Former Soviet Union |
Extradition, Human Rights, Terrorism |
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Quebec Appellate Court Refuses U.S. Extradition Request Because Mandatory Sentence Violates Human Rights |
On August 25, 1994, the Quebec Court of Appeals held that the Canadian Government could not grant an extradition request by the U.S. Government because extradition in the circumstances contemplated... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
Canada, United States |
Extradition, Human Rights, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Turkish Extradition Request to France Raises Issues |
On September 12, 1994, the Turkish Government requested the extradition of Dursan Karatas, the head of the left-wing urban terrorist organization, Dev-Sol. The request raises various issues of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey |
Extradition, Human Rights, Terrorism, Murder |
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Canadian Supreme Court Decides Against Hearing Walker Appeal of Tort Suit against U.S. Government |
On August 25, 1994, the Supreme Court of Canada decided that it would not hear an appeal by Kenneth Walker of Richmond Hill, a Toronto suburb, against an appellate court decision reversing a lower-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
Canada, United States, Chile, Bahamas, Ecuador |
Immunity, Jurisdiction, Fraud, Customs, Conspiracy |
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XVth Congress of International Penal Law Association Adopts Resolutions |
During September 5-10, 1994, the XVth Congress of the International Penal Law Association debated and passed resolutions on four principal and one newly added resolutions. More than 1,012... |
Bruce Zagaris |
10 |
10 |
1994-10-01 |
World, Tunisia |
Environment, Human Rights, International Organizations, United Nations, Mutual Legal Assistance, International Courts, Computer Crimes |