Articles

E.g., 2026-09
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
OFCs to Participate in Global Program on Financial Regulations On October 25, 2001, the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP) announced that thirty-one offshore financial centers (OFCs) have made political commitments to the ODCCP... Bruce Zagaris 17 3 2001-03-01 World Money Laundering, United Nations
Russian Insider Detained En Route to Bush Inauguration on Swiss Charges On January 17, 2001, Pavel Borodin, on his way to Washington to attend celebrations for President-elect’s inauguration, was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Swiss money laundering... Bruce Zagaris 17 3 2001-03-01 Switzerland, Russia Money Laundering, Corruption
U.S. Freezes Funds and Arrests Montesinos Aide on Peruvian Warrant On January 29, 2001, a U.S. District Court in Miami held an initial hearing for Victor Alberto Venero Garrido, a suspected arms dealer accused of skimming more than $100 million from a government... Bruce Zagaris 17 3 2001-03-01 United States, Peru Money Laundering, Bribery
Austria and U.S. Agree on Holocaust Settlement On January 17, 2001, three days before the end of the Clinton Administration, the Austrian and U.S. negotiators agreed to a settlement of the Holocaust litigation and claims. Stuart Eizenstat, the... Bruce Zagaris 17 3 2001-03-01 United States, Europe Law of War
Bank for International Settlements Issues Guidance for Increased Due Diligence On February 2, 2001, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) issued a consultative paper, calling for increased anti-money laundering due diligence procedures. The paper’s goal is to provide... Bruce Zagaris 17 3 2001-03-01 World, United States Money Laundering, Due Diligence
Cambodian Senate Passes Bill to Establish War Crimes Tribunal On January 15, 2001, the Cambodian Senate passed a bill to establish a tribunal to prosecute former top members of the Khmer Rouge Government who are accused of genocide. Two weeks before the... Bruce Zagaris 17 3 2001-03-01 Cambodia War Crimes, Genocide
Haiti-US Agree to Interdiction and Related Narcotics Enforcement Cooperation On January 12, 2001, the media reported that Haiti president-elect Jean-Bertrand Aristide has agreed to new interdiction and other narcotics enforcement cooperation with the U.S., including allowing... Bruce Zagaris 17 3 2001-03-01 United States, Haiti Drugs & Trafficking
U.S. and Colombia Cooperate on Breaking Up Heroin Ring On January 18, 2001, the U.S. and Colombia helped to penetrate and dismantle an international drug trafficking operation that specialized in distributing heroin from Colombia to the U.S., arresting... Bruce Zagaris 17 3 2001-03-01 United States, Colombia Drugs & Trafficking
IRS Issues Proposed Rules on Reporting Deposit Interest to Nonresident Aliens On January 16, 2001, the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed rules that would expand the information reporting requirement for bank deposit interest paid to nonresident aliens recipients who are... Bruce Zagaris 17 3 2001-03-01 Canada, United States Taxation
UN Convention on Transnational Organized Crime Gains 124 Signatures on Opening On December 15, 2000, 124 countries had signed the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime during a four-day high-level signing conference in Palermo, Italy. 80 additional... Bruce Zagaris 17 2 2001-02-01 World United Nations, Organized Crime
German and U.S. Clash Over Efforts to Crack Down on Neo-Nazi Web Sites in the U.S. A growing controversy is raging over the German Government’s efforts to stop Neo-Nazi sites established in the U.S. and directed at Germans despite arguments that such sites are constitutionally... Bruce Zagaris 17 2 2001-02-01 United States, Germany Cybercrime
European Parliament Approves Establishment of Provisional Judicial Cooperation Unit On November 14, 2000, the European Parliament approved an initiative to adopt a decision of the Council of the European Union to establish a Provisional Judicial Cooperation Unit, subject to its... Bruce Zagaris 17 2 2001-02-01 Europe European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance
Canada Denies Release to Alleged Smuggler Awaiting Deportation Proceedings On December 29, 2000, the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board denied for the third time since his arrest on immigration charges in November release for Lai Changxing and his wife, Tsang Mingna.... Bruce Zagaris 17 2 2001-02-01 Canada, China Human Trafficking, Immigration
U.S. Judicial Review Commission on Foreign Asset Control Recommends More Due Process On December 4, 2000, the Judicial Review Commission on Foreign Asset Control issued a report to Congress pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (“Kingpin Act”) recommending greater... Bruce Zagaris 17 2 2001-02-01 United States Economic Sanctions, Asset Forfeiture
UN Report Links Liberian President with Illicit Diamond Trade and Rebels in Sierra Leone while UN Peacekeeping Forces Struggle to Keep Order On January 5, 2001 the Security Council encouraged all Member States to enforce the embargo of illicit diamonds from Sierra Leone following a UN report exposing widespread violations of the embargo... Sashi Selvendran 17 2 2001-02-01 World, Sierra Leone Economic Sanctions, United Nations
U.S. Signs ICC On Final Day for Signing On December 31, 2000, President William J. Clinton authorized the signing of the Rome Treaty on the International Criminal Court (ICC), joining more than 130 countries, thereby injecting substantial... Bruce Zagaris 17 2 2001-02-01 United States International Courts
US FinCEN Calls for Increased International Enforcement Work On September 30, 2000, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, U.S. Department of Treasury, issued its Strategic Plan 2000-2005 that calls for enhanced efforts to combat international money... Bruce Zagaris 17 2 2001-02-01 World, United States Money Laundering
U.N. Security Council Passes Resolution to Increase War Crimes Appellate Judges as Chief Prosecutor Calls for Better Cooperation and Bosnian Serb Ex-President Surrenders At the end of the 1999, the United Nations Security Council adopted a Resolution to increase the number of appellate judges for the war crimes tribunal, and the war crimes prosecutor accused two... Bruce Zagaris 17 2 2001-02-01 Africa, Balkans Law of War, United Nations
GAO Report on Russian-U.S. Money Laundering Fuels Calls for Strengthening U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Laws In a report released October 31, 2000, the U.S. General Accounting Office has indicated the ease with which Russian entities form Delaware corporations to open bank accounts in the U.S. that are used... Bruce Zagaris 17 2 2001-02-01 United States, Russia Money Laundering
The Special Court for Sierra Leone: A New Type of Regional Criminal Court for the International Community? Since the end of World War II, the international community has known two different types of international criminal courts trying the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity and humanitarian... Konstantinos D. Magliveras 17 2 2001-02-01 Sierra Leone Law of War, United Nations, International Courts

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