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Brazil Prepares to Expedite the Fight Against the Crime of Money Laundering |
On December 16, 2002, the mixed Commission of the fight against the crime of money laundering, associated to the Council of Federal Justice and composed of members of the Public Prosecution, Federal... |
Jorge Nemr |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
Brazil |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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U.S. Terrorism Insurance Act Provides for Civil Causes of Act |
Prior to adjourning during its lame-duck session, the U.S. Congress enacted S. 2600, the “Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002,” which provides for civil causes of action to victims of transnational... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
United States |
Terrorism |
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U.S. Designates Sanctions Against Ukraine and Nauru for Lack of Anti-Laundering Laws |
On December 20, 2002, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a notice advising the public that it designated Nauru and Ukraine as primary money laundering concerns pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 5318A,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
United States, Nauru, Ukraine |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Economic Sanctions |
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ICTY Sets Aside Subpoena for War Correspondent |
On December 11, 2002, an Appeals Chamber for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in an interlocutory appeal filed in the Brdjanin/Talic case by counsel for Mr.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
United States, Balkans |
International Courts |
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U.S. Indicts Five in Money Laundering Through Insurance Funds |
On December 6, 2002, U.S. Customs Service announced the first grand jury indictment connected with the use by Colombian drug cartels of international life insurance polices laundering millions of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
United States, Mexico, Colombia, |
Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Judges for Ad Hoc Sierra Leone War Crimes Court Take Oaths |
On December 2, 2002, the eight judges comprising a United Nations special tribunal to try certain high level persons accused of responsibility for war crimes in Sierra Leone’s civil war were sworn... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
2 |
2003-02-01 |
Sierra Leone |
Human Rights, Law of War, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts |
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Canada Issue Cross-Border Currency and Monetary Instruments Reporting Regs |
On November 26, 2002, the Canadian Cross-Border Currency and Monetary Instruments Reporting Regulations were published in the Canada Gazette and become effective January 6, 2003. These are the final... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Canada, United States, United Kingdom |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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U.S. Treasury Designates Three Organizations as Terrorist Funders |
On November 19, 2002, the Treasury Department designated three related organizations as financial supporters of terrorism under Executive order 13224 and requested that the United Nations also list... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States |
Terrorism |
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British Dependent Territories Try to Fight British Demand to Participate in the EU Savings Directive |
During November 23-24, 2002 ministers from the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos, Montserrat and Anguilla met in Georgetown, Grand Cayman, to respond to a British... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Europe, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands |
Bank Secrecy, Taxation, European Union, Economic Integration |
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South African Apartheid Victims Sue Multinationals |
On November 12, 2002, a complaint was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on behalf of dozens of South Africans who allege they are victims of acts by twenty-two... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, South Africa, Spain |
Human Rights |
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Nigeria Warns Taylor Not to Meddle in Liberian Affairs or Lose His Asylum As Many Demand Transparency in Maritime Revenue |
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo rebuked former Liberian president Charles G. Taylor on September 16, 2003, and threatened to revoke his asylum if he did not cease interfering with internal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
11 |
2003-01-01 |
Nigeria, Liberia |
Extradition |
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U.S. Appellate Court Overturns Canadian Excise Tax Conviction Due to Revenue Rule |
On September 30, 2002, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned a conviction of five persons on six counts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §343 on the basis that a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Canada, United States |
Taxation, Fraud |
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U.S. Widower Takes Advantage of Right to Participate in German Prosecution |
On November 11, 2002, a German court in Hamburg announced that Stephen Push of Great Falls, Virginia whose wife died aboard the airliner that crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, has been... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Germany, Afghanistan |
Terrorism |
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Head of Irish Revenue Commission Says New International Enforcement Cooperation Will Facilitate Successful Prosecution of Tax Criminals |
In a speech delivered November 20, 2002, Frank Daly, the Irish Revenue Commissioner, promised that international tax enforcement cooperative developments would enable the Irish Revenue Commission to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Ireland |
Taxation, Economic Integration |
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EU Forum on Prevention of Organized Crime Considers EU Anti-Laundering Laws |
On October 1, 2002, the European Commission?s Justice and Home Affairs Office held a workshop as part of an EU Forum on the prevention of organized crime to focus on the reporting obligations under... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Europe, Ireland |
Money Laundering, European Union |
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IRS Increase Pressure on International Schemes |
On November 14, 2002, a U.S. District Court sentenced Wayne Anderson, 63, and Richard Marks, 59, in connection with an offshore tax crime and money laundering scheme. Anderson?s Ark &... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Taxation |
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EU Files New RICO Case against Cigarette Company Alleging Money Laundering |
On October 31, 2002, the European Community and ten European Union members filed a 149-page complaint against RJR Nabisco, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and related companies (hereafter RJR... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Europe |
Money Laundering, Customs Enforcement, Taxation, Trade Enforcement |
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Bermuda Appellate Court Gives US Victory in Braswell TIEA Case |
On November 28, 2002, the Court of Appeals for Bermuda gave the United States and Bermuda Governments a unanimous 3-0 victory in their appeal of a decision of the lower court in efforts to obtain... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, Europe, United Kingdom, Bermuda |
Taxation |
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Brazil Enacts Inter-American Convention Against Corruption |
On October 7, 2002, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso enacted Decree no. 4,410, by means of which Brazil commits itself-American Convention against Corruption, adopted in Caracas on March 29, 1998... |
Jorge Nemr |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Brazil |
Corruption, International Organizations |
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Hotel Executive Pleads Guilty in International Tax Evasion Scheme as U.S. Tries to Extradite Two Other Defendants |
On September 5, 2003, Tollman-Hundley Hotels? executive Brett G. Tollman pleaded guilty to his part in a tax evasion in which he received more than $2.7 million in unreported compensation from a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
11 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Australia |
Taxation |