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Canada Leads Arrests of Cuntrera-Caruana Operatives |
On July 15, 1998, after an eighteen month investigation that almost stopped due to lack of resources on occasions, police in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. arrested ten alleged members of the Cuntrera-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
Canada, United States, Mexico |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime |
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Bolivian Supreme Court Holds Drug Leader Extraditable to U.S. |
On July 2, 1998, the European Commission (EC) proposed a directive to prevent individuals from avoiding taxes by moving, along with their assets, from one European Union member state to another... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States, Bolivia |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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International Money Laundering |
On September 21-23, 1998, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will host the International Money Laundering Conference, to be held in Montreal, Canada. The conference will deal mainly with the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Conferences |
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Dominican Republic Amends Extradition Law |
The Dominican Republic legislature has passed an amendment to the 1969 Extradition law that prohibits extradition of its nationals. The new law will permit extradition of persons charged with... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States, Dominican Republic |
Money Laundering, Extradition, Murder, Kidnaping, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Balancing the Protection of Human Rights with the Needs of Law Enforcement |
On August 24-28, 1998, the Commonwealth Secretariat is hosting a conference, entitled Balancing the Protection of Human Rights with the Needs of Law Enforcement. The theme will be International... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Human Rights, Conferences, International Cooperation |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS |
1. Comparative Criminal Law
Marina Braun & Galina Clothier, American-Russian Legal Dictionary: Criminal Law (Westport, CT, Greenwood 1998).
2. International Criminal Law in General... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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Latin American Leaders Decry Difficulties in Extraditing Political and Business Leaders Charged with Corruption from South Florida |
Increasingly, persons charged with corruption in Latin America find refuge in Miami and South Florida and in many other parts of the U.S. The latest ire from Latin America has occurred in Ecuador as... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States, Latin America and South America |
Corruption, Extradition |
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Bibliography of Articles |
1. Banking Privacy and Money Laundering
K.L. Case, The Saiwa Wake-up Call; The Need for International Standards, 26 Ga. J. Int’l & Comp. L. 215-31 (1996).
John K.F. Delaney, Impact of Money... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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U.S. Courts Grants Extradition to Mexico of Mexican on Firearms Charges |
On May 8, 1998, Magistrate Cynthia G. Aaron, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, found Gabriel Alfredo Valdez-Mainero extraditable to Mexico. His extradition was requested... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Arms Trafficking |
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Book Reviews |
Joanne Greig, Combatting Money Laundering, 8 Crim. L.F. 485-96 (1997) (reviewing Money Laundering and Banking Secrecy: XIVth International Congress of Comparative Law (Paolo Bernasconi, ed.)).
Guy... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
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Book Review |
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English Court Upholds Extradition Under Provisional Arrest |
On October 27, 1997, the Queens Bench Division upheld an extradition order, in a case in which Q was detained under a provisional warrant for committing an armed robbery in Germany, which raises the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-08-01 |
Germany, United Kingdom |
Extradition, Robbery |
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Argentina Extradites Sakic to Croatia on World War II Crimes Charges |
On June 17, 1998, the Argentine Government extradited Dinko Sakic, a Croatian accused of World War II war crimes, from Buenos Aires to Zagreb, where he will stand trial for his role in the death of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-07-01 |
Argentina, Croatia |
Extradition, War Crimes |
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Egypt Turns Over Alleged Terrorist to the U.S. |
In June 3, 1998, Mohammed Rashid, whom the United States Government has charged in a nine-count indictment with murder, sabotage, assault, and placing bombs on aircraft, arrived in Washington, D.C.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-07-01 |
United States, Egypt |
Terrorism, Murder |
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Spain Extradites Fugitive Banker to Mexico |
On June 1, 1998, the Spanish Government extradited Angel Rodriguez Saez, the fugitive Mexican banker allegedly responsible for $2 billion worth of losses at Banpais, Mexico’s eighth-largest bank, for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-07-01 |
Mexico, Spain |
Extradition, Fraud, Embezzlement |
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International Money Laundering |
On September 21-23, 1998, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will host the International Money Laundering Conference, to be held in Montreal, Canada. The conference will deal mainly with the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-07-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Conferences |
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Council of Europe Cooperative Documents Expand |
Several developments in the accession to Council of Europe criminal cooperation documents have occurred recently... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-07-01 |
Europe |
Teaching, Research, Adjective Assistance, International Convention |
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EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers Agree on Broad Cooperation |
On May 28-29, 1998, the Council of the European Council held a meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs, in which progress was made on a wide range of international criminal cooperation matters... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-07-01 |
Europe |
Immigration, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Teaching, Research, Adjective Assistance, International Cooperation |
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Italian Criminal Trial for Italian National Accused of Murdering American Is Conducted Mainly in the U.S. But Under Italian Law |
A trial has been held in Miami that shows the unique Italian-American cooperation in international criminal matters: an Italian prosecutor, judge, and jury were conducting a trial of an Italian... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-07-01 |
United States, Italy |
Murder, Teaching, Research, Adjective Assistance, International Cooperation |
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U.S. Congress Supports Early Ratification and Implementation of OECD Anti-Corruption Treaty |
On June 23, 1998, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted out the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Convention to Combat Transnational Corruption (hereafter the OECD... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-07-01 |
United States, OECD |
Corruption, Treaties |
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Sting Operation Breaks Endangered Species Smuggling from Mexico to U.S. |
On May 30, 1998, the United States Customs Service announced that a threeyear undercover operation in the U.S. and several other countries had broken a smuggling ring for endangered species from... |
Bruce Zagaris |
14 |
8 |
1998-07-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Environment, Law Enforcement, Wildlife Smuggle |