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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Founder of Russian Bank Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud, Including Falsifying His Expatriation Statement On October 1, 2021, Oleg Tinkov, also known as Oleg Tinkoff, the founder of a Russian bank, pleaded guilty to filing a materially false tax return and agreed to pay more than $500 million  in... Bruce Zagaris 37 10 2021-10-08 Crimes, Tax Crimes
Pandora Papers Sheds Light on Financial Secrecy Abuses On October 3, 2021, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released a new series of investigative stories and millions of leaked documents about political leaders,... Bruce Zagaris 37 10 2021-10-07 Economic Crimes, Money Laundering
European Court of Human Rights Finds Russia Responsible for Assassination of Litvinenko and Britain. Names Third Russian Suspect in Poisoning of Skripal On September 21, 2021, the European Human Rights Court’s Chamber overwhelmingly held Russia responsible for the poisoning of Aleksandr Litvinenko.[1]  On the same day, the British... Bruce Zagaris 37 10 2021-09-30 Russia Assassination
Crypto Expert Plead Guilty to Assisting N. Korea Evade Sanctions On September 27, 2021, the U.S. District Court in Manhattan announced that a U.S. citizen pled guilty to conspiring to aid Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) evade... Marwah Adhoob 37 10 2021-09-30 Court Conviction, Crimes, Cybercrime
Huawei CFO Wanzhou Meg Enters into DPA with the U.S. to End the U.S. Extradition Case in Canada as China Frees Two Canadians On September 24, 2021, Wanzhou Meng, 24, the Chief Financial Officer of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) and was arraigned on charges of conspiracy... Bruce Zagaris 37 10 2021-09-28 Extradition, Sanctions
Biden Administration Sanctions Ethiopian Civil War Perpetrators On September 17, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order authorizing sanctions against the Ethiopian government, the Eritrean government, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, and the... Marwah Adhoob 37 10 2021-09-27 Crimes against Humanity, Human Rights
Venezuelan Emissary Alex Saab Approved for Extradition to the U.S., Called to Mexico for Talks with Opposition On September 8, 2021, Cape Verde’s Constitutional Court, the island nation’s highest judicial authority, approved the extradition to the U.S. of Colombian businessman Alex Saab, a... Kenneth Boggess 37 10 2021-09-24 Crimes, Extradition
10th Basel AML Index Highlights Four Worrying Gaps In Global Anti-Money Laundering Efforts The 10th Public Edition of the Basel AML Index was released on September 13, 2021. The Basel AML Index is an independent assessment and ranking of money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF)... Kateryna Boguslavska 37 10 2021-09-24 Financial Crimes, Money Laundering
U.S. Sanctions Russian-Owned Crypto-Exchange for Ransomware Activities On September 21, 2021, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the first virtual currency exchange for laundering cyber ransoms and updated its... Bruce Zagaris 37 10 2021-09-24 Cybercrime, Economic Sanctions, Money Laundering
U.S. Court in Philadelphia Holds Liberian Civilly Liable for Lutheran Church Massacres On September 17, 2021, U.S. District Judge Petrese B. Tucker, ruled that Moses Thomas, who had lived in Philadelphia since emigrating from Liberia in 2000, is liable under the Victim and Torture... Bruce Zagaris 37 10 2021-09-24 Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Human Rights
U.S. Indicts Former Ericsson Employee for Bribes and Laundering in Djibouti On September 8, 2021, United States law enforcement officials announced the unsealing in the Southern District of New York of an indictment, charging a former employee of the Swedish multinational... Bruce Zagaris 37 9 2021-09-23 Bribery, Corruption
G7 and EU Security Ministers Agree to Cooperate on Countering Racially and Ethnically Motivated Extremism                 On September 8-9, 2021, the G7 and EU Security Ministers, along with the Secretary General of INTERPOL, and U.S. Attorney General Merrick B.... Bruce Zagaris 37 9 2021-09-18 Conferences, Corruption, Cybercrime, Data Privacy
The Gambia Will not accept Expelled Gambian Nationals from the EU In late August 2021, the Gambian government announced that any migrants wanting to return home to The Gambia would not be allowed to enter. The Banjul administration said it would not... Marwah Adhoob 37 9 2021-09-16 Asylum, European Union, Immigration
Spain Arrests Former Venezuela Intelligence Chief on U.S. Extradition for Narcotics Charges On September 10, 2021, United States law enforcement announced that the Spanish police arrested the day before former Venezuelan official Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios, a/k/a “El Pollo... Bruce Zagaris 37 9 2021-09-14 Drug Enforcement, Extradition
U.S. Prosecution of Three Wildlife Trafficking Violations Shows the Rising Incidence of Violations In August and September, the United States has prosecuted three cases for wildlife trafficking.  On August 11, 2021, the U.S. Court in Anchorage, Alaska, sentenced an Anchorage man to six... Bruce Zagaris 37 9 2021-09-14 Wildlife, Wildlife Smuggle
French Supreme Court Overturns Dismissal of Complicity for Crimes against Humanity against Lafarge in Syria On September 7, 2021, the French Supreme Court (Court of Cassation) overturned the decision of the Paris Court of Appeal, dismissing a charge of complicity in crimes against humanity against... Bruce Zagaris 37 9 2021-09-11 Crimes, Crimes against Humanity
Director and Promoter of BitConnect Pleads Guilty in $2 Bn Cryptocurrency Scheme and SEC Brings Complaint                 On September 1, 2031, Glenn Arcaro of Los Angeles pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in San Diego for his participation in a massive... Bruce Zagaris 37 9 2021-09-10 Charged with Crimes, Cybercrime
U.S. Corporation Sentenced for Importing Illegal Amazonian Wood from Peru On September 3, 2021, Global Plywood and Lumber Trading LLC (Global Plywood) received a sentence for importing illegally-sourced timber from the Peruvian Amazon into the United States in violation... Bruce Zagaris 37 9 2021-09-10 Crimes, Environment
Mexican Government Sues U.S. Arms Manufacturers for Illicit Trafficking in Arms On August 4, 2021, the Mexican government filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the District of Massachusetts against six gun manufacturers and one wholesaler in the United States,... Bruce Zagaris 37 9 2021-08-31 Crimes, Gang Activity
Swiss Justice Ministry Approves Extradition to Germany Lawyer in “Cum-ex” Tax Case On August 27, 2021, the Swiss government approved the extradition to Germany of Hanno Berger, a German lawyer, whom the German government has requested in a tax evasion case. Bruce Zagaris 37 9 2021-08-31 Court Conviction, Extradition

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