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Sudan to Open Investigations into Crimes Committed under Omar al-Bashir |
In late December, Sudan announced it opened an investigation into the crimes committed in Darfur by the former president Omar al-Bashir, 75, and his regime.[1] This move aims to end years of... |
Alexandra Haris |
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2020-01-15 |
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Investigation |
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U.S. Homeland Security Orders Mexican Asylum Seekers to Guatemala over Mexico’s Objections |
On January 6, 2020, the same day the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed it plans to send some Mexican asylum seekers to Guatemala to slow or block migration to the United States,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2020-01-14 |
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Asylum |
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France Extradites Suspected Torturer to Argentina |
On December 15, 2019, the French government extradited Mario Sandoval to Argentina, where he is suspected of participating in around 500 crimes against humanity in the Clandestine Center of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2020-01-13 |
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Extradition |
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A 2019 HOLIDAY RETROSPECTIVE FROM THE EDITORS (Bruce Zagaris and Alexandra Haris) |
The IELR sends everyone best wishes for 2020. 2019 proved to be yet another important year for the international enforcement community.
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Bruce Zagaris & Alexandra Haris |
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2020-01-11 |
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U.S. Homeland Security Orders Mexican Asylum Seekers to Guatemala over Mexico’s Objections |
On January 6, 2020, the same day the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed it plans to send some Mexican asylum seekers to Guatemala to slow or block migration to the United States,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
2020-01-10 |
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Immigration |
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Angola Freezes Assets of Daughter of Former President |
On December 23, 2019, a court in Luanda, Angola ordered an asset freeze of the personal bank accounts of Isabel dos Santos, her husband, Sindika Dokolo, and Mario da Silva in Angola, and the stakes... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
2020-01-09 |
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Embezzlement |
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U.S. Sanctions on Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream Pipeline Projects (NDAA 2020) |
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA) into law. Title 75 of the NDAA contains the “Protecting Europe’s Energy... |
Hdeel Abdelhady |
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1 |
2020-01-02 |
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Sanctions |
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Dubai Arrests Organized Crime Figure on Request of the Dutch |
On December 16, 2019, the Dutch police announced that Dubai police have arrested the suspected head of a cocaine trafficking gang and the most wanted man in the Netherlands. Dubai... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2019-12-25 |
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Drugs & Trafficking |
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European Committee on Crime Problems Acts on Artificial Intelligence and International Cooperation |
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC) held its seventy-seventh plenary session on December 3 and 4, 2019, in Strasbourg, France.[1] At the... |
Michael Plachta |
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2019-12-21 |
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Criminal Procedure/Proceedings |
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France Extradites Alleged Torturer to Argentina |
On December 15, 2019, France extradited a former Argentinian police officer, who worked for many years as an academic at the Sorbonne, to Argentina to answer changes of his participation in the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2019-12-20 |
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Extradition |
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UN Makes Progress on the Convention on Crimes against Humanity |
On November 13, 2019, the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the UN General Assembly engaged in discussions concerning elaboration and adopted a new convention on crimes against humanity at its seventy-... |
Michael Plachta |
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2019-12-13 |
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United Nations |
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ICC Prosecutor Finally Refuses to Open Investigation in the Mavi Marmara Incident |
On December 2, 2019, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) once again declined – now for a third time – to open an investigation into Israel’s violent attack on... |
Michael Plachta |
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12 |
2019-12-11 |
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International Criminal Court |
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Serious Fraud Office Confirms Investigation of Suspected Bribery by Glencore |
On December 5, 2019, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in London, following Glencore PLC’s announcement, confirmed its investigation of suspicions of bribery in the conduct of business by the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2019-12-10 |
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Bribery |
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Cultures of Impunity: Eddie Gallagher and the Trump Administration Campaign to Undermine International Law and the Military Justice System |
On November 21, President Donald Trump tweeted that he would personally intervene to ensure that Edward Gallagher, a Navy Seal convicted of a war crime, would not lose his membership in an elite... |
Evan Schleicher |
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2019-12-06 |
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War Crimes |
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U.S. Indicts Ten Persons in Nigerian Romance Scams for Money Laundering Conspiracy |
On November 13, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the unsealing of a grand jury indictment against ten men charged with conspiring to launder illegal proceeds that were... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
2019-12-06 |
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Money Laundering |
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OECD Trumpets Results of Work of Global Forum on its 10th Anniversary Meeting |
At the Tenth Anniversary Meeting[1] on November 26 and 27, 2019, the OECD trumpeted the achievements of the work of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
2019-12-05 |
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Transparency |
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Ten Years of Police and Judicial Cooperation within European Union under the Lisbon Treaty |
On December 1, 2019, the new President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen marked the 10-year anniversary of the Treaty of Lisbon’s entry into force. December 1, 2019... |
Michael Plachta |
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2019-12-05 |
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Treaties |
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U.S. Court Orders Iran to Compensate Journalist Jason Rezaian |
A U.S. court recently ordered Iran to pay $180 million in damages to U.S. journalist Jason Rezaian who was captured at gun point and imprisoned for 544 days in the infamous Evin Prison. At... |
Miranda Bannister |
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2019-12-04 |
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Human Rights |
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3 Families of Libyan Victims Sue Warlord Khalifa Haftar in U.S. Court |
On June 26, 2019, three families who lost family members in a bombing campaign sued Libya’s warlord Khalifa Haftar (also referred to as Hifter) in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
2019-12-04 |
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International Criminal Court |
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PREPARING FOR SOUTH AFRICA’S EXODUS FROM THE ICC: THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMES BILL |
In June 2015, the International Criminal Court (ICC) demanded that the government of the Republic of South Africa arrest Omar Al-Bashir,[1] the now-deposed President of the Sudan, who at the... |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras and Gino J. Naldi |
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2019-12-03 |
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International Criminal Court |
