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Title Abstract Authorsort ascending Volume Issue Date Published Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Destruction of Six Tons of Ivory Signals China’s Willingness to Aid in Elephant Conservation In a statement to the world, China, the world’s biggest consumer of illegal ivory, crushed six tons of ivory tusks and carved ornaments in public on January 6, 2014.[2] The event signaled... Sara Hefny 30 3 2014-03-01 China, Gabon, Kenya, Philippines Environment, Wildlife
Chinese Man Sentenced in Kenyan Court for Ivory Smuggling On January 28, 2014, a Kenyan court sentenced a Chinese man to pay a 20 million shilling ($233,100) fine or otherwise face seven years in jail for ivory smuggling. This conviction is the first since... Sara Hefny 30 4 2016-08-10 China, Kenya Endangered Species, Environment, Wildlife, Wildlife Smuggle
Former Kabul Bank Officers Convicted of Fraud in Afghan Court After the near collapse of Kabul Bank, following a fraud scandal in 2010, former bank officials have been convicted by an Afghan court. Charged with stealing more than $800 million from the bank,... Sara Hefny 29 5 2013-05-01 Afghanistan, United States FATF, Fraud
Norway Tries One, Extradites Another in Rwandan Genocide Charges   September 25th, 2012 marked Norway’s first ever genocide proceeding as Sadi Bugingo, 47, stood trial for charges related to the attacks against Tutsi civilians who sought refuge in St. Joseph... Sara Hefny 28 12 2012-12-01 Norway, Rwanda Genocide, Human Rights
Former U.S. Attaché Caught Smuggling Ivory out of Kenya On July 1st, 2013, President Barack Obama was in Tanzania, pledging $10 million in aid to combat wildlife trafficking. In neighboring Kenya that same day, David McNevin, a former defense attach... Sara Hefny 29 10 2013-10-01 Kenya, tanzania Endangered Species, Environment
Tiger Summit Brings New Focus to Conservation and Enforcement Strategies On November 21-24, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the Government of the Russian Federation hosted the International Forum for Tiger Conservation in St. Petersburg during the Year of the Tiger on... Sara Harr 27 3 2011-03-01 China, India, Russia, United States, World Wildlife, Wildlife Smuggle, World Bank
OECD Drafts Guidelines for Reducing Conflicts in Mineral Supply Chain On September 29-30, 2010, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) in Africa and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) held a Consultation on... Sara Harr 27 1 2011-01-01 Africa, OECD Terrorism, Smuggle, Economic Crimes, Trade Crimes, Regulation, Oversight
Switzerland: New Standards on the Exchange of Tax-Related Information In the spring of 2009 the names and account information of 285 US citizens holding undeclared accounts with UBS in Switzerland were handed over to the US tax authorities. At the same time, judicial... Sandrine Giroud and Simone Nadelhofer 28 1 2012-01-01 European Union, Switzerland, United States OECD, Offshore Banking, Sovereignty, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Tax Havens
Swiss Government Freezing of Egyptian Assets: The Swiss Practice Regarding Assets of Politically Exposed People of Presumed Illicit Origin On February 11, 2011, upon former Egyptian President Hosni Moubarak’s resignation, the Swiss government decided to freeze, with immediate effect, all of his assets in Switzerland, as well as assets... Sandrine Giroud 27 4 2011-04-01 Egypt, Switzerland Asset Forfeiture, Asset Seizure
Assessing INTERPOL’s Revised Rules on the Processing of Data                  INTERPOL’s “Rules on the Processing of Data” (RPD) are second in importance only to its Constitution, as the RPD set... Sandra Grossman Esq. and Dr. Ted R. Bromund 40 10 2024-09-19 INTERPOL
European Convention on Human Rights Violated by Switzerland The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, as the highest forum to enforce the European Convention on Human Rights decided a significant Swiss case on October 21, 1986. Sabine Dauner 2 3 1987-02-01 Switzerland European Court of Human Rights
Holding U.S. Officials Accountable For Torture and Other Abuses   On January 27, 2012, Human Rights USA and the American University Washington College of Law International Human Rights Clinic, held a panel discussion and released a joint report titled “... Ryan McClurg 28 4 2012-04-01 United States Crimes against Humanity, Interrogation, Investigation, Torture
Extradition and the U.N. Convention against Torture: Mironescu v. Costner On March 22, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond, Virginia, ruled that a 1998 federal statute precludes federal courts from reviewing a decision by the U.S. Secretary of... Russell Bikoff 23 7 2007-07-01 United States, Romania Extradition, Human Rights, Torture
U.S. Supreme Court Gives Narrow Definition to U.S. Money-Laundering Law in United States v. Santos On June 2, 2008, an uncharacteristic line-up of Justices in a court divided 5 to 4 threw federal anti-money laundering law into a state of, if not chaos, then certainly confusion. Focusing on the... Russell Bikof 24 8 2008-08-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
Book Review: Technocrimes: The Computerization of Crime and Terrorism by August Bequai This well-written book, by an eminent Washington lawyer who is also one of the nation's leading experts on computers, is an eye-opener for anyone concerned with problems of crime and law enforcement. Rufus King 5 6 1989-06-01 United States Computer Crimes
Summary and Update of Swiss Judicial Assistance in the Marcos Case As reported earlier in the International Enforcement Reporter, the Philippine Republic requested judicial assistance from Switzerland in the case of deposed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. Rudolph Siebel 4 2 1988-02-01 Switzerland Adjective Assistance, Research, Teaching
Sanction Aspects of the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 Economic sanctions were imposed against the Republic of South Africa on October 2, 1986 in the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, (the "Act), ending the Reagan Administration's policy of "... Rüdiger Krieger 3 5 1987-05-01 South Africa Sanctions
Mexico – United States extradition relations since 1994 With a porous long border, Mexico and the U.S.A. have a long history on how to deal with crime that goes beyond their respective borders. To pursue fugitives charged with committing criminal acts... Roger Labardini 2023-01-13 Mexico, United States Extradition, Fugitive, Jurisdiction, Kidnaping, Rendition
DEA Issues Report on Fentanyl and Focuses on Assigning Blame to Other Actors            The Drug Enforcement Administration released on May 9, the National Drug Threat Assessment 2024 (NDTA-2024). The DEA portrays Mexican transnational criminal... Rodrigo Labardini 40 6 2024-05-24 United States Drug Enforcement
Developments in U.S.-Mexico Extradition (IVC) In sharp contrast with the past, extradition and irregular rendition between Mexico and the United States has steadily been growing since 1995. However, in spite of some progress, a major question... Rodrigo Labardini 16 4 2000-04-01 United States, Mexico Extradition

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