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Fortunes Turn Sour for 2 Ecuadorian High Net Worth Fugitives: ICE Detains Them and Florida Appellate Court Rules Against Them in Asset Recovery Case |
On February 13, 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested two high-net-worth fugitives from Ecuador who have battled for at least a decade to avoid returning to Ecuador where an... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
2 |
2019-02-23 |
Ecuador, United States |
Asset Forfeiture, Extradition |
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European Solutions Offer Little Hope for Iran in the Face of US Sanctions |
The decision by the United States to pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”) has left Iran and many European nations scrambling to salvage the agreement. Soon... |
Farhad Mirzadeh |
35 |
3 |
2019-02-23 |
European Union, Iran, United States |
Counter-terrorism, Money Laundering, Sanctions |
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European Commission Recommends Negotiating Treaty with U.S. on Access to Electronic Evidence |
On February 5, 2019, the European Commission published its recommendations for the Council to engage in two international negotiations on cross-border rules to obtain electronic evidence. Following... |
Michael Plachta |
35 |
3 |
2019-02-23 |
European Union, United States |
Cross-Border Communication, Data Sharing |
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U.S. and Romania Take Down Online Organize Crime Ring Operating out of Romania |
On February 7, 2019, the United States law enforcement announced the unsealing of indictments, charging 20 people, including 16 foreign nationals, for their roles in an international organized... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
2 |
2019-02-15 |
Romania, United States |
Fraud, Identity Theft, Money Laundering, Organized Crime, Racketeering/RICO |
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UK Forfeits £466,321 from Son of Moldova’s Former Prime Minister |
On February 7, 2019, upon the application of the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) the City of London Magistrates Court, District Judge Michael Snow granted forfeiture orders on Vlad Luca... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
2 |
2019-02-15 |
United Kingdom |
Asset Forfeiture, Corruption |
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U.S. Jury Convicts El Chapo on All Counts for Leading the Sinaloa Organized Crime Cartel |
On February 12, 2019, a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York convicted Joaquin Achivaldo Guzman Loera, known as “El Chapo,” of leading a continuing criminal enterprise – the Mexican... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
2 |
2019-02-15 |
Mexico, United States |
Conspiracy, Drugs & Trafficking, Money Laundering, Murder, Organized Crime |
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European Commission Extends Its Money Laundering Blacklist and Includes Saudi Arabia |
On February 13, 2019, the European Commission adopted Delegated Regulation (C(2019) 1326) identifying high-risk third countries that present strategic deficiencies in their regime on anti-money... |
Michael Plachta |
35 |
2 |
2019-02-15 |
European Union, Saudi Arabia, United States |
Financial Enforcement, Money Laundering |
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New York Bar Censures Lawyer Involved in 2016 Global Witness Video for Counseling Client to Engage In Fraudulent Conduct |
On January 15, 2019, the Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department, New York State Bar censured Marc S. Koplik for his conduct in participating in counseling a client to engage... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
2 |
2019-02-08 |
United States |
Fraud |
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Court Awards $302,511,836.00 in Damages to Family of Journalist Marie Colvin |
As previously reported in the International Enforcement Law Reporter, Marie Colvin, an internationally renowned American journalist, was killed on February 22, 2012 while on assignment... |
Linda Friedman Ramirez |
35 |
2 |
2019-02-08 |
Syria, United States |
International Law, Murder |
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U.S. Files Charges against Russian, Ukrainian Defendants for Role in Illegal Trading Scheme |
Federal authorities have filed charges against eight individuals, several of whom are of Russian or Ukrainian nationality, for hacking into a government database as part of an illegal trading... |
Zarine Kharazian |
35 |
2 |
2019-02-08 |
Russia, Ukraine, United States |
Cybercrime, Securities Exchange Commission, Securities Law |
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ICC Releases Gbagbo and Blé Goudé on Conditions |
On February 1, 2019, the Appeals Chamber (AC) of the International Criminal Court (ICC or Court) unanimously ruled that conditions are to be imposed on Mr. Laurent Gbagbo and Mr. Charles Bl... |
Michael Plachta |
35 |
2 |
2019-02-08 |
Ivory Coast |
Crimes against Humanity, International Criminal Court |
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U.S. Unseals Two Indictments Against Huawei Corporate Entities – One for Money Laundering, Obstruction of Justice, and Sanctions Violations; Another for Theft of Trade Secrets, Wire Fraud |
On January 28, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice partly unsealed two indictments against Huawei corporate entities and the Huawei Chief Financial Officer Wanzhou Meng. In the U.S. Court Eastern... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
2 |
2019-02-01 |
China, United States |
Money Laundering, Sanctions, Trade Crimes, Trade Enforcement, White Collar Crime |
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Council of Europe Voices Concerns with Deprivation of Nationality As an Anti-Terror Measure |
At its 9th sitting held on January 25, 2019, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Resolution 2263 (2019) and Recommendation 2145 (2019). These policies... |
Michael Plachta |
35 |
2 |
2019-02-01 |
Europe |
Counter-terrorism, Human Rights, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) |
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European Court of Human Rights Orders Italy to Pay Damages to Amanda Knox |
On January 24, 2019, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights issued a judgment, awarding €18,400 to Amanda Knox, a U.S. national and former student who spent years in detention... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
2 |
2019-02-01 |
European Union, Italy, United States |
European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights |
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China-Canada Extradition Tensions Increase as China Sentences Canadian to Death |
On January 14, 2019, diplomatic tensions between Canada and China increased as a Chinese court ordered the death penalty for a Canadian national. The latter sentence appears to be an... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
1 |
2019-01-25 |
Canada, China, United States |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition |
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Canadian Supreme Court Confirms Law Enforcement Power to Collect Terrorist Communications |
On November 30, 2018, a unanimous Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision in R v Vice Media Inc, which will support law enforcement officials in terrorism investigations and prosecutions.... |
Peter Bowal, Carter Czaikowski, and Marcus Smith |
35 |
1 |
2019-01-25 |
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Troubling Acquittal of Gbagbo and Blé Goudé at the ICC |
On January 15, 2019, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) acquitted Laurent Gbago, former President of Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), and his right-hand man... |
Michael Plachta |
35 |
1 |
2019-01-25 |
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Skadden Agrees to Civil Settlement with DOJ over FARA Violations |
On January 17, 2019, U.S. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demerks announced Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
1 |
2019-01-25 |
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Council of Europe Adopts Resolution on Fighting Impunity by Targeted Sanctions in the Magnitsky Case and Beyond |
At its 4th sitting held on January 22, 2019, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a Resolution on fighting impunity of perpetrators of serious human rights... |
Michael Plachta |
35 |
2 |
2019-01-25 |
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UN Secretary-General Reports on the United Nations Mission in Colombia Amid Mounting Challenges to the Peace Process |
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Michael Plachta |
35 |
1 |
2019-01-18 |
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