The International Enforcement Law Reporter

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.

U.S. Removes Sanctions against Brazilian Justice and His Family

Thursday, December 18, 2025
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
42
Issue: 
1
Abstract: 

On December 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the removal of Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and his family for the role of the Justice in the prosecution of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro for his role in trying to overturn Brazil’s 2022 election.

 

Southeast Asian Money Laundering Networks and Their Extensive Global Reach

Thursday, December 18, 2025
Author: 
Dimitris Konstantopoulos
Volume: 
42
Issue: 
1
Abstract: 

On December 4th, 2025, Cambodian authorities targeted Huione Group, a notorious money laundering front for global hacker networks and cyber criminals. Huione Group provides refuge for global scammers, who often operated out of various countries across Southeast Asia. Essentially, Huione Group recruits various criminals and scammers through social media networks and then launders the scammers’ criminal proceeds through illegitimate businesses. Huione Group’s often launders money from victims that were scammed in the United States (U.S.), sending the money between multiple other countries, converting the money into cryptocurrencies, making it harder for law enforcement to trace the illicit transactions.

Austrian Appellate Court Denies U.S. Extradition Request for Ukrainian

Thursday, December 18, 2025
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
42
Issue: 
1
Abstract: 

On December 9, an Austrian appellate court denied the extradition request for Ukrainian tycoon Dmytro Firtash on bribery charges.  The United States (U.S.) government requested his extradition on charges that he paid bribes to officials in India to obtain titanium mining licenses in 2006. 

 

U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Legality of the Corporate Transparency Act

Thursday, December 18, 2025
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
42
Issue: 
1
Abstract: 

On December 16, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is within the authority of Congress to regulate interstate commerce and does not facially violate the Fourth amendment.  The opinion reverses a March 2024 lower court decision in NSBU v. U.S. Department of the Treasury in favor of a small business advisory group.

 

U.S. Transfers 14 Mexican Nationals with Drug or Firearm Convictions to Mexico

Friday, December 12, 2025
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
42
Issue: 
1
Abstract: 

On December 9, 2025, the United States Department of Justice’s (DOJ) announced that the Office of International Affairs (OIA), with help from the DOJ’s Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), transferred fourteen Mexican nationals on December 5 to Mexican authorities pursuant to the International Prisoner Transfer Treaty between the U.S. and Mexico. Each person was serving a federal sentence in the U.S. for drug-distribution offenses, illegal firearms offenses, or both.

26 Jurisdictions Agree to Implement International Transparency Framework on Real Estate for Tax Purposes

Friday, December 12, 2025
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
42
Issue: 
1
Abstract: 

 On December 4, 2025, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced that twenty-six countries and jurisdictions intend to implement the new international framework for the automatic exchange of information on international real estate.

Ex-Philippine Mayor Given Life Sentence for Human Trafficking

Friday, December 5, 2025
Author: 
Austin Wahl
Volume: 
41
Issue: 
12
Abstract: 

On November 20, 2025, Alice Leal Guo, the first-ever female mayor of Bamban  a Philippine city a little over 100 miles north of Manila  was sentenced to life in prison after a Philippine court convicted her of human trafficking stemming from her involvement with online scam centers.

European Parliament Amends the Europol Regulation to Effectively Combat Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings

Friday, December 5, 2025
Author: 
Michael Plachta
Volume: 
41
Issue: 
12
Abstract: 

On November 25, 2025, the European Parliament adopted its legislative resolution on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) whereby it approved the Council position at first reading.

U.S. Requests Extradition of Prominent Guyanese for Tax Evasion & Gold Smuggling

Friday, December 5, 2025
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
41
Issue: 
12
Abstract: 

On October 31, 2025, the Guyana Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and Special Branch of the Guyana Police Force arrested prominent Guyanese businessmen Azruddin Mohamed and his father, Nazar Mohamed, on extradition warrants from the United States (U.S.).

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