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U.S. Requests Extradition of Prominent Guyanese for Tax Evasion & Gold Smuggling |
On October 31, 2025, the Guyana Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and Special Branch of the Guyana Police Force arrested prominent Guyanese businessmen Azruddin Mohamed and his father, Nazar... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
12 |
2025-12-05 |
Guyana, United States |
Extradition, Tax Enforcement |
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European Parliament Amends the Europol Regulation to Effectively Combat Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings |
On November 25, 2025, the European Parliament adopted its legislative resolution on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and... |
Michael Plachta |
41 |
12 |
2025-12-05 |
European Union |
Europol, Human Trafficking |
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Ex-Philippine Mayor Given Life Sentence for Human Trafficking |
On November 20, 2025, Alice Leal Guo, the first-ever female mayor of Bamban — a Philippine city a little over 100 miles north of Manila — was sentenced to life in... |
Austin Wahl |
41 |
12 |
2025-12-05 |
China, Philippines |
Corruption, Human Trafficking, Sentencing |
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Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal Sentences Former PM to Death for Crimes Against Humanity |
On November 17, the exiled former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, was handed a death sentence after being convicted of crimes against humanity. In a trial conducted in absentia, a... |
Chloe Fontenelle |
41 |
12 |
2025-12-05 |
Bangladesh, India |
Capital Punishment, Crimes against Humanity, Extradition, International Courts |
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Stolen Egyptian Artifact Returned by the Dutch Government |
On November 2, the Netherlands’ Prime Minister Dick Schoof announced during talks with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo that the Dutch government would return a Pharaoh-era... |
Lucy Carroll |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-26 |
Egypt, Netherlands |
Art and Cultural Property, Cross-Border Communication, Cultural Property |
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The High Court of Australia Paves the Way for the Use of “AN0M” Evidence – and Validates Global “Outsourcing” |
On October 8, the High Court of Australia issued a ruling entitled CD v. Commonwealth of Australia that validated legislation rapidly adopted by the Parliament to remove evidentiary... |
Frederick T. Davis |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-26 |
Australia |
Evidence Sharing, International Law, Trial |
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Austria Indicts Two Former Syrian Officials for Crimes Against Humanity |
On November 12, 2025, Austrian prosecutors indicted two former Syrian officials with serious crimes. The charges concern their roles in suppressing the Arab Spring uprising from 2011 to 2013... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-26 |
Austria, Syria |
Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes |
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The Arrest of Fugitive Ecuadorian Drug Lord in Spain Reveals Extent of Corruption and Organized Crime in the Small Andean Country |
In November 2025, Spanish authorities arrested Wilmer Chavarria in Malaga, Spain, in coordination with Ecuadorian law enforcement.
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Dimitris Konstantopoulos |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-26 |
Ecuador, Spain |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Law Enforcement |
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Five Persons Plead Guilty to Helping North Korea in Virtual Currency Schemes |
On November 14, four United States (U.S.) nationals and a Ukrainian identity broker pleaded guilty to participating in remote information technology (IT) work and virtual currency heist schemes on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-21 |
North Korea, United States |
Cybercrime, Organized Crime |
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Amidst Transnational Cyberscamming Crackdown, Chinese Court Sentences Eleven Crime Syndicate Members to Death |
On September 29, the Wenzhou Intermediate People’s Court sentenced eleven members of a family-run crime syndicate to death without reprieve on charges including cyberscamming, gambling, and... |
Chloe Fontenelle |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-21 |
China, Myanmar |
Capital Punishment, Cybercrime, Human Trafficking, Organized Crime, Sentencing |
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France Extradites Belarusian National to the U.S. for Export Control Violations |
On November 4, 2025, United States (U.S.) law enforcement announced that French authorities extradited Yana Leonova, 33, a Belarusian national living in Russia, on an indictment in the U.S.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-21 |
France, Russia, United States |
Export Enforcement, Extradition |
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Operation Oyamel: Mexican Cartels Expand to Europe |
In a multi-national joint operation, Spanish authorities dismantled one of the “branches” of Mexico’s Cartel Jalisco New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación) (CJNG)... |
Rodrigo Labardini |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-21 |
Europe, Mexico, Spain |
Drugs & Trafficking, Gangs, International Cooperation |
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Thailand Approves Extradition of Illegal Online Gambling Kingpin |
On November 10, 2025, Thailand’s Appeals Court ordered the extradition of She Zhijiang, a Chinese-Cambodian businessman accused of running one of Asia’s largest illegal online gambling... |
Austin Wahl |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-21 |
China, Thailand |
Cybercrime, Extradition, Gambling |
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Eurojust and U.S. Cooperate to Take Down Global Credit Card Fraud |
On November 5, an international law enforcement operation involving Eurojust and the United States (U.S.) resulted in the arrest of eighteen suspects. The detained individuals are charged with... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-14 |
European Union, United States |
Economic Integration, Eurojust, Financial Crimes |
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The Council of Europe’s Action Addressing Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine and Impunity |
The Council of Europe (CoE) was the one international organization that reacted immediately to the Russian Federation’s ‘special military operation’ against Ukraine in February... |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-14 |
Europe, Russia, Ukraine |
European Court of Human Rights, International Organizations, War Crimes |
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Mexico Is Credited With Frustrating an Iranian Plot to Kill Israeli Ambassador |
The Mexican government was credited with hindering and, in fact, preventing an Iranian-directed plot to kill the Israeli Ambassador to Mexico, Einat Kranz-Neiger, as part of a wider attack on... |
Rodrigo Labardini |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-14 |
Iran, Israel, Mexico |
Law Enforcement, National Security |
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Seventy Countries Sign the UN Cybercrime Convention |
More than seventy countries signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime in Hanoi on October 26, 2025, when it was opened for signature in Hanoi. Among the signatories were the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-07 |
World |
Cybercrime, United Nations |
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Rio Police Raid Unveils the Complexities of Combating Multinational Gangs and Extensive Corruption in Brazilian Financial Institutions |
In late October 2025, police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, launched a complex and deadly operation against the notorious gang, Red Command, targeting Rio’s favelas. The operation is the... |
Dimitris Konstantopoulos |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-07 |
Brazil |
Financial Enforcement, Gangs, Law Enforcement |
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Cartel Broker and Fentanyl Kingpin ‘Brother Zhang’ Arrested in Cuba |
Zhi Dong Zhang, a Chinese national and Mexican citizen with various aliases, such as “El Chino” and “Brother Wang,” has been extradited into United States (U.S.)... |
Austin Wahl |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-07 |
Cuba, Mexico, United States |
Detention, Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition, International Cooperation |
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Spain Finds Former Director of UNOPS Extraditable to the U.S. for Corruption |
On October 21, 2025, the National High Court of Spain found Ukrainian Vitaly Vanshelboim, former director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), extraditable to the United... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
11 |
2025-10-31 |
Spain, United States |
Bribery, Corruption, Extradition, International Organizations |
