The International Enforcement Law Reporter is a monthly print and online journal covering news and trends in international enforcement law.
Since September 1985, the International Enforcement Law Reporter has analyzed the premier developments in both the substantive and procedural aspects of international enforcement law. Read by practitioners, academics, and politicians, the IELR is a valuable guide to the difficult and dynamic field of international law.
On June 15, 2018, Europol released its annual “European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT),” which Europol has produced since 2007.
On June 6, 2018, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its judgment on the preliminary objections raised by France in the case Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France).
On June 12, 2018, the United States Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory to the financial community on protecting human rights abuses enabled by corrupt senior foreign political figures and their financial facilitators.
On May 21, 2018, the United States imposed its latest sanctions on the government of Venezuela. The sanctions were imposed a day following the widely-denounced re-election of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Independent observers and foreign governments alike widely decried Maduro’s win as a sham, noting that the election was marred by low voter turnout and corruption. "The historically low participation rate confirms that a majority of Venezuelans do not consider him legitimate nor credible," France’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Agnès Von Der Muhll said in a statement.[1] Meanwhile, U.S. vice president Mike Pence denounced the “sham” election as the “illegitimate result” of a “fake process” and a “blow to the proud democratic tradition of Venezuela.”
On June 6, 2018, the heads of INTERPOL and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) met to discuss areas of ongoing and future cooperation in combating transnational crime. Attending the meeting on behalf of INTERPOL was its Secretary General Jürgen Stock and on behalf of the UNODC its Executive Director Yury Fedotov. They both underlined the need to harmonize activities to benefit their members.
This book by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Jake Bernstein looks at the shadow economy developed by the small Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca (Mossfon). It draws on millions of leaked documents from the firm’s files, as well as other journalistic and government investigations. The trove and series of investigative articles became known as the Panama Papers.
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, to introduce and invite the global antitrust enforcement community to help finalize and join the Multilateral Framework on Procedures in Competition Law Investigation and Enforcement (MFP). This article also highlights remarks made by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Andrew Finch on May 31, 2018 in international antitrust 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.
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 marks an important milestone for victims and governments who are trying to hold senior members of the Assad security apparatus liable for their alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes.
