Articles

E.g., 2026-09
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
Nigeria Tries to Recover Abacha Funds from Foreign Bank Accounts The Nigerian Government is trying to confiscate more than $1 billion of funds allegedly stolen by San Abacha, the former dictator, from bank accounts in Europe and the U.S. after the breakdown of... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Nigeria, Luxembourg Money Laundering, Corruption
U.S. Reaches TIEA With Channel Islands On September 20, 2002, the U.S. and Guernsey signed a tax information exchange agreement. Although Jersey did not sign at the same time, the joint negotiation by Guernsey and Jersey assured the... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 United States, Caribbean Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance, Economic Integration
Croatia Refuses to Extradite General To ICTY The ICTY indictment accuses Gen. Bobetko, chief of staff of the Croatian army from November 1992 to July 1994, of commanding troops who committed war crimes during the ?Medak Pocket? operation in... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 Balkans Law of War, War Crimes, International Courts
EU Threatens Sanctions Against Switzerland as Savings Tax Discussions Remain at Impasse On September 6, 2002, European Union Tax Commission Frits Bolkestein announced the Swiss Government did not agree to adopt equivalent measures to ensure that individuals from the EU are taxed on... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 Europe, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Economic Sanctions, Taxation, European Union, Economic Integration
Milosevic I Ends and Milosevic II Starts On September 11, 2002, the prosecutors rested the first phase of their case against former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 Balkans Human Rights, Law of War, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts
U.S. and EU Discuss Tax Savings Directive On September 26, 2002, Glenn Hubbard, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, told a meeting of conservative political groups this week that the U.S. would not agree to European... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 United States, Europe, Switzerland Bank Secrecy, Taxation, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, Economic Integration
U.S. Presses for Exemptions as ICC Starts Picking Judges As the International Criminal Court (ICC) starts to prepare the appointment of judges and other start up operations, the United States Government is pressing its case to negotiate bilateral... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 World, United States Immunity, Jurisdiction, International Courts
Countries Differ in Assessment of Counter-Terrorism Financial Enforcement Cooperation On the Anniversary of the September 11, 2002 terrorist financial enforcement cooperation efforts. On August 29, 2002, the U.S. Department of the Treasury characterized international counter-... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 United States, Europe, Middle East Terrorism
U.S. and Swiss Governments Agree to Cooperate on Counter-Terrorism Financial Enforcement On September 4, 2002, U.S. and Swiss officials signed a formal working agreement that they say will enhance ongoing bilateral cooperation to combat the financial networks of Al Qaeda and other... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 United States, Europe, Switzerland Intelligence, Terrorism, Mutual Legal Assistance
NGO Locates former Union Carbide CEO, India Prepares Extradition Request On September 6, 2002, the media reported that the India Government was preparing to request the extradition of Warren Anderson, former chief executive of Union Carbide, for ?culpable homicide?... Bruce Zagaris 18 11 2002-11-01 United States, India Environment, Extradition
Montemayor Loses Effort to Pre-empt Mexican Extradition from the U.S. On July 26, 2002, U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Atlas issued an order denying the effort of Rogelio Monetemayor, former PEMEX General Director and politician, to obtain bail and an extradition... Bruce Zagaris 18 10 2002-10-01 United States, Mexico Extradition
U.S. Court Denies U.S. Government Weiss Resentence Motion Despite Austrian Conditions On August 15, 2002, U.S. District Court Judge Patricia C. Fawsett denied the U.S. Government?s Motion for Re-Sentencing of Sholam Weiss despite the condition placed on his extradition order by... Bruce Zagaris 18 10 2002-10-01 United States, Austria Extradition, Human Rights, Prisoner Rights
Extradition From Mexico Allowed with Assurances That Life Imprisonment Will Not Be Imposed On October 2, 2001 Mexico?s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) ruled that in order for any extradition to proceed, the Requesting State must provide assurances that life imprisonment will not be imposed... Rodrigo Labardini 18 10 2002-10-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Human Rights, Transfer of Prisoners, Prisoner Rights
U.S. and European Governments Agree to Review Delist Procedures of Terrorist List On August 15, 2002, the United States Government agreed to review the appeals of governments whose citizens are on the United Nations list of persons involved in or supporting terrorism and other... Bruce Zagaris 18 10 2002-10-01 United States, Europe, France, Switzerland Intelligence, National Security, Terrorism, European Union
Canada Lists Entities Associated with Terrorism Under New Criminal Code Powers On July 23, 2002, the Solicitor General of Canada, Lawrence MacAulay, announced that the Government of Canada had taken further action against terrorism by listing seven entities pursuant to the... Michael MacDonald 18 10 2002-10-01 Canada, United States, Afghanistan Intelligence, National Security, Terrorism
U.S. Court Denies Holy Land Foundation?s Challenge to U.S. Government Asset Seizure On August 8, 2002, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler gave the Bush Administration a major victory in its counter-terrorism financial enforcement efforts when it denied almost all of the claims of... Bruce Zagaris 18 10 2002-10-01 United States Terrorism, Asset Forfeiture

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