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Multilateral Efforts To Protect Salmon in the Northern Pacific |
Environmentalists and other protection agencies have long criticized the use of drift-nets on fishing vessels, which can have a span of 40-miles both in depth and height. |
Laura Frank and Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
9 |
1989-09-01 |
United States |
Environment |
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Consent Directive Upheld |
A district court in California has upheld the requirement that a grand jury witness sign a consent directive granting access to Swiss bank records. |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
9 |
1989-09-01 |
United States |
Banking Supervision |
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Book Review: U.S. International Antitrust Enforcement by Joseph A. Griffin |
BNA’s special report U.S. International Antitrust Enforcement is a very practical guide and useful for U.S. and foreign practitioners concerned with civil and criminal antitrust issues involving the... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
5 |
9 |
1989-09-01 |
United States |
Antitrust Cooperation |
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G-7 Financial Action Task Force Prepares for Recommendations |
On September 18, the first meeting of the G-7 Financial Action Task Force, which was created in July and has the aim of producing recommendations to stop money laundering, met and begun discussions... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
9 |
1989-09-01 |
World |
Bank Secrecy |
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Drug Cartel Leader Ballesteros Convicted |
In a case that has important ramifications for the battle against international narcotics trafficking and organized crime, a Los Angeles jury convicted Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros, 45, a Honduran... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
9 |
1989-09-01 |
United States |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Congress and President Debate Initiatives on International Components of Drug Control Strategy |
With the release of the National Drug Control Strategy and President Bush’s speech on September 6, 1989, the debate over international components of the U.S. drug control strategy is underway. |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
9 |
1989-09-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
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U.S. and Dominican Republic Conclude TIEA |
As reported in the last issue of the IELR, the U.S. and the Dominican Republic Governments signed a tax information exchange agreement on August 7. Before it takes effect, the TIEA must be ratified... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
9 |
1989-09-01 |
Dominican Republic |
Taxation |
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International Securities Enforcement Bill Passes House |
On September 25, 1989, the House passed a bill to expand cooperation in international securities cases. The same bill is likely to pass the Senate and become law. |
Ange-Francois Fantauzzi and Joan Morris |
5 |
9 |
1989-09-01 |
United States |
Securities Law |
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U.S. and Nigeria Sign Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty |
On September 13, the United States and Nigeria signed a mutual legal assistance treaty. According to the press release, the treaty provides for mutual assistance in taking testimony, providing... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
9 |
1989-09-01 |
Nigeria |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Swiss Court Clarifies Judicial Assistance in U.S. and German Cases |
Recently, the Swiss Federal Court, the highest court of the Swiss Confederation, granted a request for judicial assistance by the United States for bank account documents. Interestingly enough, the... |
Thomas Waffenschmidt |
5 |
9 |
1989-09-01 |
Switzerland |
Adjective Enforcement |
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Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission Sixth Session Continues for Its Legal Development Program |
On August 29 through September 1, 1989, in the backdrop of the renewed drug-related violence in Colombia, the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission held its Sixth Regular Session at the new... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
9 |
1989-09-01 |
Latin America and South America |
International Organizations |
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European Community Directive Will Prohibit Insider Trading |
According to a report of the EUROPEAN REPORT, during the July 29 Budget Council a draft Directive banning insider trading throughout the European Community will be implemented. |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
9 |
1989-09-01 |
Europe |
Trade Enforcement |
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European Integration and International Criminal Law |
Stronger technological, political, and economic links between Western European countries, improved communication and transportation, and the development of transnational trade through multinational... |
Bruce Zagaris and Ange-Francois Fantauzzi |
5 |
9 |
1989-09-01 |
Europe |
International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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Florida Extends Its Maritime Criminal Jurisdiction |
A new state maritime criminal jurisdiction to take effect on October 1, 1989 allows the State of Florida to extend its jurisdiction beyond its 3-mile limit and prosecute crimes committed on board... |
Laura Frank |
5 |
9 |
1989-09-01 |
United States |
Maritime |
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European Court of Human Rights on Torture- The Soering and a new German case |
Two recent cases, one involving Jens Soering, a German citizen, and another involving American soldiers in the state of Rheinland Pfalz, have demonstrated that the death penalty is influencing... |
Cornelia Beck |
5 |
9 |
1989-09-01 |
Europe |
Torture |
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Central American Presidents Agree on Implementation on Accord and on Machinery to Prevent Further International Crimes |
On August 8, at Tela, Honduras, five Central American Presidents from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, signed an accord to implement the previous agreements on stopping the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
Central America |
International Organizations |
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EC Ministers Agree on Computer Software Protection Proposal to Foil Piracy |
On December 21, 1988, the EC Commission, the executive arm of the European Communities, drafted a proposal for the protection of computer software which adheres to the principles of the Berne... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
Europe |
Computer Crimes |
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U.S. Shares Forfeited Proceeds in Panamanian Bank Plea |
On August 14, after the Panama-based Banco de Occidente agreed to pay a $5 million criminal fine as a result of its pleading guilty to money laundering charges, the U.S. Government announced that it... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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Legislative B/C Weapons Control Efforts in the United States |
Among a dozen proposals on improved export control enforcement pending on Capitol Hill, several bills in the House and the Senate would restrict the manufacture of chemical and biological weapons. |
Markus Bornheim |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
United States |
Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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Costa Rican Parliament's Narcotics Commission Recommends Revision of Laws and Further Investigations |
At the end of July, a parliamentary commission in Costa Rica concluded its investigation into the nation's problems resulting from international narcotics trafficking. It presented a report that... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
5 |
8 |
1989-08-01 |
Costa Rica |
Drugs & Trafficking |