Articles

E.g., 2026-06
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
21 Persons Indicted in Minnesota for Thai Sex Trafficking Ring On May 25, 2017, the U.S. Attorney in Saint Paul, Minnesota unsealed a superseding indictment charging 21 members of an international sex trafficking ring for their roles in the organization.  The... Bruce Zagaris 33 6 2017-06-09 Thailand, United States Human Trafficking, Money Laundering
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Approves the Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons At its meeting on May 30, 2017, the Standing Committee acting on behalf of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), adopted its Opinion on the Draft protocol amending the... Michael Plachta 33 6 2017-06-09 European Union, Europe Council of the European Union, Prisoner Rights
Epsilon Electronics v. TREA: For OFAC, Circumstantial Evidence Could Be Sufficient To Bring Claims for Violations of Iran Sanctions The saga of California-based wholesaler of electronic equipment for vehicles Epsilon Electronics is one that has been closely observed by OFAC practitioners because of the many issues presented in... Farhad Mirzadeh 33 6 2017-06-09 Iran, United States Sanctions
Banamex USA Agrees to NPA and to Forfeit $97 Million for Money Laundering Violations On May 22, 2017, Banamex USA (BUSA), a financial institution based in Los Angeles, California, and a subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., entered into a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) and agreed to forfeit... Bruce Zagaris 33 6 2017-06-01 Mexico, United States Bank Secrecy
European Court of Human Rights Has Delivered Its Opinion on the Ne Bis In Idem Principle in Tax Law On November 15, 2016, the European Court of Human Rights – Grand Chamber delivered its judgment in the case of A. and B. v. Norway (applications nos. 24130/11 and 29758/11). The case concerned two... Michael Plachta 33 6 2017-06-01 Norway European Court of Human Rights, Prosecution
EUROJUST Releases Two Reports on the Practice of the European Arrest Warrant Between EU States On May 16, 2017, Eurojust released two reports on the practice of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) between member states of the European Union. The documents aim at presenting and discussing various... Michael Plachta 33 6 2017-06-01 Eurojust, Warrants
European Court of Human Rights Rules that Absence of a Lawyer During Police Custody does not Violate the Right to a Fair Trial On May 12, 2017, the European Court of Human Rights – Grand Chamber (Court) delivered a judgment in the case of Simeonovi v. Bulgaria (application no. 21980/04). The Court held, unanimously, that... Michael Plachta 33 5 2017-05-26 Bulgaria Fair Trial, International Courts
Seizure and Forfeiture in Rem Brought against Lobbyist for African Countries On May 9, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section brought a civil forfeiture in rem case against bank accounts in which Joseph Szlavik, a lobbyist, controlled... Bruce Zagaris 33 5 2017-05-26 Gabon, United States Asset Forfeiture, Asset Seizure, Money Laundering
Sweden Drops Assange Rape Investigation, as Assange Remains in the Ecuadorean Embassy On May 19, 2017, Swedish prosecutor Marianne Ny announced that Sweden is dropping the rape investigation and revoking the arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange because it was impossible... 2017-05-26 Sweden, United Kingdom, United States Espionage, Extradition, Rape
Challenges in the Field of Economic and Financial Crime in Europe and the US (Katalin Ligeti & Vanessa Franssen, eds.), Hart Publishing, 294 pp., 2017. The book has detailed information on developments in financial criminal law in a number of European jurisdictions, in the United States and in the European Union, spanning several themes.  The first... Bruce Zagaris 33 5 2017-05-26 Europe, United States Book Review, Financial Crimes
International Court of Justice Initiates Proceedings Against Pakistan and Indicates Provisional Measures in a Death Sentence Case On May 8, 2017, the Government of India filed in the Registry of the Court an “Application instituting proceedings before the International Court of Justice” (the Court) in the Case Concerning the... Michael Plachta 33 5 2017-05-26 India, Pakistan Capital Punishment, International Courts
Former CONCACAF Official Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering On May 24, 2017, Costas Takkas, 60 years old and a former general secretary of the Cayman Islands soccer federation, pleaded guilty to a money laundering conspiracy linked to his receiving and... Bruce Zagaris 33 6 2017-05-26 Cayman Islands, Switzerland, United States Bribery, Money Laundering
UN Secretary-General Reports to the General Assembly on the Implementation of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy On April 3, 2017, the Secretary-General of the United Nations submitted to the General Assembly his report regarding the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. The present report considers... Michael Plachta 33 6 2017-05-26 Terrorism, United Nations
U.S. Jury Convicts Former Guinea Minister of Receiving and Laundering $8.5 Million in Bribes On May 3, 2017, a federal jury in New York City convicted Mahmoud Thiam, a former Minister of Mines and Geology of the Republic of Guinea, for his role in a scheme to launder bribes paid to him by... Bruce Zagaris 33 5 2017-05-19 Guinea, United States Bribery
ICC Unseals Warrant against Libyan Suspect and May Investigate Migrant-Related Crimes in Libya On April 24, 2017, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) unsealed the warrant of arrest for Al-Tuhamy Mohamed Khaled (Al-Tuhamy), who is allegedly responsible for war crimes... Bruce Zagaris 33 5 2017-05-19 Libya Crimes against Humanity, International Criminal Court, War Crimes
European Parliament Rejects 4AMLD-based Blacklist Submitted by the European Commission On May 17, 2017, the European Parliament adopted its resolution rejecting the Delegated Regulation of March 24, 2017, submitted by the European Commission. The Commission initiative was rejected for... Michael Plachta 33 5 2017-05-19 Ethiopia, Europe, Guyana European Union, FATF, Money Laundering
INTERPOL Red Notice Abuse: Which Member Countries are the Primary Offenders? During the past two years, INTERPOL has carried out important reforms.  It has expanded the rights of individuals who seek access to or deletion of information about them in the organization’s... Yuriy Nemets 33 5 2017-05-12 International Organizations, Law Enforcement
A Critical Reading of UNSC Resolution 2347(2017) on Unlawful Attacks Against and Looting of Religious and Historic Sites On 24 March 2017, the UN Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted Resolution 2347(2017), whose operative part, inter alia, affirmed that directing unlawful attacks against sites and buildings... Konstantinos D. Magliveras 33 5 2017-05-12 Libya, Syria Counter-terrorism, Cultural Property, United Nations
OECD Announces Initiative to Combat CRS Avoidance Activities On May 5, 2017, the OECD announced the establishment of a facility to disclose Common Reporting System (CRS) avoidance schemes.  The facility will enable interested parties to report potential... OECD Announces Initiative to Combat CRS Avoidance Activities 33 5 2017-05-12 United States OECD, Tax Enforcement
Florida Legislature Passes Law Reclassifying Bitcoin Transactions to Prevent Money Laundering On Friday, May 5, 2017, the legislature of the U.S. state of Florida passed legislation designed to reclassify transactions involving Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies so they cannot be used to... Jacob Rasch 33 5 2017-05-12 United States Computer Crimes, Money Laundering

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