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Council of Europe Experts Discuss Prisoner Transfer Program At its 66th meeting on May 19-21, 2014, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on the Operation of European Conventions in the Penal Field (PC-OC), a body within the European... Michael Plachta 30 9 2014-09-01 European Union Council of the European Union
Special Session on Extradition at the Council of Europe On May 20, 2014, a special session on extradition was held at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. After an opening speech by Per Hedvall (Sweden), the Committee of Experts on the Operation of... Michael Plachta 30 9 2014-09-01 European Union Council of the European Union, Extradition
Security Council Fails to Refer Syria to the International Criminal Court On May 22, 2014, at its 7180th Meeting, the UN Security Council failed to adopt a draft resolution that would have referred the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC or... Michael Plachta 30 9 2014-09-01 Syria International Criminal Court
Miami Jury Finds 87-Year-old Man Willfully Failed to Report Swiss Account On May 28, 2013, a jury in Miami, Florida found Carl R. Zwerner responsible for civil penalties for willfully failing to file required Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBARs) for tax... Bruce Zagaris 30 9 2014-09-01 Switzerland, United States Tax Enforcement
G-7 Pledges Action on Extractive Minerals, Anti-Money LaunderingTransparency, Tax, Anti-Corruption and Sanctions  On June 6, 2014, the G-7, meeting in Brussels, Belgium, pledged to act on several international enforcement issues.     Bruce Zagaris 30 9 2014-09-01 G-8 member countries Law Enforcement
Multilateral Action Disrupts “Gameover Zeus” Botnet and “Cryptolocker” Ransomware as U.S. Brings Criminal Charges Against Leader    On June 2, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a multinational initiative to disrupt the Gameover ZeusBotnet, a global network of infected victim computers cyber... Bruce Zagaris 30 9 2014-09-01 Russia, United States Cybercrime
PRC Charges Former Head of Glaxo with Bribery On May 14, 2014, Chinese police announced they had charged Mark Reilly, the former head of GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s China unit, and other colleagues with corruption, after an investigation... Bruce Zagaris 30 8 2014-08-01 China Corruption
A New Special International Court for Kosovo Is to Emerge A new international court, funded by the European Union, is expected to begin hearings in the Netherlands as early as next year to exclusively try crimes allegedly committed by Kosovo's ethnic... Michael Plachta 30 8 2014-08-01 European Union, Kosovo International Criminal Court
U.S. Charges Chinese National with Using Front Companies to Evade Iran Sanctions On April 2, 2014, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and other law enforcement officials, announced that Fangwei (also known by his alias “Karl Lee... Bruce Zagaris 30 8 2014-08-01 China, Iran, United States Economic Sanctions, Export Enforcement
British Prime Minister Encourages Dependent Territories to Adopt Open Registries  On April 25, 2014, British Prime Minister David Cameron sent a letter to the leaders of the UK’s overseas territories and crown dependencies to encourage them to create public registries... Bruce Zagaris 30 8 2014-08-01 United Kingdom Corruption, Money Laundering, Transparency
European Data Protection Supervisor Comments on the European Terrorist Finance Tracking System On April 17, 2014, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) released his comments on two recent documents concerning the European Terrorist Finance Tracking System (TFTS).[2] One is the... Michael Plachta 30 8 2014-08-01 European Union Terrorism
U.S. Treasury Suspends FATCA IGA with Russia as Two Senior Senators Call for Treasury to Refrain from Concluding an IGA As a result of the Russian annexation of Crimea, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has ceased negotiating a Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with... Bruce Zagaris 30 8 2014-08-01 Russia, United States Economic Sanctions, Tax Enforcement
U.S. and U.K. Pledge Resources to Help Immediately Recover Stolen Assets  On April 29, 2014, at the start of Ukraine Forum on Asset Recovery (UFAR) in London, both United States Attorney General Eric Holder and the Rt. Hon. Theresa May, MP, who hosted the meeting,... Bruce Zagaris 30 8 2014-08-01 United Kingdom, United States Asset Seizure, Corruption
U.S. Indicts California Banker for Helping Conceal Israeli Accounts as Israel Signs FATCA IGA  On April 30, 2014, Shokrollah Baravarian, of Beverly Hills California, was indicted in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California with conspiracy to defraud the United... Bruce Zagaris 30 8 2014-08-01 Israel, United States Tax Enforcement
Morocco Extradites Person to the U.S. to Face Human Smuggling Charges  On April 28, 2014, Habtom Merhay, a national of Eritrea and a citizen of the United Kingdom, appeared for the first time in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to face human... Bruce Zagaris 30 8 2014-08-01 Eritrea, Ethiopia, Morocco, United Kingdom, United States Human Trafficking, Smuggle
Spain Denies Argentine Extradition Request for Franco-Era Crimes     On April 30, 2014, Spain’s National Court denied Argentina’s request for the second defendant with respect to alleged crimes against humanity committed during the 1970s, the... Bruce Zagaris 30 8 2014-08-01 Argentina, Spain Crimes against Humanity, Extradition, Torture
Officials and NGO Discuss U.S. Government Efforts to Combat Wildlife Trafficking On May 7, 2014, Richard J. Driscoll, Office of Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of State, introduced and moderated a panel on U.S. government efforts to combat wildlife trafficking.  The program... Bruce Zagaris 30 8 2014-08-01 United States Endangered Species, Environment, Wildlife, Wildlife Smuggle
Turkey to Request U.S. To Extradite Cleric   In an interview with Charlie Rose, the U.S. broadcaster, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for the United States government to extradite or expel Fethullah Gülen, a... Bruce Zagaris 30 8 2014-08-01 Turkey, United States Extradition
Honduras Extradites Suspected Drug Trafficker to the U.S.   On May 9, 2014, the United States State Department announced that Honduras has extradited a suspected drug trafficker to the United States for the first time.[1]   Bruce Zagaris 30 8 2014-08-01 Colombia, Honduras, United States Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition
Reports of Abuse by U.S. Border Patrol Agents Evidence Systematic Violations of International Human Rights  Hundreds of official complaints filed with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) and reported to watchdog groups by migrants attempting to cross the U.S. – Mexico... Lucas Balchun 30 8 2014-08-01 Mexico, United States Human Rights, Immigration

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