Articles

E.g., 2026-04
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Deportation of Venezuelans Under Alien Enemies Act On May 16, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court expanded its prohibition on removal from the United States of Venezuelan men now in immigration custody in Texas. The Court issued an eight-page unsigned... Bruce Zagaris 41 6 2025-05-23 United States, Venezuela Border Security, Immigration, U.S. Federal Government
Former Member of Gambian Military Convicted of Torture In Landmark Case On April 15, 2025, a former soldier within Gambia’s military force was convicted by a U.S. jury of five counts of torture and one count of conspiracy to commit torture in Denver, Colorado.... Chloe Fontenelle 41 6 2025-05-23 Gambia, United States Indictment, International Crimes, Torture
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
U.S. Brings First Charge of Material Support to Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization On May 16, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the first indictment, which was unsealed that day, for providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist... Bruce Zagaris 41 6 2025-05-23 United States Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Human Trafficking
Surveillance Without Remedy: Rethinking Victim Compensation After WhatsApp v. NSO Group On Tuesday, May 6, 2025, a federal jury ordered NSO Group, an Israeli-based government spyware company, to pay a record $167 million in damages for hacking more than 1,000 people through WhatsApp... Alexandra Manfield 41 6 2025-05-23 United States Cybercrime, Data Privacy, Data Sharing
Occupied Cyprus: The “Blind Spot” in International Policing The northern part of Cyprus remains a blind spot in international policing. Controlled by the unrecognised “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” (“TRNC”), the occupied... Konstantina Zivla 41 6 2025-05-16 Cyprus International Law, Law Enforcement
Credit Suisse Services AG Pleads Guilty to Tax Crimes Relating to Conduct in Singapore On May 5, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Credit Suisse Services AG (hereafter Credit Suisse) pleaded guilty and was sentenced to conspiring to hide more than $4 billion... Bruce Zagaris 41 6 2025-05-16 Singapore Tax Enforcement
Malaysia Requests Extradition of Leissner and Pursues Asset Recovery More than ten years after the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal, the Malaysian government continues to actively take steps in enforcement, both in trying to extradite former Goldman Sachs... Bruce Zagaris 41 6 2025-05-16 Malaysia Asset Seizure, Corruption, Extradition
Leaders of Sinaloa Cartel Faction Charged with Narco-Terrorism for First Time For the first time in the United States, two leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel have been charged by indictment with narco-terrorism and materially supporting a foreign terrorist organization, in... Austin Wahl 41 6 2025-05-16 United States Court Conviction, Drugs & Trafficking
FinCEN Renews Residential Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders On April 14, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced the renewal of its Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs), mandating U.S. title insurance companies to identify the... Bruce Zagaris 41 5 2025-05-09 United States Counter-terrorism, Money Laundering
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
US Supreme Court Rules that Wrongly Deported Migrant Must Have Hearing and 4th Circuit Denies Government’s Emergency Stay Request On April 10, 2025, in an unsigned order, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ordered the government to try to return a Salvadoran national and U.S. permanent resident, Abrego Garcia, whom it... Bruce Zagaris 41 5 2025-05-09 El Salvador, United States Human Rights, Immigration
U.S. Supreme Court Requires Due Process Before Deportation Under the Alien Enemies Act, as Judge Boasberg Finds Probable Cause for Criminal Contempt On April 7, 2025, Justice Roberts, in a per curiam opinion, ruled that the Trump administration could appeal and then vacated the Temporary Restraining Orders issued by Judge Boasberg.... Bruce Zagaris 41 5 2025-05-09 United States Immigration, U.S. Federal Government
US District Court in Texas Blocks Trump Administration’s Use of the Alien Enemies Act On April 30, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez issued a 36-page opinion permanently barring the Trump administration from invoking the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to deport Venezuelans it has... Bruce Zagaris 41 6 2025-05-09 United States Immigration, U.S. Federal Government
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
EU Court Holds Maltese Investor Citizenship Scheme Violates EU Law On April 29, 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decided that the Maltese investor citizenship scheme violates EU law and that the acquisition of EU citizenship cannot result... Bruce Zagaris 41 5 2025-05-05 European Union, Malta Economic Integration, European Union, Immigration
Crypto Enforcement Overhaul: Shift from Policing Platforms to Investor Protection On April 7, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum (the “Memorandum”) to all Department of Justice (DOJ) employees, announcing a significant shift in the... Christina Gotsis and Jason Gottlieb 41 5 2025-05-05 United States Bank Secrecy, Financial Enforcement
Brazil Grants Wife of Peruvian President Humala Asylum as Ex-President Is Jailed On April 15, 2025, shortly after a Peruvian court sentenced former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison for money laundering, Brazil granted Ms.... Bruce Zagaris 41 5 2025-04-25 Brazil, Peru Asylum, Corruption, Money Laundering
Trump Administration Proposes to Eliminate Office of Global Criminal Justice On April 22, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio proposed a significant reform of the U.S. State Department that would close the Office of Global Criminal Justice (GCJ) and the Bureau of Conflict... Bruce Zagaris 41 5 2025-04-25 United States International Crimes, U.S. Federal Government
UNODC Releases New Report on Organized Crime Networks in Southeast Asia On April 21, 2025, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a new report on a global expansion of East and Southeast Asian organized crime groups. The report concentrates on an... Michael Plachta 41 5 2025-04-25 Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand Organized Crime, United Nations

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