Articles

E.g., 2026-09
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Suspends Military Aid to 35 Countries for Failure to Conclude Exemption Agreements On July 2, 2003, the Bush Administration suspended all U.S. military assistance to 35 countries under the American Servicemembers Protection Act of 2002 (ASPA) because they refused to pledge to... Bruce Zagaris 19 9 2003-09-01 United States Immunity, Jurisdiction, International Courts
IMF Imposes Pressure on Bolivia to Increase Corporate Tax Collection On July 20, 2003, the media reported that the Bolivian Government, under intense pressure from the International Monetary Fund to meet fiscal targets and avoid economic collapse, is planning... Bruce Zagaris 19 9 2003-09-01 Bolivia International Organizations, Taxation
U.S. Court Awards U.S. Nationals $313 Million Against Iran for 1997 Israel Bombing On July 17, 2003, U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, awarded a judgment of $313 million to the family of Leah Stern, a U.S. citizen from New York... Bruce Zagaris 19 9 2003-09-01 United States, Iran, Israel Immunity, Terrorism, Alien Tort Claims Act
Venezuelans Sue President Chavez in Florida for April 2002 Shootings On July 11, 2003, representatives of 15 anti-protestor Venezuelan plaintiffs filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Venezuelan President... Bruce Zagaris 19 9 2003-09-01 United States, Venezuela Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Alien Tort Claims Act
A Small Step Forward in the Guatemala Genocide Case Recently the Spanish supreme court ruled that lower courts may exercise universal jurisdiction to investigate acts of torture committed during the Guatemalan civil war between 1976 and 1984. It is a... Quirine A.M. Eijkman 19 9 2003-09-01 Spain, Guatemala Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Law of War, War Crimes, Genocide
European Commission Issues Communication on Comprehensive EU Policy Against Corruption On June 2, 2003, the European Commission adopted a Communication on a comprehensive European Union policy against corruption that has important benchmarks for EU members to implement internal and... Bruce Zagaris 19 9 2003-09-01 Europe Corruption, European Union
White Collar Crime 2003 Review In March 2003, the American Bar Association through its Criminal Justice Section and Center for Continuing Legal Education held the annual White Collar Crime. The materials from the two-day... Bruce Zagaris 19 9 2003-09-01 United States Taxation, White Collar Crime
U.S. Designates 6 for Military Tribunals as Allies Express Concern On July 3, 2003, President George W. Bush designated six detainees suspected of involvement in terrorism as eligible to be tried before military tribunals, thereby triggering then process that U.S.... Bruce Zagaris 19 9 2003-09-01 United States Law of War, National Security, Terrorism, Prisoner Rights
Bibliography I. Books A. Constitutional and Human Rights Guide to International Human Rights Practice (3rd ed. 1999), Transnational Publishers, 348 pp. B. Combating Transnational Terrorism USA PATRIOT Act;... Bruce Zagaris 19 9 2003-09-01 World Bibliography
Soccer Entrepreneurs and Players Arrested in Rio de Janeiro Following the investigations on the illegal remittance of more than US$ 30 million by fiscal agents of Rio de Janeiro five persons were arrested in early June, charged with participation in a... Jorge Nemr 19 8 2003-08-01 United States, Brazil Money Laundering, Taxation, Fraud
Cayman Dossier A story involving famous Brazilian politicians, in a plot worthy of great thrillers, may be reaching an end. The outcome of the investigations is the indictment of 16 persons, among them the former... Jorge Nemr 19 8 2003-08-01 Brazil Money Laundering, Corruption
European Justice and Home Affairs Council Considers Accession Implications Luxembourg and dealt with a variety of issues, including issues of the expanded European Union and the consequences of enlargement. The meeting dealt with a range of border and immigration issues.... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 Europe Immigration, National Security, European Union, Economic Integration
Sierra Leone Tribunal Indicts Liberian Leader Despite Surrender of Warlord’s Body On June 1, 2003, the Liberian Government turned over the body of Sam Bockarie, a Sierra Leone warlord indicted for atrocities by the Special Tribunal for Sierra Leone (STSL) in response to demands... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 Liberia, Sierra Leone Human Rights, Law of War, International Courts
The UN-Cambodia Agreement Concerning the Prosecution of Crimes Committed During the Democratic Kampuchea My previous article for the International Enforcement Law Reporter discussed, on the one hand, the negotiations between the United Nations and Cambodia aiming at the establishment of a criminal court... Konstantinos Magliveras 19 8 2003-08-01 Cambodia Human Rights, United Nations, Genocide, International Courts
U.N. Security Council Extends for One Year U.S. Peacekeepers’ Immunity from the ICC On June 12, 2004, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution extending immunity for one more year to United States nationals serving in U.N.-authorized peacekeeping missions... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 World, United States Human Rights, Jurisdiction, United Nations, International Courts
FATF Issues Annual Report with Watershed Developments On June 20, 2003, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) issued its annual report. A major preoccupation of FATF was the review and reissuance of the forty recommendations.... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 World Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Due Diligence, Terrorism
FATF Issues New Set of 40 Recommendations Expanding Scope of Money Laundering On June 23, 2003, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued a new set of its Forty Recommendations. The Recommendations include: an expansion of predicate offenses, coverage of persons... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 World Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Due Diligence, Terrorism
U.S. Indicts 11 in New York’s Jewelry District for Laundering Cash for Gold On June 5, 2003, James B. Comey, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the unsealing of criminal Complaints charging eleven individuals at seven different retail or... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 United States, Colombia Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking
European Anti-Fraud Office Helps Prosecute Cases Against Cigarette Smuggling The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) is increasingly active in the prosecution of cigarette smuggling, particularly a cases of smuggling through Montenegro into Italy and through the Balkans into... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 Europe, Balkans, Italy Customs Enforcement, Fraud
Mexico Detain U.S. Fugitive Rapist and U.S. Bounty Hunters Who Captured On June 18, 2003, Mexican authorities detained Andrew Luster, a U.S. national convicted of rape after he was abducted in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, by a U.S. bounty hunter, who, along with his... Bruce Zagaris 19 8 2003-08-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Jurisdiction, Transfer of Prisoners

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