Bosnia Chart Herzegovina Picture
Money Laundering and Financial Crimes
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Other). A significant hub for narcotics transshipment to Western Europe, Bosnia is nevertheless neither a regional financial nor a money laundering center. Cooperation between Bosnian Serb and Croat law enforcement agencies is improving and has resulted in several major drug seizures and exposed some official corruption. However, the growing narcotics trade remains closely linked to organized crime, public sector corruption and ethnic extremism. ... [Read More]
M) Money Laundering and Financial Crimes
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia is not a regional financial center. Laundering the proceeds of criminal activity through financial institutions is widespread. However, narcotics proceeds tend to be diverted outside Bosnia. Bosnia has not criminalized money laundering, although it is an offense in the civil code. ... Throughout 2002, Croatia has been actively involved with its Balkan neighbors on law enforcement cooperation, especially in cooperating to fight money laundering, and this included the establishment of a regional working group to address the issue. This working group meets twice yearly. In addition, Croatia is working in concert with Bosnia-Herzegovina to stem cross-border money laundering and smuggling. The joint efforts include the participation by authorities from both countries as well as the use of new technology and computer programs developed specifically for this purpose. Croatia also intensified its cooperation with Austria, Germany, Italy, and Slovenia regarding border control and crime. As a member of the Council of Europes Select Committee of Experts (Moneyval, formerly PC-R-EV), Croatia has participated in mutual evaluations with the other members, both by being evaluated, and by sending experts to evaluate other states progress. Regionally, within the Egmont Group, Croa ... [Read More]
International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports
US DEPARTMENT OF STATEBUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS MATTERSINTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRAGEGY REPORTAPRIL 1994[DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLICATION 10145] TABLE OF CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARYPOLICY AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENTS IN 1993 1Political Will and Corruption 3Chemical Controls 4Money Laundering 5Demand Reduction 6United Nations 7Cocaine 8Opium and heroin 9Next Steps 12Methodology 14Status of Potential Worldwide Production 16Cultivation and Production Charts 19UN Convention signatories 22Country Summaries 27FY 1993-1995 FISCAL SUMMARYAND FUNCTIONAL BUDGET 60LEGISLATIVE BASIS FOR THE INCSR 62INTERNATIONAL TRAINING ... [Read More]
Article Alert, Archives--Electronic Advance Documents
Charter schools?public schools that are exempt from many of the procedural regulations that apply to regular public schools?are a widespread but poorly-studied form of education reform. With nearly 2,700 charter schools now educating more than 684,000 children nationwide, policymakers and parents need to know how the education charter schools provide compares to that provided by regular public schools. Assessing the academic performance of charter schools is difficult, because many charter schools are targeted toward specific populations such as at-risk students, disabled students, and juvenile delinquents. This makes it very challenging for researchers to draw a fair comparison?comparing targeted charter schools to regular public schools is like comparing apples and zebras. As a result, there are very few reliable research findings on the academic quality of charter schools as compared to regular public schools. ... [Read More]
Money Laundering and Financial Crimes
(2) FATF Recommendation 21 states: Financial institutions should give special attention to business relations and transactions with persons, including companies and financial institutions, from countries which do not or insufficiently apply these Recommendations. Whenever these transactions have no apparent economic or visible lawful purpose, their background and purpose should, as far as possible, be examined, the findings established in writing, and be available to help supervisors, auditors and law enforcement agencies.The FATFs NCCT exercise, while not designed to focus on OFCs, has had a significant impact on the OFCs and other jurisdictions around the globe. For more information on this initiative see the discussion of the NCCT process in the Multilateral SectionFATF overviewin this report.Explanatory Notes To the Offshore Financial Services C ... [Read More]
M) Money Laundering and Financial Crimes
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina has not criminalized money laundering, although it is an offense in the civil code. The government intends to adopt and implement new statutes and procedures that would criminalize money laundering in 2002. Laundering the proceeds of criminal activity through financial institutions is widespread. However, narcotics proceeds tend to be diverted outside Bosnia. Neither U.S. currency nor proceeds of drug sales in the U.S. are significantly involved. ... [Read More]
United States Libraries in South Africa: Topics--Human Rights Archive
This report examines the efforts of governments, international and local NGOs in South Eastern Europe to prevent human trafficking, raise awareness and assist victims. It looks at the situation in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Romania and Serbia and Montenegro (including the UN administered province of Kosovo). The authors find that anti-trafficking measures are still dominated by repressive measures to prevent migration, prostitution and organized crime. Their research leads them to conclude that the root causes of human trafficking are not being adequately addressed in the region. ... [Read More]
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