Articles

E.g., 2026-09
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Correction: Interpol Issues ?Red Notice? Against Former Liberian President The last issue of the International Enforcement Law Reporter (Feb. 2004 at p. 53) carried an article about the issuance of an Interpol ?Red Notice? against former Liberian President Charles Taylor... Bruce Zagaris 20 3 2004-03-01 Liberia Extradition, Immunity, International Organizations, War Crimes
U.S.-Bahamas TIEA Goes Into Effect On December 31, 2003, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced that the United States and The Bahamas have exchanged diplomatic notes that bring into force the tax information exchange agreement... Bruce Zagaris 20 3 2004-03-01 United States, Bahamas Taxation
U.S. Appoints Judges for Guant?namo Military Tribunals On December 30, 2003, the U.S. Department of Defense announced the appointment of appellate judges and the person to oversee military tribunals of suspected terrorists held at Guant?namo Bay, Cuba. Bruce Zagaris 20 3 2004-03-01 United States Human Rights
Nigerian Announces Initiatives Against Internet Fraud On January 21, 2003, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, finance minister for Nigeria, announced an initiative against Internet fraud. Ms. Okonjo-Iweala... Bruce Zagaris 20 3 2004-03-01 Nigeria Cybercrime, Fraud
Civil Rights Groups Pressure Nigeria to Revoke Taylor?s Asylum On December 11, 2003, a coalition of West African civil rights group clamored for the Nigerian Government to revoke asylum for the former Liberian President Charles G. Taylor. They contended that... Bruce Zagaris 20 2 2004-02-01 Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone Extradition, War Crimes, International Courts
Mexico Detains and Surrenders Suspect in Killing of California Police Office On November 27, 2003, the Mexican Government arrested and surrendered to California authorities David A. Garcia, 19, who is wanted for the killing of California police officer Matthew Pavelka, 26.... Bruce Zagaris 20 2 2004-02-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Human Trafficking, Capital Punishment
Interpol Issues Red Notice Against Former Liberian President On December 4, 2003, Interpol issued a ?red notice? against former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, for his alleged participation in atrocities committed during Sierra Leone?s civil war, which... Bruce Zagaris 20 2 2004-02-01 Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone Extradition, Human Rights, War Crimes
U.S. Appellate Court Rules Executive Has No Power to Use Military Power to Arrest Americans On December 18, 2003, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a 2 to 1 decision held that an attorney for U.S. citizen Jose Padilla may pursue habeas relief on his behalf. Bruce Zagaris 20 2 2004-02-01 United States Human Rights, Terrorism
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Holds Guant?namo Detainees Have Rights On December 18, 2003, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a two-to-one decision, reversed a district court decision and held that ?enemy combatants? have habeas corpus rights... Bruce Zagaris 20 2 2004-02-01 United States, Iraq, Afghanistan Human Rights, Terrorism
South Africa and Brazil Act Against Trafficking in Human Organ Ring On December 7, 2003, prosecutors announced the arrests of 14 persons in South Africa and Brazil for an international scheme to illegally sell human body parts. On December 10, 2003, South African... Bruce Zagaris 20 2 2004-02-01 Brazil, South Africa Human Trafficking
U.S. Close to Agreements with 3 Latin American Ports on Container Security Initiative On December 17, 2003, speaking at an Inter-American Dialogue forum, Department of Homeland Security International Affairs Director Cresencio Arcos said the United States is exploring the possibility... Bruce Zagaris 20 2 2004-02-01 United States, Brazil, Argentina, Panama Maritime, Terrorism
US Court in Tampa, Florida Indicts 9 for Factoring Fraud Scheme On December 5, 2003, federal prosecutors announced that they have charged nine persons for allegedly orchestrating a nearly decade-long scheme that bilked Espirito Santo Bank of Florida out of $170... Bruce Zagaris 20 2 2004-02-01 Bahamas, United States Fraud
U.S. and French Reach Agreement on Criminal Investigation In Takeover of Executive Life On December 11, 2003, negotiators from the United States and France reached an agreement in principle to settle charges concerning the 1991 failure of Executive Life, a California insurer, and its... Bruce Zagaris 20 2 2004-02-01 United States, France Fraud

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