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Bulgaria Ratifies Two Council of Europe Criminal Cooperation Conventions |
On June 2, 1993, Bulgaria ratified two Council of Europe Conventions on Criminal Cooperation: the Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure, and Confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime and the... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Europe, Bulgaria |
Money Laundering, Corruption, Environment, Terrorism, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Asset Seizure, International Cooperation |
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Italian Central Bank Issues Anti-Money Laundering Regulations |
Italy has issued by-laws (“Decalogo”) in further regulation of its Anti-Money Laundering Law enacted July 5, 1991 (no. 198). The Italian Anti-Money Laundering Law requires that banks, financial... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Italy |
Money Laundering, Kidnaping, Drugs & Trafficking, Financial Crimes, Extortion |
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Panama’s Government Denies DEA Request for Interrogation Center |
In April 1993, the Panamanian Government denied a request from the Drug Enforcement Administration to establish a DEA interrogation center on one of the Southern Command bases on the banks of the... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
United States, Panama |
Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement, Law Enforcement, Investigation |
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Financial Action Task Force Issues Annual Report and Plans Meeting with Gulf Cooperation Council in the Wake of Money Movement Problems |
On June 29, the Financial Action Task Force released its annual report. The next issue of the International Law Reporter will discuss its highlights. In October 1993, the FATF will hold a meeting... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Middle East |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Fraud, Embezzlement |
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U.S. and Chile Sign Memorandum on Securities Enforcement Cooperation |
On June 3, 1993, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding governing consultation and cooperation in the administration and... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
United States, Chile |
International Cooperation |
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Money Laundering and the Asia/Pacific Region |
Money laundering is going to be a major growth industry in the 1990s and the Asia/Pacific region will figure prominently in that development. The usual perception of money laundering evokes images of... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Asia |
Money Laundering |
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Japanese Organized Crime Suspected of Smuggling Chinese |
On April 8, 1993, Japanese police investigated allegations that an organized crime group had attempted to smuggle 145 Chinese people into Japan. Police searched the group’s office in efforts to... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
China, Japan |
Maritime, Immigration, Organized Crime, Smuggle |
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Operation White Paradise Dismantles International Drug Trafficking Ring |
On April 14, 1993, Argentinean police successfully completed Operation White Paradise, a multinational drug enforcement effort attacking drug trafficking which involved Argentina, Bolivia and Italy.... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Argentina |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement, Investigation |
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New Waves of Organized Immigrant Smuggling Prompts U.S. To Initiate Efforts to Strengthen Enforcement Regime Against Illegal Migration |
On June 18, 1993, U.S. President Bill Clinton announced an initiative agent against the smuggling of illegal immigrants by crime syndicate. The U.S. Government initiative includes plans to combat... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
United States |
Immigration, Organized Crime, Smuggle, Racketeering/RICO |
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EC To Establish Europol Anti-Drug Unit by July 1 |
On May 7, 1993, the European Community (EC) justice ministers agreed to set up the previously delayed Europol anti-drug unit beginning July 1. The EC police unit was originally scheduled to commence... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Europe |
Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement, Border Security |
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U.S. Aggressively Prosecutes Chinese Crime Rings and Alien Smuggling |
At the beginning of June 1993, several San Francisco and New York cases involved organized alien smuggling galvanized the U.S. law enforcement community to prosecute both more aggressively and... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
United States |
Law Enforcement, Smuggle, Prosecution, Asylum |
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Ecuador Government Interrupts and Dismantles Two Drug Trafficking Groups |
On April 4, 1993, the Ecuador Government announced success in interrupting and dismantling the assets of two of the largest drug-trafficking organizations that had been operating in Ecuador and whose... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
Ecuador |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement |
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Research Perspectives on International Criminal Law |
The phrase “international criminal law” was coined by Jeremy Bentham in 1820. The very existence of such a branch of the law remained controversial until recently. It is hardly questionable today... |
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9 |
6 |
1993-06-01 |
World |
Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition, Genocide, Human Rights, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Jurisdiction, Money Laundering, Taxation, Terrorism |
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Korean Government to Inspect Foreign Banks for Potential Money Laundering |
On April 12, 1993, Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection, Yi Hoe-chang, at the National Assembly in Seoul, Korea indicated that foreign banks in Korea are a haven for black money. Mr. Yi made... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
5 |
1993-05-01 |
United States, South Korea |
Money Laundering, Financial Crimes, Investigation |
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Inter-American Anti-Narcotics Efforts to Increase |
On April 23, 1993, in Bariloche, Argentina, in a head-on attack on drug trafficking structures, 26 American countries agreed to the final declaration of the 11th International Conference on the... |
Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins |
9 |
5 |
1993-05-01 |
Latin America and South America |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement |
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Dutch and Swiss Governments Ratify Laundering Convention |
On May the 11, the Dutch and Swiss Governments respectively ratified the Laundering Convention. As a result, the Convention will enter into force from September 1, 1993 in respect of those States and... |
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9 |
5 |
1993-05-01 |
Europe, Switzerland, Netherlands |
Money Laundering, Treaties, Legislation |
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Attorney General Reno and Sen. Biden Indicate New Directions in U.S. International Drug Policy |
On May 7, 1993, Attorney General Janet Reno and Senator Joe Biden, head of the Senate International Narcotics Policy Caucus, signaled their displeasure with U.S. international drug policy and vowed... |
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9 |
5 |
1993-05-01 |
United States |
Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement |
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U.N. Secretary General Issues Draft War Crimes Tribunal Statute |
On May 3, 1993 the United Nations Secretary General released a report with an accompanying draft proposed statute to establish a War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The speed with which... |
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9 |
5 |
1993-05-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
Immunity, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, International Criminal Tribunal |
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Jamaica and Caribbean Posed to Act against Criminal Deportees |
On May 15, 1993, Jamaican National Security and Justice Minister, Keith Knight, defended efforts by his government to enact legislation to monitor and supervise the movement of criminal deportees.... |
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9 |
5 |
1993-05-01 |
Caribbean, Jamaica |
Transfer of Prisoners, Deportation, Legislation |
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Organized Crime Symposium Examines Russian Organized Crime |
On March 9, 1993, a symposium chaired by Professor Abraham Abramovsky was held at Fordham University School of Law, on the subject of the so called Russian organized crime in the United States. The... |
Gregory Osinoff |
9 |
5 |
1993-05-01 |
United States, Russia |
Immigration, Organized Crime |