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Trump Reverses ZTE Penalties in Exchange for Trade Concessions |
On June 7, 2018, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation, of Shenzhen, China (“ZTE Corporation”) and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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6 |
2018-06-15 |
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Economic Sanctions |
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Germany Charges Syrian Air Force Intelligence with Crimes against Humanity |
On June 8, 2018, Germany’s chief prosecutor issued an international arrest warrant for Jamil Hassan, who has lead Syria’s Air Force Intelligence since 2009. The filing of charges against Hassan... |
Bruce Zagaris |
34 |
6 |
2018-06-15 |
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Crimes against Humanity |
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European Committee on Crime Problems Acts on TOC, Terrorism, and International Cooperation |
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC) held its 74th plenary session on June 5-7, 2018, in Strasbourg. |
Michael Plachta |
34 |
6 |
2018-06-15 |
Europe |
Counter-terrorism |
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U.S. Antitrust Division Heads Discuss Efforts to Achieve Multilateral Framework on Procedures in Competition Law Investigation and Enforcement |
On June 1, 2018, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim described to the Council on Foreign Relations efforts of the United States, in partnership with leading antitrust agencies around the world... |
Bruce Zagaris |
34 |
6 |
2018-06-15 |
United States |
Antitrust Cooperation |
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Russian and Syrian Nationals Charged with Laundering Money Earned in Violation of Syrian Sanctions |
On June 12, 2018, an indictment charges eight businessmen, including five Russian nationals and three Syrian nationals, for conspiring to violate U.S. economic sanctions against Syria and Crimea, by... |
Bruce Zagaris |
34 |
6 |
2018-06-15 |
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Economic Sanctions |
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Russia’s Existing and Anticipated Measures in Response to the U.S., E.U. And Other States’ International Economic Sanctions |
On June 4th, 2018 the President of the Russian Federation (“President”) signed into Federal Law No 127-FZ “On measures of reaction (counteraction) to adversarial actions of the United States of... |
Alexander Vaneev and Denis Durashkin |
34 |
6 |
2018-06-15 |
Russia |
Economic Sanctions |
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Turkish Immunity and the Defense of American Ideals |
On May 11, 2018, Kasim Kurd and several others filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Republic of Turkey and five other defendants (two American citizens and... |
Maximilian Raileanu |
34 |
6 |
2018-06-08 |
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Immunity |
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European Court of Human Rights Rules Against Lithuania and Romania in CIA Rendition Cases |
On May 31, 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg delivered its judgments in a case of Abu Zubaydah v. Lithuania (application no. 46454/11) and Al Nashiri v. Romania (... |
Michael Plachta |
34 |
6 |
2018-06-08 |
European Union |
Torture |
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U.S. Charges Former Armenian Ambassador and Russian National in Rolls Royce Related Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme |
On May 24, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a superseding indictment charging two employees of an international engineering consulting firm for their alleged participation in a scheme... |
Bruce Zagaris |
34 |
6 |
2018-06-08 |
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Bribery |
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Fugitive Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Defrauding U.S. Government After Honduras Returns Him |
On June 4, 2018, Eric Christopher Conn, 58, of Pikeville, Kentucky, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Kentucky to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
34 |
6 |
2018-06-08 |
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U.S. and Brazil Start Permanent Forum on Security |
On May 22, 2018, the United States and Brazilian governments issued a joint statement following the start of the U.S.-Brazil Permanent Forum on Security.
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Bruce Zagaris |
34 |
6 |
2018-06-01 |
Brazil |
Organized Crime |
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Jailing of Peacemaker Threatens Colombia’s Demobilization of Transborder Criminal Organizations and Urban Criminal Gangs |
What will happen to Colombia’s efforts to disarm and reintegrate transnational criminal organizations and street gangs if the local officials in whom they place their trust and hopes are suddenly... |
Luz E. Nagle |
34 |
6 |
2018-06-01 |
Colombia |
Organized Crime |
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Council of Europe Adopts Resolution on Funding of Daesh |
At its 13th sitting held on April 24, 2018, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Resolution 2211 (2018) calling for undertaking all measures available, including... |
Michael Plachta |
34 |
6 |
2018-06-01 |
Europe |
Counter-terrorism |
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MH17 Joint Investigation Team Releases Its Interim Report Pointing at Russian Federation |
On May 24, 2018, international investigators probing the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 made their interim findings public in the Dutch town of Bunnik. They said detailed analysis of... |
Michael Plachta |
34 |
6 |
2018-06-01 |
Russia |
Intelligence |
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SEC Settles AML Charges Against Brokerage Firms and Compliance Officer |
On May 16, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced it has settled charges against broker-dealers Chardan Capital Markets LLC and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial... |
Bruce Zagaris |
34 |
5 |
2018-05-25 |
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Money Laundering |
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EU Starts Process to Activate Blocking Statute against Trump’s Iran Sanctions |
On May 18, 2018, the European Commission, following the unanimous support of the European Union’s Heads of State or Government at the leaders’ meeting in Sofia on the evening of May 16, 2018, agreed... |
Bruce Zagaris |
34 |
5 |
2018-05-25 |
Iran |
Economic Sanctions |
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DC Circuit Appeals Court Bars U.S. Government from Forcibly Transferring U.S. ISIS Suspect |
On May 7, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the United States cannot forcibly transfer an American ISIS suspect being held in Iraq to another... |
Zarine Kharazian |
34 |
5 |
2018-05-25 |
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Terrorism |
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Holding the Assad Regime Accountable For the Death of Marie Colvin |
The story of Marie Colvin is one of great courage and profound tragedy. Colvin, an internationally-renowned American journalist, was killed on February 22, 2012 while on assignment for The... |
Linda Friedman Ramirez |
34 |
5 |
2018-05-25 |
Syria |
Crimes against Humanity |
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NGOs Release New Report on Evidence Obtained in Criminal Cases through Torture |
On May 16, 2018, Fair Trials and REDRESS released a new report which reveals how the use of evidence obtained by torture is still widespread in criminal trials across the world, and calls on States... |
Michael Plachta |
34 |
5 |
2018-05-25 |
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Crimes against Humanity |
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Trump Announces U.S. Withdrawal from the JCPOA and Re-imposition of Sanctions on Iran Removed in 2016 |
On May 8, 2018, President Trump announced that the United States was withdrawing from the Iran Nuclear Agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Accordingly,... |
Benjamin H. Flowe, Jr., John A. Ordway, Daniel Fisher-Owens, Babak Hoghooghi, Perry S. Bechky, Ray Gold, Jason A. McClurg and Michelle Turner Roberts* |
34 |
5 |
2018-05-18 |
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Economic Sanctions |
