Belarus Tractor
Belarus
Lengthy pretrial detention was common, although statistics on the number of persons in pretrial detention and the average length of such detention were not available. Mikhail Leonov, director general of the MTZ tractor factory, remained in pretrial detention from January 2002 until December 23, when he was convicted on embezzlement charges. On June 12, Leonid Kalugin, former director of the Atlant refrigerator factory, was released after 6 months in administrative detention and over 12 months of restricted freedom under the provisions of the 2002 Amnesty Law. On August 22, Viktor Rakhmanko, former chief of Belarusian railroads and member of the upper house of parliament, was convicted of abuse of power and forgery; he was released as his sentence matched the 21 months he had spent in pretrial detention and under house arrest. ... [Read More]
Belarus
Lengthy pretrial detention periods were common. At year's end, for example, the following persons remained in detention: Mikhail Leonov, director general of the MTZ tractor factory had been in pretrial detention since his arrest in early January on corruption charges; artist Ales Pushkin had been in detention since he was arrested in Minsk in July for attempting to stage a performance on Republic Day, the date authorities mark the liberation of Minsk from German Nazi occupation; entrepreneur Oksana Novikova remained in detention after having been arrested on October 17 for passing out anti-Lukashenko leaflets in Minsk's Oktyabrskaya Square; and 61-year-old industrialist and recent presidential candidate Leonid Kalugin had been in pretrial detention since November 2001, when he was charged with abuse of power, illegal currency practices, and illegal business activity ... [Read More]
USIA, Economic Perspectives, January 1997 -- IFC
People then had the option of trading their entitlements asindividuals, or they could form groups and pool a certain set ofentitlements. One group could say to another, "We'll give youour land, and you give us your tractors." And then there was anauction process at the end for all those entitlements that hadnot been pooled and traded. ... The important thing was to seize the window of opportunity toeffect that transfer into private hands. Often in privatization,timing is everything. But the process didn't inject cash torepair the tractors or to buy fertilizer -- because the moneysimply wasn't there. And that, of course, is a great weakness ofRussian privatization. ... [Read More]
USIA, Perspectivas Económicas, enero de 1997 - LACORPORACION FINANCIERA INTERNACIONAL (CFI) Y LA PRIVATIZACION
Pero el proceso no inyectó dinero en efectivo para repararlos tractores o comprar fertilizante, porque sencillamente nohabía dinero. Ese es, claro está, el punto débilde la privatización rusa. ... De modo que la colectividad se disolvió mediante un procesolargo y arduo de subasta e intercambio. El resultado final delproceso podía ser una finca particular muy pequeña, unafinca más grande para 150 personas, una planta embotelladorade leche, o una persona que proporcionara servicios de tractor. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: U.S. "Operation Predator" Protecting Children Around the World
A good example of this approach was the case in Victoria, Texas, where 19 people, including children, were found dead in the back of a tractor-trailer. By combining our financial investigation with our immigration authorities, we were able to trace the money trail back to the members of the smuggling ring, including its leader, who had fled the country. ICE's investigation led to the arrest and indictment of the ringleader and thirteen other co-conspirators. Along the way, we rescued a three-year-old boy from this same band of smugglers in an undercover operation and arrested his captors. In the process, we created a new model for investigating border security crimes, a model that became the centerpiece of our national anti-smuggling strategy. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Excerpts: Rep. Weldon Outlines Rationale for Missile Defense
Now, there is a very sophisticated command and control system on those missiles, as there are on our missiles; but a significant number of Russia's missiles are on mobile launchers. They are called SS-25s. If my colleagues saw a photograph of one, it would look like it is on the back of a tractor-trailer truck. But that missile, even though it can be transported any place over an open road area, can travel the necessary distance to hit any city in America and devastate that city. Each of those SS-25s are controlled locally, even though they have to have the command authorization of the central Russian Government. ... [Read More]
International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports
US DEPARTMENT OF STATEBUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS MATTERSINTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRAGEGY REPORTAPRIL 1994FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY LAUNDERING1994 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORTINTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERINGOVERVIEWIntelligence findings from North and South America, Eastern and Western Europe, South and East Asia, Africa and the Middle East confirm that another significant shift has occurred in money laundering trends and methods, requiring changes in policy and strategy for 1994.The critical aspects are the volume of non-drug related money laundering; increased investment of illegal proceeds in legitimate business, including the financial industry; and the targeting of financial systems in countries/territories (some with little or no domestic involvement in drug trading or other serious proceeds-generating crimes) to launder drug and other proceeds generated by crimes committed in other jurisdictions.In 1988, when the United Nations Convention was ... [Read More]
Money Laundering and Financial Crimes
(1) As DEA also points out, "In some cases, the agent (business) may represent a variety of remittance companies. When this is the case, the agent may suggest dividing the deposit, sending a portion with each of the represented businesses (companies). Thus, detection is increasingly challenging."Federal authorities at the conference also highlighted the recent growth of smaller independent remitters (beyond the more established Western Union and MoneyGram systems), particularly of those providing service to and from Mexico. DEA reported that although these remitters provide important legitimate services to migrant worker populations, the location of these businesses, "do not necessarily parallel the employment centers for these laborers. Rather, it appears that the agent locations are primarily located in states without regulations governing the money services industry." ... [Read More]
International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORTMARCH 1995BUREAU FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY LAUNDERING11995 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORTOVERVIEWThere were a number of significant accomplishments in the world of money laundering in 1994, and a number of new and/or intensified concerns. Accomplishments and concerns are summarized here and explained in detailed sections below.Accomplishments. Several financial center governments, such as Singapore and Panama, have adopted broad, new anti-money laundering policies and/or laws, and a number of governments were in the final stages of presenting/adopting new legislation.The Financial Action Task Force completed the evaluations of each of its 26 member governments, all conducted by outside experts and all culminating in recommendations for changes and improvements which will be monitored through continuing examinations be ... [Read More]
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