Privacy 2000
Mark Nestmann
Government agencies that are unaccountable to any real political or legal authority invite absolute power and absolute corruption. This report contains more than a dozen case studies of persons who lost their privacy, their property, and in some cases even their lives due to the abusive and often illegal actions of government agencies, and who were unable to obtain redress either administratively or through the courts. It documents how unaccountable world governments monitor domestic and foreign financial transactions via sophisticated computer networks operating worldwide. It discusses the international network of technology and law that makes possible global surveillance: international "deposit tracking systems," "Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties," "financial intelligence units," etc. The report discloses this infrastructure's links to law enforcement and intelligence, and critically analyzes instruments and jurisdictions promoted as effectively dealing w!ith this infrastructure Finally, it identifies instruments, strategies, and jurisdictions that can enhance privacy and may repel forfeiture orders from Anglo-American courts. It documents the virtually non-existent "expectation of privacy" in Anglo-American law and describes why asset protection strategies designed to repel lawsuits are often ineffective against forfeitures. This book also includes forms that must be filed by U.S. persons who have interests in certain foreign bank accounts or
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