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UN Special Rapporteur’s Report on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism |
On October 15, 2020, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ni Aoláin, presented her report to... |
Michael Plachta |
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2020-11-07 |
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United Nations |
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U.S. Charges 8 Persons as Illegal PRC Agents Conducting Law Enforcement Operations in the U.S. |
On October 28, 2020, prosecutors unsealed a criminal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging eight persons with conspiring to act in the U.S. as illegal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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11 |
2020-11-05 |
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European Parliament Acts on Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing, and Combating Fraud |
In a resolution adopted on July 10, 2020, with 534 votes to 25 and 122 abstentions, Members of the European Parliament welcomed the European Commission’s Action Plan on how to fight... |
Michael Plachta |
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11 |
2020-10-31 |
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Money Laundering |
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Council of Europe Adopts Recommendation on the Transfer of Prisoners between States |
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted Recommendation CM/Rec(2020)3 to Member States concerning the practical application of the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons... |
Michael Plachta |
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11 |
2020-10-31 |
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Council of the European Union |
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Goldman Sachs Enters Into DPA and Agrees to Pay Over $2.9 Billion in Penalties over 1MDB Affair |
On October 22, 2020, the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Goldman Sachs or the Company), a global financial institution headquartered in New York,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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11 |
2020-10-31 |
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Bribery |
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UK Bill Limiting Liability for Servicemen in Armed Conflict Progresses |
The Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill, which contains several controversial provisions, had its 2nd Reading in the UK House of Commons on September 23, 2020 and started its... |
Michael Plachta |
36 |
11 |
2020-10-31 |
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Human Rights |
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United States Targets Chinese Belt & Road Project With Global Magnitsky Sanctions: Corruption, Human Rights, and Geostrategy |
The United States on September 15, 2020 imposed Global Magnitsky Sanctions[i] on Union Development Group Co., Ltd.,[ii] the Chinese state-owned company (“UDG”) behind the Dara Sakor... |
Hdeel Abdelhady |
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10 |
2020-10-23 |
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Human Rights |
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CEO of Multibillion-Dollar Software Company Indicted for Largest-Ever Tax Evasion as Private Equity CEO Makes NPA to Cooperate in the Case |
On October 15, 2020, a federal grand jury in San Francisco, California, returned a 39 count indictment,[1] charging Robert T. Brockman, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an Ohio-based software... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-23 |
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Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
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French Court Sentences Diacks to Prison in IAAF Corruption Case |
On September 16, 2020, in the latest case involving French prosecution of international corruption, the Paris Criminal Court convicted and sentenced the former longtime head of the International... |
Jonathan J. Rusch |
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10 |
2020-10-23 |
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Corruption |
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Dominican Republic Extradites Politician to the U.S. on Heroin Distribution Charges |
On October 9, 2020, United States Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon arraigned Yamil Abreu Navarro in the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York on an indictment charging him with international... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
2020-10-23 |
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Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking |
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United States Charged with Human Rights Abuses for Killings at U.S.-Mexico Border |
On October 1, 2020, attorneys at Hilliard Shadowen LLP and Hilliard Martinez Gonzales LLP filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to hold the United States... |
Julia V. Brock |
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10 |
2020-10-23 |
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Human Rights |
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Open Society and Academicians Sue Trump Administration for Sanctions against the ICC |
On October 1, 2020, the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) and four academicians who work with the International Criminal Court (ICC) brought a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
2020-10-23 |
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Sanctions |
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J&F Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay More than $256 Million on FCPA Charges |
On October 14, 2020, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, J&F Investimentos SA (J&F), a multinational enterprise headquarters in Brazil and engaged primarily in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-23 |
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
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OPCW Confirms Toxic Chemicals in Navalny as EU and Others Prepare Sanctions |
On October 6, 2020, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) issued a report of OPCW’s mission to the Federal Republic of Germany concerning the poisoning of Mr. Alexei... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
2020-10-14 |
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Sanctions |
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Former Trump Campaign’s Fund-Raiser Pleads Guilty to FARA Violations Linked to 1MDB: Another Example of Strategic Corruption in the U.S. |
On October 20, 2020, former Trump Campaign fundraiser pleaded guilty to violating Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) charges in a criminal information in the U.S. District Court for the District... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
2020-10-14 |
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Corruption |
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U.S. Justice Department Publishes Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework |
On October 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice published “Cryptocurrency: An Enforcement Framework,” produced by the Attorney General’s Cyber-Digital Task Force. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
2020-10-14 |
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Cybercrime |
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Strachans and Egglishaw Plead Guilty to Tax Crimes But Egglishaw Is Released Despite Australian Charges |
On October 5, 2020, Strachans SA in Liquidation pleaded guilty to conspiring with U.S. taxpayers and others to hide income and assets in offshore entities and bank accounts from the IRS. The court... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-14 |
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Money Laundering, Tax Crimes |
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U.S. Sanctions Iranian Financial Sector |
On October 8, 2020, the U.S. Treasury announced sanctions on eighteen major Iranian banks. The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) sanctioned sixteen Iranian banks for operating in Iran... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-14 |
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Sanctions |
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U.S. Justice Department Unseals Indictment against McAfee as Spain Arrests Him |
On October 5, 2020, the United States Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging John David McAfee with tax evasion and willful failure to file tax returns.[1] The DOJ unsealed the June... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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10 |
2020-10-09 |
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The Antiquities Coalition’s Recommendations to Combat Financial Crimes in the U.S. Art Market |
On September 24, 2020, the Task Force convened by the think tank of the Antiquities Coalition published its first joint report, Reframing U.S. Policy on the Art Market: Recommendations for... |
Miranda Bannister |
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10 |
2020-10-09 |
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Cultural Property |
