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International Judicial Assistance by Michael Abbell and Bruno Ristau (6 Volumes International Law Institute, Washington, D.C.) |
The six-volume work is a new edition of a prior two-volume work. The prior work was authored by Bruno Ristau, a partner in Ristau and Abbell and former director, Official of International Affairs,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
United States |
Adjective Enforcement |
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Poland and German Sign Agreement on International Criminal Cooperation |
On November 6, 1991, the Governments of Poland and Germany signed an agreement to cooperate in combatting organized crime, drug traffic, terrorism, and trafficking in illegal immigrants,. |
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8 |
1 |
1992-01-01 |
Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland |
Adjective Enforcement |
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Caribbean and Americas Anti-Money Laundering Programs Progress |
Significant progress is occuring on anti-money laundering enforcement efforts in the Caribbean and the Americas generally. |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Caribbean, United States |
International Cooperation, Money Laundering |
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Trade Bill to Provide Andean Preferences Passes |
On the eve of the Congressional recess, both houses approved by voice vote the conference agreement on a bill, HR 1724, that will provide trade preferences to Andean countries. The new law extends to... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Colombia, Peru, United States |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Trade Enforcement, Treaties |
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IRS Assists Japan in Tax Evasion Investigation of Japanese Real Estate Investments in Hawaii |
With the assistance of the Internal Revenue Service, Japan's National Tax Administration Agency has detected 218 instances of possible tax evasion by Japanese nationals in Hawaiian real estate.... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Japan, United States |
Tax Enforcement, Taxation |
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Peru Begins Broad Corporate Tax Compliance Program Amidst Prosecution of Ex-President Garcia for Illicit Enrichment |
Peru's Government has simultaneously taken action on three fronts in an effort to try to both raise revenue and bring equity into its tax system and overall government. |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Peru |
Corruption, Prosecution, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
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Economic Crime Emerging Market Economies: Poland and the Case for an Adequate Legal Prootection |
Poland is one of the Eastern European countries which has been desperately trying to transform its unworkable economy to a free market system. The commerical spirit of the former socialist society... |
Michael Plachta |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Poland |
Economic Crimes, International Cooperation |
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Tension Builds over Requests for Extradition of Libyans as Arab League Backs Libya and Libya Makes Concessions |
Diplomatic tensions are building over the refusal by Libya to accede to the demands of the United States and Britain to extradite or turn over Abdel Basste Ali Al-Meghari and Lamen Khalifah Fhiman,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Libya, United Kingdom, United States |
Extradition, International Cooperation, Terrorism |
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EC Progress on Common Asylum and Enforcement Program against Illegal Immigrants |
In what is shaping up as one of the key public international law and international criminal cooperation matters, momentum is gaining towards a compromise and the achievment of a common European... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
European Union |
Asylum, Immigration |
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Trevi Ministers Meet and Agree to Strengthen Regional Cooperation |
On December 2-3, The Euroepan Ministers responsible for police and security matters met in The Hague to conduct their half-yearly round of formal discussions. The Dutch Presidency, represented by Mr... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
European Union |
International Cooperation, International Law, International Organizations |
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Considers Ratification of International and Political Covenant |
On November 21, 1991, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations considered the case for the ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The holding of the hearing... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
United States |
Human Rights, International Law |
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Bhopal Crime Case Begins Without Union Carbide Chair |
On November 27, 1991, the criminal case began in India on the alleged responsibility of the former chairman of Union Carbide Corportation, a U.S.-based company and eight executives of its Asian... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
India |
Environment, Prosecution |
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ABA Program Highlights Frontier Developments in International Environmental Criminal Law |
On December 3, 1991, the Committee on International Criminal Law, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Associations, held a program on "International Encironment Criminal Law: Cross-Border Problems... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
United States, World |
Environment, International Law |
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Environmentalists Finally Hook Japan to End the Use of Drift Net Fishing |
In an important victory for environmental groups seeking to jump-start international environmental enforcement law, on November 26, the Japanese cabinet approved a moratorium on drift net fishing on... |
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7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Japan |
Environment, Wildlife |
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Italy Establishes Compensation Fund through Insurance Policies to Compensation Victims of Organized Crime Extortion |
The Government of Italy has established a compensation fund to assist victims of extortion efforts by organized crime. The fund will be partly financed by a new one-percent tax on certain insurance... |
Bruce Zagaris |
7 |
12 |
1991-12-01 |
Italy |
Administration of Justice, Extortion, Organized Crime, Oversight |
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Cambridge Association Formed to Foster Co-operation Between Crime Experts Worldwide |
Last month's conference on economic crime at Cambridge was attended by 150 delegates from 50 countries. Here, we review some of the highlights and announce the launch of the Cambridge Association. |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
United States |
International Cooperation, International Organizations, Organized Crime |
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Organization of American States and United Nations Resolutions in Support of the Democratic Government of Haiti |
Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, won its independence from France in 1804 by defeating the armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. Haiti occupies one-third of the island of Hispaniola with... |
Thomas David Jones |
7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Caribbean |
Human Rights |
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Canadian Proposes to Link Human Rights and Foreign Aid Raises Whole Tie of Enforcement of International Human Rights |
During the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Harare, ZImbabwe, Canadian Prime Minsiter Brian Mulroney proposed that foreign assistance be directly tied to the human rights record of the... |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Canada, Zimbabwe |
Human Rights, International Cooperation |
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International Environmental Law Conference Sees New Enforcement Regimes |
One of the clear themes emerging out of a two-day conference of the American Bar National Instiute on international environmental law is that enforcement mechanisms in international environmental law... |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
United States, World |
Environment, International Cooperation, International Law |
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Mexican Government Will Buttress Environmental Enforcement |
On October 28, Mexico's Secretary of Urban Development and Ecology (SEDUE) Patricio Chirinosannounced a three-year program of more than $460 million to protect the environment along Mexico's border.... |
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7 |
11 |
1991-11-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Environment |