Articles

E.g., 2026-08
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Government Indicts Bank Companies in BCCI Case On October 11, 1988, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, and a host of U.S. agencies, announced the indictments of thirty-four defendants, including an international financial... Bruce Zagaris 4 10 1988-10-01 United States Drug Enforcement
Inte-American Drug Abuse Commission Proposes to Expand Membership Members of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Commission (CICAD) are currently considering Chile's proposal to enlarge CICAD to twenty-one members, in order to strenghten its effectiveness.  The proposal... Bruce Zagaris 4 10 1988-10-01 United States Drugs & Trafficking
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 Passes On October 21, 1988, Congress passed a compromise version of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, also commonly known as the Omnibus Drug Bill II.  A review of the money-laundering provisions, especially... Bruce Zagaris 4 10 1988-10-01 United States Drugs & Trafficking
Senate Ratifies U.S-Bermuda Treaty In the waning hours of the 100th Session of Congress, the Senate ratified the U.S.-Bermuda income tax treaty. Bruce Zagaris 4 10 1988-10-01 Bermuda Taxation
Taxpayers Association International Formed On September 30, representatives from ten developed countries announced the formation of a new international taxpayers alliance designed to work toward reducing national tax rates, and stimulating... Bruce Zagaris 4 10 1988-10-01 United States Taxation
Omnibus Drug Bill Passes and Has International Implications The "Omnibus Drug Initiative Act of 1988" (HR 5120) (hereinafter "The Act") passed the House by a vote of 375-30 on September 22, 1988.  The Act is an attempt by Congress to curb what many feel is... Steve Smith 4 9 1988-09-01 United States Drugs & Trafficking
Bahamas Representative Pursues Inquiry over Alleged Perjury On September 19, 1988, Ira DeMent, an attorney in Montgomery, Alabama, wrote to Attorney General Thornburgh, requesting that he investigate the claim, by the Government of the Bahamas, that two... Bruce Zagaris 4 9 1988-09-01 Bahamas Drugs & Trafficking
IRS International Tax Compliance Handbook Is Published A 3-volume loose-leaf work of the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS), containing a two-unit course on International Tax Issues, has been published for sale to interested professionals.  The... Bruce Zagaris 4 9 1988-09-01 World Taxation
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Votes on North, MLATs On September 27, 1988, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted, with only two dissenting votes, to favorably recommend ratification of the Bahamas and Mexico MLATs without any reservations. The... Clemens J.M. Kochinke and Steve Smith 4 9 1988-09-01 United States Counter-terrorism
ABA Committee Considers Criminal Law Issues in Doing Business Abroad On August 8, 1988, at the Annual Convention of the American Bar Association, the International Criminal Law Committee, Section of International Law & Practice, in cosponsorship with the Criminal... Bruce Zagaris 4 9 1988-09-01 United States Adjective Enforcement
Greek Court Defers Palestinian Extradition Hearing for U.S. Request On September 5, 1988, Court of Appeals Judge Stavros Gardiokiotos, presiding over a three-member appeals council, postponed for the second time a hearing on the United States Government's request to... Bruce Zagaris 4 9 1988-09-01 Greece Extradition
Book Review: Bakerics/Wilson/Weigel, Anti-dumping, Countervailing Duty, and Other Trade Actions; Practicing Law Institute Foreign parties often view U.S. trade actions as criminal actions or hybrids of a criminal and administrative nature.  Counterveiling and anti-dumping duties are seen as quasi-penalties, and bars to... Clemens J.M. Kochinke 4 8 1988-08-01 United States Trade Enforcement
Congressional Subcommittee Investigates Drug Trafficking for Assisting Contras On July 28, 1988, the Subcommittee on Crime House Committee on the Judiciary held an oversight hearing on the "Enforcement of Federal Narcotics, Money Laundering and Firearms Laws."  It represented... Ricardo Martinez Tanoira 4 8 1988-08-01 United States Drugs & Trafficking
Inter-American Center of Tax Administrators Holds Session on Ways to Discourage Tax Evasion and Avoidance On May 9-13, 1988, the 22nd CIAT General Assembly was held in Brasilia under the sponsorship of the Secretariat of the Federal Revenue of Brazil.  Participants from 22 CIAT member countries, 13... Bruce Zagaris 4 8 1988-08-01 Brazil Tax Enforcement
U.S.-Indonesia Agree to Assist in Collecting Taxes On Jully 11, 1988, the United States and Indonesia concluded an income tax treaty that has an article (Art. 19) whereby each of the signatory governments agree to endeavor to collect, on behalf of... Bruce Zagaris 4 7 1988-08-01 Indonesia Tax Enforcement
European Community Discuss Cooperation over Terrorism at Sea in Wake of Attack on Greek Cruise Ship In the wake of the attack by terrorists on the Greek cruise ship "City of Poros" on July 11, the Greek Foreign Minister Papoulias, during the twelve European Community countries meeting in Athens on... Bruce Zagaris 4 8 1988-08-01 Greece Terrorism
Anti-Terrorism Controls Applied to People's Republic of Korea The Bureau of Export Administration, Department of Commerce, has amended the Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R. Parts 368-399, by covering the People's Republic of Korea with anti-terrorism... Bruce Zagaris 4 8 1988-08-01 North Korea Counter-terrorism
Subcommittee on International Assistance in Criminal Matters, White Collar Crime Committee, Section of Criminal Justice Forms On August 4, 1988, the Subcommittee on International Assistance in Criminal Matters announced its formation and proposed plans.  The Subcommittee will consider aspects of international assistance in... Bruce Zagaris 4 8 1988-08-01 World Adjective Enforcement
Senate Foreign Relations Committee MLAT Vote Postponed On August 11, 1988, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee cancelled the scheduled meeting to vote on the six pending Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) due to a lack of quorum.  Bruce Zagaris 4 8 1988-08-01 United States Mutual Legal Assistance
House Considers International Securities Enforcement Bill On August 3, 1988, the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, held a hearing on H.R. 4945, the "International Securities... Bruce Zagaris 4 8 1988-08-01 Securities Trade Enforcement

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