Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.N. Security Council Continues Libya Sanctions as Allies Threaten Sanctions for Failure to Extradite in Pan Am 103 Bombing On August 13, 1993, the United Nations Security Council voted for the fourth time to continue its own sanctions against Libya for refusing to surrender two suspects, both of whom have been indicted... 9 8 1993-08-01 Libya Extradition, Terrorism, Sanctions
Panama Supreme Court Denies U.S. Extradition Request for Colombia Drug Suspect On July 14, 1993, the Panama Supreme Court of Justice effectively denied the extradition request of Colombian citizen Leon Alvarez Cuadro when it ruled that his arrest was illegal. The U.S.... 9 8 1993-08-01 United States, Panama Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties, International Cooperation
Panama Rejects Protests and Grants Asylum to Former Guatemala President Serrano Panamanian President Guillermo Endara, in the face of protests by labor groups who blocked traffic in Panama City to show their displeasure, has defended his government’s decision to grant political... 9 8 1993-08-01 Guatemala, Panama Extradition, Asylum
Greece Extradites to Germany Former Stasi Officer for Terrorist Charges On July 1, 1993, the Greek Government extradited to Germany a senior Stasi officer accused of being an accessory in terrorist attacks in 1983. German security officers took custody of Helmut Voigt, a... 9 8 1993-08-01 Germany, Greece Extradition, Terrorism, Arrest, Prosecution
El Salvador and Mexico Conclude Series of Int’l Criminal Cooperation Agreements On Salvadorian President Alfredo Cristiani and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed several agreements on international criminal cooperation as well as agreements on economic trade... 9 8 1993-08-01 Mexico, El Salvador Extradition, Immigration, Transfer of Prisoners, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement
U.S. and Colombia Sign TIEA and U.S.-Peru TIEA Now in Force On July 30, 1993, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced that on July 21, in Bogota, the United States and Colombia signed an agreement to exchange tax information (TIEA). The agreement authorizes... 9 8 1993-08-01 United States, Colombia, Peru Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation
Britain Broadens Predicate Offenses for Suspicious Transactions Report Requirement to All Serious Crimes Great Britain gave Royal Assent and, during the last week of July, enacted the Criminal Justice Bill. The bill increases the responsibility of banks and other financial service companies to report... 9 8 1993-08-01 United Kingdom Money Laundering, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking
Proposed Policy for United States Prisoner Transfer Treaties United States prisoner transfer treaties permit foreign nationals sentenced by all federal courts and most state courts to be transferred to their countries of nationality to serve the remainder of... Michael Abbell 9 8 1993-08-01 United States Transfer of Prisoners, Treaties
Panama Considers Further Legislative Action as It Hosts CICAD Seminar on the Adoption and Implementation of Model Anti-Money Regulations From June 29 to July 2, 1993, the Panamanian Government hosted a seminar on the adoption and implementation of the model anti-money regulations of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (... 9 8 1993-08-01 Latin America and South America, Caribbean, Panama Money Laundering, Conferences, International Cooperation, Investigation, Legislation
The Protection of the EC Budget Through National Criminal Law During 1992, fraud affecting the European Community budget increased dramatically. In its Fourth Annual Report on EC-Budget Fraud, the Commission requested the Member States to strengthen their... Bertold L. Baer 9 8 1993-08-01 Europe Fraud, International Cooperation, Investigation, Prosecution
West European Financial Action Task Force Calls for Austria to Tights “Know Your Customer” Laws On July 1, the European media reported that the West European Financial Action Task Force (WEFATF) has criticized Austria for its lax attitude against money laundering and called for corrective... 9 8 1993-08-01 Europe, Austria Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking, FATF
Ghanaian Court Evidence Used to Overturn Fraud Conviction On April 19, 1993, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, on the basis of newly discovered evidence gleaned from a criminal case in Ghana, vacated a criminal fraud conviction. At... 9 8 1993-08-01 United States, Ghana Fraud, Prosecution
Ibero-American Summit Agrees to Alternative Economic Development Program for Coca Growers On July 16, the Ibero-American Summit, at the request of the Peruvia delegation, adopted a resolution to establish an action program to provide economic development as a means to combat illegal drug... 9 8 1993-08-01 Latin America and South America Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking
Hungary Ratifies 6 Council of Europe Criminal Cooperation Treaties On July 7, 1993, Hungary ratified six of the following Council of Europe criminal cooperation treaties, showing the positive impact of regional intergovernmental organizations in the evolution of... 9 8 1993-08-01 Hungary Extradition, Transfer of Prisoners, Treaties, International Cooperation
Peru Added as 4th Beneficiary to the Andean Trade Preferences Act On August 12, 1993, President William J. Clinton promulgated an order, designating Peru as the fourth beneficiary under the Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA). In a letter dated August 11, President... 9 8 1993-08-01 United States, Peru Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation
U.N. Progresses on Establishing War Crimes Tribunal as American Bar Association Supports Creation of U.S. War Crimes Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia On August 20, 1993, the United Nations moved closer to establishing a tribunal to prosecute war criminals in the former Yugoslavia by narrowing a list of candidates for potential judges from 41... 9 8 1993-08-01 United States, Former Yugoslavia War Crimes, Prosecution, International Criminal Tribunal
International Council of Jurists to Address Comfort Women Problem At the working group meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights on modern-type slaves held in Geneva on May 24, the International Commission of Jurists called for the “establishment of a panel to... Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins 9 7 1993-07-01 World, Japan Human Rights, War Crimes, International Criminal and Comparative Law
Haiti Is the Focus of International Human Rights Law Effort While Haitian Refugees Have Mixed Success in Pressing Human Rights Abroad The international community, specifically the United Nations (UN) and the Organization for American States (OAS), apparently has successfully rallied to impose economic sanctions against the Haitian... Kimberly Jeneece Jenkins 9 7 1993-07-01 Haiti Human Rights, United Nations, Sanctions, Detention
Americas Watch Repeats Call for Mechanisms to Remedy Human Rights Abuses on U.S.-Mexican Border On May 13, 1993, Americas Watch in a supplemental report, concludes that serious abuses by U.S. immigration law enforcement agents continue and calls for new mechanisms to curtail abuses and... 9 7 1993-07-01 United States, Mexico Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Immigration, Law Enforcement, Rape, Detention, Border Security
Congressional Hearing Calls for New Measures to Combat Crossborder Laundering between the U.S. and Mexico as Treasury and Texas Initiate New Anti-Laundering Enforcement Project At a hearing held by the House Banking Committee in San Antonio, Texas, Assistant Treasury Secretary for Enforcement Ronald Noble and Texas Attorney General Dan Morales announced a pilot project, “... 9 7 1993-07-01 United States, Mexico Money Laundering, Financial Crimes, Border Security, Legislation

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