Articles

E.g., 2026-09
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
EC Commission Proposes Enhancement of Access to Intelligence by Law Enforcement Agencies On June 16, 2004, the Commission of the European Communities (EC) proposed the enhancement of access to information by law enforcement agencies. Bruce Zagaris 20 10 2004-10-01 Europe Intelligence
OAS General Assembly Adopts Report of Fifth Meeting of Ministers of Justice In June 2004, at its thirty-fourth regular session in Quito, Ecuador, the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly approved the conclusions and recommendations of the Fifth Meeting of... Bruce Zagaris 20 10 2004-10-01 Latin America and South America Jurisdiction
U.S. Appellate Court Upholds Fugitive Disentitlement and Asset Forfeiture On May 18, 2004, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York which, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2466, dismissed a... Bruce Zagaris 20 10 2004-10-01 United States Asset Forfeiture
Swiss Authorities Will Unfreeze and Repatriate to Nigerian Most of Abacha Funds On August 18, 2004, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice announced it would unfreeze most of the $500 million funds deposited in Switzerland by Sani Abacha, the former military leader, and return them... Bruce Zagaris 20 10 2004-10-01 Nigeria Freezing of Assets
Belgian Arrests and Agrees to Prosecute Major Figure in Rwandan Atrocities On July 30, 2004, the media reported that Belgian authorities had agreed recently to prosecute Ephrem Nkezabera, 52, a prominent banker and also a senior member of the Interahamwe militia, the youth... Bruce Zagaris 20 10 2004-10-01 Belgium Prosecution
Limits in German Money Laundering Statute to Protect Counsel Fees The German Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe redefined the limits of the money laundering statute of section 261 Criminal Code with respect to ffes paid criminal defense counsel.  Clemens Kochinke 20 10 2004-10-01 Germany Money Laundering
Activities of Yugoslav and Rwanda War Crimes Tribunals On July 19, 2004, Hassan Jallow, the Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), announced that the South African police had arrested and surrendered to the Tribunal... Bruce Zagaris 20 10 2004-10-01 Former Yugoslavia War Crimes
Brazil Continues Anti-Money Laundering Efforts During the last few months Brazil has continued its efforts to develop a more effective anti-money laundering regime. Jorge Nemr and Paulo Fretta Moreira 20 9 2004-09-01 Brazil Money Laundering
U.S. Congressional Hearings on Riggs Portend Changes in Anti-Money Laundering On July 15, 2004, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, released a report and held a hearing on current enforcement of key... Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 United States Money Laundering
OECD Strengthens Exchange of Information Provisions in Model Tax Treaty On July 23, 2004, the OECD's Committee on Fiscal Affairs announced agreement on new provisions for the exchange of information between national tax authorities as part of its work to strenghten... Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 Latin America and South America Taxation
House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Trafficking in Persons On June 24, 2004, a review of the fourth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report was held before the Subcommittee on International Terrorism, Nonproliferation & Human Rights. Lindsay Nordell 20 9 2004-09-01 United States Human Rights
Bahamas Court Denies U.S. Extradition Request for Narcotics Kingpin Due to Fair Trial Considerations On June 23, 2004, Mr. Justice Hugh Small, Commonwealth of the Bahamas Supreme Court, granted a habeas corpus petition of Samuel Knowles, who had been detained pursuant to a U.S. extradition, when the... Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 Bahamas Extradition
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Alvarez-Machain Claim, But Upholds Alien Tort Law On June 29, 2004, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in the case of Humberto Alvarez-Machain, the Guadalajara, Mexico physician whom the U.S. Drug Enfrocement Administration (DEA)... Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 United States Alien Tort Claims Act
Privy Council Decides Three Caribbean Death Penalty Cases On July 7, 2004, the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, sitting in an expanded nine-person panel, issued three options concerning the validity of the death penalty in three former... Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 Caribbean Death Penalty
ICC Gains Momentum As the ICC continues its early operation, efforts focused on solidifying its mechanisms, namely the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), the ratification of the Agreement on Privleges and Immunities,... Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 World International Criminal Court
Interpol Cooperates with Greece on Terrorism Prevention for Olympic Games On June 29, 2004, Interpol announced it will provide a variety of operational police support services to the organizers of the Olympic Games in Greece, including officers, expertise and technical... Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 Greece INTERPOL
OAS Adopts Counter-terrorism Enforcement Resolutions During the XXXIV regular session of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly (GA), several resolutions concerning counter-terrorism enforcement cooperation were adopted. Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 Latin America and South America Counter-terrorism
U.S. Supreme Court Requires Rights for Counter-terrorism Detainees On June 28, 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court decided three cases involving the Bush Administration's detention of counter-terrorism suspects, declaring that all have basic due process and related rights... Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 United States Counter-terrorism
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Holds Ratification Hearing for Four Treaties On June 17, 2004, the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held a hearing on ratifying four law enforcement treaties. Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 United States Treaties
EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Holds 2600th Meeting On July 19, 2004, the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Union held its 2600th meeting and took action on several international enforcement cooperation and criminal justice matters. Bruce Zagaris 20 9 2004-09-01 European Union Jurisdiction

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