Articles

E.g., 2026-06
Title Abstract Author Volumesort ascending Issue Date Published Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
INTERPOL Updates Rules and Guidance and Launches Silver Notice The past three months have brought sweeping changes to INTERPOL’s personnel, documents, and practices. These changes were made, or announced, at and around INTERPOL’s 92nd General... Dr. Ted R. Bromund and Charlie Magri Esq. 41 3 2025-02-07 INTERPOL
New Developments at the ICC in the Case of Rodrigo Duterte  On July 4, 2025, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecution submitted the Document Containing the Charges pursuant to Pre-Trial Chamber I’s order (ICC-01/21-01/25-114). The ICC... Michael Plachta 41 11 2025-10-17 Philippines International Criminal Court, Trial, War Crimes
OECD Releases Report on Designing a Tax Crime Investigation Manual On June 16, 2025, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued a report entitled Designing a tax crime investigation manual:  Key elements and considerations.... Bruce Zagaris 41 7 2025-06-20 OECD OECD, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement
Thousands of Enslaved Online Scam Workers Freed from Myanmar On February 20, 2025, the media reported that as many as 1,000 Chinese nationals who have been freed from online scam centers in Myanmar will return to China after an international clampdown on the... Bruce Zagaris 41 3 2025-02-28 China, Myanmar Human Trafficking, Organized Crime
The Council of Europe’s Action Addressing Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine and Impunity The Council of Europe (CoE) was the one international organization that reacted immediately to the Russian Federation’s ‘special military operation’ against Ukraine in February... Konstantinos D. Magliveras 41 12 2025-11-14 Europe, Russia, Ukraine European Court of Human Rights, International Organizations, War Crimes
French Application Filed Against Iran in the ICJ Regarding the Detention of Two French Nationals On May 19, 2025, France filed a petition to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) for the ongoing three-year long detainment of two French nationals,... Alienor Vogeleer 41 8 2025-07-11 France, Iran Detention, International Courts
DOJ Charges 10 Chinese Hackers, 2 Law Enforcement Officers with Stealing Data and Suppressing Free Speech On March 5, 2025, the Justice Department, FBI, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and Departments of State and Treasury announced their collective campaign to target the insidious cyber-crimes... Austin Wahl 41 4 2025-03-20 China, United States Cybercrime
Council of Europe and Ukraine Sign a Treaty to Establish a Special Tribunal On June 25, 2025, Ukraine and the Council of Europe (CoE) signed an agreement in Strasbourg to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (“Tribunal”). Michael Plachta 41 9 2025-08-01 Russia, Ukraine International Courts, Treaties, War Crimes
Four US Citizens Charged After DRC Coup d’état Attempt On April 9, 2025, the District of Utah unsealed a criminal complaint charging four US citizens with conspiring to conduct an illegal coup d’état against the Democratic Republic of the... Austin Wahl 41 5 2025-04-18 Congo, United States Charged with Crimes, Crimes
Europol Releases the 2024 Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) On December 12, 2024, Europol released its annual “European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT),”[1] which it has produced since 2007.     Michael Plachta 41 1 2024-12-20 Europe Europol, Terrorism
International Joint Operations Against Child Sex Trafficking Result in Prosecutions and Retaliatory Lawsuits On October 12, 2014, following months of undercover investigations, an international team of law enforcement and anti-human trafficking organizations sprung Operation Cristal II to simultaneously... Luz E. Nagle 41 9 2025-08-22 Colombia Abuse of Children, Human Trafficking, Law Enforcement
Europol Disrupts Criminal Organization Smuggling Hazardous Salvage Cars from the US On April 16, 2025, Europol issued a press release discussing a law enforcement action targeting an international organization allegedly engaging in smuggling badly damaged cars from the United... Bruce Zagaris 41 5 2025-05-09 European Union, Germany, Lithuania, United States Customs, Economic Integration, Tax Crimes
U.S. Removes Cuba from List of State Sponsors of Terrorism and Eases Sanctions as Cuba Will Release 553 Political Prisoners On January 14, 2025, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order that removed Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and announced other steps to ease economic penalties. On the... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-17 United States Sanctions
U.N. Commission Alleges that Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza On September 16, 2025, the United Nations (UN) Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem and Israel, submitted a report... Michael Plachta 41 10 2025-09-19 Israel, Palestine Genocide, Human Rights, International Convention, United Nations
Georgian National Charged with Solicitation of Hate Crimes Extradited to U.S. On May 22, 2025, twenty-one-year-old Michail Chkhikvishvili, a native of Tbilisi, Georgia, was extradited from Moldova to the U.S. to face a four-count indictment relating to the solicitation of... Austin Wahl 41 6 2025-05-30 Georgia, Moldova, United States Organized Crime, Terrorism
El Salvador Agrees to Accept Deportees and Detained U.S. Persons On February 3, 2025, the U.S. Embassy spokesperson  announced that, according to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has agreed to the most unprecedented,... Bruce Zagaris 41 3 2025-02-07 El Salvador, United States Human Rights
U.S. Department of Commerce’s BIS Adopts “50 Percent Rule” On September 29, 2025 the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an Interim Final Rule known as the “Affiliates Rule” amending the... Michelle Roberts, Jason McClurg, and Dan Fisher-Owens 41 11 2025-10-17 United States Export Enforcement, U.S. Federal Government
NYC Judge Rules Art Institute Must Restitute Nazi-Looted Artwork To Heirs On April 23, 2025, a New York judge ruled in favor of the heirs of Jewish art collector and cabaret performer Franz Friedrich (Fritz) Grünbaum in a case brought against the Art Institute of... Chloe Fontenelle 41 7 2025-06-20 United States Art and Cultural Property
Germany's Constitutional Court Overturns Extradition of Non-Binary Citizen to Hungary Germany’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the extradition of a German national who identifies as non-binary to Hungary was unlawful, citing violations of the European Union's Charter... Emily Hong 41 3 2025-02-28 Germany, Hungary Extradition
Mexico Is Credited With Frustrating an Iranian Plot to Kill Israeli Ambassador The Mexican government was credited with hindering and, in fact, preventing an Iranian-directed plot to kill the Israeli Ambassador to Mexico, Einat Kranz-Neiger, as part of a wider attack on... Rodrigo Labardini 41 12 2025-11-14 Iran, Israel, Mexico Law Enforcement, National Security

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