Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Trevi Ministers Meet and Agree to Strengthen Regional Cooperation On December 2-3, The Euroepan Ministers responsible for police and security matters met in The Hague to conduct their half-yearly round of formal discussions. The Dutch Presidency, represented by Mr... 7 12 1991-12-01 European Union International Cooperation, International Law, International Organizations
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Considers Ratification of International and Political Covenant On November 21, 1991, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations considered the case for the ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The holding of the hearing... Bruce Zagaris 7 12 1991-12-01 United States Human Rights, International Law
Bhopal Crime Case Begins Without Union Carbide Chair On November 27, 1991, the criminal case began in India on the alleged responsibility of the former chairman of Union Carbide Corportation, a U.S.-based company and eight executives of its Asian... 7 12 1991-12-01 India Environment, Prosecution
ABA Program Highlights Frontier Developments in International Environmental Criminal Law On December 3, 1991, the Committee on International Criminal Law, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Associations, held a program on "International Encironment Criminal Law: Cross-Border Problems... Bruce Zagaris 7 12 1991-12-01 United States, World Environment, International Law
Environmentalists Finally Hook Japan to End the Use of Drift Net Fishing In an important victory for environmental groups seeking to jump-start international environmental enforcement law, on November 26, the Japanese cabinet approved a moratorium on drift net fishing on... 7 12 1991-12-01 Japan Environment, Wildlife
Italy Establishes Compensation Fund through Insurance Policies to Compensation Victims of Organized Crime Extortion The Government of Italy has established a compensation fund to assist victims of extortion efforts by organized crime. The fund will be partly financed by a new one-percent tax on certain insurance... Bruce Zagaris 7 12 1991-12-01 Italy Administration of Justice, Extortion, Organized Crime, Oversight
Caribbean and Americas Anti-Money Laundering Programs Progress Significant progress is occuring on anti-money laundering enforcement efforts in the Caribbean and the Americas generally. 7 12 1991-12-01 Caribbean, United States International Cooperation, Money Laundering
Trade Bill to Provide Andean Preferences Passes On the eve of the Congressional recess, both houses approved by voice vote the conference agreement on a bill, HR 1724, that will provide trade preferences to Andean countries. The new law extends to... 7 12 1991-12-01 Colombia, Peru, United States Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Trade Enforcement, Treaties
IRS Assists Japan in Tax Evasion Investigation of Japanese Real Estate Investments in Hawaii With the assistance of the Internal Revenue Service, Japan's National Tax Administration Agency has detected 218 instances of possible tax evasion by Japanese nationals in Hawaiian real estate.... 7 12 1991-12-01 Japan, United States Tax Enforcement, Taxation
German Cabinet Approves Drug-Related Laundering and Forfeiture The German Cabinet has sanctioned a draft law anti-narcotics trafficking law. The new law will criminalize money laundering and enable the courts to, as part of their sentence, fine violators an... 7 11 1991-11-01 Germany Asset Forfeiture, Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Money Laundering
Fisheries Enforcement Cooperation between Namibia and Angola Friction has arised between Namibia and Spain over illegal fishing in Namibian waters. On June 25, 1991, two Spanish fishing vessels were detected fishing illegally in Namibian waters during a... 7 11 1991-11-01 Angola, Namibia, Spain Environment, Trade Enforcement, Wildlife
New Zealand's Serious Fraud Office Investigates Alleged Fraud and Laundering in South Pacific 'Banks' In an effort to warn the public and slow down activities of alleged fraud and laundering, the Serious Fraud Office of New Zealand has publicly announced its investigations of laundering proceeds from... 7 11 1991-11-01 Nauru, New Zealand, Tonga, Vanuatu Fraud, Money Laundering
27 European Governments Agree on Enforcement Action to Curb and Penalize Illegal Migration On October 31, at the conclusion of a two-day meeting in Berlin, the ministers of interior and justice of twenty-seven governments, including all twelve European Community countries, Switzerland,... 7 11 1991-11-01 Europe Immigration, International Cooperation, International Organizations
Canadian Court Sanctions Compliance with U.S. Tax Information Request for a Grand Jury Proceeding On July 4, 1991, the Canadian Federal Court issued an opinion, granting a request for tax information to the United States purusant to the income tax treaty and to a grand jury proceeding in the... 7 11 1991-11-01 Canada, United States International Organizations, Tax Enforcement, Treaties
U.K. Plans to Restrict Asylum Law Following a worldwide trend, the United Kingdom Government has announced controversial plans to amend its asylum law and restrict the ability to obtain asylum. One of the means by which it will... 7 11 1991-11-01 United Kingdom Asylum, Immigration
South Korea Imposes Largest Tax Penalty Ever Against Hyundai and its Founding Family On November 1, the Office of National Tax Administration announced that Hyundai, Mr. Chung Ju Yung, the Hyundai Group founder, and eight members of his family must pay taxes and penalties of won... 7 11 1991-11-01 South Korea Financial Enforcement, Financial Supervision, Fraud, Tax Enforcement
French Government Expands Penalization of Violators of Its Immigration Laws On November 13, the French Government approved took measures to strengthen criminal and administrative penalties against airlines and other transport carriers that bring illegal immigrants into... 7 11 1991-11-01 France Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Immigration
Swiss Court Attaches Conditions to Extradition to Italy Drug traffic is an international business. The organizations involved are internationally organized and operating. Thus, investigations have to be international as well. Therefore, criminal... Gerald Deck 7 11 1991-11-01 Italy, Switzerland Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition
Turkish Government Seizes Bulgarian Arms On October 23, the Turkish authorities in the Bosporus seized 2,000 crates of weapons and four tons of chemicals on board the Cape Maleas, a Greek Cypriot ship. The ship was traveling from the... 7 11 1991-11-01 Bulgaria, Turkey Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking
German Parliament Enacts Implementing Statute on the Convention of the Transfer of Sentenced Persons The member states of the Council of Europe and other states ratified on March 21, 1983 the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (Convention), which entered into force on July 1, 1985. The... Gerald Deck 7 11 1991-11-01 Germany Adjective Enforcement, Prisoner Rights

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