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U.S. Sanctions and Indicts Individuals for Iranian Sanctions Evasion |
On February 2, 2024, as tensions between the United States and the Iranian governments increased, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the unsealing of three federal cases as... |
Bruce Zagaris |
40 |
2 |
2024-02-09 |
Iran, United States |
Sanctions |
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Kenyan Court Blocks Deployment of Police to Head Multinational Security Force for Haiti |
On January 26, 2024, Kenya’s high court blocked its government’s plan to deploy hundreds of police to Haiti to head a UN-supported multinational mission to fight rising gang violence... |
Bruce Zagaris |
40 |
2 |
2024-02-09 |
Haiti, Kenya |
Crimes, International Cooperation |
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‘Something Straight Out of Hollywood Fiction’: Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 48 Months for International Bank Heist and Money Laundering Spree |
On January 25, 2024, United States District Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall of the Eastern District of New York (EDNY) sentenced 52-year-old Garri Smith to 48 months in prison for his role in an... |
Kenneth Boggess* |
40 |
2 |
2024-02-09 |
Azerbaijan, Latvia, Russia, United States |
Money Laundering |
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Danish Court Sentences U.K. National to Six Years Imprisonment for Role in Cum-Ex Case |
On February 2, 2024, a Danish court in Glostrup, Denmark sentenced a British citizen to six years in prison for his role in a cum-ex dividend case. The court also confiscated DKK 175 million... |
Bruce Zagaris |
40 |
2 |
2024-02-09 |
Denmark, United States |
Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
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International Court of Justice Rejects Most Ukrainian Claims Against Russia over Anti-Terrorism Treaty |
On January 31, 2024, the International Court of Justice (the Court) handed down its judgment in the case concerning the Application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the... |
Michael Plachta |
40 |
2 |
2024-02-02 |
Russia, Ukraine |
International Courts, International Law |
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U.S. Charges Iranian and 2 Canadian Nationals for Murder-for-Hire Scheme |
On January 29, 2024, the United States Department of Justice announced that an indictment has been unsealed against an Iranian and two Canadian nationals for conspiracy to use interstate commerce... |
Bruce Zagaris |
40 |
2 |
2024-02-02 |
Iran, United States |
Targeted Killings |
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ICJ Indicates Provisional Measures Against Israel Over the Military Actions in Gaza |
On January 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice, delivered its Order on the Request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Ukraine in the case concerning Allegations of... |
Michael Plachta |
40 |
2 |
2024-02-02 |
Israel |
Genocide, International Courts, Law of War |
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U.S. Arrests Alleged Fraudster on the Canadian Border and Unseals Indictment |
On January 12, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed an indictment charging a U.S. citizen residing in Canada for directing a multimillion-dollar pyramid scheme under the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
40 |
2 |
2024-01-26 |
Canada, United States |
Fraud |
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EU Council and Parliament Make Provisional Agreement on Anti-Money Laundering Laws |
On January 18, 2024, the Council and Parliament of the European Union agreed provisionally on parts of the anti-money laundering package directed at protecting EU citizens and the EU’s... |
Bruce Zagaris |
40 |
2 |
2024-01-26 |
European Union, Europe |
Counter-terrorism, Money Laundering |
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1st Circuit Overturns District Court to Allow Mexico’s Lawsuit against U.S. Gunmakers |
On January 22, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit overturned the dismissal of a lawsuit by the Mexican Government against seven U.S. gun manufacturers and one gun... |
Bruce Zagaris |
40 |
2 |
2024-01-26 |
Mexico, United States |
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Costa Rica Extradites El Salvadoran Charged in 1991 Killing in Virginia |
On January 22, 2024, United States authorities reported that four days before Costa Rica extradited Jose Lazaro Cruz, 60, to the U.S. where he was charged with responsibility for the death of his... |
Bruce Zagaris |
40 |
2 |
2024-01-26 |
Costa Rica, El Salvador |
Extradition |
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European Court of Human Rights Rules Against Lithuania in Seventh Case of CIA Rendition Program |
On January 16, 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg delivered its judgment in a case of al-Hawsawi v. Lithuania (application no. 4383/17). The case concerns a national of... |
Michael Plachta |
40 |
2 |
2024-01-26 |
Lithuania, United States |
Human Rights |
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Italy’s Justice Minister Blocks Extradition of Chaplain to Argentina on Humanitarian Grounds |
On January 12, 2024, Italy’s Justice Minister blocked the extradition of a former chaplain whose extradition to Argentina was requested on charges of murder and torture during Argentina... |
Bruce Zagaris |
40 |
1 |
2024-01-19 |
Argentina, Italy |
Extradition |
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U.S. Immigration Court Denies DHS Motion to Terminate Asylum of Former Chechen Militia Member |
On December 22, 2023, U.S. Immigration Court under Immigration Judge Robert Bartlemay, Sr. denied the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) motion to terminate the asylee status of Isa... |
Kenneth Boggess |
40 |
1 |
2024-01-19 |
Russia, United States |
Asylum |
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Morocco Extradites UK Citizen on Wine Fraud Charges |
On December 16, 2023, United States Magistrate Judge Taryn A. Merkl arraigned Stephen Burton, a citizen of the United Kingdom, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
40 |
1 |
2024-01-19 |
Morocco, United Kingdom |
Extradition, Fraud |
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Crisis on U.S. Southern Border Produces Many Law Enforcement Developments |
The surge of migrants on the U.S. southern border is producing all kinds of law enforcement initiatives by the U.S., Mexico, and other countries.
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Bruce Zagaris |
40 |
1 |
2024-01-12 |
Mexico, United States |
Cross-Border Communication, Immigration |
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EU Court of Justice Clarifies the Concept of Grounds for Refusal of Execution of the European Arrest Warrant |
On December 21, 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union, Grand Chamber, (the Court) delivered a judgment giving its interpretation of one of the key concepts underlying the European Arrest... |
Michael Plachta |
40 |
1 |
2024-01-12 |
European Union |
European Union |
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Europol on Online Fraud Highlights the Significant Increase in Schemes |
On December 20, 2023, Europol released a report on online fraud that underscores that online fraud schemes (OFS) pose a major crime threat in the EU and beyond and are rapidly increasing as online... |
Bruce Zagaris |
40 |
1 |
2024-01-12 |
Europe |
Cybercrime, Economic Integration |
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SAP Concludes DPA with the U.S. and Agrees to Pay $220 Million to Resolve Bribery Charges |
On January 10, 2024, SAP SE (SAP), a publicly traded international software company based in Germany, entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) and agreed to pay over $220 million to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
40 |
1 |
2024-01-12 |
Indonesia, South Africa, United States |
Corruption |
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South Africa Submits Application to the UN Court Against Israel Over Genocide in Gaza |
On December 29, 2023, South Africa filed an application instituting proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations,... |
Michael Plachta |
40 |
1 |
2024-01-05 |
Israel, South Africa |
Genocide, Human Rights, International Criminal Court, International Law |