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U.S. Federal Reserve Will Issue New “Know Your Customer” Regulations |
On October 2, 1998, the Federal Reserve Board approved draft regulations on “know your customer” that will require a higher level of due diligence for banks. Meanwhile, on October 16, 1998, the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy |
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ICC Commercial Crime Services and Interpol Agree to Cooperate against Cybercrime |
On September 24, 1998, Eric Ellen, director of the Commercial Crime Center of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) announced that it was establishing a new special unit to combat cybercrime... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
World |
Cybercrime, International Organizations |
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U.S. Announces Indictment and Seeks Custody of Mexican Cartel Leader |
On October 7, 1998, U.S. officials announced the indictment for drug and money laundering crimes against the alleged Juàrez cartel leader Vincente Carrillo Fuentes, the brother of the late Amado... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Money Laundering, Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Efforts to Investigate and Prosecute Perpetrators of U.S. Embassy Bombings Ensue |
In the third month since the August 7, 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the efforts of the U.S. and other governments to investigate and prosecute the alleged perpetrators... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Afghanistan |
Terrorism, Law Enforcement |
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U.S. and Russian Narcotics Officials Agree to Cooperate |
On July 30, 1998, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Thomas A. Constantine and Russian Ministry of Interior (MVD) First Deputy Minister Colonel-General Vladimir Kolesnikov... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United States, Russia |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation |
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Council of Europe Opens Convention on Criminal Environmental Law |
On September 9, 1998, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted the Convention on the Protection of Environment through Criminal Law, whose goal is to improve the protection of the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
Europe |
Environment, International Organizations, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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Illegal Migrant Honduran Children Engage in Drug Sales in Vancouver |
Vancouver police have arrested numerous Honduran children aged 10 to 15 found selling crack cocaine, as indications reveal a trend to employ illegal alien children to sell crack cocaine and other... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United States, Honduras |
Immigration, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime |
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Review of International Criminal Law in the Netherlands (Bert Swart and André Klip, eds), Freiburg im Breisgau: Ed. Iuscrim, Max-Planck-Inst. für Ausländisches und Internat. Strafrecht, 1997, ISBN 3-86113-960-X). |
The book provides a comprehensive discussion of international criminal law in the Netherlands and results from cooperation between the departments of criminal law of the University of Utrecht (Willem... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
Netherlands |
Book Review, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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UK Overseas Territories Meet on OECD Report on Harmful Tax Competition and Focus on UK Draft Report on “Offshore UK” Islands |
In September 1998, ministers from the UK’s ten overseas territories met in London with officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the UK Treasury, and Inland Revenue to discuss issues,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United Kingdom, UK Overseas Territories |
Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
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Colombia Supreme Court Rules Law Reinstating Extradition Not Retroactive |
On October 1, 1998, the Supreme Court of Colombia ruled by a 5-4 vote that a law reinstating extradition cannot be applied retroactively. The law will be critical for a number of the Cali drug... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
Colombia |
Extradition, Organized Crime |
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Argentine Judge Requests Extradition of IBM Employees Despite Lack of Criminal Charges |
A continuing battle between an Argentine federal judge and U.S. authorities is unfolding as the Argentine judge requested the extradition of two U.S.-based International Business Machines executives... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United States, Argentina |
Extradition, Bribery |
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Bibliography of Books |
1. Human Rights
Amnesty International, United States of America Rights for All (1998). (This report reveals a persistent and widespread pattern of human rights violations in the U.S.A.) |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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France Grants Bail to U.S. Fugitive Einhorn in New Extradition Case |
On September 29, 1998, a French court in Bordeaux, France ordered Ira Einhorn released on bail, pending a second U.S. extradition request with respect to Einhorn’s conviction in absentia in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
United States, France |
Extradition |
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Bibliography of Articles |
1. Adjective Enforcement and Evidence Gathering
R.J. Currie, Peace and Public Order: International Mutual Legal Assistance "the Canadian Way," 7 Dalhousie J. Legal Stud. 91-124 (1998). |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
11 |
1998-11-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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France Rearrests U.S. Murder Suspect Tried in Absentia |
On September 20, 1998, the French Government rearrested Ira Einhorn, a U.S. national, under a new extradition warrant for the 1977 murder of a Texas woman. According to a news report, Einhorn will... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
10 |
1998-10-01 |
United States, France |
Extradition, Murder |
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Ex-Rwandan Head of State Gets Life for Genocide Despite Plea |
On September 4, 1998, the United Nations Tribunal for Rwanda sentenced Jean Kambanda, a former Prime Minister of Rwanda, to life in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide, despite his agreement to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
10 |
1998-10-01 |
Rwanda |
Law of War, Genocide, International Courts |
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Mexico-U.S. Extradition Issues Are Reignited |
A series of incidents have sparked controversy between the U.S. and Mexico over extradition. Despite controversies, the new developments indicate many successful extradition cases and surrenders... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
10 |
1998-10-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Money Laundering, Extradition, Murder, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Efforts to Continue to Provide Recovery for Alleged Wrongs During Nazi-Era |
Events to resolve crimes and wrong-doing during the Nazi-era remain fluid as Volkswagen creates a $12 million fund for Nazi-era laborers, the Austrian Government has draft legislation on the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
10 |
1998-10-01 |
Germany, United Kingdom, Austria |
Art and Cultural Property, Law of War, Property Restitution |
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Israeli Judge Finds Sheinbein Extraditable to U.S. Despite his Israeli Nationality |
On September 6, 1998, Judge Moshe Ravid of Jerusalem District Court ruled that Samuel Sheinbein, the Maryland teenager charged with killing and dismembering Alfredo Enrique Tello Jr., another... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
10 |
1998-10-01 |
United States, Israel |
Extradition, Murder |
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U.N. Tribunal for Rwanda Has First Guilty Conviction |
On September 2, 1998, the United Nations Tribunal for Rwanda rendered its first guilty verdict, after a trial, for the crime of genocide and for the first time included rape as a genocide crime... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
10 |
1998-10-01 |
Rwanda |
Law of War, Genocide, International Courts |