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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
9TH and D.C. Circuit Courts of Appeals Rules Against City of Almaty in Civil RICO Case to Recover Funds On April 22, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed the dismissal by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California for failure to state a claim of an... Bruce Zagaris 36 5 2020-05-02 Racketeering/RICO
Retired FBI Agent Arrested on Charges of Bribery in Exchange for Providing Sensitive Information On Friday, April 24, 2020, a former FBI agent was arrested near his home in Lafayette, California for allegedly accepting more than $200,000 in cash bribes and gifts for providing sensitive... Alexandra Haris 36 5 2020-05-02 Bribery
European Court of Justice Opines Bulgarian Non-Convicted Based Forfeiture Is Lawful On March 19, 2020, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), acting on  a request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofia City Court, Bulgaria, ruled that European Union (EU) law does not... Bruce Zagaris 36 4 2020-04-25 European Union
UK Court Awards Ernst & Young Former Partner, a Whistleblower, $10.8m in Damages On April 17, 2020, the UK High Court delivered a judgment awarding $11 million in damages and expenses to a former partner at global accounting firm Ernst & Young (EY) who exposed money... Michael Platcha 36 5 2020-04-25 Money Laundering
El Salvador Judge Asks the U.S. for Confidential Documents on El Mozote Massacre In a letter dated January 27, 2020, Judge Jorge Guzmán Urquilla of the Examining Court of San Francisco Gotera asked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for all the documentation that the U.... Alexandra Haris 36 4 2020-04-25 Investigation
English Appellate Court Overturns UWO on Kazak Properties On April 8, 2020, the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Administrative Court overturned lower court’s orders in favor of Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) and related... Bruce Zagaris 36 5 2020-04-25 United Kingdom
Guatemala Suspends and then Resumes U.S. Deportations to Guatemala On April 6, 2020, Guatemala’s foreign ministry said that all flights from the United States returning deported Guatemalan migrants are suspended this week due to the coronavirus pandemic. The... Bruce Zagaris 36 4 2020-04-18 Deportation
INTERPOL Warns of Cyber Attacks against Healthcare Institutions with Ransomware and Issues Global Threat Assessment On April 4, 2020, INTERPOL warned that cybercriminals are targeting critical healthcare institutions with ransomware. In response, the organization announced its Cybercrime Threat Response team is... Bruce Zagaris 36 4 2020-04-18 INTERPOL
Portuguese Court Seizes Dos Santos’ Shares in Telecom Firm On April 4, 2020, a Portuguese court seized the shares in telecommunications firm NOS of a holding company that Isabel dos Santos, the former first daughter and Angolan businesswoman, owned half of... Bruce Zagaris 36 4 2020-04-18 Fraud
IOSCO Issues Report on Regulatory Issues on Stablecoins On March 23, 2020, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) issued a report identifying the implications of global stablecoin initiatives for securities regulators. IOSCO is... Bruce Zagaris 36 4 2020-04-18 Financial Enforcement
Trump Administration Designates Russian White Supremacist Group as “Terrorists” On Monday, April 6, 2020, the Trump administration designated the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM), an ultranationalist white supremacist group, as a terrorist organization on the Office of Foreign... Alexandra Haris 36 4 2020-04-18 Terrorism
The Hopes for GRECO’s Fifth Evaluation Round in Croatia GRECO’s Fifth Round Evaluation of Croatia, released earlier this year, evaluates the framework currently in place to prevent corruption among officials with top level executive functions and... Miranda Bannister 36 4 2020-04-10 Corruption, European Union
Guatemala Suspends U.S. Deportations to Guatemala On April 6, 2020, Guatemala’s foreign ministry said that all flights from the United States returning deported Guatemalan migrants are suspended this week due to the coronavirus pandemic.... Bruce Zagaris 36 4 2020-04-10 Guatemala Deportation
U.S. Law Enforcement Seizes $30 Million in Illegal Drugs at Tunnel and Enhances Counter-Narcotics Operations in the W. Hemisphere On March 31, 2020, United States law enforcement agents on the San Diego Tunnel Task Force announced the uncovering on March 19 of a sophisticated drug smuggling tunnel, which goes under the U.S.-... Bruce Zagaris 36 4 2020-04-10 Drugs & Trafficking
Trump administration indicts Venezuela’s Leader, Nicolás Maduro, on Narcoterrorism charges On Thursday, March 26, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it indicted Nicolás Maduro and several of his colleagues on drug-trafficking and international cocaine trafficking... Alexandra Haris 36 4 2020-04-04
Swedbank Internal Investigation Shows Large Gaps in AML and Sanctions Compliance as Former CEO Loses Severance Pay On March 23, 2020, Swedbank released the investigative report conducted by law firm Clifford Chance showing anti-money laundering (“AML”) and sanctions gaps during the period 2014-2019... Bruce Zagaris 36 4 2020-04-04
France Exchanges Prisoner with Iran Instead of Extraditing Him to the U.S. On March 17, 2020, the United States Secretary of State criticized France for releasing an Iranian relator wanted for prosecution by the U.S. in an apparent prisoner exchange with Iran.  ... Bruce Zagaris 36 4 2020-04-04
UK Supreme Court Ruled Government Acted Unlawfully in the “Jihadi Beatles” Case On March 25, 2020 the UK Supreme Court delivered its judgment in the “Beatles” case. The ruling immediately hit the headlines for, among other things, calling the action of the UK... Michael Platcha 36 4 2020-04-04
In Light of COVID-19, China Institutes a Ban Wild Animal Consumption that has Skeptics Criticizing Efficacy On February 24, 2020, China announced a sweeping controversial national ban on wild animal consumption. However, critics of the “Comprehensively Prohibiting the Illegal Trade of Wild Animals... Esther Bouquet 36 4 2020-03-28
U.S. Court Approves Extradition to Bosnia and Herzegovina for Rape Charges During War On March 23, 2020, U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Cohen in the U.S. District Court in St. Louis approved a request to extradite a man to Bosnia to face a war crime charge.[1] According to the... Bruce Zagaris 36 4 2020-03-28

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