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13 IELR [i] (1997)

handle is hein.journals/ielr13 and id is 1 raw text is: INTERNATIONAL ENFORCEMENT LAW REPORTER Volume 13, Issue 1, January 1997 I. MONEY LAUNDERING AND BANK SECRECY .............................. 1 A. Bahamas Money Laundering Regulations 1996.................................. B. Bermuda Proposes New Anti-Money Laundering Law..............................2 C. FinCEN Prioritizes Regulations on Foreign Bank Drafts.............................3 D. Mexican Government Contemplates Permitting Casinos.............................4 E. Swiss Lower House Rejects Abolishing Bank Secrecy...............................6 F. Turkey Enacts Anti Money Laundering Law..................................... 6 II. ASSET FORFEITURE ................................................... 7 A. Bahamas Freezes, Confiscates and Returns Assets to Fraud Victims ..................... 7 B. Extending Further the Powers of Confiscation in Britain: The Proceeds of Crime Act 1995 .... 8 III. EXTRADITION ....................................................... 11 A. St. Kitts Denies U.S. Extradition Request for Alleged Conspiracy to Import Cocaine ........ 11 IV. ADJECTIVE ASSISTANCE .............................................. 14 A. Cayman Liquidators Sue to Recover Bank Documents from U.S. Government ............. 14 B. New Dominican Republic Government Allows New York City Police Department to Establish Office in Santo Domingo and Strengthen Cooperation with Puerto Rico .................. 15 V. INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING ............................ 17 A. Cuba Cooperates with U.S. on Seizure of Cocaine ................................. 17 B. Dutch Maintain Alternative Drug Policy Despite Criticism ........................... 18 VI. FOREIGN CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY .................................. 19 A. European Commission Considers Action To Combat International Bribery ............... 19 VII. INTERNATIONAL TAX ENFORCEMENT .................................. 19 A. IRS Expanding Stationing of Agents Overseas ................................... 19 B. U.S., Mexico and Canada Increase Tax Enforcement Cooperation ..................... 20 C. IRS Promulgates Final Regulations on Disclosure of Return Information to U.S. Customs .... 21 D. U.S.-Thai Treaty Has Clause for Termination If Thai Government Does Not Comply with Information Exchange in Five Years .......................................... 23 VIII. ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN ARMS AND UNLAWFUL WEAPONS ................. 24 A. Italian Magistrates Investigates Bosnian-Serb Smuggling of Arms and Nuclear Materials .... 24 IX. ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT ......................................... 26 A. U.S. and Mexico Try to Fight Turtle and Freon Smugglers ........................... 26 X. LAW OF WAR ........................................................ 29 A. Yugoslav War Crimes Sentences First Offender .................................. 29 B. U.S. Proposes Creation of Special Police Unit to Implement Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia ...................................................... 30 C. Swiss Revise Law on Search for Nazi Stolen Property .............................. 31 XI. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS .. ................................... 33 A. European Justice and Home Affairs Meeting Makes Progress on Many Fronts ............. 33 B. U.N. Reports on Strengthening of U.N. Crime Prevention and triminal Justice Programme . . 35 XII. INTERNATIONAL FRAUD .............................................. 39 A. SEC Investigates Fraud Based on Corruption .................................... 39 XIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................... 40 XI. CONFERENCES AND RELATED ACTIVITIES .............................. 40 A. Asia Money Laundering, Jan. 27-28, 1997, Bangkok ............................ 40 B. The Edinburgh Conference on Transnational & International Crime, May 15-17, 1997 ...... 40 818 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20006; (202) 293-3528; fax (202) 293-1877; E-Mail ielr@erols.com