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War Crimes Tribunal Convicts Tadic and German Court Convicts Bosnian Serb of War Crimes |
On May 7, 1997, the War Crimes Tribunal completed its first trail verdict in a lengthy 350-page written opinion, convicting Dusan Tadic, a Bosnian Serb, of eleven counts of war crimes and crimes... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
6 |
1997-06-01 |
World, Germany |
Law of War, Murder, International Courts, Crimes against Humanity |
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Burma Return Thai Drug Fugitive for Extradition to U.S. |
On May 17, 1997, the Myanmar Government returned to Thailand Li Yung Chung, the chief suspect sought by the Thai police after the largest heroin seizure in United States history ... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
6 |
1997-06-01 |
United States, Myanmar, Thailand |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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EU Council Makes Recommendations to Combat Organized Crime |
On April 28, 1997, the European Council on Justice and Home Affairs met to consider the report of the High Level Group on organized crime and will set the state for likely policy directions ... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
6 |
1997-06-01 |
Europe |
European Union, Organized Crime |
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EU Takes Initiative Against Cybercrimes |
On April 24, 1997, members of the European Parliament (MEP) have proposed to enact legislation against certain cybercrimes, namely pornography, paedophilia and racist material. The measures will... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
6 |
1997-06-01 |
Europe |
Cybercrime, European Union, International Cooperation |
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Mexico Rejects U.S. Requests as U.S. Considers Imposition of Economic Sanctions against Mexican Druglords |
On May 2, 1997, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo rejected U.S. Government requests to permit certain occurrences that enable U.S. law enforcement a bigger role in combatting drugs in Mexico.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
6 |
1997-06-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Drugs & Trafficking, Sanctions |
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European Human Rights Convention Is Used to Overturn French Fines for Late Payment of Taxes |
On May 5, 1997, the French Court of Appeals (Cour de Cassation) overturned penalties against a person for failure to pay vehicle registration charges in 1993 on the basis that it violates the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
6 |
1997-06-01 |
France |
Human Rights, Taxation, Treaties |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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U.S.-Mexican Try to Start Joint Drug Plan |
The U.S. and Mexican Governments have started to implement a joint drug plan. Although the governments have put some new wrinkles on the plan, many aspects have similarities to prior efforts ... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
5 |
1997-05-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation |
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Articles of Bibliography |
1. Adjective Enforcement
N.S. Rodley, International Cooperation in Criminal Law: the Old Soviet Union and the New Russian Federation, 7 Crim L.F. 453-7 (1996)...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
5 |
1997-05-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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IRS International Tax Training Materials: What International Examiners Are Taught About IRS Compliance Tools |
1. The International Tax Training Materials The Internal Revenue Service recently released updated training materials for International Examiners (revenue agents responsible for auditing... |
Charles M. Bruce, Esq., Michael C. Durney, Esq., and Wendy L. Wojewodzki, Esq |
13 |
5 |
1997-05-01 |
World |
International Organizations, Taxation |
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Documents of Bibliography |
1. Jurisdiction
Canada: Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act Incorporating the Amendments Countering the U.S. Helms-Burton Act, 36 I.L.M. 111 (1996)...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
5 |
1997-05-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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OECD Approves Measures to Strengthen Tax Information Exchanges |
On March 13, 1997, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) approved two recommendations designed to improve exchange of information between its member countries ... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
5 |
1997-05-01 |
OECD |
International Organizations, Taxation |
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The Edinburgh Conference on Transnational & International Crime, May 15-17, 1997 |
On May 15-17, 1997, the Department of Public International Law and the Europa Institute of the Univ. of Edinburgh will sponsor a conference on the following topics: countering transnational crime;... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
5 |
1997-05-01 |
World |
Human Rights, European Union, Conferences, Crimes |
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France Arrests Fugitive Trader as Norway Prepares Extradition |
On April 10, 1997, the French police arrested Mr. Birger Ostraat, the former head of a London-based currency trading scheme, after he fled Norway in December when he lost his appeal against a seven-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
5 |
1997-05-01 |
France, Norway |
Extradition, Embezzlement |
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National Security Law Summer Training Institute |
On June 1-14, 1997, the Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia School of Law will hold the Seventh Annual National Security Law Summer Training Institute for Professors and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
5 |
1997-05-01 |
World |
Law of War, International Courts, Conferences |
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U.S. Demands Extradition of Mexican Cartel Leader |
On March 12, 1997, a U.S. court in Houston issued an arrest warrant for alleged gulf drug cartel leader Oscar Malherbe de Leon resulting from a new grand jury indictment. Thereafter the U.S. has... |
Bruce Zagaris |
13 |
5 |
1997-05-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |