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Establishment of International Center for the Prevention of Crime in Montreal Imminent |
On March 18, 1993, the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of Canada, Pierre Blaise, the Quebec Minister of Public Safety, Claude Ryan, the President of the Executive Committee of the... |
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9 |
4 |
1993-04-01 |
Canada |
United Nations, Crimes |
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EC Authorizes Negotiations on Customs Enforcement Cooperation Agreements |
On April 5, 1993, the European Community Internal Market Ministers at a meeting in Luxembourg authorized the EC Commission to negotiate with at least five of the Community’s major trading partners,... |
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9 |
4 |
1993-04-01 |
Canada, Europe |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement, Customs, Border Security |
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France and Brazil Conclude Agreement on Cooperations against Gold/Wood Smuggling, Drug Trafficking and Customs Fraud |
On March 19, the Brazilian government announced that it has concluded an agreement with France to combat gold and wood smuggling, drug trafficking between the two countries, and to prevent customs... |
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9 |
4 |
1993-04-01 |
Brazil, France |
Drugs & Trafficking, Fraud, International Cooperation, Customs |
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Germany’s New Preoccupation With International Organized |
In July 1992, the German Bundestag passed the Organized Crime Law. Experts criticized the legislation as only a half-hearted anti-organized crime measure. Ten months later, public awareness of the... |
Bertold L. Baer |
9 |
4 |
1993-04-01 |
Germany |
Money Laundering, Murder, Organized Crime, Smuggle, Legislation |
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Danish Presidency of the EC Pledges to Progress on Migration Enforcement |
During a meeting on March 17-19, 1993 of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, presided over by Chairman Amedee Turner, a European Parliament delegate from the United Kingdom,... |
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9 |
4 |
1993-04-01 |
Europe |
Immigration, Law Enforcement, Border Security, Asylum |
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Panama Investigating Extending Anti-Money Laundering Regulations |
Brazilian police have reported that money laundering for the network used by former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello’s Administration transferred funds through Panama and the Virgin... |
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9 |
4 |
1993-04-01 |
Panama |
Money Laundering, Financial Crimes, Customs, FATF |
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U.S. Threatens Enforcement Action against Panamanian Ships for Failure to Comply with International Conventions on Ship Pollution |
According to language in the Clinton Administration’s budget for the Panama Canal Commission, Secretary of State Warren Christopher will protest Panama’s alleged failure to comply with international... |
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9 |
4 |
1993-04-01 |
United States, Panama |
Environment, Jurisdiction, Maritime, Treaties, Law Enforcement |
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Spain Adopts Money Laundering Legislation |
In November 1992, the Spanish Parliament passed legislation (“Measures on the Prevention of Money Laundering” - - MPML), criminalizing money laundering and imposing recordkeeping obligations on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
9 |
4 |
1993-04-01 |
Spain |
Money Laundering, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Legislation |
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European Cooperation Against Organized Crime Is Considered |
During the second week of February 1993, the Universit Libre de Bruxelles Circle of European Federalists and the School of Criminology hosted a program on “Has the Mafia Been Beaten?” Several... |
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9 |
4 |
1993-04-01 |
Europe |
Money Laundering, Arms Trafficking, Organized Crime, Conferences, International Cooperation, Prosecution |
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European Community Moves Towards Establishment of European Police Force (EUROPOL) |
The European Parliament is progressing towards establishing a European Police Force. On November 26, 1992, the EP tabled a report on the establishment of Europol, after the Committee on Civil... |
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9 |
2 |
1993-02-01 |
Europe |
Jurisdiction, Organized Crime, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement, Europol, Legislation |
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Costa Rican Court Invalidates Extradition |
On January 12, 1993, the Constitutional Court of Costa Rica invalidated Costa Rica’s 1982 Extradition Treaty with the United States. The invalidation occurred when the Court accepted a habeas corpus... |
Maureen Walsh |
9 |
2 |
1993-02-01 |
United States, Costa Rica |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Treaties |
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U.S. Customs Agents’ “Sting” of Cypriots in the Bahamas and Costa Rican Supreme Court’s Invalidation of U.S. Extradition Treaty Put Pressure on U.S. Extradition Policy |
As the Clinton Administration begins its international criminal policy without an Attorney General, one issue that won’t await for the Administration’s attention is United States extradition policy.... |
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9 |
2 |
1993-02-01 |
United States, Bahamas, Cyprus |
Extradition, Treaties, International Cooperation, International Crimes |
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Classified 1989 Justice Memo Opining Pres. Has Authority to Disregard Int’l Law Is Released to the Public |
After nearly four years of secrecy the Office of Legal Counsel (O.L.C.) of the Department of Justice has finally released its once classified and highly controversial memorandum that asserts the... |
Mark Zaid |
9 |
2 |
1993-02-01 |
United States |
National Security, Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, Law Enforcement, International Law, Asylum |
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Peru Requests Extradition of Former President |
A contingent of Peruvian Congressmen travelled to Colombia last month to personally request the extradition of former Peruvian President Alan Garcia. The former President is accused of embezzling $... |
Maureen Walsh |
9 |
2 |
1993-02-01 |
Colombia, Peru |
Extradition, International Law, Prosecution, Asylum |
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Canada Proposes Law to Increase Penalization of Maritime Industry in Effort to Prevent Stowaways |
As the number of stowaways to Canada dramatically increases, the Canadian Parliament has proposed legislation, B C-86 which seeks to punish persons who do not take action to prevent te growing number... |
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9 |
2 |
1993-02-01 |
Canada |
Maritime, Immigration, Law Enforcement, Deportation, Legislation |
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European Ministers Agree on Enforcement and Criminal Action on Illegal |
On February 16, 1993, Interior Ministers from 35 European countries agreed to take criminal and related enforcement action against the mounting problem of illegal immigration from east to west.... |
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9 |
2 |
1993-02-01 |
Europe |
Immigration, Law Enforcement, Smuggle, Border Security |
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Spanish Extradition Requests for Basques in Uruguay Meets with Mixed Results |
Since May 1992, the Spanish Government has engaged the Uruguay Government in a series of extradition requests for more than thirty Basques living in Uruguay. The adjudication of the requests, some of... |
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9 |
2 |
1993-02-01 |
Spain, Uruguay |
Extradition, Terrorism, Murder |
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US Court Gives Victory to Shipowners on Stowaways |
Late last year Wallenius Lines won a rare court victory in U.S. District Court in Baltimore when U.S. District Judge Benson Everett Legg ruled it was unreasonable for the INS to require the ship line... |
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9 |
2 |
1993-02-01 |
United States, Romania |
Maritime, Immigration, Border Security, Asylum |
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Mexico Fights to Prevent Countryman’s Execution |
Convicted for the murder of a policeman 10 years ago, Mexican citizen Ramon Montoya Facundo was sentenced to die by lethal injection in Texas on January 27, 1993. The Mexican Government, through its... |
Maureen Walsh |
9 |
2 |
1993-02-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition, Murder, Capital Punishment, Prosecution |
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Luxembourg Court Returns Drug Money to Cartel |
On January 22, a ruling by the Luxembourg High Court of Justice cleared the way for the return of $36 million in alleged drug trafficking proceeds to the Colombian Cali drug cartel. The money is... |
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9 |
2 |
1993-02-01 |
Colombia, Luxembourg |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Asset Seizure, Prosecution |