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Nicaragua Locates and Returns FBI Top Ten Suspect in Child Porn Case to the US Fugitive Eric Justin Toth, a former teacher at Washington D.C.’s National Cathedral Beauvoir Elementary School, is now in custody after being spotted by a tourist in Nicaragua. After replacing... Sara Hefny 29 7 2013-07-01 Nicaragua, United States ACLU, Cross-Border Communication, Extradition
Sentences of U.S. Taxpayers for Offshore Tax Evasions Show Inconsistency On April 25, 2013, two sentencing decisions of U.S. taxpayers for evading taxes through hiding offshore income show the difficulty of predicting sentences.  Meanwhile, a federal regulatory... Bruce Zagaris 29 7 2013-07-01 India, Switzerland, United States Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement
Spain Refuses to Extradite Former HSBC Official to Switzerland on Charges of Revealing Client Information On May 8, 2013, Spain’s national court denied the request of the Swiss government to extradite Herve Falciani, a former employee of HSBC private bank in Geneva to Switzerland, where he is... Bruce Zagaris 29 7 2013-07-01 France, Spain, Switzerland Bank Secrecy, Extradition, Tax Enforcement
European Parliament’s Special Committee Reports on Various Aspects of Money Laundering    In January 2013, European Parliament’s Special Committee on Organized Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering (CRIM) released two papers on various aspects of money laundering. Michael Plachta 29 7 2013-07-01 European Union Corruption, Organized Crime
Law Enforcement Authorities Make Arrests and Seizures in 3 Countries in Diamond Theft at the Brussels Airport On May 7 and 8, 2013, three months after masked robbers stole more than $50 million in diamonds from a plane preparing to depart Brussels airport, law enforcement authorities in France, Switzerland,... Bruce Zagaris 29 7 2013-07-01 Belgium, France, Switzerland Organized Crime
U.S. Indicts Swiss Lawyer and Swiss Banker with Conspiracy to Hide Swiss Accounts On April 16, 2013, U.S. law enforcement officials announced the indictment of Edgar Paltzer, a partner at a Swiss law firm and a registered attorney in the State of New York, and Stefan Buck, the... Bruce Zagaris 29 7 2013-07-01 Switzerland, United States Tax Enforcement
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Accept Certiorari in Case Involving Grand Jury Subpoena for FBAR Information in Offshore Tax Case On May 13, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari in a case involving the issuance of a grand jury subpoena requiring targets of the grand jury to produce information of... Bruce Zagaris 29 7 2013-07-01 United States Tax Enforcement
U.S. Supreme Court Limits Alien Tort Statute On April 17, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided to limit the ability of plaintiffs to bring suits under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), which has been one of the main statutes under which... Bruce Zagaris 29 7 2013-07-01 Netherlands, Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States Crimes against Humanity, Human Rights
Council of Europe Adopts Resolution on Fighting “Child Sex Tourism” At its 13th sitting held on April 23, 2013, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Resolution Fighting “child sex tourism”.[2] Both the debate and... Michael Plachta 29 7 2013-07-01 European Union Council of the European Union, Human Rights
Two Bankers Associations Sue U.S. Treasury and IRS to Enjoin Regs to Require U.S. Banks To Report Interest Paid to Non-Resident Aliens from Certain Countries  On April 18, 2013, the Florida Bankers Association and the Texas Bankers Association sued the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service, seeking a declaratory judgment... Bruce Zagaris 29 7 2013-07-01 United States Tax Enforcement
Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal Convicts and Sentences Islamist Party Leader to Death   On May 9, 2013, the Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal convicted Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, assistant secretary general of the Jamaat-el-Islami party, of crimes committed during the country’s 1971 war of... Bruce Zagaris 29 7 2013-07-01 Bangladesh International Courts
U.S. Indicts Head of Guinea-Bissau Armed Forces for Conspiracy to Sell Missiles to Foreign Terrorist Organization and Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy On April 18, 2013, United States law enforcement officials announced the unsealing of charges against Antonio Indjai, the head of the Guinea-Bissau armed forces, for conspiring to provide help to the... Bruce Zagaris 29 7 2013-07-01 Colombia, Guinea, United States Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition, Organized Crime
Bibliography of Books, Articles, and Documents The bibliography for the July 2013 issue includes relevant books, articles, and documents pertaining to several issues in international law. Bruce Zagaris 29 7 2013-07-01
Interpol Helps in Arrest of Italian Fugitive Arrested in Colombia   On April 26, 2013, INTERPOL announced that it had assisted with the arrest of an international fugitive who was the subject of an internationally wanted INTERPOL Red Notice requested by... Bruce Zagaris 29 7 2013-07-01 Colombia, Italy Extradition, INTERPOL, Organized Crime
Ralph Lauren Non-Prosecution Agreement Resolves FCPA Charges as Argentina Requests Information and Doubts the Allegations On April 22, 2013, Ralph Lauren Corporation (RLC) entered into a non-prosecution agreement and agreed to pay a $882,000 penalty to resolve allegations that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices... Bruce Zagaris 29 7 2013-07-01 Argentina, United States Corruption
OAS Adopts Model Laws on Sworn Declaration of Net Worth and Whistleblowing   On March 21, 2013, the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted two model laws on anti-corruption.  The first concerns the submission and verification of declarations of net worth... Bruce Zagaris 29 6 2013-06-01 Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, United States Corruption, International Cooperation
Europol Joint Operation Dismantles Global Credit Card Fraud On March 28, 2013, a joint operation coordinated by the Romanian Cybercrime Unit in Romania in close cooperation with Europol’s European Cybercrime Center (EC3), resulted in dismantling a... Bruce Zagaris 29 6 2013-06-01 Australia, European Union, Romania, United States Cybercrime, Economic Integration
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Announces Rewards for Arrest of Joseph Kony and Other Fugitives of International Criminal Tribunals On April 3, 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry announced the expansion of the State Department’s War Crimes Rewards Programs, implementing legislation that then-Senator Kerry authored and... Bruce Zagaris 29 6 2013-06-01 Rwanda, Uganda, United States International Criminal Court
Italian Supreme Court’s Overturning of Amanda Knox’s Acquittal Gives Rise to Possible Future Extradition Request                   On March 26, 2013, the Italian Supreme Court (Court of Cassation) overturned the acquittal of Amanda... Bruce Zagaris 29 6 2013-06-01 Italy, United States Extradition
Egypt Court Rules Against Extradition of Qaddafi Cousin and Ex-Aide, Libya to Appeal On April 3, 2013, an Egyptian court ruled against the extradition of a cousin and former close aide of Muammer el-Qaddafi. Ahmed al-Dam is wanted in Libya on corruption charges and was taken into... Sara Hefny 29 6 2013-06-01 Egypt, Libya, Qatar, United Kingdom Extradition

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