Articles

E.g., 2026-06
Title Abstract Author Volumesort ascending Issue Date Published Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
FBI Debuts Novel Sting Operation in Cryptocurrency Fraud Case CLS Global, a UAE-based cryptocurrency market maker has recently agreed to settle criminal charges that prosecutors have brought against it following a lengthy undercover sting operation by the FBI... Austin Wahl 41 2 2025-01-31 United Arab Emirates, United States Fraud
U.S. State Department Offers $11 Million in Rewards for Alleged Cybercriminals On September 9, 2025, the United States (U.S.) District Court for the Eastern District of New York unsealed an indictment charging Ukrainian national Volodymyr Viktorovych Tymoshchuk with serving... Aiymgul Kachyke 41 10 2025-10-10 United States Cybercrime, Organized Crime, U.S. Federal Government
Cons, Coins, and Criminals: Operation Pandora and the Rise of Stolen Heritage Since its inception in 2016, Operation Pandora has become an important global initiative in terms of trying to protect cultural artifacts from illicit trafficking.  Ore Adedeji 41 7 2025-06-13 Art and Cultural Property, Europol, INTERPOL
U.S. Attorney Sets International Enforcement Priorities of the Trump Administration                 On February 5, 2025, the day on which she was sworn in, Attorney General Pamela Bondi issued fourteen memoranda, some of which set the... Bruce Zagaris 41 3 2025-02-21 United States Law Enforcement
Seventy Countries Sign the UN Cybercrime Convention More than seventy countries signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime in Hanoi on October 26, 2025, when it was opened for signature in Hanoi. Among the signatories were the... Bruce Zagaris 41 12 2025-11-07 World Cybercrime, United Nations
Who Gets In? Immigration, Genocide, and the Ethics of Obtaining U.S. Citizenship Since the Belgian colonization of Rwanda, there have been strong ethnic tensions between the two main ethnic groups: the Tutsi and the Hutu. Because Belgium institutionalized the differences... Ore Adedeji 41 8 2025-07-11 Rwanda, United States Genocide, Immigration, International Crimes
Swiss Federal Supreme Court Overturns Tax Conviction on Double Jeopardy Grounds On February 6, 2025, Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a Canadian entrepreneur due to ne bis in idem. Bruce Zagaris 41 4 2025-03-17 Switzerland Tax Enforcement
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
ICC Assembly of States Parties Fails to Amend the Rome Statute on Aggression The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute (ASP or the Assembly) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) met in a Special Session on July 7-9, 2025 in New York, United States, to review... Michael Plachta 41 8 2025-07-25 International Criminal Court, Jurisdiction
INTERPOL-Led Operation Targets African Scams Seven African nations (Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Togo, and Zambia) have recently arrested 306 suspects and seized 1,842 devices as part of INTERPOL’s... Austin Wahl 41 5 2025-04-04 Africa Cybercrime, INTERPOL
ICC Prosecutor Requests Arrest Warrant for Myanmar Junta Chief On November 27, 2024, ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC announced he was applying for a warrant of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court in response to the situation... Michael Plachta 41 1 2024-12-13 Myanmar International Criminal Court
U.S. Indicts Five Leaders of the United Cartels, as Mexico Expels Twenty-Six Drug Cartel Figures On August 14, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced criminal charges against five high-ranking members of the United Cartels, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (... Bruce Zagaris 41 9 2025-08-22 Mexico, United States Extradition, Organized Crime
U.S. Indicts Beekeeper for Concealing Genocidal Participation in Rwanda On April 22, 2025, a federal grand jury in Central Islip, New York, returned an indictment, which the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed on April 24, charging a man living in Long Island, New York... Bruce Zagaris 41 5 2025-05-05 Rwanda, United States Fraud, Genocide, Immigration
Global Fight Against Money Laundering: Progress on Paper, Success Elusive The 13th Public Edition of the Basel AML Index highlights a gradual improvement in national systems to counter money laundering – at least in terms of technical compliance with... The Basel Institute on Governance 41 1 2025-01-10 Money Laundering
European Union Concludes Agreement with Brazil to Fight Organized Crime and Terrorism On September 9, 2025, the European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Federative... Michael Plachta 41 10 2025-09-12 Brazil, European Union Counter-terrorism, International Cooperation, Organized Crime
FinCEN Designates Cambodia-Based Huione Group of Primary Money Laundering Concern On May 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a finding and notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) under Section 311 of... Bruce Zagaris 41 6 2025-05-23 Cambodia, United States Money Laundering, Terrorism
French Prosecutor Starts Criminal Investigations against Binance On January 28, 2025, French investigations announced they had started a criminal investigation into money laundering, tax fraud, unlicensed provision of digital asset services, and failure to... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-31 France Cybercrime, Fraud, Money Laundering, Tax Crimes
Rio Police Bust Major Wildlife Trafficking Network In late September 2025, the State of Rio de Janeiro initiated an anti-wildlife trafficking operation that rescued over 800 wild animals. The animal rescue mission, known as Operation Sã... Dimitris Konstantopoulos 41 11 2025-10-17 Brazil Law Enforcement, Wildlife Smuggle
Developments in International Enforcement Law Impact Crisis in Haiti Haiti faces a catastrophic humanitarian crisis that continues to worsen due to a myriad of complex and intersecting factors. Recent developments in several areas of international enforcement law... Chloe Fontenelle 41 7 2025-06-13 Haiti Arms Trafficking, Gangs, Human Rights, International Law
Trump Transfers Detained Migrants in Guantánamo to Venezuela On February 20, 2025, the Trump administration transferred 178 Venezuelan migrants who had been detained in Guantánamo Bay to Venezuela for repatriation. 177 of those migrants first flew to... Morinsola Tinubu 41 3 2025-02-21 United States, Venezuela Deportation, Detention, Immigration

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