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UK Court Orders EAW-based Surrender of a Polish National to Italy in an Alleged Kidnapping Case |
On September 29, 2017, District Judge (MC) Goldspring in the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London (UK) delivered a judgment ordering the surrender of Michal Konrad Herba to the Italian... |
Michael Plachta |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-06 |
Italy, Poland |
Kidnaping |
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U.S. Indicts HSI Special Agent and 2 Colombians for Bribery Scheme to Dismiss an Indictment |
On September 25, 2017, U.S. law enforcement officials announced that a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida returned an indictment charging a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-06 |
Colombia, United States |
Bribery |
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Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Files Application to Return 2,300-Years-Old Marble Bull’s Head to Lebanon |
On July 8, 1967, French archaeologist Maurice Dunand unearthed a 2,300-years-old, foot tall marble bull’s head from a site at the foot of the Temple of Eshmun in Sidon, Lebanon. Dunand, the director... |
Zarine Kharazian |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-06 |
Lebanon, United States |
Art and Cultural Property |
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Panama Superintendency of Banks Fines 3 Banks in Second Round of Enforcement Actions |
On September 13, 2017, the Superintendency of Banks of Panama announced that it has taken enforcement efforts and imposed fines on three Panamanian banks, including the state-owned national Bank,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
10 |
2017-09-29 |
Panama |
Money Laundering |
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U.S. Court Rules Taxpayer’s Noncompliance with FBAR Obligations Was Not Willful |
On September 20, 2017, Judge Michael Morris Baylson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled that taxpayer Arthur Bedrosian was not willful in his failure to comply... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
10 |
2017-09-29 |
United States |
Compliance, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
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Telia and Uzbek Subsidiary Make Global Settlement of Uzbek Corrupt Payments |
On September 21, 2017, Telia Company AB, an international telecommunications company based in Stockholm and formerly an issuer of publicly traded securities in the United States, and its Uzbek... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
10 |
2017-09-29 |
United States, Uzbekistan |
Bribery, Corruption, Disgorgement of Profits |
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U.S. Imposes Additional Sanctions with Respect to North Korea |
On September 21, 2017, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13722, imposing additional sanctions with respect to North Korea.
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Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
10 |
2017-09-29 |
North Korea, United States |
Economic Sanctions |
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Panama Finds Former Mexican Governor Extraditable on Corruption Charges |
On September 18, 2017, Panamanian and Mexican officials announced that Panama has found Roberto Borge, who from 2010 to 2016, was governor of the state of Quintana Roo, extraditable on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
9 |
2017-09-29 |
Mexico, Panama |
Extradition |
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Chinese Billionaire Subject to Interpol Red Notice Requests Asylum from the U.S. |
On September 6, 2017, a billionaire property developer who has accused high-level Chinese officials of corruptions and is subject to an Interpol Red Notice has applied for asylum in the United States... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
9 |
2017-09-22 |
China |
Extradition |
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The Criminal Finance Act 2017 and Unexplained Wealth Orders (UK): Concerns and Implications |
On September 30, 2017, the Criminal Finances Act 2017 will enter into force in the UK. The act amends the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) to empower the UK High Court, on the application of a UK... |
Andrew Stephenson |
33 |
9 |
2017-09-22 |
United Kingdom |
Financial Crimes, Financial Enforcement |
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Council of Europe Launches Negotiations on the Second Protocol To the Cybercrime Convention |
On September 18, 2017, Joe McNamee, Executive Director of advocacy group European Digital Rights (EDRi), acting on behalf of a global coalition of civil society organizations, submitted to Alexander... |
Michael Plachta |
33 |
9 |
2017-09-22 |
European Union |
Cybercrime |
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Europol and Austria Recommend Measures to Curb Criminal Hawala Networks |
On September 8, 2017, Europol and Austria submitted a note to the Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security (COSI) addressing the role of criminal hawala in... |
Michael Plachta and Eric Nilsson |
33 |
9 |
2017-09-22 |
Austria, European Union |
Financial Crimes, Financial Enforcement |
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Human Rights Groups Submit Cases to List Persons for Global Magnitsky Act |
On September 12, 2017, a coalition of international human rights groups submitted a letter to the U.S. Secretaries of State and Treasury, proposing the designation of fifteen persons under the Global... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
9 |
2017-09-15 |
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Corruption, Human Rights |
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U.S. District Court Orders Martinelli Extradited to Panama |
On August 31, 2017, U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres issued a 93-page opinion that ordered former Panamanian President Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal to be extradited Panama. |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
9 |
2017-09-15 |
Panama, United States |
Cybercrime, Extradition |
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European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Corruption and Human Rights |
On September 13, 2017, the European Parliament, acting on its own initiative, adopted its resolution on corruption and human rights in third countries. The resolution was approved nearly... |
Michael Plachta |
33 |
9 |
2017-09-15 |
Azerbaijan, European Union |
Corruption, Human Rights |
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Superseding Indictment Charges Former Turkish Minister and others with Evading U.S. Iran Sanctions |
On September 6, 2017, a superseding indictment was issued against a former Turkish Minister of the Economy, a former general manager of a Turkish government-owned bank, and two other individuals for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
9 |
2017-09-15 |
Iran, Turkey |
Economic Sanctions |
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CIA Torture Psychologists Settle Suit Alleging Torture in U.S. War against Terrorism |
On August 17, 2107, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced a settlement in a lawsuit against the two psychologists who designed and implemented the CIA’s program to render detainees... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
9 |
2017-09-08 |
United States |
Central Intelligence Agency, Counter-terrorism, Human Rights |
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U.S. Court Upholds Interrogation of Libyan on Ship with Respect to Killing of US Ambassador in Benghazi |
On August 16, 2017, U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia issued an opinion that prosecutors can use the statements of Ahmed Abu Khatallah,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
9 |
2017-09-08 |
Libya, United States |
Extradition, Interrogation |
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World Bank Immunities Upheld in Canada, but High Standards Remain for Wiretap Authorizations |
Increasing global anti-corruption initiatives continue to serve social and economic interests. This case addresses an interesting legal question about the enforceability of immunities that the World... |
Peter Bowal and Mark Shehata |
33 |
9 |
2017-09-08 |
Canada |
Warrants, World Bank |
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The ICC Orders Wide-Ranging Reparations for Destruction of Religious and Cultural Sites in Al Mahdi Case |
One of the innovative features of the 1988 Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC) was that it dealt with the question of reparations to be made to victims and/or members of... |
Konstantin Magliveras |
33 |
9 |
2017-09-08 |
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International Criminal Court |