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17 IELR [i] (2001)

handle is hein.journals/ielr17 and id is 1 raw text is: I. INTERNATIONAL CRIM INAL LAW ....................................................................................................... 1 A. Review; International Criminal Law, A Collection of International and European Instruments. .....1 II. MONEY LAUNDERING AND BANK SECRECY ............................................................................... 2 A. Britain Announces Revision of Financial Advisory Against Antigua. ....... ..............2 B. EU Council Initiates Arrangements for Exchange of Information Between FIUs.......................3 C. Dutch-Registered Bank is Implicated in Suharto's Money Laundering Scam....................6 III. ILLICIT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING ............................................................................................... 8 A. International Cooperation Breaks Up Ecstasy Syndicate ..................... ........ 8 IV. INTERNATIONAL TAX ENFORCEMENT ........................................................................................ 10 A. Belgian Police Raid Belgian and Foreign Banks on Tax Fraud Probe....... ......................10 B. U.S. Appellate Court Upholds Letters Rogatory Assistance to Russian Tax Investigation.............11 C. OECD Releases MOU on Harmful Tax Practices ................................. 13 V . EX TR AD ITIO N .......................................................................................................................................... 15 A. Cuba and Venezuela Request Extradition of 4 Persons Arrested in Panama of Anti-Castro Plot... 15 B. London High Court Finds US Embassy Bombing Suspect Extraditable to the US.....................17 C. Canada Contemplates Deportation of Alleged Smuggler to PRC.......................17 VI. TRANSNATIONAL FRAUD & EXTRADITION............................................................................... 20 A. Germany Affirms Frankel German Conviction and His Extradition to the U.S. ..............20 V II. ASSET FORFEITURE ............................................................................................................................... 21 A. Scottish Court Invalidates Forfeiture Due to Human Rights Violations and Blair Administration Proposes Law Reform....................................................21 VIII. MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM..................................................23 A. U.S. and Yemen Reach Agreement on Cole Bombing Cooperation....................23 B. Greece Ratifies Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty with the US .... ................26 IX. EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS..............26 A. Dutch and Suriname Both Bring Criminal Cases Against Former Head of State Bouterse......26 X. MIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND VICTIMS PROTECTION..................................................28 A. U.S. Enacts Act to Protect Victims from International Trafficking of Women and Children......28 XI. PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT.................................................................31 A. ICC Prep Com Shows Progress Despite U.S. Opposition ............................31 X II. LA W O F W A R ............................................................................................................................................ 32 A. ICJ Hears German Suit Against U.S. for Executions and Violations of Consular Rights ...........32 B. Security Council to Expand Role of Women in Peace and Security Operations . .............33 C. British Troops Arrest War Crimes Suspect ...........................................34 D. U.N. Prosecutors Issue War Crime Indictments Against 11 in East Timor......................34 XIII. RECOVERY & RETURN OF STOLEN CULTURAL PROPERTY................................................36 A. U.S. Customs Creates Art Recovery Unit and Returns Stolen Art to Germany ..............36 XIV. TRANSNATIONAL CORRUPTION ................................................................................................... 37 A. Implementation in France of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials..... .........................................................37 B. OECD Members Agree to Prevent Bribery in Export-Credit Transactions ....... ..........38 XV. BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................................................39 XVI. CONFERENCES AND RELATED ACTIVITIES ................................................................................. 3 1101 Seventeenth St., N.W., Suite 1100, Washington, D.C. 20036; (202) 293-2679; fax (202) 293-9035; ielr@bcr-dc.com; www.ielr.com

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