U.S. Homeland Security Unveils Campaign to Combat Human Smuggling Networks While Summit of the Americas Has Declaration on Migration and Protection |
In April 2022, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) started a five-part campaign against human smuggling.[1] At the Summit of the Americas, leaders from the Western... |
Bruce Zagaris |
38 |
6 |
2022-06-16 |
United States |
Cross-Border Communication, Human Trafficking, Immigration |
Honduras Detains Former President on US. Extradition Warrant |
On February 15, 2022, Honduran law enforcement authorities arrested former President Juan Orlando Hernández on an extradition warrant from the United States. The extradition warrant... |
Bruce Zagaris |
38 |
3 |
2022-03-04 |
Honduras, United States |
Corruption, Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition |
Interpol Confirms the Arrest of 75 Black Axe Cultists in Crackdown |
On October 14, Interpol announced the results of an international crackdown against the Black Axe and other related West-African organized crime groups. Codenamed Operation Jackal, the... |
Alex Mostaghimi |
38 |
11 |
2022-11-04 |
Nigeria, South Africa |
Arrest, Cybercrime, International Cooperation, Internet Crime |
U.S. Blocks Oligarch’s Trust and Prohibits Gold Imports as REPO Task Force Releases Results |
On June 30, 2022, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced it has given Notification of Blocked Property to Heritage Trust, a Delaware-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
38 |
7 |
2022-07-15 |
Russia, United States |
Freezing of Assets, Sanctions |
Miami Grand Jury Indicts Former Ecuadorian Comptroller General for Corruption-Based Laundering |
On March 29, 2022, Carlos Roman Polit Faggioni (Polit) made his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court in Miami, on charges he allegedly engaged in a scheme to use the U.S. financial system... |
Bruce Zagaris |
38 |
4 |
2022-04-01 |
Ecuador, United States |
Bribery, Corruption |
Interpol Issues Red Notice against Isabel dos Santos |
On November 28, 2022, the media reported that the Angolan government has requested that Interpol issue a Red Notice against Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angola’s former president and ex... |
Bruce Zagaris |
38 |
12 |
2022-12-09 |
Angola, United Kingdom |
Corruption, INTERPOL, Warrants |
International Court of Justice Dismisses Objections to Its Jurisdiction in the Rohingya Genocide Case |
In November 2019, The Gambia instituted proceedings against Myanmar alleging violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention) through... |
Gino Naldi* and Konstantinos Magliveras** |
38 |
8 |
2022-07-29 |
Gambia, Myanmar |
Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, International Courts, International Law |
Bosnian Appeals Chamber Affirms Conviction of Serb Ex-Policeman’s Crimes against Humanity |
On December 2, 2021, the appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court affirmed the conviction of former reservist police officer Simo Stupar of participating in illegally detaining, beating, and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
38 |
1 |
2022-01-03 |
Serbia |
Crimes against Humanity |
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Highlights Circumvention of FATCA Reporting Schemes |
On August 24, 2022, the Senate Finance Committee issued a report on a case study on the methods by which billionaire Robert Brockman allegedly hid approximately $2.7 billion in income from the IRS... |
Alex Mostaghimi |
38 |
9 |
2022-08-26 |
Bermuda, Switzerland, United States |
Due Diligence, Financial Enforcement, Financial Supervision, Money Laundering |
The Organization of American States Suspends Russia as Permanent Observer |
On April 21, 2022, the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted a resolution to suspend Russia as a permanent observer until it withdraws its military forces from Ukraine. Twenty-five... |
Alex Mostaghimi |
38 |
5 |
2022-04-29 |
Argentina, Russia |
Crimes against Humanity, International Organizations, Security Council, United Nations, War Crimes |
Australian Pleads Guilty in Canada to Cross-Border Hate Crimes in Democratic Republic of the Congo |
On December 16, 2021, Kibwe Ngoie-Ntombe, an Australian national living in Kelowna, British Colombia, pleaded guilty to charges of willful promotion of hatred arising from videos the defendant... |
Bruce Zagaris |
38 |
1 |
2022-01-20 |
Australia, Canada, Congo |
Internet Crime |
Brazilian Airline GOL Agrees to DPA to Resolve Bribery Charges in the U.S. and Brazil |
On September 15, 2022, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced resolutions with GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (GOL), an... |
Bruce Zagaris |
38 |
10 |
2022-09-23 |
Brazil, United States |
Bribery, Financial Enforcement, Financial Supervision, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
German ISIS Returnee Being Tried for Abusing Yazidi Woman |
On April 19, 2022, the criminal trial of a German ISIS returnee, Jalda A., began in the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg. She is accused of abusing and enslaving a Yazidi woman in her Syrian... |
Alex Mostaghimi |
38 |
6 |
2022-05-26 |
Germany, Iraq, Syria |
Crimes against Humanity, Criminal Procedure/Proceedings, Terrorism, War Crimes |
New Swiss Ordinance on Child Labor and Conflict Mining in the Supply Chain Takes Effect |
In December 2021, the Swiss Federal Council posted the final Ordinance specifying new due diligence requirements in an endeavor to avoid the use of child labor and conflict minerals in the Swiss... |
Alexander Mostaghimi |
38 |
2 |
2022-02-10 |
Switzerland |
Abuse of Children, Oversight, Policy/Directives, Transparency |
IRS International Criminal Initiative Locates 79 Criminal Fugitives in First Year and Snags Custody of Two |
On October 6, 2022, the IRS announced that IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Mexico City has found 79 criminal fugitives in Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras as part of a new... |
Bruce Zagaris |
38 |
10 |
2022-10-21 |
Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico |
Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Tax Havens, Taxation |
U.S. Justice Issues Report on Strengthening International Enforcement Cooperation on Cybercrime |
On June 6, 2022, Merrick B. Garland, the Attorney General of the United States, issued a report in response to the President’s Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital... |
Bruce Zagaris |
38 |
6 |
2022-06-17 |
United States |
Cybercrime, Financial Crimes, Financial Enforcement, Financial Supervision |
Treasury Department’s New Study on Money Laundering and Terror Financing in the Art World |
On February 4, 2022, the Treasury Department released its findings concerning money laundering and terror financing in the art market. More specifically, the study tackles the emerging New... |
Alex Mostaghimi |
38 |
3 |
2022-03-04 |
United States |
Financial Enforcement, Money Laundering |
European Court of Human Rights Refuses Extradition to China |
On October 6, 2022, the European Court of Human Rights – (First Section sitting as a Chamber) delivered its judgment in the case Liu v. Poland.[1]
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Michael Plachta |
38 |
11 |
2022-11-11 |
China, Poland |
European Court of Human Rights, Extradition, Prisoner Rights, White Collar Crime |
Megaupload Pair Plead Guilty in N. Zealand as Dotcom Extradition Case Continues |
On June 22, 2022, Bram van der Kolk and Mathias Ortmann, who have fought extradition to the U.S. for more than a decade, pleaded guilty in New Zealand. Meanwhile, the U.S. extradition case... |
Bruce Zagaris |
38 |
7 |
2022-07-15 |
Australia, United States |
Cybercrime, Extradition |
Eurojust Helps 3 EU Countries Freeze € 120 Million of Lebanese Assets in Bank Accounts |
On March 25, 2022, law enforcement authorities froze € 120 million worth of assets connected to the investigation of a money laundering case in Lebanon. The authorities seized five... |
Bruce Zagaris |
38 |
4 |
2022-04-01 |
France, Germany, Lebanon |
Asset Seizure, EU Justice and Home Affairs Council, European Union |