Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
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
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... 8 10 1992-12-01 Europe Corruption, Customs, Customs Enforcement, Fraud, International Cooperation, Investigation, Organized Crime
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... 8 19 1992-12-01 World Counterfeiting, Environment, Legislation, Treaties
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... 8 10 1992-12-01 World Fraud
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... 8 10 1992-12-01 Africa, United States Penalties, Wildlife Smuggle
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,... 8 10 1992-12-01 World Border Security, Maritime
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... 8 10 1992-12-01 Former Yugoslavia International Criminal Tribunal, Prosecution, United Nations, War Crimes
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... 8 10 1992-12-01 Nicaragua, United States Prisoner Rights, Prosecution
New Developments in National Security Law and International Criminal Law Enforcement Less than one week after the Presidential elections newspapers report the looming on the horizon of national security issues that might divert the President-elect’s attention from its emphasis on the... Bertold L. Baer and Stephan I. Wilske 8 10 1992-12-01 United States Arms Trafficking, Conferences, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Law Enforcement, National Security, Treaties, United Nations
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
Peru Releases Carlos Wittgreen in Spite of Panama’s Extradition Request Peruvian authorities have released Carlos Wittgreen, a Panamanian business and Noriega collaborator, who is charged with murder in Panama. Interpol arrested Wittgreen on corruption charges in Lima on... 8 11 1992-11-01 Panama, Peru Arrest, Corruption, Extradition, International Law, Murder
International White Collar Crime Developments: A Booming Time The international arena has experienced a dramatic growth in the white collar law area. This growth is attributed to several developments: globalization has facilitated travel, transmission of... Bruce Zagaris 8 11 1992-11-01 World Asset Forfeiture, Drugs & Trafficking, Environment, Evidence Gathering, Extradition, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Money Laundering, Transfer of Prisoners
Canada’s Extradition Act Amendments Take Effect On November 2, 1992, the Honorable Kim Campbell, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Member for Vancouver Center, announced that the amendments to the Extradition Act, passed by... 8 11 1992-11-01 Canada Extradition, Legislation
Caribbean Financial Action Task Force Reaches Agreement to Implement International Standards and Establish a Secretariat On November 5-6, 1992, twenty-six governments at a meeting of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force in Kingston endorsed a declaration (the “Kingston Declaration on Money Laundering”), agreed to... 8 11 1992-11-01 Caribbean Asset Forfeiture, Drugs & Trafficking, FATF, Legislation, Money Laundering, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties
U.S. Requests Extradition of Colombians Arrested in Operation Green Ice U.S. authorities have initiated actions leading to extradition to the United States of four Colombians arrested in Costa Rica on September 24, 1992. The Colombians supposedly are linked to the... 8 11 1992-11-01 Colombia, Costa Rica, United States Arrest, Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition, Freezing of Assets, Money Laundering, Organized Crime
New U.S. Money Laundering Law Has Several International Provisions On October 28, 1992, President Bush signed into law HR 5334, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, which contains new money laundering provisions that have significant international... 8 11 1992-11-01 United States Financial Crimes, Legislation, Money Laundering, Mutual Legal Assistance

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