Organized Crime: A Compilation of U.N. Documents, 1975-1998

Organized Crime: A Compilation of U.N. Documents, 1975-1998
Author: Bassiouni
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 867
Release: 2023-09-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004642722

The most sustained and penetrating study of the phenomenon of transnational organized crime was completed by various UN agencies in an ongoing project whose principal milestone is the 1997 Convention on Organized Crime. This book presents all relevant texts in chronological order from 1975 to 1998, with additional material explaining the background of the project. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

Obtaining Evidence Abroad in Criminal Cases 2010

Obtaining Evidence Abroad in Criminal Cases 2010
Author: Michael Abbell
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 677
Release: 2010-11-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004178821

This treatise, designed for prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges and academics, describes in detail the legal basis and operation under treaties, statutes, and cooperative and coercive measures by which the United States is combating serious transnational crime affecting it.

The Future of Police and Judicial Cooperation in the EU

The Future of Police and Judicial Cooperation in the EU
Author: Cyrille J.C.F. Fijnaut
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2009-11-23
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004193367

Since the early 1990s, cross-border police and judicial cooperation has become a very important domain of the European Union. The Lisbon Treaty – if accepted by all the Member States – will certainly be a major stimulus to its further development in the field of internal security as well as in the field of external policy. In any event, the recent proposal for a new third comprehensive policy programme with regard to the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice – the so-called Stockholm Programme – foreshadows some of the changes the Brussels institutions and the Member States would like to embrace in the coming years. This book contains the contributions of scholars and practitioners to a conference on the future of police and judicial cooperation in the European Union that took place in November 2008 at Tilburg University. Referring to what has been achieved in this domain since the Treaty of Maastricht, these papers not only assess the proposals that have been put forward in successive policy documents relating to the Stockholm Programme, but they also pinpoint to the ongoing problems in the theory and practice of police and judicial cooperation within the European Union and to the ways in which these questions could best be solved.

The United Nations Convention Against Corruption

The United Nations Convention Against Corruption
Author: Cecily Rose
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 699
Release: 2019-01-17
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0192528297

The United Nations Convention against Corruption includes 71 articles, and takes a notably comprehensive approach to the problem of corruption, as it addresses prevention, criminalization, international cooperation, and asset recovery. Since it came into force more than a decade ago, the Convention has attracted nearly universal participation by states. As a global and comprehensive convention, which establishes new rules in several areas of anti-corruption law and helps shape domestic laws and policies around the world, this treaty calls for scholarly study. This volume helps to fill a gap in existing academic literature by providing an invaluable reference work on the Convention. It provides systematic coverage of the treaty, with each chapter discussing the relevant travaux préparatoires, the text of the final article, comparisons with other anti-corruption treaties, and available information about domestic implementing legislation and enforcement. This commentary is designed to serve as a reference work for academics, lawyers, and policy-makers working in the anti-corruption field, and in the fields of transnational criminal law and domestic criminal law. Contributors include anti-corruption experts, scholars, and legal practitioners from around the globe.

Money Laundering

Money Laundering
Author: Guy Stessens
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 491
Release: 2000-08-31
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1139428462

This book gives a broad analysis of the legal issues raised by the international fight against money laundering. It offers an extensive comparative research of the criminal and preventive law aspects from an international perspective. Stessens portrays money laundering as a new criminal trend threatening both national and international societies which must be addressed multilaterally through banking practice, international conventions and human rights. Most of this volume is devoted to specific legal problems that spring from the international nature of the money laundering phenomenon. It contains a most detailed overview on the rules and practices of international co-operation in the fight against money laundering. The publication gives a thorough examination of the exchange of information, lifting banking secrecy, and seizing and confiscating assets, as well as the jurisdictional questions that inevitably arise in this context. The result is a rich and detailed study of international and comparative law.

The Alleged Transnational Criminal

The Alleged Transnational Criminal
Author: Atkins
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2023-08-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004642684

The virtual obliteration of national boundaries, accompanied by the effective shrinking of the world, has given rise to a dramatic increase in the number of transnational criminal cases and an evident increase in the sophistication of international criminals. This collection of essays, written by practitioners directly involved with the emerging issues, presents the reader with international crime developments. It offers a foundation for continued discussion in this emerging field, and should be of interest to all those practising in transnational and international law.