Articles

E.g., 2026-09
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Detention Practices Become Major Foreign Policy Issue In May 2005, U.S. detention practices became a major foreign policy issue as information about its abusive detention practices, albeit denied as false, triggered riots and loss of life in several... Bruce Zagaris 21 7 2005-07-01 United States Human Rights, Law of War, National Security, Terrorism, Prisoner Rights
U.S. Supreme Court Deny Appeal on Wire Fraud Law for Currency Exchange Activities Concerning Evading Canadian Cigarette Excise Taxes and Vacate Decision against EC in RICO Cigarette Smuggling Case On May 2, 2005, the United States Supreme Court has given another victory to the Canadian government trying to enforce its excise taxes on spirits and cigarettes when it denied a certiorari... Bruce Zagaris 21 7 2005-07-01 Canada, United States, Europe Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Jurisdiction, Taxation, Trade Enforcement, European Union
U.S. Arrests 140 in National Law Enforcement against Unlicensed Money Transmitters On May 23, 2005, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 140 persons in a nationwide raid of unlicensed money transmittal businesses and underground "hawalas," seizing more... Bruce Zagaris 21 7 2005-07-01 United States Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Terrorism
Swiss FIU Evaluates Self-Regulating Organizations in Annual Report On March 31, 2005, the Swiss Money Laundering Control Authority (MLCA) published its annual report, discussing its activities during the last year. The report evaluates the work of the self-... Bruce Zagaris 21 7 2005-07-01 Europe, Switzerland Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, European Union
Florida County Jail Surrenders to USVI Detained Persons Fighting Extradition Without Hearing On May 7, 2005, four days before two persons were scheduled to appear in Hernando County Circuit Court in Florida, Virgin Islands Justice Department officials removed them from the jail without a... Bruce Zagaris 21 7 2005-07-01 United States, Virgin Islands Extradition, Jurisdiction, Transfer of Prisoners, Mutual Legal Assistance
U.S. Denies Venezuelan Provisional Arrest Request for Alleged Terrorist On May 27, 2005, the U.S. government denied the provisional arrest request of the Venezuelan government for the arrest of its citizen Luis Posada Carriles. On May 3, 2005, the Venezuela Supreme... Bruce Zagaris 21 7 2005-07-01 United States, Venezuela, Cuba Extradition, Terrorism, Transfer of Prisoners
Ibero-American Network Will Strengthen International Enforcement Cooperation, Especially Against Corruption During June 2004, at the 14th Conference of Ibero-American Ministers of Justice in Fortaleza, Brazil, recommended adaptation of penal law to combat transnational crime and greater agility in... Bruce Zagaris 21 7 2005-07-01 United States, Latin America and South America, Brazil Money Laundering, Corruption, International Organizations, United Nations, Mutual Legal Assistance
Brazil and Argentina Sign TIEA During Meeting of CIAT On April 22, 2005, Brazil and Argentina signed an agreement on tax information exchange during the 39th General Assembly of the Inter-American Center for Tax Administrations (CIAT) in Buenos Aires.... Bruce Zagaris 21 7 2005-07-01 Brazil, Argentina Intelligence, Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance, Economic Integration
U.S. Detention Policies Continue to Experience Criticism The U.S. government published its ten investigative reports on detention abuses while court and administrative proceedings proliferated over individual detention cases. Meanwhile, the UN tried to... Bruce Zagaris 21 6 2005-06-01 World, United States, Afghanistan, Turkey Human Rights, International Organizations, National Security, Terrorism, United Nations, Torture, Prisoner Rights
British Court Clarifies that Court Counsel Need Not Make Suspicion Activity Reports On March 8, 2005, the Supreme Court of Judicature Court of Appeal, Civil Division, issued an opinion clarifying that the requirements of the British anti-money laundering law obligating lawyers to... Bruce Zagaris 21 6 2005-06-01 United Kingdom Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
Top Human Rights Investigator Fired after Critical Report Published on Coalition Activities in Afghanistan Amidst strong U.S. pressure, the United Nations fired its top human rights official tasked with monitoring activities in Afghanistan after the release of a report that was critical of U.S.-led... Jason McClurg 21 6 2005-06-01 United States, Afghanistan Human Rights, International Organizations, Terrorism, United Nations
U.S. Indicts and Will Try to Extradite 3 British Nationals on Terrorism Charges On April 12, 2005, the U.S. Attorney General in the Southern District of New York announced the indictment of three British nationals who are being held on terrorism charges in the United Kingdom on... Bruce Zagaris 21 6 2005-06-01 United States, United Kingdom, Pakistan Extradition, Terrorism
Eurojust Issues Rules of Procedure on the Processing and Protection of Personal Data On March 19, 2005, Eurojust issued rules of procedure on the processing and protection of personal data that try to balance the need for judicial assistance in serious crime investigations, emergency... Bruce Zagaris 21 6 2005-06-01 Europe European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, International Courts, Privacy, Economic Integration
UN Security Council Makes First Referral to ICC in Darfur Case On March 31, 2005, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations (UN), the UN Security adopted Resolution 1593 to refer the situation in Darfur since July 1, 2002 to the Prosecutor of... Bruce Zagaris 21 6 2005-06-01 United States, France, United Kingdom, Africa, Sudan Human Rights, United Nations, Genocide, International Courts
Swiss Government Charges Abacha with Laundering Nigeria?s Looted Funds On April 15, 2005, a Swiss judge charged Abba Abacha, son of the late Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha, with money laundering in connection with billions of dollars in embezzled Nigerian state funds. In... Bruce Zagaris 21 6 2005-06-01 Germany, Switzerland, Nigeria Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Fraud, Forgery
European Council Issues Decision on Mutual Recognition to Financial Penalties On February 24, 2005, the European Council issued a Council Framework Decision on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties that will facilitate the recognition... Bruce Zagaris 21 6 2005-06-01 Europe European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance
Iceland Will Not Help U.S. Know Fischer?s Travel Plans After providing asylum to Bobby Fischer on March 21, 2005, a former U.S. citizen whom the U.S. has tried to extradite from Japan, Iceland has announced it will not tip off the U.S. when the... Bruce Zagaris 21 6 2005-06-01 United States, Japan, Iceland Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance
OECD Criticized Japan for its Laxness in Implementing the Anti-Bribery Convention In March 2005, the OECD published a Phase 2 Report that evaluates the Japanese enforcement of the implementing legislation for the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in... Tetsuya Morimoto 21 6 2005-06-01 Japan Corruption, International Organizations, Bribery
Bibliography of Books, Articles, and Documents Books: A. Law of War and Victims Recovery M.J. Bazyler, Holocaust Justice; the Battle for Restitution in Americas Courts. NYU Press, 2003, 410 p. S. Eizensat, Imperfect Justice; Looted Assets, Slave... Bruce Zagaris 21 6 2005-06-01 World Bibliography
Internationally Perceived Threat of Russian Insurance Fraud and Business Risk Management With the increase of the Russian insurance market international exposure, participants (insurance and re-insurance companies and brokers) are being confronted by wide-spread suspicion about the... Timur Sinuraya 21 5 2005-05-01 Russia Fraud

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