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Pacific Tax Authorities Agree to Act on Anti-Tax Haven and Anti-Secrecy Activities to Increase Tax Compliance |
On September 20, 1996, during the annual meeting of the Pacific Association of Tax Administrators (PATA), held in Vancouver, Canada September 17-18, 1996, conference sources reportedly revealed that... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
10 |
1996-10-01 |
World |
International Organizations, Jurisdiction, Taxation, Tax Crimes |
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Canadian Court Allows Deportation to the U.S. of Person Arrested under Extradition Act |
A case that illustrates the interaction between extradition and the use of deportation as a disguised form concerns a Ms. Bembenek who was arrested in Canada after escaping from prison in Wisconsin... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
10 |
1996-10-01 |
Canada, United States |
Extradition, Treaties |
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U.S. Appellate Court Reverses Declaratory Relief against Deportation of Ruiz Massieu to Mexico |
On July 29, 1996, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the order of declaratory and injunctive relief previously granted by the district court against the deportation of Mario... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
10 |
1996-10-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Treaties |
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U.S. Requested Extradition from St. Kitts on Cocaine Trafficking |
Cocaine continues to dominate the news in St. Kitts as an extradition request from the U.S. rages ... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
10 |
1996-10-01 |
United States, St. Kitts & Nevis |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Organized Crime Penetrates Tendering of Oil Contracts |
As international organized crime groups penetrate the tendering of oil contracts with the help of corruption of employees of oil companies, the security teams of such companies are taking preventive... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
10 |
1996-10-01 |
World |
Corruption, International Organizations, Organized Crime |
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Hearings Reveals Multiagency U.S. Effort to Combat Nigerian Crime |
On September 11, 1996, U.S. executive branch officials revealed multi-agency efforts and international cooperation to expose, prevent, and prosecute Nigerian white collar and organized crime,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
10 |
1996-10-01 |
United States, Nigeria |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Fraud, White Collar Crime, International Cooperation |
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Italian High Court Will Rule on Priebke Case |
On October 15, 1996, the high court is scheduled to rule on the verdict of a Rome military tribunal that freed the former SS captain Erich Priebke due to Italian statute of limitations despite... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
10 |
1996-10-01 |
Italy |
Law of War, Murder, War Crimes, International Courts |
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EPA Secures Two Convictions for Conspiracy to Ship U.S. Hazardous Waste to Nigeria in First Hazardous Waste Sting |
On July 19, 1996, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that in its first successful sting conducted in the U.S. involving hazardous waste, two Nigerian men who hold U.S. passports... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
9 |
1996-09-01 |
United States, Nigeria, Georgia |
Environment |
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Rwanda and Yugoslav Tribunals: Implementing Legislation on Cooperation |
Austria, Bundesgesetz uber die Zusammenarbeit mit den internationalen Gerichten. Entered into force on June 1, 1996 (Federal Act on the Cooperation with International Tribunals) ... [more] |
André Klip |
12 |
9 |
1996-09-01 |
United Kingdom, Netherlands, Rwanda, Austria, Former Yugoslavia |
Law of War, United Nations, International Courts, International Cooperation |
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Bank of England Increases Supervisory Role to Address Shortcomings in the Barings Debacle |
On July 24, 1996, Howard Davies, the deputy governor of the Bank of England, announced plans to expand its banking supervision after the collapse of Barings bank. Its new efforts will include hiring... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
9 |
1996-09-01 |
United Kingdom |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Banking Supervision |
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Yugoslavia Tribunal Summons Defense Witnesses, Grants Safe Conduct and Authorizes Videolink Testimony |
1. The Decision of the Trial Chamber
In the June 25, 1996 written decision in the Tadic case (Case No. IT-94-1-T), the Trial Chamber responded to on the defense motions to summon and protect... |
André Klip |
12 |
9 |
1996-09-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
Law of War, International Courts |
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Caribbean FATF Proposes Training Institute to Combat Laundering |
In July 1996, at the annual meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) a paper by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force proposed activities and mechanisms to strengthen laws and human... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
9 |
1996-09-01 |
Caribbean |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, Financial Supervision |
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Italian Court Dismisses War Crimes Cases against Priebke, But His Detention Continues Pending German Extradition Request |
On August 1, 1996, an Italian military court dismissed charges against former Nazi SS captain Erich Priebke as a result of statute of limitations difficulties. Nevertheless, Priebke was rearrested... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
9 |
1996-09-01 |
Germany, Italy |
Extradition, Law of War, War Crimes |
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Pacific Tax Havens Rocked by Prime Bank Instrument Cyclones |
The Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru and the Marshall Islands have all been hit by different types of Prime Bank Instrument scams, indicating that small country governments must increasingly beware of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
9 |
1996-09-01 |
Nauru, Vanuatu, Marshall Islands, Cook Islands |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Fraud |
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Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Brings Precedent-Setting Indictment Defining Rape as a War Crime |
On June 27, 1996, the International Criminal Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTWCFY), brought two new indictments, including a precedent-setting one against eight Bosnian Serb... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
9 |
1996-09-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
Law of War, War Crimes, International Courts, Rape |
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Sweden Accedes to European Laundering Convention |
On July 15, 1996, the Swedish Government ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime, becoming the ninth country to ratify the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
9 |
1996-09-01 |
Sweden |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Treaties, Seizure |
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U.N. Council Warns Gadhafi to Comply with Sanctions |
On August 1, 1996, the media reported that the United Nations Security Council warned Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi not to violate U.N. sanctions, characterizing as unacceptable his expressed... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
9 |
1996-09-01 |
World, Libya |
Economic Sanctions, United Nations |
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U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Conviction on International Money Laundering |
On February 28, 1996, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in the case of United States v. Roy William Harris affirmed the conviction for money laundering a series of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
9 |
1996-09-01 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy, Fraud |
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U.S. Signs Ship Rider Agreements with 9 Caribbean Governments, While 5 Other Governments Decline |
During the last 18 months the U.S. Government has concluded ship rider agreements with nine of twenty-six Caribbean governments (e.g., Antigua, Belize, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, St.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
9 |
1996-09-01 |
United States, Caribbean |
Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties |
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English Court Affirms Use of Electronics Listening Devices to Detect and Prosecute Narcotics Trafficking |
On July 2, 1996, the House of Lords dismissed an appeal and affirmed the conviction of Sultan Khan on violating the prohibition against heroin importation, not withstanding challenges to the use of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
9 |
1996-09-01 |
United Kingdom |
Drugs & Trafficking |