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15 IELR [i] (1999)

handle is hein.journals/ielr15 and id is 1 raw text is: I. MONEY LAUNDERING, BANK SECRECY, AND ASSET FORFEITURE ........... ...............1 A. UK Report on Channel Isls. Calls for More Int'l Tax & Anti-Money Laundering Cooperation, Presages Tougher Regime for Offshore Territories ............1..................... B. Money Laundering in Switzerland: Analysis and Some Observations ....................3 C. U.S.-Swiss Cooperation Results in Seizure of $276 Million of Drug Money ... .................7 II. ILLICIT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING................................... ..........8 A. U.S. Removes Iran and Malaysia from List of Problem Drug Countries ....... ............8 B. Brazil Brings WTO Complaint Against EU for Anti-Narcotics Preferences ....... .........9 III. INTERNATIONAL TAX ENFORCEMENT ............9............. ..............9 A. Caribbean Financial Action Task Force Adopts Resolution on OECD Harmful Tax Competition Report......... .............................................................9 IV. EXTRADITION ..............................................................10 A. Australia Arrests on Behalf of Mexico Mr. Cabal, Fugitive for Financial Crimes......................10 B. Germany Decides Not To Extradite Kurdish Leader ..................... ...............11 V. CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ......12 A. EU Parliament Proposes to Extend Money Laundering Cooperation ....... .......................12 VI. TRANSNATIONAL CORRUPTION ....................... 13 A. OECD Anti-Corruption Convention Will Take Effect in on February 15, 1999 .............................13 VII. ENFORCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ................. ..........14 A. Pinochet Wins New Hearing from Britain's House of Lords ..........................14 B. U.S. Will Release Pinochet Documents ........................................18 C. Texas Death Row Case of Canadian Raises Anew Aliens' Rights............ .......................19 D. U.S. Judiciary Raise Int'l Human Rights Provisions in Connection with Capital Punishment ........20 E. Honduras Paroles U.S. Person Convicted of Murder. .................... ..........23 VIII. INTERNATIONAL FRAUD .....................................................24 A. Jersey Amends Oversight and Secrecy Laws to Cope with Cantrade Scandal.................24 B. U.S. Prosecution of Textile Transshipment Continues .................... ..........25 IX. EXPORT CONTROL AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ENFORCEMENT... ......................26 A. U.S. Court Strikes Down Massachusetts Burma Law .................... ..........26 X. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS .................................................27 A. European Union Holds Justice and Home Affairs Council Meeting .....................27 XI. LAW OF WAR.... ..........................................................33 A. 44 Countries Promise to Help Return Nazi-Looted Art..........................33 B. Yugoslavian War Crimes Tribunal............................................38 XII. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ENFORCEMENT ...............................41 A. Mexico Initiates Intellectual Property Law Enforcement ..............................41 XIII. INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT .......................43 A. Council of Europe Promulgates Convention on Protection of the Environment Through Criminal L aw ............4...................... 43 XIV. SECURITIES ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION. ........................... ........44 A. Japan Requests Securities Enforcement Cooperation Agreement with U.S ..... ..........44 XV. TERRORISM ...............................................................45 A. Germany Extradites Salim, U.S. Indicts 5 More for Role in Embassy Bombings ............45 XVI. BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................46 1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 1100, Washington, D.C. 20036; (202) 293-2679; fax (202) 293-9035; ielr@erols.com; www.ielr.com

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