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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
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... 8 10 1992-12-01 Brazil, Uruguay Drugs & Trafficking, Investigation, Jurisdiction, Money Laundering
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
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
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... 8 10 1992-12-01 United States Copyright, International Cooperation, Piracy
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
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... 8 10 1992-12-01 World Financial Crimes, Fraud, Investigation, Legislation, Organized Crime, Prosecution
Exotic Birds Gain New Hope as President Signs Wild Bird Conservation Act, But Some Problems Linger On October 23, 1992 President Bush signed the Wild Bird Conservation Act (WBCA). Called “landmark legislation in Wildlife Conservation” by Ginette Hemley, director of wildlife trade monitoring at the... Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins 8 11 1992-11-01 United States Environment, Investigation, Legislation, Treaties, Wildlife, Wildlife Smuggle
Danish and Russian Governments Initiate Cooperation to Combat Illicit Narcotics Trafficking and Other Matters Signaling a positive new cooperative venture, Danish National Police Chief Ivar Boye visited the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow. Even though no binding official agreements have been reached... 8 11 1992-11-01 Denmark, Russia Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Law Enforcement
Bibliography The bibliography of books, article and documents on international criminal and enforcement law is a quarterly feature. The next insertion will be in the December issue…[more] 8 11 1992-11-01 World Bibliography
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission in 12th Regular Session Continue Strengthening Legal and Institutional Framework for Criminal Cooperation During October 27-30, 1992, the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) held its Twelfth Regular Session. The meeting resulted in addition progress on the legal development component of... Bruce Zagaris 8 11 1992-11-01 Caribbean, Latin America and South America, North America Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, International Organizations, Money Laundering, Training
Conferences This article gives details of an upcoming conference on the Alleged Transnational Criminal sponsored by the American Bar Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers…[more] 8 11 1992-11-01 World Conferences
8Japan Collects Documents on Questionable Hawaiian Real Estate Transactions On October 16, 1992, Japan’s National Tax Administration Agency announced that, with the cooperation of the Internal Revenue Service, it has obtained documents regarding questionable Hawaiian real... 8 11 1992-11-01 Japan, United States International Cooperation, Tax Enforcement, Taxation
8U.S. Interior Department Chides Palau’s Insufficient Tax Enforcement Efforts The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Inspector General has criticized the Republic of Palau for its woefully inadequate tax enforcement that may have missed $50.3 million in unreported... 8 11 1992-11-01 United States Tax Enforcement, Taxation
International Tax Enforcement Increases 8 Several developments indicate that international tax enforcement will increase in the immediate future, leading both to increased cooperation and tension between governments on the one hand, and... 8 11 1992-11-01 World International Cooperation, Legislation, Tax Enforcement, Taxation
U.S. and Canada Will Increase Simultaneous Tax Examinations On November 10, 1992, at the Tax Executives Institute’s annual conference, S. Claude Lemelin, chief of tax treaty administration for Revenue Canada in Ottawa, stated that simultaneous examinations,... 8 11 1992-11-01 Canada, United States International Cooperation
Japan Imposes $57 Million Back Taxes & Surcharges on US Subsidiary On November 2, 1992, a spokesman for Nihon Unisys Ltd. announced that the Tokyo Regional Tax Bureau has imposed 6.888 billion yen ($57 million) in corporate back taxes and surcharges as a result of a... 8 11 1992-11-01 Japan, United States Intellectual Property, Tax Enforcement, Taxation
Brazilian Government Announces its Intent to Revise U.S. Extradition Treaty Due to U.S. Abductions On September 24, 1992, Brazilian Justice Minister Celio Borja stated that he wants to renegotiate and revise the extradition treaty signed between Brazil and the United States. Borja wants to clarify... 8 11 1992-11-01 Brazil, United States Extradition, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Jurisdiction, Kidnaping, Treaties
Bar Panel Considers U.S. Extradition Policy and Whether Corrective Legislation Is Needed in the Aftermath of Alvarez-Machain Case to Regularize Rendition Policies On October 28, 1992, several bar committees sponsored a lively discussion on U.S. extradition policy in the aftermath of the case of U.S. v. Alvarez-Machain. Ralph G. Steinhardt, Associate Professor... 8 11 1992-11-01 United States Extradition, Human Rights, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Kidnaping, Legislation, Prosecution, Sovereignty, Treaties
Panama Rejects U.S. Extradition for Colombian Drug Trafficker Panamanian Attorney General Rogelio Cruz rejected a U.S. extradition request against Ramon Tejada Alvarez, known as ‘El Viejo’, a Colombian citizen who is wanted by the U.S. government on charges of... 8 11 1992-11-01 Panama, United States Deportation, Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition, Investigation, Prosecution

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