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Jamaican P.M. Calls for International Drug Strike Force |
On June 10, 1989, at a speech to the 12th Annual Transafrica Forum Dinner in Washington, D.C. Prime Minister Michael Manley called for an international strike force and other types of international... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
Jamaica |
Drug Enforcement |
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Turkey and Iran Agree on Narcotics Cooperation |
On February 2, 1989, Republic of Turkey and the Islamic Republic of Iran concluded a Protocol on Cooperation Against Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. The agreement... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
Iran |
Drug Enforcement |
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Tax Court Excludes for First Time Foreign-Based Documents from Trial Under IRC, 982 of the Code |
On June 13, the United States Tax Court ordered that foreign-based documents could not be presented at trial pursuant to Section 982 of the Internal Revenue Code because the taxpayer had failed to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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Canada and Australia Sign MLAT |
On June 19, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, the Honorable Doug Lewis, and the Minister of Justice of Australia, Senator the Honorable Michael Tate, signed a treaty on Mutual... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
Australia |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Caribbean Heads of Government Approve New Cooperative Mechanisms to Create Strike Force and Court against International Drug Trafficking |
The Communiqué released after the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community at Grand Anse, Grenada from July 3-7, 1989, indicates that the Heads of Government... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
Caribbean |
Drug Enforcement |
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G-7 Countries Agree to Take Action on Drugs, Laundering & Terrorism |
On July 16, 1989, at the conclusion of the summit conference of the group of seven countries, the final communiqué agreed to enhanced international criminal cooperation on four key topics: drugs;... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
7 |
1989-07-01 |
World |
Adjective Enforcement |
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German Economies Minister and Cabinet Stress Overhaul of Export Control Administration Mired by Questionable Practices |
The West German Government is continuing to review both legislation and administration in light of the perceived insufficiency of export control statutes and regulations and of the unsatisfactory... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
5 |
6 |
1989-06-01 |
Germany |
Export Enforcement |
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Book Review: International Securities Market by Beller (ed.) |
This PLI handbook contains contributions from 16 experts in international securities enforcement. |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
5 |
6 |
1989-06-01 |
United States |
Securities Law |
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Book Review: Technocrimes: The Computerization of Crime and Terrorism by August Bequai |
This well-written book, by an eminent Washington lawyer who is also one of the nation's leading experts on computers, is an eye-opener for anyone concerned with problems of crime and law enforcement. |
Rufus King |
5 |
6 |
1989-06-01 |
United States |
Computer Crimes |
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Pompidou Group of Council of Europe Maps Anti-Drug and Money Laundering Strategy |
At a meeting in London on May 18 and 19, the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe made commitments to take action on drugs. |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
6 |
1989-06-01 |
United Kingdom |
Money Laundering |
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EEC Ministers of Justice Meet on International Criminal Cooperations |
On May 26, an informal meeting of the Ministers of Justice of the European Community, under the Presidency of the Spanish Minister for Justice, Mr. Enrique Mugica Herzog, was held in San Sebastian. |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
6 |
1989-06-01 |
Europe |
International Cooperation |
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Update on German Export Control Legislation |
The concern of the German and American public as well as Congress and the German Parliament about the Libya affair has accelerated the German legislative actions concerning export controls of... |
Regine Nowack and Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
6 |
1989-06-01 |
Germany |
Export Enforcement |
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Countries Redouble Efforts to Halt Trading in Ivory |
The United States Government and other importing countries have taken a major step to halting and penalizing the ivory trade by banning the importation of ivory and imposing penalties for violators. |
John Morris and Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
6 |
1989-06-01 |
Africa |
Trade Crimes |
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ABA, Criminal Justice Section Establishes Ad Hoc Committee on International Criminal Law |
The American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section has established an Ad Hoc Committee on International Criminal Law. |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
6 |
1989-06-01 |
United States |
International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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U.S. Supreme Court To Decide Applicability of 4th Amendment to Searches Conducted Abroad with Foreign Officials |
The Supreme Court will hear oral argument and decide during its October, 1989, term the applicability of the Fourth Amendment to searches conducted overseas on the residences of foreign nationals in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
6 |
1989-06-01 |
United States |
Seizure |
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Former Editor of Taxes International Publishes Call to Prosecute U.S. Officials for War Crimes |
Jud Harwood, formerly the editor of Taxes International, an international tax journal published since 1979 out of London, has resurfaced after many months of low-profile existence. |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
6 |
1989-06-01 |
United States |
War Crimes |
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Senate Caucus on International Narcotic Control Holds Hearings on U.S. International Drug Policy |
On April 19, 1989, the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control held the first of a series of hearings to review the U.S. government's international drug policy. Three panels testified... |
Ange-Francois Fantauzzi |
5 |
5 |
1989-05-01 |
United States |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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Book Review: The New Trade Law by Applebaum/Schlitt (eds.) |
Seventeen experts, including some eminent trade lawyers, discuss in this PLI course handbook the implications of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 for import and export controls and... |
Clemens J.M. Kochinke |
5 |
5 |
1989-05-01 |
United States |
Trade Enforcement |
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Resolution Disapproving Narcotics Cooperation Certification of the Bahamas Fails |
On May 10, 1989, the Senate rejected by a vote of 57 to 40 Senate Joint Resolution 100 disapproving the certification by the President under the Foreign Assistance Act with respect to the Bahamas... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
5 |
1989-05-01 |
Bahamas |
Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Court Holds Financial Privacy Law Does Not Apply to Foreign Requests |
On November 28, 1988, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in the case of Young v United States Department of Justice, held that the Right to Financial Privacy Act does not... |
Bruce Zagaris |
5 |
5 |
1989-05-01 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy |