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Schama, Simon. The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age. Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 1987. ... Basic Services: Dry cleaning and laundry services are less readily available, take longer time, and are expensive. Tailors are available and their services are costly as well. Other services such as shoe repairs and electronic repair vary in quality and prices. Barbers and beauty shops are comparable in price and quality to American ones. Detailed information about services and locations can be inquired upon arrival from the CLO. ... [Read More]
Obtaining Evidence Abroad
Estimating Time Required to Take Deposition: Notify the embassy/consulate of the estimated length of time necessary to take the deposition, allowing for the additional time required for translating questions and answers. Be aware that if the witnesses will be deposed in a foreign language, the use of interpreters will approximately double the time required. Payment of Fees : Payment should be made by international money order or certified bank check payable to the American Embassy or to the appropr ... [Read More]
V. Country Narratives -- Countries H through P
Madagascar is a source country for children trafficked internally for the purposes of sexual exploitation and possibly forced labor. The exploitation of children in prostitution is a substantial problem in the coastal cities of Tamatave and Nosy Be. Children in the capital are recruited under false pretenses for legitimate employment in coastal cities as waitresses and domestic servants; upon arrival, they are often placed into commercial sexual exploitation. A network reportedly traffics young girls aged 12 to 14 from the provinces to Antananarivo to engage in prostitution. Anecdotal information also indicates that there may be a network of traffickers recruiting children in rural areas for employment opportunities in urban centers, particularly as domestic servants. The Government of Madagascar does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of traf ... [Read More]
M) Money Laundering and Financial Crimes
Barbados has bilateral tax treaties that eliminate or reduce double taxation with the United Kingdom, Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. The treaty with Canada currently allows IBCs and offshore banking profits to be repatriated to Canada tax-free after paying a much lower tax in Barbados. A Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty and an Extradition Treaty between the United States and Barbados each entered into force in 2000. Barbados is a member of the Offshore Group of Banking Supervisors, the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force and the Organization of American States Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (OAS/CICAD) Experts Group to Control Money Laundering. Barbados is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention. Barbados signed, but has not yet ratified, the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime, which is not yet in force internationally. Barbados is a party to the UN International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terro ... [Read More]
Hague Convention on Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters
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Service of Legal Documents Abroad
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Hague Convention on Legalization of Foreign Public Documents
Barbados: On February 24, 1965, the United Kingdom extended the Convention to Barbados which entered into force April 25, 1965. Barbados achieved independence November 30, 1966. By a note of August 1995 to the depositary, the Government of Barbados declared that it considers itself bound by the Convention effective the date of independence. Competent Authority: 1. Solicitor-General; 2. Deputy Solicitor General; 3. Registrar of the Supreme Court of Barbados Law Courts, Bridgetown, Barbados, tel: 809-42-75537; 4. The Permanent Secretary - Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tourism and International Transport; 5. The Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tourism and International Transport ... [Read More]
Hague Convention on Service Abroad
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US Department Of State Post Report
Howes, Barbara, ed. From the Green Antilles: Writings of the Caribbean. Granada: London, 1971. ... Tuchman, Barbara W. The First Salute. Alfred A. Knopf: New York 1988 ... Beauty shops compare with those in the U.S. and those in major tourist hotels have good operators and service. Costs are comparable with those in the U.S. Barbershops also have reasonable prices. ... [Read More]
The Caribbean
Barbados is party to the 1961 UN Single Convention, as amended by the 1972 Protocol, the 1971 UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances and the 1988 UN Drug Convention. Barbados has signed, but not ratified the Inter-American Convention against Corruption and the Inter-American Firearms Convention. Barbados has not signed the Inter-American Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters. The Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act allows Barbados to provide mutual legal assistance to countries with which it has a bilateral mutual legal assistance treaty, Commonwealth countries, and states-parties to the 1988 UN Drug Convention. Barbados has signed the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its three protocols. ... [Read More]
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