Articles

E.g., 2026-07
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.N. to Investigate Sri Lanka War Crimes On March 23, 2021, the United Nations Council voted to open an inquiry into Sri Lanka’s alleged war crimes resulting from the three decades civil war. Marwah Adhoob 37 4 2021-04-08 United Nations, War Crimes
U.S. Tax Court Rules Against Constitutional Challenge to Passport Denial for Delinquent Taxpayers On March 30, 2021, the United States Tax Court granted summary judgment to the Internal Revenue Service with respect to a taxpayer debtor/physician’s constitutional challenge to the IRS... Bruce Zagaris 37 4 2021-04-08 Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Trial
United Nations Targets Corruption and Illicit Cross-Border Finance On March 2, 2020 the United Nations released a Report on Financial Integrity For Sustainable Development (the “Report”). Although the Report is lengthy and wide-ranging, we will focus... By Spencer A. Hill & Peter D. Hardy 37 4 2021-04-05 Corruption, United Nations
Spanish Police Seize 1st Spanish-made Narco Sub and Arrest 52 Persons In mid-March 2021, Spanish police seized a submarine capable of transporting up to two tons of drugs.  During the drug raids across Spain, police arrested 52 persons, seized  significant... Bruce Zagaris 37 4 2021-04-02 Drugs & Trafficking
Summarizing and Assessing the 2019 Changes in Interpol’s Rules on the Processing of Data While Interpol has published the revised RPD, it has neither itemized the revisions nor provided a red-line version of the RPD. This article summarizes the 2019 revisions and assesses their... Michelle Estlund, Esq. and Dr. Ted R. Bromund 37 4 2021-04-02 INTERPOL
U.K. Pledges to Continue Supporting Caribbean in Meeting FATF Standards, Cybersecurity and Other Enforcement Initiatives On March 18, 2021, at the Tenth U.K.-Caribbean Forum, the ministers’ meeting resulted in pledges for continued cooperation in international enforcement initiatives, especially helping CARICOM... 37 4 2021-04-01 FATF, International Cooperation
Coast Guard Interdicts and Repatriates 17 Migrants to Cuba as Cuba Calls for U.S. to Meet its Migration Commitments                 On March 22, 2021, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Charles Sexton’s crew repatriated 17 Cuban migrants to Cuba. They had interdicted them... Bruce Zagaris 37 4 2021-03-30 Deportation, Immigration
U.S. Justice Department’s Antitrust Division Summarizes 2020 International Achievements                 On March 24, 2021, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)  issued a summary of its 2020 achievements, including... Bruce Zagaris 37 4 2021-03-30 Antitrust Cooperation, International Antitrust Administration
U.S. Grand Jury in Seattle Indicts Young Swiss Hacktivist for Cyber Crimes On March 18, 2021, the U.S. Attorney in Seattle announced the indictment of Till Kottmann, 21, for computer intrusion and identity and data theft crimes from 2019 to the present.  Initially,... Bruce Zagaris 37 4 2021-03-26 Cybercrime
North Korea Cuts Diplomatic Relations with Malaysia After It Extradites N. Korean to the U.S. On March 20, 2021, the United States government obtained custody of Mun Chol Myong after Malaysia extradited him to face U.S. money laundering charges.  He was the first North Korean... Bruce Zagaris 37 4 2021-03-26 Economic Sanctions, Extradition
Germany, Denmark, and Belgium Bring Criminal Investigations against Foreign Enablers in Cum-Ex Cases This year Denmark, Germany, and Belgium have all brought criminal investigations against foreign enablers in the cum-ex trading cases. Bruce Zagaris 37 3 2021-03-23 Money Laundering, Tax Crimes
U.S.-North Triangle Enhanced Engagement Act Sets the Stage for New U.S. Policy In December 2020, the U.S. Congress enacted the United States-Northern Triangle Enhanced Engagement Act (USNTEEA)[1] as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2021. [1] ... Bruce Zagaris 37 3 2021-03-23 Immigration
Nigeria’s Struggle to Recover Stolen Assets from the U.K. Ex-Nigerian governor James Ibori and his associates allegedly laundered 160 million in Euros in the years he was in office. They used the stolen money to purchase luxurious cars, a jet plane,... Marwah Adhoob 37 3 2021-03-23 Law Enforcement, Money Laundering
FATF Starts New Project to Study and Mitigate the Unintended Consequences from Incorrect Implementation of Standards and Announces More Jurisdictions on its Black and Grey Lists   On March 17, 2021, the Financial Action Task Force announced the start of a new project “to study and mitigate the unintended consequences resulting from the incorrect... Bruce Zagaris 37 3 2021-03-20 FATF, Financial Crimes
Daughter of Head of Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación Pleads Guilty to Violating the Kingpin Act On March 12, 2021, Jessica Johanna Oseguera Gonzalez, 34, a dual U.S.-Mexican citizen, residing in Guadalajara, Mexico, pleaded guilty to willfully engaging in financial transactions with Mexican... Bruce Zagaris 37 3 2021-03-18 Crimes, Drugs & Trafficking
58 Countries Sign Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention of Foreign and Dual Nationals When traveling abroad, either as a foreign national or a dual citizen, the last thing anyone expects is to be wrongfully detained on arbitrary charges and then used as a political bargaining chip.... By Kayla DeAlto* and Bruce Zagaris 37 3 2021-03-17 Human Rights, Legislation
FinCen Notice Informs Financial Institutions of Money Laundering from Illicit Art and Antiquities Trade  On March 9, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network or FinCEN issued a notice to financial institutions informing them of (i) the new measures to the Anti-Money Laundering... Bruce Zagaris and Marwah Adhoob 37 3 2021-03-16 Crimes, Cultural Property, Financial Crimes
Swiss Private Bank Rahn+Bodmer Makes Deferred Prosecution Agreement for $22 Million to Settle Tax Crimes On March 11, 2021, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced the settlement of criminal charges with Rahn+Bodmer Co. (R+B), the oldest private... Bruce Zagaris 37 3 2021-03-16 Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement
The Czech Government Extradites Two Ukrainian Nationals to the U.S. on Money Laundering Charges On March 5, 2021, the Czech Republic extradited two members of an international organized network that furnish cash-out and money laundering services to persons committing cybercrimes.[1... Bruce Zagaris 37 3 2021-03-13 Cybercrime, Extradition
Suriname’s Corruption and Money Laundering Challenges In early March 2021, the findings of Suriname’s National Risk Assessment (NRA) on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism and corruption, as recommended by the... Scott B. MacDonald 37 3 2021-03-12 Money Laundering

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