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French Court Rules Lawsuit Against Three African Presidents for Embezzlement Admissible |
On May 5, 2009, a French magistrate ruled that an action against three African leaders accused of embezzlement is admissible despite the opposition of the Paris prosecutors’ office when the case was... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
7 |
2009-07-01 |
France, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Gabon |
Corruption, International Courts, Embezzlement, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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Bank Supervisors Agree to Accelerate Implementation of Minimum Standards for International Banking Supervision |
On June 13, 1996 at the biennial International Conference of Bank Supervisors in Stockholm (Stockholm Conference), Mr. Tomasso Padoa-Schioppa, chairman of the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision... |
Bruce Zagaris |
12 |
7 |
2009-07-01 |
Switzerland, Sweden, G-10 member countries |
Bank Secrecy, Economic Crimes, Financial Supervision, Banking Supervision |
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Controversy in Liberia Over Asset Seizure from Nigerian Visitor |
On May 5, 2009, a French magistrate ruled that an action against three African leaders accused of embezzlement is admissible despite the opposition of the Paris prosecutors’ office when the case was... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
7 |
2009-07-01 |
France, Nigeria, Liberia |
Corruption, International Courts, Asset Forfeiture, Embezzlement, Asset Seizure |
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Italy Prioritizes International Tax enforcement for the Next G-8 Meeting |
On May 12, 2009, Minister of Finance Giulio Tremonti announced it will have the development of international standards for fighting tax evasion the top priority at July’s Group of Eight Summit near... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
7 |
2009-07-01 |
World, Italy |
International Organizations, Taxation, Fraud, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
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ICTY Appellate Chamber Increases Officer’s Sentence for Not Protecting Croat Detainees |
On May 5, 2009, an Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia increased the sentence of Veselin Šljivančanin, a major in the Yugoslav Peoples’ Army (JNA), for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
7 |
2009-07-01 |
Netherlands, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia |
Human Rights, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts |
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EU Council Issues Work Strategy and Practical Measures against Cybercrime |
On March 17, 2009, the Council of the European Union issued conclusions setting forth a work strategy and practical measures to combat cybercrime...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
7 |
2009-07-01 |
Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Aruba, Lebanon, Curaçao |
Terrorism, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement |
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Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act Reintroduced in U.S. Congress |
On March 2, 2009, the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act (STHAA) was introduced as S. 506 and H.R. 1265 on the following day in the 111th Session of the U.S. Congress. The bill is quite similar to its... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
Canada, United States, Barbados, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Bahamas, Panama, Antigua & Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Liechtenstein, Bermuda, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Cyprus |
Jurisdiction, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
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Guyana Denies Extradition of Guyanese Drug Suspects to the U.S. |
On April 13, 2009, the Caribbean media reported that recently the Chief Justice of Guyana, Ian Cheng, recently denied the U.S. extradition request for two high profile drug suspects...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, Guyana |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement |
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U.S. Indicts Anti-Castro Cuban Posada for Lying About Terrorism Incident in Cuba |
On April 8, 2009, a federal indictment was returned in the U.S. District Court in El Paso, Texas, against Luis Posada Carriles for perjury and obstruction of a government proceeding related to his... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, Cuba |
Administration of Justice, Immigration, Terrorism |
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PartyGaming and U.S. Reach Non-Prosecution Agreement |
On April 7, 2009, the U.S. government and PartyGaming PLC, an Internet gambling company incorporated in Gibraltar and publicly trade on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PRTY,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Gibraltar |
Administration of Justice, International Gaming |
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Mexico Requests Automatic Exchange of Information about Interest Paid by U.S. Banks to Mexican Residents |
The Mexican Finance Secretary, Agustin Carstens, has written to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, requesting that the United States and Mexican Governments exchange information automatically... |
David Spencer |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Bank Secrecy, Drugs & Trafficking, Mutual Legal Assistance, Organized Crime, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement |
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G20 Meeting Agree on Mechanisms and Arrangements to Increase International Financial Regulation and Enforcement |
On April 2, 2009, the Communique of the G20 Meeting contains undertakings to strengthen international financial regulation and enforcement, including the strengthening of the Financial Stability... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
World, G-10 member countries |
International Organizations, Securities Law, White Collar Crime, Securities Trade Enforcement, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation |
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Unfunding Terror: The Legal Response to the Financing of Global Terrorism by Jimmy Gurulé (Edward Elgar Publishing, 425 pp. 2008). |
The author, a Professor at Notre Dame University Law School and former Under Secretary for Enforcement in the U.S. Department of the Treasury on September 11, 2001, when the Bush Administration... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, Afghanistan |
Terrorism, United Nations, Book Review |
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SEC Stops Ponzi Scheme of Americans Using Swiss Affiliate and Caribbean Bank |
On March 28, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained an emergency court order, stopping a $68 million Ponzi scheme involving the sale of fictitious high-yield certificates of deposit (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
World, United States, Switzerland, st. vincent |
Securities Law, Fraud, White Collar Crime, Securities Trade Enforcement |
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U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Hearing Shows Trends in Efforts to Strengthen International Tax Enforcement |
On March 31, 2009, the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on “Issues Involving Banking Secrecy Practices and Wealthy American Taxpayers.”... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
World, United States |
Taxation, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes, International Convention |
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Singapore New Extradition Warrant for Leeson Will Likely Have Success as Britain Decides Not to Request Extradition |
At the end of April 1995, Singapore officials in Germany revealed that they timely delivered a new extradition warrant for former Barings trader Nick Leeson Singapore traders filed a new request... |
Bruce Zagaris |
11 |
6 |
2009-06-01 |
United States, Germany, Singapore |
Extradition, Human Rights, Fraud, Forgery |
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U.K. Arrests British Solicitor over Nigerian Gas Bribes and U.S. FCPA Charges |
On March 5, 2009, British police arrested a British solicitor, Jeffrey Tesler, 60, in North London after United States authorities requested his extradition and that of Wojciech Chodan, also a Briton... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom, Gibraltar |
Corruption, Extradition, Fraud, Bribery |
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ICC Issues Historic Arrest Warrant for Sudanese President over Darfur |
On March 4, 2009, The judges of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I (PTC I) issued a highly anticipated arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir for his alleged... |
Golzar Kheiltash |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
World, Sudan |
Human Rights, Genocide, International Courts, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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EU Prepares Petition in the WTO Against U.S. on Internet Gaming Discriminatory Prosecution |
In 2009, the European Union is likely to exert increasing pressure this year to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), a 2006 law prohibiting online gambling...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
United States, Europe |
International Gaming, European Union, International Cooperation, Betting |
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U.S. Congress Abandons Bush Era Sanctions on ICC Member States |
The U.S. Senate recently passed the Omnibus Appropriations Bill, without mention of sanctions to be levied against countries that have ratified the International Criminal Court, quietly ending an era... |
Philip Mayer |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
World, United States, Latin America and South America, Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan |
Immunity, International Courts, Treaties, International Cooperation |