|
Swiss Freezes Bank Accounts of Former Ivory Coast President for Corruption Charges (VIA) |
On March 11, 2000, the media reported that the Swiss Government has frozen bank accounts of former Ivory Coast head of state, Henri Konan Bédié, and several other individuals suspected of corruption... |
|
16 |
4 |
2000-04-01 |
Switzerland, Ivory Coast |
Asset Forfeiture |
|
Britain Frees Pinochet (VIIA) |
On March 2, 2000, General Augusto Pinochet returned to Chile after 17 months of house arrest on a Spanish extradition request amid uncertainty of his status in Chile and leaving perhaps the most... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
4 |
2000-04-01 |
United Kingdom, Spain, Chile |
Extradition, Immunity |
|
U.S. Detains and then Releases Accused Peruvian Torturer on Diplomatic Immunity (VIIB) |
On March 10, 2000, Ricardo Anderson Kohatsu, a retired major in Peru’s Army Intelligence Services, was released due to diplomatic immunity in Houston where the U.S. detained him on the previous day... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
4 |
2000-04-01 |
United States, Peru |
Human Rights, Immunity, Torture |
|
U.S. Convicts Cohen in First Federal Offshore Internet Gambling Prosecution (VIIIA) |
On February 28, 2000, the U.S. Government won its first prosecution of an illegal Internet betting activity outside the U.S. when a federal jury convicted Jay Cohen, 33, a co-owner of World Sports... |
|
16 |
4 |
2000-04-01 |
World, United States |
Cybercrime |
|
Clinton Administration Raises Concern Over Internet Gambling Bill (VIIIB) |
On March 9, 2000, divergent viewpoints on many issues marked an interesting hearing before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Kevin V.... |
|
16 |
4 |
2000-04-01 |
United States |
Cybercrime |
|
FATF Issues Report Initiating Process to Sanction Non-Cooperative Jurisdictions (IA) |
On February 14, 2000, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued a report establishing a process to sanction non-cooperative jurisdictions.
The FATF explains that recent years have experienced a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
4 |
2000-04-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
|
U.S. Supreme Court Accepts Massachusetts Burma Case (IXA) |
The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted a case the Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed last year to safeguard its law restricting state public purchases from persons that do business in Myanmar, formerly... |
|
16 |
4 |
2000-04-01 |
United States, Myanmar |
Trade Enforcement |
|
U.S. Treasury Secretary Announces International Anti-Money Laundering Plan (IB) |
On March 2, 2000, U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers announced proposed legislation and policies that would give his agency new authority to combat international money laundering by allow it... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
4 |
2000-04-01 |
World, United States |
Money Laundering |
|
U.S. and Mexico Prepare Bilateral Session on Enforcement Cooperation (XA) |
In March, 2000, the international trade media announced that the U.S. and Mexico will hold a meeting on two enforcement cooperation issues: intellectual property rights (IPR) and the environment.
In... |
|
16 |
4 |
2000-04-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Environment, Intellectual Property |
|
U.S. Congress Holds Hearing on International Money Laundering Strategy (IC) |
On March 9, 2000, the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on 2000 Money Laundering Strategy, the U.S. National Money Laundering Initiative that... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
4 |
2000-04-01 |
World, United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
|
Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal (XIA) |
On March 3, 2000, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) sentenced Tihomir Blaskic, 39 and a Croatian general accused of overseeing the killings of hundreds of civilians... |
|
16 |
4 |
2000-04-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
Human Rights, War Crimes |
|
Austria Announces It Will Revoke Anonymous Savings Accounts (IE) |
On February 24, 2000, Karl-Heiz Grasser, Austrian finance minister, announced that Austria will revoke its law that permits Austrians to hold savings accounts anonymously.
On February 25, 2000, Mr... |
|
16 |
4 |
2000-04-01 |
Austria |
Money Laundering |
|
Rwanda Tribunal Receives More Help in Arresting and Surrendering Suspects (XIB) |
On February 15, 2000, the U.N. Tribunal for War Crimes in Rwanda (ICTR) revealed that two suspects were arrested in France and Denmark.
Danish police arrested former Rwandan army captain Innocent... |
|
16 |
4 |
2000-04-01 |
Europe, Rwanda |
United Nations, War Crimes |
|
Senegal Court Charges Ex-Chad Leader with Torture |
On February 3, 2000, a Senegal court indicted Hissène Habré, the former head of state of Chad from 1982 to 1990, for human rights violations. The indictment marks the first time a court of another... |
|
16 |
3 |
2000-03-01 |
Chad, Senegal |
Corruption, Human Rights |
|
New Dominican Government Promises to Stop Economic National Program |
On February 1, 2000, Rosie Douglas, upon becoming the new prime minister of Dominica after the election on January 31, 2000, announced that his Government would abolish its economic nationality... |
Bruce Zagaris |
16 |
3 |
2000-03-01 |
Canada, United States, Dominican Republic |
Immigration |
|
Tightening the Grip On Terrorism: The International Convention for Suppression of Terrorism Financing (IXA) |
Since the early 1990s, the General Assembly (GA) of the United Nations has consistently attempted to contain international terrorism. The first major step was Resolution 49/60 of 3 December 1994,... |
Dr. Konstantinos D. Magliveras |
16 |
3 |
2000-03-01 |
World |
Terrorism, United Nations |
|
European Committee on Crime Problems Releases 1st Anti-Money Laundering Report |
The Select Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures (PC-R-EV) of the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC) has released its first annual report for 1997-1998... |
|
16 |
3 |
2000-03-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering, International Organizations |
|
EU Initiative on Cooperation between Financial Intelligence Units on Information Exchange |
In December 1999, the Finnish Government proposed an initiative in view of the adoption of a Council Decision on cooperative arrangements between financial intelligence units of the EU members in... |
|
16 |
3 |
2000-03-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering, Mutual Legal Assistance |
|
FATF Moves Towards Sanctions Against Non-Cooperating Countries |
When the Financial Action Task Force meets in March 2000, it will consider some initiatives to impose tougher penalties on countries that fail to cooperate effectively in the efforts to combat money... |
|
16 |
3 |
2000-03-01 |
World |
Economic Sanctions, International Organizations |
|
FATF Issues Report on Money Laundering Typologies 1999-2000 |
On February 3, 2000, the Financial Action Task Force issued its report on Money Laundering Typologies 1999-2000. The typologies, which provides a forum for law enforcement and regulatory experts to... |
|
16 |
3 |
2000-03-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, International Organizations |
