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European Court of Human Rights Declines Application of Mauritanian to Overturn French Torture Conviction On March 30, 2009, the European Court of Human Rights found inadmissible the application brought by Ely Ould Dah, a Mauritanian national concerning the case of Ould Dah v. France. A French court... Bruce Zagaris 25 7 2009-07-01 France, mauritius Human Rights, United Nations, Torture, International Courts
Curaçao Authorities Arrest 17 for Involvement in Hezbollah-Linked Drug Activities On April 29, 2009, Curaçao law enforcement authorities announced the arrest of seventeen persons for alleged involvement in a drug trafficking organization with links to Hezbollah...(more) Bruce Zagaris 25 7 2009-07-01 Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Lebanon, Curaçao Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement
Beyond the Law: The Bush Administration’s Unlawful Responses in the “War”on Terror by Jordan J. Paust, Cambridge Univ. Press, 311 pp., 2007 The book discusses violations of international law authorized and assisted by secret memos, authorizations and orders of the Bush Administration. The book focuses on why several Executive claims... Bruce Zagaris 25 7 2009-07-01 World, United States, Iraq, Afghanistan Terrorism, War Crimes, International Courts, Book Review, Treaties, International Cooperation, Weapons of Mass Destruction
Stanford Receiver’s Report Shows Fraud and Disputes with Antigua and Venezuela The report of the Receiver Ralph S. Janvey filed on April 23, 2009, in the case of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) v. Stanford International Bank, Ltd. (SIBL) indicates confirmation of... Bruce Zagaris 25 7 2009-07-01 Venezuela, Antigua & Barbuda Asset Forfeiture, White Collar Crime, Asset Seizure
U.N. Special Tribunal Releases Suspects in Hariri’s Death Due to Lack of Evidence On April 29, 2009, Judge Daniel Fransen of the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon ordered the release of four Lebanese generals, who were arrested in August 2005 as suspects in the assassination of... Bruce Zagaris 25 7 2009-07-01 Syria, Lebanon Terrorism, United Nations, International Courts
Darfur Rebel Leader Reports to ICC Voluntarily On May 17, 2007, Abu Garda, a suspected Darfurian war criminal arrived voluntarily in the Netherlands. Upon arrival, International Criminal Court (ICC) officials notified him of the order to appear... Philip Mayer 25 7 2009-07-01 Sudan, Netherlands Administration of Justice, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts
French Court Rules Lawsuit Against Three African Presidents for Embezzlement Admissible On May 5, 2009, a French magistrate ruled that an action against three African leaders accused of embezzlement is admissible despite the opposition of the Paris prosecutors’ office when the case was... Bruce Zagaris 25 7 2009-07-01 France, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Gabon Corruption, International Courts, Embezzlement, International Criminal and Comparative Law
Credit Card Fraud Grows in Latin America In 1994, credit card fraud, which has long been a problem and a growth industry in the United States, has started to accelerate in Latin America. The magazine Semana reported that more than US$4.9... Bruce Zagaris 11 7 2009-07-01 United States, Latin America and South America Fraud
Controversy in Liberia Over Asset Seizure from Nigerian Visitor On May 5, 2009, a French magistrate ruled that an action against three African leaders accused of embezzlement is admissible despite the opposition of the Paris prosecutors’ office when the case was... Bruce Zagaris 25 7 2009-07-01 France, Nigeria, Liberia Corruption, International Courts, Asset Forfeiture, Embezzlement, Asset Seizure
Bank Supervisors Agree to Accelerate Implementation of Minimum Standards for International Banking Supervision On June 13, 1996 at the biennial International Conference of Bank Supervisors in Stockholm (Stockholm Conference), Mr. Tomasso Padoa-Schioppa, chairman of the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision... Bruce Zagaris 12 7 2009-07-01 Switzerland, Sweden, G-10 member countries Bank Secrecy, Economic Crimes, Financial Supervision, Banking Supervision
Italy Prioritizes International Tax enforcement for the Next G-8 Meeting On May 12, 2009, Minister of Finance Giulio Tremonti announced it will have the development of international standards for fighting tax evasion the top priority at July’s Group of Eight Summit near... Bruce Zagaris 25 7 2009-07-01 World, Italy International Organizations, Taxation, Fraud, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
ICTY Appellate Chamber Increases Officer’s Sentence for Not Protecting Croat Detainees On May 5, 2009, an Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia increased the sentence of Veselin Šljivančanin, a major in the Yugoslav Peoples’ Army (JNA), for... Bruce Zagaris 25 7 2009-07-01 Netherlands, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia Human Rights, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts
EU Council Issues Work Strategy and Practical Measures against Cybercrime On March 17, 2009, the Council of the European Union issued conclusions setting forth a work strategy and practical measures to combat cybercrime...(more) Bruce Zagaris 25 7 2009-07-01 Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Aruba, Lebanon, Curaçao Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement
Swiss and U.S. Governments Adjourn Negotiations of Tax Treaty Protocol on Information Exchange On May 4, 2009, Beat Furer, a spokesman for the Swiss Finance Ministry, said the two governments concluded their first round of talks in Bern, Switzerland, with an agreement to meet again in June... Bruce Zagaris 25 7 2009-07-01 United States, Switzerland Taxation, Fraud, Treaties, Tax Enforcement
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND DOCUMENTS 1. Books A. The Law of War T.M. Noble, Eve of Destruction: The Coming Age of Preventive War. U. Of Pennsylvania Press, 171 pp., 2008....(more) Bruce Zagaris 25 7 2009-07-01 World Bibliography
Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act Reintroduced in U.S. Congress On March 2, 2009, the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act (STHAA) was introduced as S. 506 and H.R. 1265 on the following day in the 111th Session of the U.S. Congress. The bill is quite similar to its... Bruce Zagaris 25 6 2009-06-01 Canada, United States, Barbados, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Bahamas, Panama, Antigua & Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Liechtenstein, Bermuda, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Cyprus Jurisdiction, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes
Guyana Denies Extradition of Guyanese Drug Suspects to the U.S. On April 13, 2009, the Caribbean media reported that recently the Chief Justice of Guyana, Ian Cheng, recently denied the U.S. extradition request for two high profile drug suspects...[more] Bruce Zagaris 25 6 2009-06-01 United States, Guyana Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement
U.S. Indicts Anti-Castro Cuban Posada for Lying About Terrorism Incident in Cuba On April 8, 2009, a federal indictment was returned in the U.S. District Court in El Paso, Texas, against Luis Posada Carriles for perjury and obstruction of a government proceeding related to his... Bruce Zagaris 25 6 2009-06-01 United States, Cuba Administration of Justice, Immigration, Terrorism
PartyGaming and U.S. Reach Non-Prosecution Agreement On April 7, 2009, the U.S. government and PartyGaming PLC, an Internet gambling company incorporated in Gibraltar and publicly trade on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PRTY,... Bruce Zagaris 25 6 2009-06-01 United States, United Kingdom, Gibraltar Administration of Justice, International Gaming
Mexico Requests Automatic Exchange of Information about Interest Paid by U.S. Banks to Mexican Residents The Mexican Finance Secretary, Agustin Carstens, has written to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, requesting that the United States and Mexican Governments exchange information automatically... David Spencer 25 6 2009-06-01 United States, Mexico Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement

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