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More than 300 People Arrested in Connection with ‘Ndrangheta Mafia |
On December 19, 2019, a major mafia crackdown involving more than 3,000 Italian police officers resulted in 334 arrests across Germany, Bulgaria, Switzerland, and 12 provinces in Italy. Out of the... |
Esther Bouquet |
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2020-01-25 |
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Former Barbados Minister and Parliamentarian Convicted of Receiving and Laundering Bribes from Barbados Insurance Company While Company Must Disgorge |
On January 16, 2020, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn found a former Minister of Industry and member of the Barbados Parliament... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2020-01-25 |
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Icelandic Seafood Company Withdraws from Namibia After Bribery Charges |
On January 17, 2020, Samherji’s acting chief executive Björgólfur Jóhannsson issued a statement, confirming his company’s withdrawal from its businesses in Namibia, including a N$400 million[1] ... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2020-01-25 |
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NGOs Submit a Communication to the ICC Alleging Responsibility of EU Arms Companies for War Crimes in Yemen |
In a historic step on December 11, 2019, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) along with its partner organizations – Mwatana for Human Rights from Yemen, the... |
Michael Plachta |
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2020-01-18 |
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International Criminal Court |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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2019-12-05 |
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Transparency |
