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Immigrtion User Fee Initiated |
The Immigration and Naturalization Service has promulgated a final rule to implement Section 205 of the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1987, establishing an immigration user fee. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
United States |
Immigration |
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Turkey Signs Conventions on Prevention of Torture |
Turkey has signed two international conventions on the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman or humiliating treatment and punishment. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
Turkey |
Torture |
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Reagan Administration's budget Request for Law Enforcement Increases |
The Reagan Administration's Fiscal 1989 Budget increases budget authority request for the Department of Justice by 14 percent over FY 1988 appropriations to $6.155 billion. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
United States |
Law Enforcement |
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Department of Defense Electronically Facilitates Export Control Compliance |
In view of recurring complaints from exporting industries, members of Congress and other interested parties about the difficulties imposed on U.S. exporters by the implementation of the Export... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
United States |
Trade Enforcement |
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Treasury Withdraws Proposed Amendment Requiring Reporting and Recordkeeping of Certain Cash Transactions Under $10,000 |
The Federal Register of February 29 carried notice by the U.S. Department of Treasury of the withdrawal of its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which would have amended 31 Code of Federal Regulations (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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U.S. District Court Denies Fawaz Younis' Motion to Dismiss Charges Based on Illegal Arrest |
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has denied Fawaz Younis' motion to dismiss because of alleged illegal arrest. |
Deborah M. Levy |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
United States |
Court Conviction |
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CGM Group Releases Additional Dirty Money Videos |
CGM Group has released two additional viedos: "Dirty Money: A Teller Compliance and the Bank Secrecy Act," which consists of a videotape and Instructor's Guide, and "Dirty Money: Exempting... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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German Restrictions on Foreign Lawyers Violate EC Directive |
The European Court of Justice ruled on February 25, 1988 that the Federal Republic of Germany failed to fulfill its obligations under the 1977 European Communities Directive to provide free movement... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
4 |
3 |
1988-03-01 |
Germany |
Legal Ethics |
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U.S. and Canada Reach Cooperation Agreement on Drugs |
On February 2, 1988, the United States Department of Justice announced that the United States and Canada have concluded an agreement providing for the exchange of drug investigators. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
Canada |
Drug Enforcement |
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Thai Government Presses U.S. Government For Help in Return of Missing Art |
An incident which has simmered for years between Thailand and the United States Government is now becoming a cause celebre according to a recent newspaper account from which the alleged facts of this... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
Thailand |
Adjective Enforcement |
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U.S. and Spain Sign Supplemental Extradition Treaty |
On February 9, 1988, the U.S. and Spanish Government signed a supplemental extradition treaty. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
Spain |
Extradition |
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U.S. Likely to Adhere to Berne Convention |
Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier (D-Wis), Chairman of the House Copyright Subcommittee, recently led a delegation to Geneva, Switzerland to confer with representatives of the World Intellectual... |
Jay A. Rosenthal, Esq. |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
United States |
Intellectual Property |
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Justice Outlines Parole & Repatriation Procedure for Marielitos |
On February 4, 1988, Arnold I. Burns, Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, testifying before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
United States |
Human Rights |
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Inter-American Institute Releases Compilation of Basic Instruments |
The Inter-American Institute of Human Rights has released a compilation of texts of basic Inter-American instruments on human rights law. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
United States |
Human Rights |
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Report on the Human Rights Situation in Afghanistan |
The Independent Counsel on International Human Rights (hereinafter the "Independent Counsel"), an independent ad hoc multinational panel of experts on international law, recently issued a report on... |
Jay A. Rosenthal, Esq. |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
Afghanistan |
Human Rights |
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Austria Sharpens its Export Control Legislation |
Austria has in the past been regarded as an important jurisdiction for diversions of export controlled goods of U.S. and other CoCom origin. |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
Austria |
Export Enforcement |
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American Bar Association's White Collar Crime Committee Seeks Information on Impact of Prohibited Transactions Statute on Lawyers |
As part of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, Congress enacted 18 U.S.C. 1957, the Prohibited Transactions Statute. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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U.S. District Court Upholds Extraterritorial Jurisdiction over Fawaz Younis under the Hostage Taking Act |
In the recent opinion of United States v. Younis, Judge Barrington Parker, U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Columbia, ruled that Fawaz Younis could not be prosecuted for blowing up a... |
Deborah M. Levy |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
United States |
Jurisdiction |
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Treasury Makes Miscellaneous Technical Bank Secrecy Amendments |
On January 26, 1988, the United States Department of Treasury announced miscellaneous technical amendments to the Bank Secrecy Act regulations. |
Bruce Zagaris |
4 |
1 |
1988-02-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |
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Summary and Update of Swiss Judicial Assistance in the Marcos Case |
As reported earlier in the International Enforcement Reporter, the Philippine Republic requested judicial assistance from Switzerland in the case of deposed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. |
Rudolph Siebel |
4 |
2 |
1988-02-01 |
Switzerland |
Adjective Assistance, Research, Teaching |