Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
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
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
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
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
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
Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Holds Hearing on Keeping Foreign Corruption Out of the United States On February 4, 2010, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on Keeping Foreign Corruption Out of the United States: Four Case Histories. The Subcommittee hearing examined how... Bruce Zagaris 26 4 2010-04-01 Angola, Nigeria, United States Comparative and International Law, Corruption, Crimes, Embezzlement, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision, Intellectual Property, International Cooperation, International Crimes, Money Laundering, Trade Crimes
Africa Union and Liberia Start Anti-Corruption Initiatives On January 27, 2010, Erastus Mwencha, the deputy chairman of the African Union Commission, announced that the African Union Commission will establish a special commission to combat corruption. Also... Bruce Zagaris 26 4 2010-04-01 Africa, Liberia Administration of Justice, Corruption, Crimes, Financial Supervision, International Cooperation, Money Laundering
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Recognition and Enforcement of the Supervision of Probation Measures and Alternative Sanctions within the European Union–An Update Following the publication of the modified version of the proposed framework decision by the Council of the European Union in May 2008, at the 2908th meeting of the Council of the European Union held... Michael Plachta 26 3 2010-03-01 Denmark, European Union, Europe, Finland, Sweden Administration of Justice, Crimes, European Union, International Convention, International Cooperation, International Law, Treaties
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 26 4 2010-03-01 World Bibliography
EU-U.S. Agreement on Processing and Transfer of Financing Messaging Date For Purposes of the U.S. Terrorist Financing Tracking Program (TFTP) In November 2009, the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU published information on the operations of the EU-U.S. agreement on the processing and transfer of financing message data for... Bruce Zagaris 26 3 2010-03-01 Europe, United States Administration of Justice, Crimes, European Union, Financial Supervision, International Cooperation, International Crimes, Terrorism

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