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12 IELR [i] (1996)

handle is hein.journals/ielr12 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume 12, Issue 1, january 1996 1. MONEY LAUNDERING AND BANK SECRECY ............................1 A. Germany Proposes Tougher Anti-Laundering Laws...............1 B. Gold Smuggling in Guyana Used to Launder Money..............1 C. Swiss Arrest Salinas Family Member on Financial Crime Charge.....3 D. Money Laundering and the French Legislation..................5 E. Hemispheric Ministers Agree on Principles to Combat Money Laundering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 F Money Laundering (Proceeds of crime) Act 1995. ................14 II. ILLICIT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING ..... ............... ....... 14 A. OAS Anti-Drug Group Agrees to Strengthen National Drug Control Commissions and Convene Experts Group on Anti-Laundering........14 B. Clinton Administration Touts Successes and Declaims Underfunding by Congress of U.S. International Narcotics Policy.............. 16 III. INTERNATIONAL TAXATION ............................... 19 A. Bahamas Decides to Avoid Integration into Western Hemisphere Free Trade Association to Protect Secrecy and Avoid Tax Cooperation..19 B. IRS Commissioner Announces New International Enforcement Initiatives ....................................................20 C. Japan Claims Withholding Tax Evasion on Foreign Payments Soars..21 IV. EXTRAD IT ION ..........................................................22 A. Barbados Appellate Court Rejects Appeal of Extradition Order as Untimely. ..............................................22 B. U.S. Court in Florida Upholds Extradition Statute............22 C. Relator Blocks French Extradition Request to England for Testimony Only .................................................23 D. Germany Extradites Leeson to Singapore in Bar ings Case and Plea Is Made ....................................................24 E. GAO Report Shows U.S. Agencies Are Improving Coordination and .... Cooperation in Apprehending Fugitives................. .....24 F. Cali Cartel Associates Win and Lose in Specialty Arguments on Luxembourg Extradition to the U.S..... ....................27 V. MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS AND ASSET FORFEITURE ............ AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ........................ ......30 A. U.S. Court Holds Unconstitutional Asset Freeze under Swiss-US MLAT ....................................................30 VI. ENFORCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND WAR