On August 18, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed a superseding indictment against 17 members of the Mabna Institute, an Iran-based company that has allegedly coordinated a series of cyberattacks since 2013.  Their targets have included 144 U.S. based universities, 178 foreign universities, at least 42 U.S.-based private sector companies, at least 11 foreign private sector companies, at least five U.S. federal and state government agencies, and at least two non-governmental organizations.

              On August 18, 2026, in a press statement, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States again escalated its repressive sanctions campaign against the Criminal Court (ICC), targeting those it deems to have assisted the Court and its organs the in proceedings related to the US or its allies, including Israel, by sanctioning two additional personnel at the Court.[2].  This time, the US has targeted Judge Tomoko Akane, President of the ICC’s Appeals Division, and Abdoulaye Seye, a senior lawyer with the Office of the Prosecutor, who has acted on the team which sought arrest warrants in the Situation in the State of Palestine, and who has been nominated for election as an ICC judge.

              This book (the fight against corruption: comparative challenges and perspectives among Switzerland, the UK, France and the U.S.), written in French, is a comparative study of the current mechanisms and developments in fighting transnational corruption, through Switzerland, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. This book also offers alternative dispute resolutions and delves into the importance of compensating victims and involving lawyers into the detection of corruption.

               On August 10, 2026, Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the Eastern District of New York (EDNY) granted in part a motion by the Department of Justice (DoJ) under F. R. Crim. P. 48(a) to dismiss an indictment charging Gautam Adani and others with massive corruption, fraud, and obstruction of justice.  Judge Garaufis’ 47-page opinion provides a stunning insight into the current administration’s handling of cases under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA); his obvious disdain for, and lack of trust in, the DoJ impelled him to reframe Rule 48(a) dismissals to ensure a vigorous judicial oversight of the DoJ, and essentially gives little or no presumption of regularity to its acts.

               The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that Trade Fraud Task Force (TFTF), assembled in August 2025, surpassed $1 billion in recoveries and charged losses since its inception.  The TFTF was launched as a joint venture between the DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prosecute those who defraud the government through U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including mislabeling, transshipment and false declaration. On July 14, the DOJ and DHS also released “A Resource Guide to Trade Fraud Enforcement”, or “The Guide”, which functions as a one-stop-shop resource for businesses, individuals and the public to inform them about the new strategy the government is pursuing to stop trade fraud, and to provide information on how trade fraud happens.

              In response to Russia’s’ invasion of Ukraine, the European Union (EU) has progressively expanded its range of sanctions.  While they first primarily targeted politically exposed individuals, state-owned enterprises, and key sectors of the Russian economy, more recent packages have increasingly focused on preventing sanctions circumvention through intermediaries, financial facilitators, and complex corporate structures.  On July 15, 2026, the General Courts delivered a judgment in Beloglazov v Council, which is among the first to examine the legality of this evolving approach.  It provides important guidance on the interpretation of the listing criterion concerning the facilitation of sanctions circumvention and is therefore likely to become a leading authority for future challenges to anti-circumvention listings.

               On August 4, 2026, Liechtenstein Prime Minister Brigitte Haas revealed that hackers accessed data on the names and residencies of the beneficial owners of some 31,000 entities registered in the country’s confidential registry of foundations and trusts.  Haas said authorities are intensively investigating the purpose of the attack and the persons behind it.  The unknown hackers gained access to the Register of Beneficial Owners for two days starting on July 29.  Liechtenstein established the Register in 2021 in accordance with European Union rules concerning anti-money laundering and financial transparency.

                On August 11, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule that permanently removes the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act.  The final rule is effective on its publication in the Federal Register.  FinCEN also announced that it will delete previously reported information by U.S. persons—now exempt from the reporting requirements—from the beneficial ownership information database.  Under the final rule, foreign entities that are reporting companies will still be required to report beneficial ownership information for foreign individuals.

                In July 2026, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced the formation of a council that includes war crime lawyers from Europe and the United States to investigate crimes against humanity committed during the insurgency in the country’s east.  The formation of the council follows the DRC’s 2025 actions at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where they filed a case against neighboring Rwanda, alleging that the small African nation funds and supports Congolese rebel groups and is directly responsible for the implementation of crimes against humanity in the DRC’s east.  In addition to domestic actions by Kinshasa, the United Nations (UN) security council recently voted to add multiple individuals and entities linked to various rebel groups to an international sanctions list.

               On July 26, 2026, the Israel Tax Authority announced that, after almost two and a-half years of an international manhunt, Panama extradited Yaniv Moualem to Israel.  Israeli courts have convicted Moualem of tax fraud and money laundering.  He fled Israel during  during criminal proceedings against him.  A complex international enforcement operation headed by the Israel law enforcement authorities and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) succeeded in his extradition to Israel to continue the legal proceedings against him.