Articles

E.g., 2026-06
Title Abstract Author Volumesort ascending Issue Date Published Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Justice Department Seize Millions of Assets Laundered by Ransomware Operators On August 13, the United States (U.S.) Department of Justice (DOJ) approved the confiscation of over $2.8 million in cryptocurrency, $70.000 in cash, and a luxury car, all assets of Ianis... Chloe Fontenelle 41 10 2025-08-29 United States Asset Seizure, Cybercrime, International Cooperation, Internet Crime
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
Trump Issues Executive Orders on Foreign Terrorists and Migration Enforcement On January 20, 2025, President Trump on his first day in office issued four executive orders  (E.O.s) concerning foreign terrorists, national security, and migration and a proclamation. The... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-24 United States Terrorism
U.S. Court Holds FBAR Penalty Assessment Violated Taxpayer’s 7th Amendment Rights On September 19, 2025, United States (U.S.) District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, Texas, dismissed the government’s suit against a taxpayer to reduce assessed penalties to... Bruce Zagaris 41 11 2025-10-03 United States Bank Secrecy, Tax Enforcement
Canadian Government Starts Intelligence Sharing on Laundering of Fentanyl Trafficking On February 19, 2025, the Canadian government held the first working meeting of the new Integrated Money Laundering Intelligence Partnership (IMLIP) to facilitate the sharing of money laundering... Bruce Zagaris 41 6 2025-06-06 Canada Drug Enforcement, Money Laundering
U.S. Expands Forced-Labor Blacklist: The Impact on Global Trade and Human Rights Enforcement The Biden administration’s recent expansion of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) blacklist, which now includes nearly 30 additional Chinese companies, represents the largest... Emily Hong 41 3 2025-02-14 China, United States Human Rights
ICC Convicts Sudanese Militia Commander for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity On October 6, 2025, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was unanimously convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC or ‘the... Chloe Fontenelle 41 11 2025-10-24 Sudan Crimes against Humanity, International Criminal Court, War Crimes
Ecuador Arrests Leader of Drug Gang on U.S. Extradition Request On June 25, 2025, Ecuadorian law enforcement arrested the country’s most notorious drug trafficker, José Adolfo “Fito” Macłas Villamar. Specialized Ecuadorian police and... Bruce Zagaris 41 7 2025-07-03 Ecuador, United States Drug Enforcement, Organized Crime
Sexual Violence Against Children is on the Rise Amidst the Ongoing Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo Over the last month, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has issued multiple reports expressing concern over the alarming rate of sexual violence against... Morinsola Tinubu 41 3 2025-03-07 Congo, Rwanda Abuse of Children, Crimes against Humanity, Sex Crimes
Stolen Egyptian Artifact Returned by the Dutch Government On November 2, the Netherlands’ Prime Minister Dick Schoof announced during talks with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo that the Dutch government would return a Pharaoh-era... Lucy Carroll 41 12 2025-11-26 Egypt, Netherlands Art and Cultural Property, Cross-Border Communication, Cultural Property
ICC Warrants for Taliban Leaders for Crimes Against Women and LGBTQ Individuals On July 8, 2025, the International Criminal Court (ICC) made a historic move by issuing arrest warrants for two leading figures in Afghanistan’s Taliban: Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada... Alexandra Manfield 41 8 2025-07-25 Afghanistan Crimes against Humanity, International Criminal Court
Finnish Court finds Russian Mercenary Guilty of War Crimes On March 14, 2025, a Finnish court sentenced Russian mercenary Voislav Torden — formerly known as Yan Petrovsky — to life in prison for war crimes committed during Russia’s... Austin Wahl 41 4 2025-03-28 Finland, Russia War Crimes
France Extradites Nigerian to the U.S. on Cybercrime Charges On August 4, 2025, France extradited to the United States (U.S.) Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukuwu, also known as “Chukwuemeka Victor Eletuo,” and “So Kwan Leung” on hacking,... Bruce Zagaris 41 9 2025-08-08 France, United States Cybercrime, Extradition
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 had... Bruce Zagaris 41 5 2025-04-18 El Salvador, United States Deportation, Human Rights
2024 Retrospective We at the IELR send you best wishes for the new year. 2024 was momentous for the international enforcement community, and we are grateful to have had you following along with our coverage during... Bruce Zagaris 41 1 2025-01-03
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Decision that Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal and U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Case on an Expedited Basis On August 29, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a decision ruled 7-4 to uphold the decision of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) that President Trump’s five... Bruce Zagaris 41 10 2025-09-05 United States Sanctions, Trade Enforcement
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
U.S. Supreme Court Stays Injunction to Allow Implementation of Corporate Transparency Act On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed a nationwide injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).  As a result, pending a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-24 United States Money Laundering, Transparency
U.S. Deportees Sue Ghanaian Government Over Breach of Human Rights In September 2025, eleven migrants who had been deported from the United States (U.S.) filed a lawsuit against the government of Ghana, arguing that it had breached their rights and detained them... Austin Wahl 41 11 2025-10-03 Ghana, United States Deportation, Detention, Human Rights
The Real Government Fraud: An Examination of Foreign Actors’ Role in Defrauding the Federal Government The United States federal government is riddled with fraud. This fraud is not the same as the “fraud” that is demonized by the second Trump administration, Elon Musk, and conservative... Dimitris Konstantopoulos 41 7 2025-06-06 China, North Korea, Russia, United States Fraud, Identity Theft, U.S. Federal Government

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