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Georgia Agrees to Extradite Chechens to Russia |
On November 29, 2002, the Georgian Government announced it would extradite three more of the 13 Chechen detained by Georgia on the border with Russia in August. A diplomatic flap arose when Georgian... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Russia, Georgia |
Human Rights, Terrorism |
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Germans and French Agree to Give Evidence in Moussaoui Case |
On November 27, 2002, French and German authorities agreed to furnish evidence requested by the U.S. in the U.S. prosecution of French national Zacarias Moussaoui after the U.S. Government assured... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
United States, France, Germany |
Terrorism, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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New Obligations for Attorneys under German Anti-Money Laundering Act |
Despite vehement criticism by the German Bar Association, the new Anti-Money-Laundering Act (hereafter German AML Act) became effective in its main parts on August 15, 2002, after its approval by the... |
Florian Hauswiesner |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Europe, Germany |
Money Laundering, European Union |
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Brazil and Switzerland Discuss International Cooperation |
On October 14, 2002, a Brazilian delegation headed by the National Secretary of Justice traveled to Switzerland in order to meet representative of the Federal Department of Justice and other federal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
19 |
1 |
2003-01-01 |
Brazil, Switzerland |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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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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U.S. Starts Releasing Guantánamo Prisoners |
On October 22, 2002, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced the U.S. will release a small number of the 598 prisoners held in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba would be released to their home countries... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
12 |
2002-12-01 |
United States |
Human Rights, National Security, Terrorism |
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Swiss Schedule January 27 Meeting to Reconsider Application of Geneva Conventions |
On January 27, 2003, the Swiss Government will convene a three-day meeting at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts to consider the application of the Geneva Conventions on the Law of War.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
12 |
2002-12-01 |
United States, Europe, Switzerland |
Human Rights, Law of War, European Union, United Nations |
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The Unfinished Story of the Cambodia Criminal Tribunal: An Analysis of the Law of August 2001 and its Aftermath |
The Unfinished Story of the Cambodia Criminal Tribunal: An Analysis of the Law of August 2001 and its Aftermath |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras |
18 |
12 |
2002-12-01 |
Cambodia |
Human Rights, Law of War, War Crimes, Genocide |
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Former Bosnia Serb Woman Leader Pleads Guilty before ICTY |
On October 2, 2002, Biljana Plavsic, the Bosnian Serb vice president during the 1992-5 Yugoslav conflict, plead guilty of crimes against humanity, becoming the first high official to plead guilty.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
12 |
2002-12-01 |
Balkans |
Law of War, War Crimes, International Courts |
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U.S. House Passes Sanctions Against Sudan for War Crimes |
On October 7, 2002, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Sudan Peace Act by a 359-8 vote, which imposes sanctions against the Sudan Government unless progress toward peace is achieved soon... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
12 |
2002-12-01 |
United States, Sudan |
Economic Sanctions, Human Rights, War Crimes |
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FATF Announces Collaboration with World Bank Group on Methodology, Acts on Non-Cooperative List, and Holds Global Forum |
On October 11, 2002, the Financial Action Task Force issued a press release on three developments: a new methodology for evaluating compliance by countries with the anti-money laundering standards;... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
12 |
2002-12-01 |
World |
Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Terrorism |
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Senate Banking Has Oversight Hearing on Administration?s Money Laundering Strategy |
On October 3, 2002, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing on ?The Administration?s National Money Laundering Strategy for 2002 and expressed concern that... |
Bruce Zagaris |
18 |
12 |
2002-12-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, National Security, Terrorism |