Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Charges Megaupload, a Digital Locker, with Organized Copyright Crime On January 19, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced an indictment charging seven individuals and two corporations with operating an international organized criminal enterprise... Bruce Zagaris 28 3 2012-03-01
Council of Europe Takes Up Problems of Transnational and Organized Crime At the 61st plenary session of the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC) in Strasbourg from 6 – 9 December 2011, the Committee examined a document on possible activities to be undertaken under... Michael Plachta 28 3 2012-03-01 Europe Council of the European Union, European Commission, European Union, Organized Crime
European Court on Human Rights Ruling Prevents Britain from Deporting Prominent Terrorist Suspect On January 17, 2012, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Britain cannot deport Abu Qatada, whose real name is Omar Mahmoud Mohammed Othman, a radical Islamic preacher considered one of Al... Bruce Zagaris 28 3 2012-03-01
IRS Reopens Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program      On January 9th, the Internal Revenue Service issued a press release on the reopening of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP).[1] Unlike the previous two programs... Bruce Zagaris 28 3 2012-03-01 United States Tax Enforcement, Tax Havens, Taxation
United Kingdom: House of Commons Releases Report on Somali Piracy On January 5th, 2012, the UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee released a new report titled “Piracy off the coast of Somalia.”2          ... Michael Plachta 28 3 2012-03-01
US Government Indicts 3 Swiss Bankers On January 3, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the indictment of three Swiss bankers who worked with Wegelin bank in... Bruce Zagaris 28 3 2012-03-01 Switzerland, United States Bank Secrecy, Banking Supervision, Indictment, Jurisdiction
FATF Finalizing the Revised Recommendations as Bar Associations Comment                   During its plenary meeting on October 27-28, 2011, FATF reported that it has significantly advanced its work to revise the FATF Recommendations to ensure that they continue to... Bruce Zagaris 28 2 2012-02-01 United States, World FATF, International Cooperation
Study Focuses on Confiscation and Recovery of Proceeds of Bribery   In December 2011, a new study prepared by the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions (Working Group) and the World Bank-UNODC Stolen Assets Recovery Initiative (... Bruce Zagaris 28 2 2012-02-01 World Asset Seizure, Banking Supervision, Bribery, Fraud, Money Laundering, World Bank
U.S. Parole Commission Reduces Mexican Sentence and Releases Transferee American Who Alleges Torture in Mexico On December 1, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Parole Commission reduced an American citizen’s five-year sentence meted out by a Mexican judge, and released him with “time served,” or 26... Bruce Zagaris 28 2 2012-02-01 Mexico, United States Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Prisoner Rights, Torture
DOJ OIG Report Shows the US Approves Less than 1% of Prisoner Transfer Applications   On December 8, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on whether the DOJ is effectively managing the International Prisoner... Bruce Zagaris 28 2 2012-02-01 United States, World Investigation, Jurisdiction, Prisoner Rights
Review of the UK's Extradition Arrangements   Since coming into force, the 2003 US-UK[1]  extradition treaty in 2007, which replaced the old 1972 treaty[2], has been shrouded by controversy and deep public concern. The new treaty, it... Arvinder Sambei 28 2 2012-02-01 European Union, United Kingdom, United States EU Justice and Home Affairs Council, European Union, Extradition
Fighting Maritime Piracy: Council of Europe Contribution Following the adoption by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) of Recommendation 1913 (2010) on “[t]he necessity to take additional international legal steps to deal with sea... Michael Plachta 28 2 2012-02-01 Europe, Somalia European Union, International Law, Piracy
Chile Requests Former U.S. Military Officer’s Extradition The Chilean government has requested the extradition of Ray E. Davis, a former U.S. military officer, for involvement in the disappearance and murder of two Americans during the coup that brought the... Ignacio Martinez-Arrieta 28 2 2012-02-01 Chile, United States Extradition, Intelligence, Investigation, Murder, National Security
Europol supports French Police against a Russian-speaking mafia On November 18, 2011, the French police, in collaboration with Europol,[1] arrested members of a Georgian and Armenian organized crime group.[2] The raid was conducted simultaneously in different... Ignacio Martinez-Arrieta 28 2 2012-02-01 Armenia, European Union, France, Georgia Arrest, European Union, Europol, Investigation
Council of Europe Acts Against Manipulation of Sports Results, Notably Match-Fixing At the 1122nd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies on 28 September 2011, the Committee of Ministers adopted Recommendation CM/Rec(2011)10 to member states  on promotion of the integrity of sport... Michael Plachta 28 2 2012-02-01 Europe, World Enforcement of International Sports Law, Fraud, International Organizations
Former Ivory Coast President Transferred to the ICC On November 30, 2011, former Ivory Coast President Laurent Koudou Gbagbo, 66 years, arrived at the International Criminal Court (ICC) detention center in the Netherlands.  The Ivory Coast... Bruce Zagaris 28 2 2012-02-01 Ivory Coast, Netherlands Crimes against Humanity, Extradition, International Criminal Court, Jurisdiction, Law of War
Switzerland – Swiss Subsidiary Fined for Inadequate Compliance Measures in Major Bribery Case   On 22 November 2011 the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (the “OAG”) issued a summary punishment order against Alstom Network Schweiz AG (“Alstom” or the “Company”) for not having... Daniel L. Buhr and Simone Nadelhofer 28 2 2012-02-01 Latvia, Malaysia, Switzerland, Tunisia Bribery, Corruption, Economic Crimes, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision
European Parliament Supports the International Criminal Court                   On 17 November 2011, the European Parliament adopted an important document concerning the International Criminal Court (ICC): Resolution... Michael Plachta 28 2 2012-02-01 European Union EU Justice and Home Affairs Council, European Commission, European Union, International Criminal Court
OAS Ministers Responsible for Public Security Adopt Measures to Improve Police Standards in the Americas On November 18, 2011, at the third meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA III) in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, convened by the General Assembly of the... Bruce Zagaris 28 2 2012-02-01 Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, World Comparative and International Law, Cross-Border Communication, Information Exchange, International Cooperation, International Crimes
Head of US FATF Delegation Summarizes FATF Meeting re Consultations on the Revision of AML/CFT Recommendations On December 14, 2011, Chip Poncy, Director, Office of Strategic Policy, Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, U.S. Department of Treasury, provided an overview on FATF developments during the... Bruce Zagaris 28 2 2012-02-01

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