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OSCE Reports on Impact of Cross-Border Counter-terrorism Operations on Human Rights |
In January 2019, the Civic Solidarity Platform’s Counter Terrorism Working Group, coordinated by Fair Trials and the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis, released a report focusing on the impact... |
Michael Plachta |
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1 |
2019-01-18 |
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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 |
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1 |
2019-01-18 |
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U.S. District Court Allows Danish Tax Authority to Pursue Fraud Action |
On January 9, 2019, Judge Lewis Kaplan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a motion to dismiss a complaint filed by the Danish Customs and Tax Administration (SKAT... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
2019-01-18 |
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Fraud |
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Danske Bank Under Investigation in France While Estonia Arrests 10 Former Employees and European Community Agrees to Increase its Financial Supervision Powers |
On December 19, 2019, the Estonian state prosecutor announced the arrest of ten former employees of the local branch of Danske Bank as part of an ongoing international investigation into money... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
2019-01-18 |
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Money Laundering |
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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 escalation of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
2019-01-18 |
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Extradition |
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IDB Expert Group Reports on Anti-Corruption, Transparency, and Integrity in Latin America and the Caribbean |
In December 2018, the Inter-American Development issued a report of an expert advisory group on a comprehensive approach to combating anti-corruption and bringing enhanced transparency and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
2019-01-12 |
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CBP Acquitted in Second Jury Trial, Bivens Action Still in Question |
What are the criminal or civil consequences when a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent, shooting from the US, kills a Mexican national on the other side of the border?
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Linda Friedman Ramirez |
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1 |
2019-01-12 |
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Federal Judge Dismisses Criminal Allegations Under Statute Outlawing Female Genital Mutilation |
On November 12, 2018 the Honorable Bernard A. Friedman, US District Court for the Southern District of Michigan in US v Nagarwala, et. al., dismissed criminal charges alleging violations... |
Linda Friedman Ramirez |
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1 |
2019-01-12 |
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Judge Orders North Korea to Pay $500 Million to Family of Otto Warmbier in Wrongful Death Suit |
When Otto Warmbier left with a tour group on his five-day trip to North Korea, he was a healthy college junior at the University of Virginia. 17 months later, he returned to his parents Frederick... |
Zarine Kharazian |
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1 |
2019-01-05 |
North Korea |
Freezing of Assets |
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International Organizations Review Options to Prevent Abuse of Legal Professional Privilege |
On November 15-16, 2018, an international expert group meeting on and preventing abuse of legal professional privilege (LPP) explored the problems and potential remedies to responding to gaps in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
2019-01-05 |
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FATF |
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A FATF Footprint in the Sand: The UAE’s New AML Law and the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Regional Impact |
Global flows of illicit financing are a universal affliction and continue to vex authorities and law enforcement agencies across the world as insidious threats present persistent risks to the world... |
Ibtissem Lassoued |
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1 |
2019-01-05 |
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FATF |
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U.S. Attorney in Southern District Indicts Alleged Nigerian Ringleader of International Advanced Fee Fraud Scheme |
On December 18, 2018, court documents were unsealed charging Osondu Victor Igwilo, 49 of Lagos, Nigeria in a criminal complaint as the alleged ringleader of an international advance-fee scheme that... |
Bruce Zagaris |
34 |
1 |
2019-01-05 |
Nigeria |
Fraud |
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A 2018 HOLIDAY RETROSPECTIVE FROM THE EDITORS |
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Bruce Zagaris and Zarine Kharazian |
35 |
1 |
2018-12-29 |
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German Appellate Court Overturns Convictions of Two Rwandans Charged with War Crimes |
Germany’s top appeals court has partially overturned the convictions of two Rwandan men, Ignace Murwanashyaka and his deputy Straton Musoni, who were accused of aiding and abetting war crimes in... |
Evan Schleicher |
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1 |
2018-12-29 |
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Crimes against Humanity |
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Malaysia Charges Goldman Sachs with Fraud and Laundering Related to 1MDB Scandal |
On December 17, 2018, the Malaysian Attorney General filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs with respect to the latter’s arrangement and underwriting for 1Malaysia Development Berhad (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
2018-12-29 |
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U.S. Indicts Two Chinese Hackers Associated with the Chinese Government for Global Campaigns to Steal Intellectual Property and Confidential Business Information |
On December 20, 2018, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein and other high-level U.S. officials announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Zhu Hua (朱华), aka Afwar, aka... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
1 |
2018-12-29 |
China |
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U.S. Charges 2 Flynn Associates with Foreign Lobbying Violations on Gulen Extradition |
On December 17, 2018, the U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia announced the unsealing of an indictment, charging two men associated with former Trump National Security Advisor Michael... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
1 |
2018-12-29 |
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Canada Grants Bail to Huawei Executive on U.S. Extradition Warrant for Sanctions Charges |
On December 1, 2018, Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s global chief financial officer, on a U.S. extradition warrant to answer fraud charges in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
2018-12-15 |
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Extradition |
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OECD Issues Statement of Outcomes of Automatic Exchange of Income |
On November 22, 2018, the OECD issued a statement of results from the 11th plenary of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (GF), which met on November... |
Bruce Zagaris |
34 |
12 |
2018-12-15 |
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OECD |
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EU Council Makes Progress on Migration, Terrorism, E-Evidence and Various Justice and Law Enforcement Issues |
At its 3661st meeting on December 6 and 7, 2018, the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Council discussed and adopted positions on a number of criminal justice, home and law enforcement issues. |
Michael Plachta |
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12 |
2018-12-14 |
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Criminal Procedure/Proceedings |
