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New US-Dutch Treaty: Innovations in Tax Collection Assistance and Evidence-Gathering |
On December 18, 1992, the U.S. Department of Treasury released the proposed income tax treaty between the Netherlands and the United States. With respect to international tax enforcement, the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
9 |
1 |
1993-01-01 |
United States, Netherlands |
Treaties, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Evidence Gathering |
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Bibliography |
A bibliography of sources in the area of international enforcement law appears quarterly. The next bibliography will appear in March…[more] |
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9 |
1 |
1993-01-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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TIEA between the U.S. and Guyana Enters into Force |
On December 4, 1992, the United States Department of Treasury announced that it and Guyana have exchanged diplomatic notes giving life to an agreement between the two governments to exchange tax... |
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9 |
1 |
1993-01-01 |
United States, Guyana |
Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Chemicals Smuggle |
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Conferences |
This article gives the details of two upcoming conferences, one on defending alleged transnational criminals in May 1993 and on the prospects for the new administration in the United States…[more] |
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9 |
1 |
1993-01-01 |
World |
Conferences |
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Aruba Minister of Finance Conditions Tax Information Exchange Agreements on Existence of Income Tax Treaties |
On October 7, Mr. Roland H. Lacle, Minister of Finance for the Aruba Government, in the opening address of the First Caribbean Tax Conference in Aruba, stated in remarks directed specifically at the... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
Aruba, United States |
International Cooperation, Taxation, Treaties |
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U.S. Court Acquits Alvarez-Machain While Mexico Calls for the Extradition of Two DEA Agents for Kidnapping |
On December 14, 1992, Judge Edward Rafeedie of the United States District Court acquitted Dr. Humberto Alvarez-Machain, a Mexican doctor who was kidnapped from Mexico in 1990 to stand trial in Los... |
Bruce Zagaris |
8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Extradition, Kidnaping, Prosecution, Torture |
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1992 Futures Trading Practices Act Gives CFTC New Int’l Enforcement Powers |
On October 29, 1992, President Bush signed into law the long awaited reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The reauthorization law, called the “Futures Trading Pratices Act of... |
Lisa Davis |
8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
United States |
International Cooperation, Investigation, Legislation, Trade Enforcement |
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Brazil Government Requests Mutual Assistance from Uruguay on Money Laundering Investigation |
On December 7, the Uruguayan Supreme Court was reported to be studying a request from the Brazilian Government to investigate narcotics-related money laundering that is occurring in the Uruguayan... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
Brazil, Uruguay |
Drugs & Trafficking, Investigation, Jurisdiction, Money Laundering |
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Business Group Moves to Prosecute Software Piracy and Illegal Bulletin Boards |
On November 24, 1992, Business Software Alliance (BSA) at a press conference in Washington announced a worldwide campaign to prosecutive and stop electronic bulletin board systems that are... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
United States |
Copyright, International Cooperation, Piracy |
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Narcotics Money Laundering in the Caribbean Shows Wide Diversity in Anti-Laundering Regime |
For purposes of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force’s Technical Workshop in May 1992 in Kingston, Jamaica and subsequent meeting on November 5-6, 1992, Coopers & Lybrand prepared a report... |
Bruce Zagaris |
8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
Caribbean |
Drugs & Trafficking, FATF, Money Laundering, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Governments Begin to Combat Mounting International Credit Card Fraud |
In the last few years the mounting losses due to the rise of international credit card fraud has caused governments to reassess their legislative policies and to enact legislation to facilitate... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
World |
Financial Crimes, Fraud, Investigation, Legislation, Organized Crime, Prosecution |
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Africa Becomes Part of the International Drug Trade |
The illicit drug trade and money laundering are usually perceived as problems related to the Americas, Europe and parts of Asia. Yet, in the 1990s, Africa is joining the chain of drug production,... |
Scott B. MacDonald |
8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
Africa |
Border Security, Drugs & Trafficking, Law Enforcement, Smuggle |
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Baltic Organized Crime Is Smuggling Scrap Metal in Nordic Countries |
The Swedish Customs Crimes Police is currently investigating Estonian, Finnish and Russian metal-smuggling gangs with apparently good business contacts in Sweden. Organized metal smuggling and... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
Europe |
Corruption, Customs, Customs Enforcement, Fraud, International Cooperation, Investigation, Organized Crime |
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Brazil Government Requests Mutual Assistance from Uruguay on Money Laundering |
On December 7, the Uruguayan Supreme Court was reported to be studying a request from the Brazilian government to investigate narcotics-related money laundering that is occurring in the Uruguayan... |
Bruce Zagaris |
8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
Brazil, Uruguay |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Money Laundering |
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Draft Model Law to Implement Basel Hazardous Waste Transportation Convention Is Approved |
On December 2, experts from the signatory countries of the Basel Convention on the Transport of Hazardous Wastes approved a draft law on the transport of hazardous waste from one country to another... |
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8 |
19 |
1992-12-01 |
World |
Counterfeiting, Environment, Legislation, Treaties |
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International Credit Card Fraud Boosts Industrial Security for Anti-Fraud Measures |
As a result of the rise in international credit card fraud, one initiative of the credit card industry worldwide has been designing, developing and implementing new technology to combat the ability... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
World |
Fraud |
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U.S. Diplomat Incurs Fine for Illegal Ivory Imports |
On December 10, 1992, the U.S. District Court in Baltimore imposed a fine of $1,000 on Kenneth A. Loff, who pled guilty to bringing hundreds of pieces of banned ivory into the U.S. from his... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
Africa, United States |
Penalties, Wildlife Smuggle |
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Stowaways – Threatening to Become an Epidemic |
Stowaways, we are warned, are fast becoming a problem of epidemic proportions. Whether opportunist individuals seeking a better life elsewhere or the product of elaborate collective crime systems,... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
World |
Border Security, Maritime |
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Establishment of War Crimes Tribunal Imminent |
On December 15, 1992, in Stockholm during the meeting of ministers of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, calls by the United Nations and the United States to establish a tribunal... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
International Criminal Tribunal, Prosecution, United Nations, War Crimes |
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Noriega Is Classified as a Prisoner of War and Geneva Convention is Ruled Self-Executing |
On December 8, 1992, U.S. District Judge William Hoeveler ruled that Manual Antonio Noriega is a prisoner of war (POW) and that the Geneva Conventions on the conduct of law of war are self-executing... |
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8 |
10 |
1992-12-01 |
Nicaragua, United States |
Prisoner Rights, Prosecution |