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U.S. Names More Guant?namo Detainees for Trial, Changes Rules, and Allows First Attorney Meeting for Hamdi |
On February 6, 2004, the Pentagon named two more Guant?namo detainees as ready for trial before military tribunals. On February 24, it issued criminal charges against them. The day before it... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
4 |
2004-04-01 |
United States, Cuba, Afghanistan |
Human Rights, Law of War, National Security, Terrorism, Prisoner Rights |
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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case of US Citizen Detained under Wartime Powers |
On February 20 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it had taken certiorari on the case of Rumsfeld v. Padilla, the case of the U.S. citizen detained in June 2002 as an enemy combatant on suspicion... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
4 |
2004-04-01 |
United States, Cuba, Afghanistan |
Human Rights, Law of War, Terrorism |
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American Civil Liberties Union Files Complaint with UN Over 9/11 Detentions |
On January 27, 2004, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a complaint to a United Nations working group concerning the detention of more than a dozen Arab and Muslim men held by the US... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
4 |
2004-04-01 |
United States, Afghanistan |
Human Rights, Terrorism, Torture |
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Nigerian Commission Prosecutes 6 Nigerians for Brazilian Bank Scam |
On February 4, 2006, Chairman of the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) announced the start in Abuja, Nigeria the prosecution of six Nigerians involved in a $242 million advance... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
4 |
2004-04-01 |
Brazil, Nigeria |
Fraud |
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Asian-Pacific Countries Commit to Counter-Terrorism Enforcement as Indonesia Presses U.S. For Access to Hambali |
On February 5, 2004, at the end of a two-day conference ministers from 33 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries committed to strengthening the ?political momentum? for counter-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
4 |
2004-04-01 |
Asia |
Terrorism |
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United Nations and Guatemala Form Unit to Prosecute Attacks against Human Rights Groups |
On January 7, 2004, the Government of Guatemala and the United Nations signed an agreement to establish a Commission for the Investigation of Illegal Groups and Clandestine Security Organizations in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
4 |
2004-04-01 |
Guatemala |
Human Rights, United Nations, Organized Crime |
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French Investigate Halliburton & Technip Energy Payments in Nigeria |
In October 2003, French anti-corruption judge Renaud van Ruymbeke started the first investigation into potential violations of French laws to implement the OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
4 |
2004-04-01 |
United States, France, Nigeria |
Corruption, Asset Forfeiture |
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Guatemala Ex-President Leaves Country After Losing Immunity |
On February 18, 2004, Guatemala?s highest court removed immunity from Alfonso Portillo, the president of Guatemala until January 2004, as investigation for corruption continues. In particular,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
4 |
2004-04-01 |
United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama |
Money Laundering, Corruption, Extradition, Immunity, Jurisdiction |
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European Parliament Adopts Resolution on a Comprehensive EU Policy Against Corruption |
On December 4, 2003, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on a Comprehensive EU Policy Against Corruption, providing for a legislative framework at a Community and international level,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
4 |
2004-04-01 |
Europe |
Corruption, European Union, Economic Integration |
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Irish Minister Explains Successful Informal Justice and Home Affairs Council |
On January 23, 2004, Mr. Michael McDowell, T.D., Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and president of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, reported on the Informal Council meeting.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
4 |
2004-04-01 |
Europe, Ireland |
Mutual Legal Assistance, Economic Integration |
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High Level Political Figures Face War Crimes in International Tribunals |
Slobodan Milosevic has succeeded in frustrating the ICTY again. On February 5, 2004, Trial Chamber III issued an Order scheduling ?the remainder of the Prosecution case to be completed in five... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
4 |
2004-04-01 |
Balkans |
Human Rights, War Crimes, Genocide |
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U.S. Indicts Transnational Child Pornography and Money Laundering Ring |
On January16, 2004, a grand jury indictment was brought in the United States District for the District of New Jersey against four individuals and a credit card processing company, all located in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
22 |
3 |
2004-03-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Sex Crimes |
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Maryland Trafficking Prosecuting Has Many International Law Implications |
On January 8, 2004, U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams Jr. sentenced Barbara Coleman-Blackwell, 33, to five years and three months in federal prison for bringing a Ghanaian woman to the United... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
3 |
2004-03-01 |
United States |
Human Trafficking |
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Brazil Takes New Action Against Money Laundering |
At the start of January 2004, the Brazilian government has resolved to adopt 13 measures to fight money laundering. The implementation of such measures will be undertaken by the recently created... |
Jorge Nemr |
20 |
3 |
2004-03-01 |
Brazil |
Money Laundering |
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Some Aspects of Cross-Border Debt-Recovery in the Former Soviet Union |
International debt recovery is aimed towards the recovery of debts regardless of locations of debts and debtors. It is still widely presumed in the West that the legal remedies for recovery of... |
Timur Sinuraya and Svetlana Tulaykova |
20 |
3 |
2004-03-01 |
Russia |
Asset Forfeiture |
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Miami Lawyer Convicted of International Laundering of Drug Proceeds |
On December 22, 2003, after a three-week trial before United States District Court Judge Patricia A. Seitz, a jury convicted Miami criminal defense attorney Juan Carlos Elso on two counts of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
3 |
2004-03-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking |
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DEA Operation Streamline Catches 11 in Colombian-U.S. Heroin Ring |
On December 22, 2003, after a three-week trial before United States District Court Judge Patricia A. Seitz, a jury convicted Miami criminal defense attorney Juan Carlos Elso on two counts of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
3 |
2004-03-01 |
United States, Colombia |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Attorney Issues New Indictment against Cali Cartel and U.S. Requests Extradition |
On January 16, 2004, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials announced a massive international effort to close an international heroin trafficking operation between Cali, Colombia and the U.S... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
3 |
2004-03-01 |
United States, Colombia |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime |
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Panama Extradites Alleged Colombia Drug Lord to the U.S. |
On January 14, 2004, Panamanian authorities extradited Arcangel de Jesus Henao Montoya, an alleged Colombian drug lord and one of its most suspected cocaine traffickers to the U.S. on charges of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
3 |
2004-03-01 |
United States, Colombia, Panama |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime |
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EU Progresses on European Arrest Warrant |
The Special Court was authorized by the Security Council and then elaborated in a formal agreement between the U.N. and the Sierra Leone Government. It has an international prosecutor. The Sierra... |
Bruce Zagaris |
20 |
3 |
2004-03-01 |
Europe |
Extradition, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance |