legislation
... processors; transshipment point for cocaine, heroin, hashish, and marijuana entering Western Europe; despite a strengthening of legislation, the country remains vulnerable to money laundering related to narcotics, automobiles, alcohol, and tobacco; significant ...
www.exxun.com/Belgium/i_ti.html
legislation
... in 2004, Burkina Faso hopes to attract foreign investors. Thanks to this new code and other legislation favoring the mining sector, the country has seen an upswing in gold exploration and production ...
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/e_ec.html
legislation
... sovereign maritime access through Chile to Bolivian gas and other commodities; Chile rejects Peru's unilateral legislation to change its latitudinal maritime boundary with Chile to an equidistance line with a southwestern ...
www.exxun.com/Chile/i_ti.html
legislation
... on civil law system; derived from Soviet and continental civil code legal principles; legislature retains power to interpret statutes; constitution ambiguous on judicial review of legislation; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/China/d_gv.html
legislation
... especially from Lebanon and Turkey; some cocaine transits as well; despite a strengthening of anti-money-laundering legislation, remains vulnerable to money laundering; reporting of suspicious transactions in offshore sector remains weak
www.exxun.com/Cyprus/i_ti.html
legislation
... five-year terms) and the House of People's Representatives (or lower chamber responsible for passing legislation) (547 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote from single-member districts to serve ...
www.exxun.com/Ethiopia/d_gv.html
legislation
... Council of Guardians or Guardians Council (Shora-ye Negaban-e Qanun-e Assassi) determines whether proposed legislation is both constitutional and faithful to Islamic law, vets candidates for suitability, and supervises national ...
www.exxun.com/Iran/d_gv.html
legislation
... global economy, and the Iraqi government is seeking to pass laws to strengthen its economy. This legislation includes a hydrocarbon law to establish a modern legal framework to allow Iraq to develop ...
www.exxun.com/Iraq/e_ec.html
legislation
... South American cocaine; minor transshipment point for heroin and cocaine destined for Western Europe; despite recent legislation, narcotics-related money laundering - using bureaux de change, trusts, and shell companies involving the offshore ...
www.exxun.com/Ireland/i_ti.html
legislation
... opiates, and cannabis from Southwest Asia, Western Europe, Latin America, and neighboring Balkan countries; despite improved legislation, vulnerable to money laundering due to nascent enforcement capabilities and comparatively weak regulation of offshore ...
www.exxun.com/Latvia/i_ti.html
legislation
... in concerns about the use of financial institutions for money laundering. However, Liechtenstein implemented anti-money-laundering legislation and a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the US went into effect in 2003
www.exxun.com/Liechtenstein/a_fg.html
legislation
... from Southwest Asia, Latin America, Western Europe, and neighboring Baltic countries; growing production of high-quality amphetamines, but limited production of cannabis, methamphetamines; susceptible to money laundering despite changes to banking legislation
www.exxun.com/Lithuania/i_ti.html
legislation
... because of political deadlock in the legislature, his minority party has been unable to pass significant legislation, and anti-corruption measures have stalled. Population growth, increasing pressure on agricultural lands, corruption, and ...
www.exxun.com/Malawi/a_fg.html
legislation
based on English law, with special land legislation and land courts for the Maori; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
www.exxun.com/NewZealand/d_gv.html
legislation
... elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms; body has some limited power to propose legislation, but otherwise has only advisory powers) elections: last held 27 October 2007 (next to be ...
www.exxun.com/Oman/d_gv.html
legislation
Chile and Ecuador rejected Peru's November 2005 unilateral legislation to shift the axis of their joint treaty-defined maritime boundaries along the parallels of latitude to equidistance lines which favor Peru ...
www.exxun.com/Peru/i_ti.html
legislation
based on civil law system; the Constitutional Tribunal reviews the constitutionality of legislation; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
www.exxun.com/Portugal/d_gv.html
legislation
death penalty for traffickers; improving anti-money-laundering legislation and enforcement
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/i_ti.html
legislation
... major international financial center vulnerable to the layering and integration stages of money laundering; despite significant legislation and reporting requirements, secrecy rules persist and nonresidents are permitted to conduct business through offshore ...
www.exxun.com/Switzerland/i_ti.html
legislation
... 20 May 2007); note - the president plays a largely symbolic role but is able to veto legislation, dissolve parliament, and call national elections head of government: Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana GUSMAO ...
www.exxun.com/EastTimor/d_gv.html
legislation
... the FSC is the highest constitutional authority in the UAE; establishes general policies and sanctions federal legislation; meets four times a year; Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi) and Dubayy (Dubai) rulers have effective ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/d_gv.html
