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DOJ Charges Two Colombian Nationals with Human Smuggling |
On December 18, 2025, two Colombian nationals, Hernando Manuel De La Cruz Rivera Orjuela (alias “El Patrón”) and Luis Enrique Linero Pinto (“El Calvo”), made their... |
Austin Wahl |
42 |
1 |
2026-01-02 |
Colombia, United States |
Charged with Crimes, Conspiracy, Human Trafficking |
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Europol and Law Enforcement Authorities Disrupt Three Cocaine Supply Chains into Europe |
On December 17, 2025, Europol announced that law enforcement authorities in Europe and South America had disrupted efforts by criminal networks to transport cocaine into Europe.
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Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
1 |
2026-01-02 |
Europe, Latin America and South America |
Drugs & Trafficking, Economic Integration, Europol, Law Enforcement |
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South Africa Arrests Five Suspected of Recruitment of Nationals into the Russian Military |
On November 27 and 28, 2025, officers from South Africa’s elite Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) arrested four men at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport,... |
Chloe Fontenelle |
42 |
1 |
2026-01-02 |
Russia, South Africa |
Arrest, International Law, Mercenaries |
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Basel AML Index 2025 Shows Stagnation in Global Financial Crime Risk and Growing Relevance of Virtual Assets |
The Basel Institute on Governance released the 14th Public Edition of the Basel AML Index in 2025.[2] The Index provides a comparative assessment of money laundering and related financial... |
Kateryna Boguslavska |
42 |
1 |
2025-12-29 |
World |
Financial Crimes, Money Laundering |
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Bulgarian Court Denies Lebanon’s Extradition Request for Ship Owner in Beirut Port Blast |
On December 10, 2025, a Bulgarian court denied Lebanon’s request to extradite the owner of a ship connected to a cargo of ammonium nitrate, which is alleged to have caused a powerful 2020... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
1 |
2025-12-29 |
Bulgaria, Lebanon |
Extradition, Human Rights |
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Council of Europe Sets to Debate the Immigration Tensions in the Context of the ECHR |
On December 10, 2025, following an Informal Ministerial Conference in Strasbourg on human rights day, the Deputies of the Council of Europe (CoE) Ministers of Justice made unanimously several... |
Michael Plachta |
42 |
1 |
2025-12-29 |
Europe |
European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights, Immigration |
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U.S. Seizes Web Domain Used in $28 Million Bank Account Takeover Fraud |
On December 22, 2025, the United States (U.S.) Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the seizure of a web domain and database that criminals employed to carry out a scheme targeting and defrauding... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
1 |
2025-12-29 |
United States |
Cybercrime, Financial Enforcement |
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U.S. Acts against Caribbean CBI and EU Threatens Action |
The United States (U.S.) is acting against Caribbean Citizenship by Investment (CBI), and the European Union is threatening action.
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Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
1 |
2025-12-29 |
Caribbean, European Union, United States |
European Commission, Regulation |
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U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Legality of the Corporate Transparency Act |
On December 16, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is within the authority of Congress to regulate... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
1 |
2025-12-18 |
United States |
Financial Supervision |
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Austrian Appellate Court Denies U.S. Extradition Request for Ukrainian |
On December 9, an Austrian appellate court denied the extradition request for Ukrainian tycoon Dmytro Firtash on bribery charges. The United States (U.S.) government requested his extradition... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
1 |
2025-12-18 |
Austria, Ukraine |
Extradition |
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Southeast Asian Money Laundering Networks and Their Extensive Global Reach |
On December 4th, 2025, Cambodian authorities targeted Huione Group, a notorious money laundering front for global hacker networks and cyber criminals. Huione Group provides refuge for global... |
Dimitris Konstantopoulos |
42 |
1 |
2025-12-18 |
Cambodia, China |
Counterfeiting, Cybercrime, Money Laundering |
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U.S. Removes Sanctions against Brazilian Justice and His Family |
On December 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the removal of Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and his family for the role of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
1 |
2025-12-18 |
Brazil |
Sanctions |
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Individualization of Criminal Involvement Under INTERPOL’s Rules |
In order for INTERPOL to approve a government’s request for the publication of a Red Notice, such request must include “sufficient judicial data,” which under Article 83(2)(b)(i)... |
Yuriy Nemets |
42 |
1 |
2025-12-18 |
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INTERPOL |
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26 Jurisdictions Agree to Implement International Transparency Framework on Real Estate for Tax Purposes |
On December 4, 2025, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced that twenty-six countries and jurisdictions intend to implement the new international... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
1 |
2025-12-12 |
World |
OECD, Tax Enforcement |
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ICC Prosecutor Opens Investigation into Crimes in El-Fasher |
On November 3, 2025, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced investigations into crimes allegedly committed in Darfur since the outbreak of... |
Michael Plachta |
42 |
1 |
2025-12-12 |
Sudan |
Crimes against Humanity, International Criminal Court, Investigation, War Crimes |
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U.S. Transfers 14 Mexican Nationals with Drug or Firearm Convictions to Mexico |
On December 9, 2025, the United States Department of Justice’s (DOJ) announced that the Office of International Affairs (OIA), with help from the DOJ’s Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP),... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
1 |
2025-12-12 |
Mexico, United States |
Transfer of Prisoners, Treaties |
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European Parliament Amends the Europol Regulation to Effectively Combat Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings |
On November 25, 2025, the European Parliament adopted its legislative resolution on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and... |
Michael Plachta |
41 |
12 |
2025-12-05 |
European Union |
Europol, Human Trafficking |
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Ex-Philippine Mayor Given Life Sentence for Human Trafficking |
On November 20, 2025, Alice Leal Guo, the first-ever female mayor of Bamban — a Philippine city a little over 100 miles north of Manila — was sentenced to life in... |
Austin Wahl |
41 |
12 |
2025-12-05 |
China, Philippines |
Corruption, Human Trafficking, Sentencing |
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Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal Sentences Former PM to Death for Crimes Against Humanity |
On November 17, the exiled former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, was handed a death sentence after being convicted of crimes against humanity. In a trial conducted in absentia, a... |
Chloe Fontenelle |
41 |
12 |
2025-12-05 |
Bangladesh, India |
Capital Punishment, Crimes against Humanity, Extradition, International Courts |
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U.S. Requests Extradition of Prominent Guyanese for Tax Evasion & Gold Smuggling |
On October 31, 2025, the Guyana Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and Special Branch of the Guyana Police Force arrested prominent Guyanese businessmen Azruddin Mohamed and his father, Nazar... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
12 |
2025-12-05 |
Guyana, United States |
Extradition, Tax Enforcement |
