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FATF Releases Annual Report |
On June 22, 2000, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) issued its annual report 1999-2000, which summarized its many initiatives, especially in three main areas: extending the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
8 |
16 |
2000-08-01 |
World |
Money Laundering |
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International Certification to Combat Diamond Smuggling Gains Momentum and U.N. Security Council Bans Sales of Diamonds from Sierra Leone |
On June 28, 2000, government and industrial officials from Belgium, India, Israel and the U.S. attended a meeting organized by the British Government at which they agreed to cooperate with other... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
8 |
2000-08-01 |
Sierra Leone |
Smuggle |
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FATF Releases Annual Report |
On June 22, 2000, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) issued its annual report 1999-2000, which summarized its many initiatives, especially in three main areas: extending the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
8 |
16 |
2000-08-01 |
World |
Money Laundering |
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FATF Welcomes Proposed Austrian Law to Eliminate Anonymous Passbooks |
On June 15, 2000, the Financial Action Task Force issued a press release, welcoming the "clear political commitment" by the Austrian Government to abolish anonymous passbooks in accordance with a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
8 |
2000-08-01 |
World |
Banking Supervision |
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Lockheed Agrees to $13 Million Fine in Sale of Satellite Technology to China |
On June 13, 2000, the Lockheed Martin Corporation agreed to pay $13 million in fines to the U.S. Government and to remedial measures to strenghten its computer and other monitoring of export control... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
8 |
2000-08-01 |
China |
Export Enforcement |
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FATF Releases Report on 15 Non-Cooperative Money Laundering Jurisdictions |
On June 22, 2000, the Financial Action Task force released a review identifying non-cooperative jurisdictions on anti-money laundering. |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
8 |
2000-08-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering |
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Prosecution of Wheeler for Supercomputer Exports to Bulgaria Overturned and Dismissed |
On October 5, 1999, U.S. District Judge in the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division, William M. Hoeveler dismissed the indictment against Robert Wheeler in connection with charges that he... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
8 |
2000-08-01 |
Bulgaria |
Export Enforcement |
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Liechtenstein Police Raid Bank |
On June 16, 2000, police in Liechtenstein raided the LGT Bank, owned by the Liechtenstein royal family, in an investigation into money laundering. |
Bruce Zagaris |
8 |
16 |
2000-08-01 |
Liechtenstein |
Banking Supervision |
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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Handles Appeal of Former Prime Minister and Decides to Join for Trial Cases of Four Senior Military Officers |
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has granted the Prosecutor's motion to join the cases of four senior military officers while the Appeal Chamber has completed hearing of the former... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
8 |
2000-08-01 |
Rwanda |
Law of War |
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U.S. Congress Votes Approves $1.3 Billion for Counterdrug Effort in Colombia |
On June 30, 2000, the U.S. Senate approved a spending bill that includes approximately $1.3 billion in counterdrug assistance to Colombia, primarily to help train and equip the Colombian Army and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
8 |
2000-08-01 |
Colombia |
Drug Enforcement |
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Bosnian Serb Former Detention Camp Commander Arrested |
On June 25, 2000, NATO-led peacekeepers arrested Dusko Sikirica, 36, a leading Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect accused of both individual and superior criminal responsibility with three counts of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
8 |
2000-08-01 |
Bosnia |
Arrest |
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U.S. Appellate Court Rejects Application of Speciality to Sentencing |
On April 10, 2000, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a sentencing, rejecting arguments that the sentencing violated specialty provisions of the U.S.-Canadian extradtion... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
8 |
2000-08-01 |
United States |
Extradition |
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Yugoslav War Crimes Prosecutor Shoots Down Immunity for Milosevic |
On June 21, 2000, Carla Del Ponte, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia, announced that the indictment against Slobodan Milosevic would not... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
8 |
2000-08-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
War Crimes |
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Dutch Cross-Border Criminal Prosecution Efforts Failed in Desi Bouterse Case |
On June 30, 2000 the court of appeal in the Hague overturned six out of seven decisions of the city court which found Suriname former military leader guilty of organizing illegal drug transports in... |
Timur Sinuraya |
16 |
8 |
2000-08-01 |
Netherlands |
Criminal Procedure/Proceedings |
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Argentina Requests Cooperation from Chile on 1974 Assassination of Chilean Army Chief and the U.S. Gains More Evidence on Potential Pinochet Prosecution (VIIIB) |
An Argentine judge has requested assistance from Chile regarding the 1974 assassination in Buenos Aires of former Chilean army chief Carlos Prats as foreign prosecutors and investigating magistrates... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
7 |
2000-07-01 |
United States, Chile, Argentina |
Human Rights |
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U.S. Court Upholds Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Money Laundering Law (IA) |
On November 30, 1999, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York applied U.S. money laundering laws extraterritorially, marking the second reported decision applying such laws... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
7 |
2000-07-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering |
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Prep Com To Finish Work on Procedure and Elements of Crime While Status of U.S. to the Court Undecided (IXA) |
Abstract: From June 12-30, 2000, the Preparatory Commission on the Permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) will consider and try to finish work on the Rules of Procedure and Evidence and the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
7 |
2000-07-01 |
World, United States |
International Courts |
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European Council Prioritizes Extension of Anti-Laundering Directive (IB) |
During the 2268th meeting of the Council of ministers of finance of the European Community (ECOFIN) in Luxembourg on June 5, 2000, the Council took note of a report by the Council Presidency on the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
7 |
2000-07-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering |
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EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Makes Progress On a Wide Front (XA) |
On May 29, 2000, the European Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) concluded its 2266th Council meeting and took action on a number of important criminal cooperation initiatives, including harmonization of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
7 |
2000-07-01 |
World |
International Organizations, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Swiss Charges Eldest Son of Former Nigerian Leader with Money Laundering and Belonging to a Criminal Organization (IC) |
On June 7, 2000, the media revealed that the Swiss Government has charged Mohammed Abacha, the eldest surviving son of the late Nigerian dictator, General Sani Abacha, with money laundering and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
7 |
2000-07-01 |
Switzerland, Nigeria |
Money Laundering, Fraud |
