Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Eight Governments Agree on Cooperation against Cybercrimes On December 10, 1997, at a meeting in Washington, D.C., ministers from eight industrialized governments agreed to combat cybercrime with enhanced technology and a harmonized crime legislation... [... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 Canada, United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, Russia Cybercrime
OECD Convention on Transnational Corruption Signed On December 17, 1997, 29 nations signed the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. This article discusses the Convention and the... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 OECD Corruption, International Organizations
European Council Adopts Measures to Combat Transnational Corruption On November 13, 1997, the Council of the European Union adopted measures to combat transnational corruption. The action was taken in the wake of the signing of the OECD Convention to criminalize... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 Europe, OECD Corruption, International Organizations
CICAD Anti-Money Laundering Experts Recommend On-Going Assessment of Compliance with Standards and Creation of National Financial Intelligence Units At its meeting November 4-7, 1997 in Lima, Peru, the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), Organization of American States (OAS), made several decisions and recommendations of... Bruce Zagaris 14 1 1998-01-01 North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
The Criminalization of Trade Secret Theft: the U.S. Economic Espionage Act of 1996 The collapse of the Soviet Union has resulted in far-reaching changes in the global environment. One of the immediate effects of the demise of what Ronald Reagan dubbed the "Evil Empire" was the... Pamela Stuart 14 1 1998-01-01 United States Trade Enforcement, Economic Espionage
U.S. Senate Hearing on U.S.-Mexico Anti-Narcotics Cooperation On October 29, 1997, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Drug Caucus held a joint hearing on anti-narcotics cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 United States, Mexico Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation
AIDP Colloquium on Organized Crime and International Cooperation On May 13-17, 1998, a preparatory Colloquium of the Association International de Droit Penal (AIDP) on Organized Crime and International Cooperation in Criminal Matters will be organized in Utrecht,... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 World Organized Crime, Conferences, International Cooperation
U.S. Considers an Initiative on Enhanced Multilateral Drug Control Following a report and then a conference November 17-19, 1997, the United States Government seems poised to undertake an initiative on enhanced multilateral drug control cooperation. The initiative... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 North America, United States, Latin America and South America, Caribbean Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation
Belgian Authorities Arrest Luxembourg Bank President During the first week of November 1997, the media reported the arrest of Damien Wigny by Belgian law enforcement authorities. Wigny, president of Kredietbank Luxembourgeoise, the fourth-largest bank... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 Belgium, Luxembourg Money Laundering, Taxation, Fraud, Tax Crimes
Italian Court Orders Trial in Criminal Tax against Tobacco Distributor, But Dismisses Criminal Association Charges On October 27, 1997, an Italian court in Naples dismissed charges of criminal association against affiliate companies of Philip Morris, but ruled that twelve executives and board members of Intertaba... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 Italy Taxation, Tax Crimes
Four PATA Members Will More Actively Cooperate in Tax Enforcement During the meeting of the four-nation Pacific Association of Tax Administrators (PATA) in San Francisco on October 21-23, 1997, the PATA members (U.S., Japan, Canada, and Australia) agreed to engage... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 Canada, United States, Japan, Australia Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance, Tax Enforcement
Brazil Denies British Extradition Request for Biggs, the Great Train Robber On November 13, 1997, the Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal ruled unanimously to deny the British request to extradite the Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, twenty-four years after he participated in... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 Brazil, United Kingdom Extradition, Robbery
Mexico Extradites U.S. National on Marijuana Trafficking On November 14, 1997, coinciding with meetings between the U.S. and Mexican Governments in which agreements to broaden extradition cooperation was reached, the Mexican Government extradited a U.S.... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
OAS Members Sign Convention Against Illicit Firearms Trafficking On November 14, 1997, the U.S. and members of the Organization of American States (OAS) signed the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, the... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 North America, United States, Latin America and South America, Caribbean International Organizations, Arms Trafficking, Treaties
German and U.S. Conclude MOU to Enforce Commodities Futures On October 17, 1997, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the German futures and securities regulator, Budesaufsichtsamt für den Wertpapierhandel (BAWe) concluded a Memorandum of... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 United States, Germany Treaties, Securities Trade Enforcement, International Cooperation
French Court Invalidates Bourse Hearing On May 7, 1997, for the first time in France, a court has cited the European Human Rights Convention to strike down a stock exchange commission proceeding... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 France Human Rights, White Collar Crime, Treaties
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Condemnation of Peruvian Case Results in Release of Defendant Shortly after the judgment rendered September 17, 1997, the Peruvian Government released Maria Elena Loayza Tomaya, signifying a major victory for the ability of an international human rights... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean, Peru Human Rights, International Courts
Canada and Trinidad Conclude Law Enforcement Agreements On September 4, 1997, Trinidad & Tobago concluded two criminal cooperation agreements with Canada: one on mutual assistance in criminal matters and the other on sharing of assets seized from drug... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 Canada, Trinidad & Tobago Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties, Asset Seizure, Teaching, Research, Adjective Assistance
EU Takes Austria to Court over Anonymous Savings Accounts On October 15, 1997, the European Commission decided to refer a case to the Court of Justice in Luxembourg that requires the Austrian Government to fulfill its obligations under the 1991 Anti-Money... Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 Europe, Luxembourg, Austria Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, European Union
Senate Committee Approves Bill to Criminalize Internet Gaming In October 1997, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill (S. 474) to criminalize gambling on the Internet... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 12 1997-12-01 United States Cybercrime, Betting

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