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ICC International Maritime Bureau Trading Course Oct. 6-10, 1997 |
Held at the Blakeney Conference Center, Blakeney, Norfolk, UK, this fully interactive course focuses on how to avoid becoming a victim of fraud and malpractice in international trade. The course... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
9 |
1997-09-01 |
World |
Trade Enforcement, Fraud, Conferences |
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Under Pressure, Dominican Republic Takes Anti-Piracy Action |
Under criticism from foreign businesses and the U.S. Government, the new Government of the Dominican Republic has started to enforce its piracy laws with respect to intellectual property laws... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
9 |
1997-09-01 |
United States, Dominican Republic |
Intellectual Property |
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Compliance and Enforcement of European Community Law |
On Oct. 2-3, 1997, the Center for Enforcement of European Law/Law Faculty Utrecht University in cooperation with the Law Department of the European Institute Florence, and the Center for European... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
9 |
1997-09-01 |
World |
Conferences, Law Enforcement |
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U.K. Court Releases Fugitive Due to Limit on Enforcement of Criminal Conviction in Belgium |
On March 3, 1997, a British Court ordered the release of a fugitive whose extradition was sought by Belgium to serve a sentence imposed in Belgium. He has been convicted of obtaining money by... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
9 |
1997-09-01 |
United Kingdom, Belgium |
Extradition, Fraud |
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15th International Symposium on Economic Crime, Sept. 14-20, 1997 |
On September 14-20, 1997, the 15th International Symposium on Economic Crime will take place at Jesus College, Cambridge. The theme will be "The Globalization of Crime: The Electronic Dimension."... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
9 |
1997-09-01 |
World |
Conferences, Economic Crimes |
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Swiss Appellate Court Affirms Freeze of Mobutu Assets |
On August 7, 1997, the Swiss Federal Tribunal, the Swiss highest court, ruled that the measures taken by the Swiss Government to freeze the assets of deposed Zairian president Mobutu Sese Seko were... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
9 |
1997-09-01 |
Switzerland, Zaire |
Corruption, Asset Forfeiture |
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British Court Enforces U.S. Civil Forfeiture Order |
On November 29, 1996, the English High Court issued an order providing that a U.S. civil forfeiture order can be registered and enforced in England... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
9 |
1997-09-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
Drugs & Trafficking, Asset Forfeiture, Law Enforcement |
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EU/Andean Pact Hold Second High Level Meeting on Drug Trafficking |
On June 18-19, 1997, the European Union (EU) and the Andean Pact held their second high-level meeting on counterdrug trafficking efforts in Brussels. |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
8 |
1997-08-01 |
European Union |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Senate Rebuffs Effort to Revise and Multilateralize Counterdrug Cooperation |
On July 16, 1997, the U.S. Senate rejected an initiative supported by the Clinton Administration to scrap the annual certification of other countries as cooperative or uncooperative on narcotics... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
8 |
1997-08-01 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement |
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German Court Dismisses Criminal Charge Over Internet Use |
On June 30, 1997, a Berlin court dismissed criminal charges against a 25-year old student who had provided an electronic link on her Internet home page to a leftist magazine that published articles... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
8 |
1997-08-01 |
Germany |
Computer Crimes |
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Belgians Jail Mobutu's Son on Fraud Charges |
On June 24, 1997, the Brussels Public Prosecutor's Office announced that Fangbi Mobutu Ndokula, son of ousted Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko, was detained on charges of attempted fraud. |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
8 |
1997-08-01 |
Belgium |
Fraud |
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Bulgaria Raids Country's Largest Compact Disc Factory |
At the end of June, Bulgarian police reported raiding the country's largest compact disc factory based in Botevgrad and owned by Unison, a private company, as part of its crackdown against music... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
8 |
1997-08-01 |
Bulgaria |
Intellectual Property |
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Swiss Government Announces Freeze of $3.4 Million in Bank Accounts for Mobutu |
On June 3, 1997, the Swiss federal banking commission announced that it has uncovered and frozen $3.4 million in assets belonging to former President of Congo, Mobutu Sese Seko, after a Swiss... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
7 |
1997-07-01 |
Switzerland, Congo |
Corruption, Asset Forfeiture |
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INS To Open 13 Foreign Enforcement Offices |
On June 19, 1997, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service announced that it will open thirteen new offices in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America to combat organized illegal trafficking in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
7 |
1997-07-01 |
United States |
Immigration |
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EPA Obtains Largest Recovery in CFC Case and Forfeits Foreign Bank Accounts |
On June 6, 1997, federal officials announced that a Florida company and three employees have pled guilty to conspiring to smuggle 4,000 tons of dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) and agreed to forfeit... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
7 |
1997-07-01 |
United States |
Environment, Asset Forfeiture, Chemicals Smuggle |
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EC and U.S. Conclude Agreement on Customs Cooperation and Mutual Assistance |
The European Community (EC) and the United States have concluded an agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters, providing an example of the enlarged role in criminal and quasi-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
7 |
1997-07-01 |
United States, Europe |
International Organizations, Treaties, Customs |
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EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Agree to Strengthen Criminal Cooperation in Several New Areas |
At a meeting on May 26-27, 1997, the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) of the European Union agreed to cooperate in a number of important new areas of criminal matters ... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
7 |
1997-07-01 |
Europe |
International Organizations, European Union |
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New Efforts to Enforce Dayton Accords in the Former Yugoslavia |
Some new initiatives are focusing on efforts to force signatories of the Dayton peace accords to comply with pledges to hand over indicted war criminals and help in the investigations and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
7 |
1997-07-01 |
United States, Portugal, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia |
International Organizations, Law of War, War Crimes, Treaties |
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Bosnia Serbs Prosecute Halilovic for War Crimes While Observers Question Fairness of National War Crime Trials |
A war crimes trial in the Bosnian Serb republic provides a perspective on the realities of prosecuting most of the alleged war crimes in the former Yugoslavia ... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
7 |
1997-07-01 |
Bosnia |
Law of War, War Crimes, International Courts |
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European Ministers Adopt Resolution on the Links Between Corruption and Organized Crime |
On June 10, 1997, the Ministers participating in the 21st Conference of European Ministers of Justice, Council of Europe, in Prague adopted a resolution on the links between corruption and organized... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
7 |
1997-07-01 |
Europe |
Corruption, European Union, Organized Crime |