Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Greece Enacts Law to Lift Bank Secrecy on Requests for Cooperation in Criminal Investigations On October 5, 1989, the Greek Parliament enacted legislation to permit the lifting of bank secrecy during a criminal investigation and the amendment of a nineteen-year law on bank secrecy.   Bruce Zagaris 5 10 1989-10-01 Greece Bank Secrecy
Laws on West German Export Controls Being Revised to Cover War Weapons The reliability of West German export control enforcement and as a partner in the multilateral export control network CoCom has ben questioned by recent scandals such as the Rabta chemical factory in... Bettina Rost Hebbell 5 10 1989-10-01 Germany Export Enforcement
European Experts Progress Toward a Convention on Search, Seizure and Confiscation of Crime Proceeds As the community of nations begins to ratify and take steps toward the implementation of the 1988 United Nations Convention against Illicit Drug Traffic in Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substances,... Bruce Zagaris 5 10 1989-10-01 Europe Bank Secrecy
Book Review: The Underworld of Finance by Paolo Bernasconi In German, the author discusses the impact of organized crime on the financial services industry and the economy and proposes in detail numerous remedies in the form of domestic legislation and... Clemens J.M. Kochinke 5 10 1989-10-01 World White Collar Crime
Swiss Bank Secrecy: Recent Developments in International Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Each time that a Swiss lawyer attempts to explain Swiss bank secrecy to a client, bank, or authority, he is obliged to begin all over again.   Paolo Bernasconi 5 10 1989-10-01 Switzerland Bank Secrecy
Senate Considers Progress on International Money Laundering The Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Operations of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held two separate hearings focusing on “International Money Laundering: Law... Bruce Zagaris and Joan Morris 5 9 1989-10-01 United States Money Laundering
Anti-Money Laundering Agreement Signed in Liechtenstein In early October 1989, the Principality of Liechtenstein Government and the three banks domiciled in Liechtenstein signed a duty of care agreement against money laundering that will become effective... Clemens J.M. Kochinke 5 10 1989-10-01 Liechtenstein Money Laundering
U.S.-Dominican Republic Tax Information Exchange Agreement in Effect According to Caribbean Business, a business weekly out of San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 20, 1989, the Tax Information Exchange Agreement between the Dominican Republic and the United States took... Bruce Zagaris 5 10 1989-10-01 Dominican Republic Taxation
U.S.-Dominican Republic Tax Information Exchange Agreement in Effect According to Caribbean Business, a business weekly out of San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 20, 1989, the Tax Information Exchange Agreement between the Dominican Republic and the United States took... Bruce Zagaris 5 10 1989-10-01 Dominican Republic Taxation
European Report Urges Legislation on Computer-Related Crime On September 13, 1989, the European Committee of Ministers at its meeting of Deputies, adopted a Report containing a minimum and optional list of legislative action that national legislatures are to... Bruce Zagaris 5 10 1989-10-01 Europe Computer Crimes
Swiss Judicial Assistance Proceedings Continue After Marcos' Death After having overcome several procedural hurdles, fears that the Swiss Marcos judicial assistance proceedings could be delayed or terminated by Ferdinand Marcos’ death on September 27, 1989, seem... Manfred Stolz 5 10 1989-10-01 Switzerland Adjective Enforcement
International Bar Association Holds Program on Mutual Assistance The Business Crime Committee (Committee W) of the International Association held on October 3 a program on “mutual assistance.”  Four panels addressed the subjects of securities markets, extradition... Bruce Zagaris 5 10 1989-10-01 World Mutual Legal Assistance
U.S. Justice Sanctions Kidnapping of Fugitives On October 13, the media reported that the U.S. Department of Justice on June 21 of this year advised the Federal Bureau of Investigation it may legally seize U.S. fugitives in foreign countries. Bruce Zagaris 5 10 1989-10-01 United States Kidnaping
U.S. Senate Ratifies Six Mutual Legal Assistance Agreements On October 24, the U.S. Senate finally voted to ratify Mutual Legal Assistance treaties the U.S. has concluded with Mexico, Thailand, the Cayman Islands, Canada, the Bahamas, and Belgium.   Bruce Zagaris 5 10 1989-10-01 United States Mutual Legal Assistance
European Court of Human Rights on Torture- The Soering and a new German case Two recent cases, one involving Jens Soering, a German citizen, and another involving American soldiers in the state of Rheinland Pfalz, have demonstrated that the death penalty is influencing... Cornelia Beck 5 9 1989-09-01 Europe Torture
Multilateral Efforts To Protect Salmon in the Northern Pacific Environmentalists and other protection agencies have long criticized the use of drift-nets on fishing vessels, which can have a span of 40-miles both in depth and height.  Laura Frank and Bruce Zagaris 5 9 1989-09-01 United States Environment
Consent Directive Upheld A district court in California has upheld the requirement that a grand jury witness sign a consent directive granting access to Swiss bank records. Bruce Zagaris 5 9 1989-09-01 United States Banking Supervision
Book Review: U.S. International Antitrust Enforcement by Joseph A. Griffin BNA’s special report U.S. International Antitrust Enforcement is a very practical guide and useful for U.S. and foreign practitioners concerned with civil and criminal antitrust issues involving the... Clemens J.M. Kochinke 5 9 1989-09-01 United States Antitrust Cooperation
G-7 Financial Action Task Force Prepares for Recommendations On September 18, the first meeting of the G-7 Financial Action Task Force, which was created in July and has the aim of producing recommendations to stop money laundering, met and begun discussions... Bruce Zagaris 5 9 1989-09-01 World Bank Secrecy
Drug Cartel Leader Ballesteros Convicted In a case that has important ramifications for the battle against international narcotics trafficking and organized crime, a Los Angeles jury convicted Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros, 45, a Honduran... Bruce Zagaris 5 9 1989-09-01 United States Drugs & Trafficking

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