On November 19, 2020, Gen. Angus Campbell, chief of the Australian Defense Force (ADF), ”unreservedly apologized” to the Afghan people in a press conference regarding the release of a 531-report[1] on alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other wrongdoing committed by Australian special forces during the Afghan war.

On December 2, 2020, the United States[1] and European Union law enforcement agencies acted to crack down against money mules. Money mules are individuals who help fraudsters by receiving money from victims of fraud and forwarding it to the fraud organizers, many of whom are located abroad. 

On November 18, 2020, Italy extradited to the United States Ramon Santoyo-Cristobal, aka Dr. Wagner, a former officer of the Mexican Federal Police and alleged Sinaloa Cartel drug trafficker.[1]

On November 17, 2020, the Attorney General of the United States William P. Barr and Fiscalía General of Mexico Alejandro Gertz Manero issued a joint statement[1] announcing that the U.S. government has decided to seek dismissal of the U.S. criminal charges against former Mexican Secretary of National Defense General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda. Within one day, the charges were dismissed and Cienfuegos was returned to Mexico.

On October 19, 2020, after seven months of negotiations,[1] officials from the United States and Brazil announced the conclusion of a protocol on a limited trade deal that will facilitate commerce between the countries, strengthen regulatory practices, and strengthen anti- corruption measures. The new Protocol concerns Trade Rules and Transparency. The Protocol updates the 2011 Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation (ATEC) with three new annexes consisting of state-of-the-art provisions on Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation, Good Regulatory Practices, and Anticorruption.[2]  This article discusses Annex III on anti-corruption and some of its implications in the U.S. and Brazil.

At its meeting by videoconference on October 22, 2020, the Standing Committee, acting on behalf of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), adopted several resolutions and recommendations addressing various aspects of artificial intelligence (AI).

On November 18, 2020, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) charged three persons in a bribery investigation involving oil projects in Iraq.[1] The AFP arrested Russel John Waugh, 54, at his house in Brisbane.[2]

On November 13, 2020, the European Union released a “Joint Statement by the EU Home Affairs Ministers on the recent terrorist attacks in Europe” and “Draft Council Conclusions on Internal Security and European Police Partnership” in the wake of recent terrorist attacks in Paris, Dresden, Conflans-Saint-Honorine, Nice, and Vienna.

On November 9, 2020, INTERPOL announced the results of Operation Thunder 2020, coordinated by INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization (WCO), to enforce laws against environmental crime in 103 countries.[1]

On October 30, 2020, INTERPOL announced the undertaking and results of an international law enforcement operation, targeting the trafficking of stolen motor vehicles, spare parts, and document fraud. During October 12-23, 2020, Frontex,[1] the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and INTERPOL  undertook Operation Mobile 3 in the framework of the European Multidisciplinary Platform against Criminal Threats (EMPACT), as part of the Joint Action Day (JAF) Mobile Initiative.[2]