Articles

E.g., 2026-09
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Arrests Montemayor on Mexican Extradition Request On October 9, 2002, Rogelio Montemayor, a 54-year-old former Coahuila state governor, surrendered to the U.S. Marshal?s Service after an arrest warrant for his extradition was issued the same day.... Bruce Zagaris 18 12 2002-12-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Immigration
EU and U.S. Progress Towards Counter-Terrorism Enforcement Cooperation On September 14, 2002, the Danish Minister of Justice Lene Espersen on behalf of European Union?s Justice and Home Affairs Council announced progress with respect to discussions with the United... Bruce Zagaris 18 12 2002-12-01 United States, Europe Extradition, Terrorism, European Union, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance
Jemaah Islamiah Added to National and U.N. Terror List On October 22, 2002, the U.S. State Department announced it will list Jemaah Islamiah (JI) as a terrorist organization and efforts grew to add JI to the U.N. list of terrorist organizations.... Bruce Zagaris 18 12 2002-12-01 United States, Singapore Terrorism, United Nations
Europol and Italian Government Raid Human Smuggling Network On October 2, 2002, Europol and the Italian R.O.S. Carabinieri coordinated a crack down against an international organized criminal organization involved in trafficking women for sexual exploitation... Bruce Zagaris 18 12 2002-12-01 Europe, Italy Human Trafficking, European Union, Organized Crime, Sex Crimes
European Justice and Home Affairs Council Acts on Criminal Justice Harmonization On October 14-15, 2002, the European Justice, Home Affairs and Civil Protection Council worked on a number of criminal justice items during its meeting. The Council considered a general approach,... Bruce Zagaris 18 12 2002-12-01 Europe, Human Rights, European Union, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance
U.S. and P.R.C. Strengthen Enforcement Cooperation and FBI Opens Beijing Office On October 24, 2002, United States Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the opening of a liaison office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Beijing and other steps to strengthen law... Bruce Zagaris 18 12 2002-12-01 United States, China Mutual Legal Assistance
World Diamond Council Urges Governments to Enact Regulations on Conflict Diamonds On October 29, 2002, the World Diamond Council (WDC), a New York-based organization composed of diamond manufacturers and traders, passed a resolution to encourage diamond dealers to guarantee the... Brian McCarthy 18 12 2002-12-01 Africa, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Congo Customs Enforcement, Economic Sanctions, International Organizations, Trade Enforcement, United Nations
Bush Administration Embarks on New Initiative to Combat Terrorism Financing Amid Broad Criticisms On October 20, 2002, Jimmy Gurulé, the U.S. Treasury Department’s undersecretary for enforcement, started a six-day visit to Europe to try to reach an agreement on designating and blacklisting more... Bruce Zagaris 18 12 2002-12-01 United States National Security, Terrorism
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Legislation Criminalizing Internet Gambling On October 1, 2002, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by voice vote proposed legislation (H.R. 556) to criminalize Internet gambling and facilitate the targeting of financial intermediaries... Bruce Zagaris 18 12 2002-12-01 United States International Gaming
U.S. Senate Finance Hearing Reveals New Initiatives on Counter-terrorism Financial Enforcement On October 9, 2002, a Senate Finance Committee heard a progress report on efforts by the Bush Administration to achieve progress on counter-terrorism financial enforcement. Jimmy Gurulé, Under... Bruce Zagaris 18 12 2002-12-01 United States Terrorism, United Nations
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
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
Civilians Getting Away With Crimes Overseas While Accompanying the Armed Forces: Waiting for the Implementation of the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2000 and the Judicial Alternative In the aftermath of World War II, the United States established treaty relationships with nations in both Europe and Asia regarding the status of members of the U.S. armed forces, the civilian... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 World, United States, Japan, Philippines Immunity, Jurisdiction
EU Council Agrees on Counter-Terrorism Enforcement Measures On July 22, 2002, the European Union General Affairs Council (GAC) announced its agreements to adopt additional external measures to prevent and combat terrorism. It explained that its decision was... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 Europe Terrorism, European Union
EU Acts to Increase Counter-Terrorism Enforcement Cooperation On July 31, 2002, the Commission of the European Communities presented a decision on the financing of certain activities of Europol to strengthen its cooperation to prevent and prosecute terrorism.... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 Europe Terrorism, European Union
IMF Issues Assessment of Offshore Financial Centers On August 29, 2002, the Monetary and Exchange Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund issued a report on its assessment program concerning offshore financial centers (OFCs). The report... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 World Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
EU Council Adopts Framework Decision on Combating Corruption in the Private Sector On August 2, 2002, the Official Journal of the European Communities carried the European Union Council adoption of a framework Decision on combating corruption in the private sector at the initiative... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 Europe Corruption, European Union
Kommentar: Einziehung-Organisiertes Verbrechten-Geldwascherei Band II The work on ?confiscation-organized crime-money laundering? according to the law of Switzerland had been unfinished since 1998 when its first volume was published. The second volume presented here... Stephan T. Meyer 18 11 2002-11-01 Switzerland Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Taxation
Lesotho Court Convicts Canadian company of Bribery On September 17, 2002, the Lesotho High Court found Acres International, the Canadian engineering consulting company, guilty on two counts of bribery involving US $430,000 ($440,000) to obtain... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 Canada, Lesotho Corruption, International Organizations
Developing A Strong Framework For Tobacco Control The Framework Convention Alliance (FCA) has worked with government delegates to create a secure and effective framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) that is based on evidence and that... Michelle Grant 18 11 2002-11-01 Europe Customs Enforcement, Trade Enforcement

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