Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
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
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
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
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
U.S. Sanctions against Myanmar Receive a Mixed Reception On April 22, 1997, President Clinton announced the sanctioning of new U.S. investment in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. In an Executive Order drafted by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC... Victoria Gotsch 13 7 1997-07-01 United States, Myanmar Human Rights, Drugs & Trafficking, Sanctions
Brazilian State Entity Obtains $78.6 Million Judgments for Embezzlement On April 15, 1997, a Brazilian governmental agency, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Technologico (CNPq), obtained judgments of over $78.6 million for fraud and breach of contract... Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 Brazil Fraud, Bribery, Embezzlement
Mexico Implements Anti-Money Laundering Law On September 1, 1997, as part of its implementation of a new anti-money laundering law, Mexican commercial banks must have in place various due diligence procedures, including know-your-customer and... Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 Mexico Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
EU Members Sign Convention Against Corruption Involving EU or National Officials On June 3, 1997, the 15 EU member States signed the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member states of the European Union (... Bruce Zagaris 13 7 1997-07-01 Europe Corruption, European Union, Bribery, Treaties
English Court Grants Challenge of Extradition Due to Delay in Surrender On October 29, 1996, the Queens Bench Division in England granted leave to challenge the surrender order for a Mr. Akbar based on undue delay in his surrender ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 United Kingdom Extradition
U.S. Appellate Court Orders Extradition to Hong Kong On March 20, 1997, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed a writ of habeas corpus to Lui Kin-Hong and ordered his extradition to Hong Kong for the crime of bribery ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 United States, Hong Kong Extradition, Bribery
Jordan Offers Marzook Refuge as U.S. Ponders Fate On April 30, 1997, the Jordanian Government announced that Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, the Hamas political leader who has spend 22 months in a New York jail on extradition requests for terrorist... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 United States, Israel, Jordan Extradition, Terrorism
Alleged Fraudster of Canadian Co. Applies for Cayman Residency as Bre-X and Delgratia Frauds Shake World Commodities Markets On May 9, 1997, John Felderhof, a Dutch-born Canadian citizen and the head of exploration for Canadian company Bre-X Minerals, was reported to have applied for permanent residency in the Cayman... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 Canada, Cayman Islands Fraud
Interpol Issues New Warning Against Nigerian Fraud Interpol has issued a new warning against a new type of Nigerian advance fee fraud that has made an estimated $1 billion since it was first reported in 1989 ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 Nigeria International Organizations, Fraud
Portuguese Fraud Squad Arrests Two in Telemarketing Scam On May 4, 1997, the Lisbon fraud squad confirmed that they arrested two persons, a British and Dutch national, in a multinational telemarketing fraud that may have defrauded as many as 5,000... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 Portugal Fraud
OECD Reaches Pact on Anti-Corruption On May 23, 1997, the members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reached an agreement to prohibit and criminalize bribery of foreign officials on commercial matters by... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 OECD Corruption, International Organizations, Bribery
U.N. Human Rights Committee Holds Israeli Interrogating Unlawful On May 9, 1997, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) criticized and found in violation of the Torture Convention the Israeli techniques in interrogating suspected terrorists, including... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 World, Israel Human Rights, United Nations, Torture, Treaties
U.S. Indicts Canadian Couple for Illegally Importing CFCs On April 29, 1997, a U.S. grand jury in Maine indicted a Canadian couple for allegedly sending 85 tons of chlorofluorocarbon-12 (CFC-12) illegally to automotive repair shops in the U.S. ... [more] Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 Canada, United States Environment, Chemicals Smuggle
German National Pleads Guilty to CFC Smuggling On May 15, 1997, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida accounted that a German citizen living in Florida has pleaded guilty to charges relating to a scheme to smuggle an ozone-... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 United States, Germany Environment, Chemicals Smuggle
B.V.I. Develops Anti-Laundering and Due Diligence Initiatives The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is taking action to strengthen its anti-money laundering legislation by setting a Code of Conduct for its offshore practitioners, and initiating audits to assure... Bruce Zagaris 13 6 1997-06-01 United Kingdom Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy

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