Lentraide Penale Internationale En Suisse En Belgique Et Au Grand Duche De Luxembourg

L'entraide pénale internationale constitue, pour les magistrats confrontés à la criminalité moderne et pour les avocats spécialisés en matière pénale, à la fois un mode d'investigation incontournable dans un nombre croissant d'enquêtes et une source de difficultés. Mal maîtrisée, elle sera à l'origine de retards souvent préjudiciables dans ces investigations et y laissera subsister des zones d'ombre, pouvant tantôt mener à l'échec de la procédure, tantôt à sa finalisation dans des conditions imparfaites (absence ou mainlevée de saisies d'avoirs patrimoniaux qui auraient été susceptibles de permettre l'indemnisation de victimes, défaut de collecte d'éléments de preuve, clôture de l'enquête dans un temps incompatible avec l'obligation de juger dans un délai raisonnable…). L'ambition des auteurs est de tenter, à travers leur expérience en cette matière, de mettre en évidence l'existence de cadres juridiques essentiellement internationaux, de nature à faciliter les relations avec les autorités judiciaires dans leurs États respectifs, dans le contexte de telles demandes d'entraide internationale. Dans la mesure où il se veut pratique, ce manuel tendra surtout à rappeler quels instruments sont en vigueur et à exposer leur mise en œuvre, y compris au regard du droit national des parties, dans le cadre de demandes actives et passives d'entraide internationale.

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.

This volume presents an overview of the principal features of the legacy of International Tribunals and an assessment of their impact on the International Criminal Court and on the review of the Rome Statute. It illustrates the foundation of a system of international criminal law and justice by using case studies to provide advice for possible future developments in international criminal procedure and law.

This book is a first-of-its-kind, practice-based guide of 36 key concepts?legal, operational, and practical--that countries can use to develop non-conviction based (NCB) forfeiture legislation that will be effective in combating the development problem of corruption and recovering stolen assets.

Offshore finance has transformed many small jurisdictions into high income economies and has facilitated the growth of global financial markets, deregulation and the convergence of economic policies worldwide. However, the volatility and fickle nature of global capital has also become apparent. This major new multi-disciplinary and international collection explores the development of offshore finance and is an extremely valuable resource for all those considering the issues involved in this important area.

The Forum on Crime and Society is a United Nations series issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, based in Vienna. It is published twice yearly in the six official languages of the United Nations: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

Here at last is the inside story of how American law enforcement agencies have waged war against the world's most powerful crime syndicate--the Mafia. Excerpts from hundreds of hours of secret tape recordings of senior Mafia figures reveal the extraordinary activities of several mob bosses. Optioned by CBS-TV. 8 pages of photos.

The Bribery Act 2010 is the most significant reform of UK bribery law in a century. This critical analysis offers an explanation of the Act, makes comparisons with similar legislation in other jurisdictions and provides a critical commentary, from both a UK and a US perspective, on the collapse of the distinction between public and private sector bribery. Drawing on their academic and practical experience, the contributors also analyse the prospects for enforcement and the difficulties facing lawyers seeking asset recovery following the laundering of the proceeds of bribery. International perspectives are provided via comparisons with the law in Spain, Hong Kong, the USA and Italy, together with broader analysis of the application of the law in relation to EU anti-corruption initiatives, international development and the arms trade.

In a dispute, governments weigh up their options when selecting between various dispute settlement mechanisms. By scrutinising the interaction of institutional design with state interests, this book analyses why particular forums are selected in maritime boundary disputes.