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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Art and Cultural Property, Europol, INTERPOL |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
4 |
2025-03-17 |
Switzerland |
Tax Enforcement |
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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 |
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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 |
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International Criminal Court, Jurisdiction |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Money Laundering |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |