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19 IELR [i] (2003)

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Volume 19, Issue 1, January2003


I.     MONEY   LAUNDERING AND BANK SECRECY ..............................            1
       A.    New  Obligations for Attorneys under German Anti-Money-Laundering Act ......... 1
       B.    Canada Issues Cross-Border Currency and Monetary Instruments Reporting ........ 3
II.    TAX ENFORCEMENT           ..................................................  4
       A.    British DTs Try to Fight British Demand on the EU Savings Directive ............. 4
       B.    US Appellate Court Overturns Canadian Excise Tax Conviction Due to Revenue Rule 5
       C.    Head of Irish Revenue Commission Says New International Enforcement Cooperation
             Will Facilitate Successful Prosecution of Tax Criminals ....................... 6
       D.    IRS Increases Pressure on International Schemes ............................ 7
       E.    Bermuda Appellate Court Gives US Victory in Braswell TIEA Case .............. 9
III.   ILLICIT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING           .................................... 12
       A.    U.S. Announces Break Up of International Ecstasy Trafficking Group ............ 12
IV.    EXTRADITION      ....................................................... 13
       A.    Blair Administration Introduces Bill to Simplify Extradition ................... 13
       B.    Russia Demands Extradition of Chechen Leaders from Denmark and Qatar ........ 13
       C.    Russia Requests Berezovsky Extradition from England ......................  15
       D.    South Africa Arrests U.S. Murder Suspect ............................... 16
V.     COUNTER-TERRORISM ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION ................... 17
       A.    Tensions Occur Between Canada and U.S. over U.S. Scrutiny of Canadians of Middle
             Eastern Descent     .................................................. 17
       B.    U.S. Refuses Access to Testimony of Al Qaeda Suspects in German Prosecution .... 19
       C.    Georgia Agrees to Extradite Chechens to Russia ........................... 20
VI.    EVIDENCE   GATHERING AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ............ 21
       A.    Germans and French Agree to Give Evidence in Moussaoui Case ............... 21
       B.    Brazil and Switzerland Discuss International Cooperation .................... 23
VII.   COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCIAL ENFORCEMENT ...................... 23
       A.    U.S. Treasury Designates Three Organizations as Terrorist Funders ............. 23
VIII.  INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND VICTIMS RECOVERY ............... 25
       A.    South African Apartheid Victims Sue Multinationals ........................ 25
       B.    U.S. Widower Takes Advantage of Right to Participate in German Prosecution ..... 26
IX.    TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME AND MONEY LAUNDERING .......... 27
       A.    EU Forum on Prevention of Org. Crime Considers EU Anti-Laundering Laws ...... 27
       B.    EU Files New RICO Case against Cigarette Company Alleging Money Laundering . 29
X.     TRANSNATIONAL CORRUPTION             ....................................... 33
       A.    Brazil Enacts Inter-American Convention Against Corruption .................. 33
XI.    CYBERCRIME ..       .......................................................  33
       A.    Bush Administration Supports Bill to Further Criminalize Internet Gaming and Conyers
             Introduces Bill to Regulate It .. ....................................... 33
XII.   LAW  OF WAR         .......................................................  35
       A.    Denmark Arrests Iraqi Opposition Leader for War Crimes in the Late 1980s ....... .35

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