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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
European Committee on Crime Problems Acts on Artificial Intelligence, Environment and International Cooperation The Council of Europe’s (CoE) European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC) held its 78th plenary session on November 3-4, 2020, in the form of a teleconference.[1] * Professor... Michael Plachta 36 11 2020-11-14 Environment
OFAC Issues Advisory and Guidance on Use of High-Value Artwork to Circumvent Sanctions On October 30, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control made an advisory to underscore sanctions risks arising from dealings in high-value artwork[1]... Bruce Zagaris 36 11 2020-11-14 Sanctions
Dutch Ministry of Culture Recommends the Restitution of Stolen Cultural Property to Former Colonies On October 7, 2020, a Committee established by the Dutch Minister of Culture, Education, and Science  called for the return of cultural objects stolen from former colonies that are currently... Bruce Zagaris and Miranda Bannister 36 11 2020-11-07 Art and Cultural Property
Group of Experts’ Report Recommends Reforms to the ICC and the Rome Statute System On September 30, 2020, the Group of Independent Experts released its final Report on the review of the International Criminal Court and the Rome Statute system, as requested by the Assembly of... Michael Plachta 36 11 2020-11-07 International Criminal Court
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 36 11 2020-11-07 United Nations
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 36 11 2020-11-05
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 36 11 2020-10-31 Bribery
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 Human Rights
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 36 11 2020-10-31 Money Laundering
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 36 11 2020-10-31 Council of the European Union
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 36 10 2020-10-23 Sanctions
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 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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 36 10 2020-10-23 Human Rights
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 Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement
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 36 10 2020-10-23 Corruption
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 36 10 2020-10-23 Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking
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 36 10 2020-10-23 Human Rights
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 36 10 2020-10-14 Sanctions
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 36 10 2020-10-14 Corruption
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 36 10 2020-10-14 Cybercrime

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