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UK Supreme Court Orders Identification of Terror Subjects in Asset Freeze Case |
On January 27, 2010, the UK Supreme Court unanimously ordered the identification of five persons who had their assets frozen by the Treasury for suspicion of supporting terrorist activities. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Europe, Pakistan, United Kingdom |
Evidence Gathering, Human Rights, Privacy, Terrorism |
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U.S. Issues New Indictment Against Bout |
On February 17, 2010, the U.S. government announced the unsealing of an indictment against Viktor Bout and U.S. national Richard Ammar Chichakli, for allegedly conspiring to violate the International... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Liberia, United States |
Administration of Justice, Conspiracy, Extradition, Financial Crimes, Fraud, Jurisdiction, Money Laundering, Organized Crime, Sanctions, Terrorism, United Nations, Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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EU and Forfeiture Convert Organized Crime Funds for Development in Italy |
On December 1, 2009, Pawel Samecki, the European Commissioner for Regional Policy, announced the European Union’s contribution in support of the fight against organized crime in southern Italy. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
European Union, Europe, Italy |
Corruption, Crimes, European Union, International Cooperation, Organized Crime |
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China Indicts Four Employees of Rio Tinto |
On February 10, 2010, Shanghai, China prosecutors issued indictments against an Australian citizen and three Chinese employees of the Melbourne-based British-American multinational mining company Rio... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Australia, China, Japan, Korea |
Administration of Justice, Corruption, Crimes, Trade Crimes |
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EU Rejects Agreement with U.S. to Share SWIFT Bank Data |
On February 11, 2010, at a meeting in Strasbourg, France, the European Parliament voted 378 to 196 to reject an agreement between the United States and European Union that would have enabled U.S.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
European Union, Europe, France, United States |
Bank Secrecy, Crimes, European Union, Evidence Gathering, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision, International Cooperation, International Crimes, Privacy, Securities Law |
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Europol Joint Investigations Break Counterfeit Good Ring in Italy |
On December 21, 2010, the European Police Office (Europol) announced the break up of a large criminal network involved in large-scale illicit production and distribution of counterfeit goods...more... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Austria, Belgium, European Union, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland |
Administration of Justice, Conspiracy, Counterfeiting, Crimes, European Union, Evidence Gathering, Immigration, Intelligence, International Cooperation, Organized Crime |
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BAE Pays $450 Million to Settle Bribery Charges in the U.S. and U.K. |
On February 4, 2010, BAE systems, Europe’s largest military contractor, agreed to plead to two criminal charges and pay almost $450 million in penalties in the United States and Britain to settle... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United States, tanzania |
Administration of Justice, Bribery, Crimes, Fraud, International Crimes, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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U.S. Charges Former Guatemalan President with Money Laundering |
On January 25, 2010, Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and other law enforcement officials announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Alfonso Portillo,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Guatemala, Taiwan, United States |
Administration of Justice, Conspiracy, Crimes, Embezzlement, Fraud, International Cooperation, International Crimes, International Law, Jurisdiction, Money Laundering |
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Prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction in criminal proceedings within European Union |
At its 2979th meeting, held in Brussels on 30 November and 1 December, 2009, the Council of the European Union – Justice and Home Affairs approved and adopted a framework decision on prevention and... |
Michael Plachta |
26 |
3 |
2010-03-01 |
European Union, Europe |
Administration of Justice, Crimes, European Union, International Cooperation, International Courts, International Crimes, Jurisdiction |
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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Cert Alleging Torture at Guantanamo |
On December 14, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari with respect to a petition requesting the Court to revive a lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other military... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
3 |
2010-03-01 |
Afghanistan, Cuba, Pakistan, United States |
Administration of Justice, Human Rights, International Courts, International Crimes, Jurisdiction, Torture, War Crimes |
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U.S. Telecom Company Agrees To Pay $1.5 Million Penalty for Bribes in China |
On December 31, 2009, the UTStarcom Inc. (UTSI) agreed with the U.S. Department of Justice to pay a penalty of $1.5 million for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices (FCPA) by providing travel... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
3 |
2010-03-01 |
China, United States |
Administration of Justice, Bribery, Corruption, Economic Crimes, International Crimes, Securities Trade Enforcement |
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Dominican Government Extradites Haitian Gang Leader for Murder of Consul |
On January 7, 2010, the Dominican government extradited to France Amaral Ducloná, a notorious Haitian gang leader from the Port au Prince ghetto Citi Soleil, for the charge of murdering France’s... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
3 |
2010-03-01 |
Dominican Republic, France, Haiti |
Administration of Justice, Crimes, Extradition, International Courts, International Crimes, International Law, Jurisdiction, Law Enforcement, Murder, Organized Crime |
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Swiss Court Rules Swiss Regulator Violated the Law in Ordering UBS to Hand Over Client Data to the U.S. |
On January 5, 2010, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court in Bern ruled that the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) had violated Swiss law when it ordered UBS to surrender to the U... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
3 |
2010-03-01 |
Switzerland, United States |
Bank Secrecy, Banking Supervision, International Cooperation, Jurisdiction, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Taxation |
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Court Denies Discovery in Mexican Extradition Request Case |
On January 8, 2010, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a memorandum opinion, denying a discovery request by the relator, Zhenly Ye Gon, who is fighting extradition to Mexico... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
3 |
2010-03-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Administration of Justice, Extradition, International Cooperation, International Crimes, Jurisdiction |
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France Agrees to Return Stolen HSBC Client Data to Switzerland |
On December 21, 2009, a French prosecutor in Aix-en-Provence ordered the return of data stolen by a former employee of HSBC Private Ban (Suisse) SA as demanded by the Swiss government, thereby... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
3 |
2010-03-01 |
France, Switzerland |
Bank Secrecy, Banking Supervision, Computer Crimes, Crimes, Fraud, International Cooperation, Taxation |
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U.S. Charges 22 in Undercover Sting Involving Foreign Bribery Scheme |
On January 19, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted 22 executives and employees of companies in the military and law enforcement products industry in conspiracies to bribe foreign government... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
3 |
2010-03-01 |
Africa, Israel, Peru, United Kingdom, United States |
Administration of Justice, Arms Trafficking, Bribery, Conspiracy, Corruption, International Crimes, Law Enforcement |
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UBS Issues Code of Conduct on Tax and Financial Crime |
On January 12, 2010, UBS published a ten-page Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that prohibits its employees from assisting clients in committing tax and financial crimes. The UBS code provisions... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
3 |
2010-03-01 |
United States |
Economic Crimes, Financial Supervision, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Taxation |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES |
I. Books A. Counter-Terrorism and Aliens Terrorism and the Foreigner; a Decade of Tension around the Rule of Law (Elspeth Guild and Anneliese Baldaccini, eds.), Martinus Nijhoff 2007, 431 pp. B.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
3 |
2010-03-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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Bibliography |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
by Bruce Zagaris
I. Books
A. Counter-Terrorism and Aliens
Terrorism and the Foreigner; a Decade of Tension around the Rule of Law (Elspeth Guild and Anneliese Baldaccini, eds.),... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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4 |
2010-03-01 |
World |
Bibliography |
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UN Panel Characterizes Guinea Incidents Crimes Against Humanity and Calls for Referral to ICC |
On December 20, 2009, a United Nations panel issued a 60-page report, declaring the massacre and rapes of unarmed protesters at a stadium in Conakry, Guinea as crimes against humanity” and calling... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
3 |
2010-03-01 |
Guinea |
Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, International Courts, International Crimes, Murder, Rape, Torture, United Nations |