Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.N. Prosecutors Issue War Crime Indictments Against 11 in East Timor On December 11, 2000, U.N. prosecutors in East Timor handed down the first war crime indictments relating to the violence that occurred in the aftermath of its residents voting for independence from... Bruce Zagaris 17 1 2001-01-01 Indonesia United Nations, War Crimes
International Cooperation Breaks Up Ecstasy Syndicate On November 22, 2000, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that wide-ranging multi-governmental cooperation had helped dismantle a MDMA (ecstasy) ring, including the arrest of the leaders. On... Bruce Zagaris 17 1 2001-01-01 United States, Europe Drugs & Trafficking
U.S. Customs Creates Art Recovery Unit and Returns Stolen Art to Germany On December 5, 20000, Raymond W. Kelly, Customs Commissioner, announced the creation of the Customs Service seven-member Art Recovery Team on the occasion of the return to Germany of a rare 16th... Bruce Zagaris 17 1 2001-01-01 United States, Germany Art and Cultural Property
Belgian Police Raid Belgian and Foreign Banks on Tax Fraud Probe On November 15, 2000, Belgian police searched the head offices of at least five Belgian and foreign banks in a continuing investigation of tax crimes. According to the Brussels public prosecutor’s... Bruce Zagaris 17 1 2001-01-01 Belgium Taxation
Implementation in France of the OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials The convention on combatting bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions signed on 17 December 1997 (the "OECD Convention") is now implemented in France. The law... Stephane Bonifassi 17 1 2001-01-01 France Corruption, Bribery
OECD Releases MOU on Harmful Tax Practices On November 23, 2000, the Commonwealth Secretariat announced that high-level multilateral talks on harmful taxation practices are to be held in Barbados on January 9 to 10, 2001. The announcement... Bruce Zagaris 17 1 2001-01-01 World Taxation
OECD Members Agree to Prevent Bribery in Export-Credit Transactions On December 6, 2000, the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Export Credit Group, a group of 28 countries that manages a “Gentleman’s Agreement” among countries covering the... Bruce Zagaris 17 1 2001-01-01 World Corruption
Cuba and Venezuela Request Extradition of 4 Persons Arrested in Panama of Anti-Castro Plot Cuba and Venezuela have requested the extradition of four men arrested on November 17, 2000 in Panama for an anti-Castro plot. On November 18, 2000, the Cuban Government formally asked Panama to... Bruce Zagaris 17 1 2001-01-01 Venezuela, Cuba, Panama Extradition, Terrorism
Canada Contemplates Deportation of Alleged Smuggler to PRC During the third week of November, 2000, the Canadian police arrested Lai Changxing outside a casino hotel in Niagara Falls and thereafter his wife, and has initiated deportation proceedings against... Bruce Zagaris 17 1 2001-01-01 Canada, China Extradition
Germany Affirms Frankel German Conviction and His Extradition to the U.S. On December 1, 2000, the German appellate court dealt a stinging defeat to high-rolling financier Martin R. Frankel, affirming his convictions in Germany and the US. extradition request on multiple... Bruce Zagaris 17 1 2001-01-01 United States, Germany Extradition, Fraud
Scottish Court Invalidates Forfeiture Due to Human Rights Violations and Blair Administration Proposes Law Reform On October 13, 2000, the Appeal Court, High Court of Judiciary in Scotland overturned and invalidated a forfeiture judgment under Section 4(3)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 as a violation of the... Bruce Zagaris 17 1 2001-01-01 United Kingdom Asset Forfeiture
U.S. and Yemen Reach Agreement on Cole Bombing Cooperation On November 29, 2000, the U.S. and Yemeni Government signed an agreement on mutual assistance in the investigation and prosecution of suspects and witnesses in the investigation of the bombing of the... Bruce Zagaris 17 1 2001-01-01 United States, Yemen Terrorism, Mutual Legal Assistance
India Requests Extradition Swedish National on Corruption for Arms Sales On October 16, 2000, the media noted that the Swedish Government is under new pressure to re-examine the extradition of Martin Ardbo, the former chief of Bofors, the Swedish armaments company, whose... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Pakistan, , India Extradition, Arms Trafficking
Ex-US Sergeant Pleads Guilty in US Embassy Bombing as the Court Rejects Another Defendant’s Plea On October 20, 2000, Ali Mohamed, a former U.S. Army sergeant, pleaded guilty to conspiring with fugitive Osama bin Laden in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, marking the... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, Afghanistan, Kenya Terrorism
Cyprus Freeze Serb Accounts at Request of War Crimes Tribunal On October 27, 2000, the media reported the Cyprus Government has imposed a freeze on between 10 and 15 accounts of businesses suspected of ties with Slobodan Milosevic. The freeze order was issued... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Serbia War Crimes, Asset Forfeiture
Austrian Police Arrest Fugitive U.S. Businessman Convicted of Fraud On October 25, 2000, law enforcement officials reported that Shalom Weiss, a millionaire U.S. businessman and financier who disappeared in October 1999, was arrested in Vienna, Austria. In November... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, Austria Administration of Justice, Fraud
Argentina Requests the Extradition of Pinochet in Connection with 1974 Assassination On October 27, 2000, the Argentine Government formally requested the extradition of Chilean former head of state Augusto Pinochet in connection with the 1974 assassination of Gen. Carlos Prats, a... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Chile, Argentina Extradition, Human Rights, International Courts
First EU Joint JHA-Ecofin Meeting Agrees on Strong Action Against Laundering On October 17, 2000, the first meeting of the European Union (EU) Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) and Finance Ministers (Ecofin) achieved a series of agreements to increase action to prevent and... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 Europe Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, European Union, Organized Crime
Texas Executes Mexican National Despite Violation of Consular Convention On November 9, 2000, the state of Texas executed by injection Mexican national Miguel Flores despite protests by the Mexican and other foreign governments that Flores was denied his right under the... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 United States, Mexico Human Rights, Capital Punishment
Multinational Banks Adopt Anti-Money Laundering Guidelines On October 30, 2000, a coalition of large international private banks announced a set of voluntary guidelines designed to reduce the incidence of anti-money laundering. The banks participating in... Bruce Zagaris 16 12 2000-12-01 World Money Laundering

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