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Brazil Extradites Alleged Mafia Drug Trafficker to Italy |
On July 10, 1993, the Brazil Federal Police reported that Vicenzo Curcelli, an alleged Italian drug trafficker and member of the Mafia, had been extradited to Italy. Curcelli had avoided a sentence... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
Brazil, Italy |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Cyprus Supreme Court Denies Altieri Appeal for Extradition to France |
On July 20, 1993, the five-judge Cyprus Supreme Court, in a decision chaired by Supreme Court Judge Dhimitris Dhimitriadhis, rejected an appeal by Charles Altieri of an order granting his extradition... |
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9 |
8 |
1993-08-01 |
France, Cyprus |
Extradition, Murder, Drugs & Trafficking, Prosecution |
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Financial Action Task Force Issues Annual Report |
On June 29, 1993, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued its 1992-3 annual report on money laundering. The Task Force confirms the trend towards both greater use of non-bank financial... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, FATF |
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U.S. Government Rides Wave of Enforcement Action against Illegal Migration |
Riding the crest of an international anti-illegal migration enforcement wave, on July 27, 1993, President Clinton, joined by a bipartisan group of lawmakers whose states have been staggered by blows... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States |
Immigration, Asset Forfeiture, Smuggle, Prosecution, Border Security, Asylum |
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Portugal Enacts Anti-Money Laundering Regulations |
The Portuguese Government, in the face of growing illicit trade in narcotics, especially from Latin America and Africa, has enacted two laws to combat money laundering. On January 22, 1993, it... |
Bruce Zagaris |
9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
Portugal |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement, Legislation |
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Treaty Update |
This article details changed that have occurred in U.S. mutual legal assistance treaties since the last update in February 1993…[more] |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States |
Treaties |
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United Arab Emirates and India Sign Bilateral Narcotics Agreement |
On June 7, the governments of India and the United Arab Emirates announced the signing of a bilateral narcotics agreement in Abu Dhabi that provides for bilateral cooperation in combatting narcotics... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
India, United Arab Emirates |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties, International Cooperation |
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Bibliography of Books, Articles and Documents |
This article gives details on recently released books, articles and documents on international law enforcement…[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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U.S. Citizens Detained and Linked to Brazil-Nigerian Cocaine Trade |
The arrest of Donald Koehl, a U.S. citizen, has been heralded as an effort to combat the cocaine trade between Brazil and Nigeria. According to a media report, Koehl was arrested in his house which... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Brazil, Nigeria |
Drugs & Trafficking, Arrest, Prosecution |
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European Community Internal Committee of Experts Reviews EC Directive on Mutual Assistance and Other Means to Improve Exchange of Information |
On July 7, 1993, reports from the tax media were that European Community national tax expert David Carr, who has worked as an expert in the European Community’s finance institutions and company law... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
Europe |
Trade Enforcement, International Cooperation, Sovereignty, OECD |
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9th Circuit Affirms Specialty Claim for Pakistani Fugitive on Drug Charges |
On April 1993, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the decision of the U.S. District Court and agreed with the argument of Pakistani’s fugitive, Zulquarman Khan, that the... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Pakistan |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Prosecution, Fugitive |
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Nigeria Deports Hijacker Ali Rezaq to the U.S. after Ghana Releases Him |
On July 15, the Nigerian Government released to the U.S. Government Omar Mohammed Ali Rezaq, an airplane hijacker, who was assiduously sought by the U.S. for his role in the hijacking of a jetliner... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Nigeria, Ghana |
Deportation, Arrest |
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Egypt’s Ability to Obtain Sheik Tied to Bomb Case Rests on 1874 Extradition Treaty |
The immediate plight of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the Islamic cleric who was arrested in connection with the World Trade Center bombing, will depend on the disposition of the Egyptian extradition... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
Egypt |
Extradition, Terrorism, Murder, Treaties, Piracy, Rape |
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Advocating the Rule of Law and a Moral Approach in Combatting Terrorism and Drug Trafficking |
This provocative work penetrates the adverse consequences of United States governmental realpolitik policies that deliberately uses illegal conduct to combat and defeat international terrorism and... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States |
Jurisdiction, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Drug Enforcement |
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Potential Opposition to Permanent International Criminal Court Exists While American Bar Association Task Force Report Supports War Crimes Task Force |
On Thursday, July 14, 1993, at the Foreign Relations mark-up for the State Department authorizations, the bill which contains the provision for a permanent international criminal court, Senator Jesse... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States |
Jurisdiction, War Crimes, International Criminal Court, Prosecution, International Criminal Tribunal |
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Dr. Alvarez-Machain Sues U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency for Kidnapping, Torture and Deprivation of Human Rights |
On July 9, Dr. Humberto Alvarez-Machain, the Mexican physician who was kidnapped from his home in Guadalajara, Mexico in April 1990 to stand trial in the murder of a former DEA agent Enrique Camarena... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Human Rights, Kidnaping, Torture, Drug Enforcement |
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International Council of Jurists to Address Comfort Women Problem |
At the working group meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights on modern-type slaves held in Geneva on May 24, the International Commission of Jurists called for the “establishment of a panel to... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
World, Japan |
Human Rights, War Crimes, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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Haiti Is the Focus of International Human Rights Law Effort While Haitian Refugees Have Mixed Success in Pressing Human Rights Abroad |
The international community, specifically the United Nations (UN) and the Organization for American States (OAS), apparently has successfully rallied to impose economic sanctions against the Haitian... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
Haiti |
Human Rights, United Nations, Sanctions, Detention |
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Americas Watch Repeats Call for Mechanisms to Remedy Human Rights Abuses on U.S.-Mexican Border |
On May 13, 1993, Americas Watch in a supplemental report, concludes that serious abuses by U.S. immigration law enforcement agents continue and calls for new mechanisms to curtail abuses and... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Immigration, Law Enforcement, Rape, Detention, Border Security |
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Congressional Hearing Calls for New Measures to Combat Crossborder Laundering between the U.S. and Mexico as Treasury and Texas Initiate New Anti-Laundering Enforcement Project |
At a hearing held by the House Banking Committee in San Antonio, Texas, Assistant Treasury Secretary for Enforcement Ronald Noble and Texas Attorney General Dan Morales announced a pilot project, “... |
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9 |
7 |
1993-07-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Money Laundering, Financial Crimes, Border Security, Legislation |