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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |