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PROGRESS REPORT ON MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE DRUG AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS
AS AT 13 JANUARY 1989
Unless otherwise stated, all reports refer to negotiations for agreements to trace, freeze and confiscate the proceeds of drug trafficking (* indicates change from last report).
Objectives
To conclude the following number of agreements by the end of each year:
Year
Target no of Agreements
Number of Agreements
signed to date
Candidate Countries for Meeting Target
1988
in
5
1989
7
1990
8
00
1991
8
4
Countries with whom Agreement signed
1.
Country
USA
Stage reached
Agreement signed on
Spain, Anguilla, Gibraltar, Malaysia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turks and Caicos Islands, Hong Kong, Bermuda, Guyana
Germany, Cayman Islands,
Jamaica, France, Italy,
Singapore, Venezuela, Vanuatu
Austria, Barbados, Cyprus,
Belgium, Lichtenstein,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Turkey
9 February 1988. Will come into force once US designated under DTOA. Order in Council laid before Parliament. Side letter signed
pledging UK and US to
open negotiations for a full MLAT within 9 months of agreement coming into force
Next Step
Designate US under DTOA
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