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Mexican Government and Notre Dame Law School Collaborate on Defending Mexican Nationals in the U.S. |
On August 13-14, 2026, Notre Dame law professor Jimmy Gurulé conducted training sessions at Mexico’s Directorate-General for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
10 |
2026-09-04 |
Mexico, United States |
Deportation, Fair Trial, Human Rights |
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UAE Provides Safe Haven for RSF |
A new report links the leadership of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group in Sudan embroiled in a civil war with the Sudanese military, to several luxury properties in Dubai. Family... |
Gavin Neff |
42 |
6 |
2026-05-15 |
Sudan, United Arab Emirates |
Economic Sanctions, Financial Enforcement, International Criminal Court |
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Mexico Sends 37 Nationals Wanted for Serious Crimes to the U.S. |
On January 21, 2026, the United States (U.S.) Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it gained custody of thirty-seven fugitives from Mexico who are defendants in federal criminal cases around... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
2 |
2026-01-23 |
Mexico, United States |
Extradition, International Cooperation, Organized Crime, Transfer of Prisoners |
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Judge Leon’s Preliminary Injunction to Remove Albanese from Sanctions List and Its Constitutional Implications |
On May 13, 2026, US District Judge Richard Leon granted a preliminary injunction to remove Francesca Albanese from the Office of Foreign... |
Jaccaranda Woldemariam |
42 |
7 |
2026-06-04 |
United States |
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Sanctions, United Nations |
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Dutch Court Sentences Eritrean Human Trafficker to Twenty Years in Prison |
On January 27, 2026, Dutch court Judge Rene Melaard sentenced 42-year-old Amanuel Walid, also known as Tewelde Goitom, to imprisonment for twenty years for operating a migration route to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
3 |
2026-02-13 |
Eritrea, Libya, Netherlands |
Human Trafficking, Sentencing |
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The Assassination of a Venezuelan Gang Leader Signals a Shifting Paradigm in Regional Cooperation and International Law |
In June 2026, the United States government coordinated with the Venezuelan government to launch airstrikes against a compound for the... |
Dimitris Konstantopoulos |
42 |
7 |
2026-06-26 |
United States, Venezuela |
Border Security, Drug Enforcement, Jurisdiction |
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Iran Attacks Undermine International Law |
On February 28, 2026, United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military had started major combat operations in Iran, including substantial bombing. The bombing... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
3 |
2026-03-06 |
Iran, United States |
International Law, Law of War |
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South Africa Arrests Triple Murder Suspect on British Provisional Extradition Request |
On July 10, 2026, South African law enforcement arrested Zimbabwean and British national Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, who departed Britain... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
8 |
2026-07-17 |
South Africa, United Kingdom |
Extradition, Murder |
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U.S. District Court Vacates FinCEN’s Real Estate Reporting Rule |
On March 19, 2026, a United States (U.S.) District Court in Tyler, Texas, granted summary judgment, invalidating and vacating the final rule requiring national reporting on certain persons involved... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
4 |
2026-03-27 |
United States |
Financial Enforcement, Money Laundering, Transparency |
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Panama Extradites Tax Offender to Israel |
On July 26, 2026, the Israel Tax Authority announced that, after almost two and a-half years of an international manhunt, Panama extradited... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
9 |
2026-08-07 |
Israel, Panama |
Extradition, Tax Enforcement |
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Poland Rules to Extradite Russian Archaeologist to Ukraine |
In mid-March, a court in Poland ruled to extradite Alexander Butyagin, a Russian antiquities scholar, to Ukraine. Butyagin, who works at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, is wanted in... |
Katherine Scher |
42 |
5 |
2026-04-24 |
Poland, Russia, Ukraine |
Art and Cultural Property, Extradition |
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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. Allegedly Pays Liberia $5m to Receive Deportees |
On August 20, 2026, roughly twenty migrants (many from Latin America) arrived in Liberia. The flight was part of an agreement under which Liberia has... |
Austin Wahl |
42 |
10 |
2026-09-04 |
Liberia, United States |
Deportation, Human Rights, Legal Ethics |
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A Recent Post-Trial Rule 29 Acquittal in an FCPA Case Reveals a Curious Split in the Circuits on the Use of Translated Evidence in Criminal Cases |
On April 14, 2026, Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt of the Southern District of Texas issued an order acquitting a defendant pursuant to F. R. Crim. P. 29 after a jury had convicted him of violating the... |
Frederick T. Davis |
42 |
6 |
2026-05-15 |
United States |
Administration of Justice, Fair Trial, Trial |
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U.S. Justice Department Dismisses Case over Commercial Bribery in FIFA |
On December 9, 2025, the counsel for the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief informing the United States Supreme Court that it was dismissing the criminal case against Hern... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
2 |
2026-01-23 |
United States |
Bribery, Corruption |
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DOJ to Drop Charges Against Indian Magnate |
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn asked a judge to drop bribery-related charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani. In the letter, the... |
Gavin Neff |
42 |
7 |
2026-06-05 |
India, United States |
Bribery, Corruption, Financial Crimes |
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The Trump Administration’s Deportations of Third-Country Nationals to African Countries Raises Questions of Compliance with International and Domestic Law |
The recent arrival of third country deportees from the United States into Sierra Leone generated considerable controversy due to the migrants... |
Dimitris Konstantopoulos |
42 |
7 |
2026-06-05 |
Swaziland, United States |
Deportation, Legal Ethics, Policy/Directives |
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UN Office of Counter-Terrorism Briefs UN Security Council and Presents Report on Global Threat by ISIL/Da’esh |
On February 4, 2026, the United Nations (UN) Security Council held a meeting for a briefing on the Secretary-General’s 22nd biannual strategic-level report on the threat posed by the Islamic... |
Michael Plachta |
42 |
3 |
2026-02-13 |
World |
Counter-terrorism, Security Council, Terrorism, United Nations |
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11th Circuit Returns FBAR Penalty Case to Trial Court on Cruel & Unusual Punishment issue |
On June 4, 2026, the United States (U.S.) Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit returned to the trial court a $2.3 million Foreign Bank... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
7 |
2026-06-26 |
Switzerland, Tajikistan, United States |
International Banking Supervision, International Cooperation, Tax Enforcement |
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A Cryptocurrency Trading Scandal Shines Light on Ineffective Regulatory Measures and AML Oversight |
In late 2025, Binance, the world’s largest digital platform for cryptocurrency trading, uncovered that Iranian-linked entities were active on its platform, possibly violating United States (U... |
Dimitris Konstantopoulos |
42 |
3 |
2026-03-06 |
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Regulation, Sanctions |
