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 October 6, 2025, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was unanimously convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC or ‘the Court’).
At its 1541st meeting, on October 22, 2025, the Committee of Ministers approved the draft Convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine. The ministers decided to adopt and open for signature on the occasion of a Diplomatic Conference to be held in The Hague (Netherlands) on December 15 and 16, 2025.
On October 14, 2025, the United States (U.S.) Office for the Eastern District of New York unsealed an indictment charging Cambodian national Chen “Vincent” Zhi, the founder and chairman of the multinational business conglomerate Prince Holding Group (Prince Group), with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy for managing the Prince Group’s operation of forced-labor scam compounds across Cambodia.
On October 9, 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) released Report on Tackling ML/TF Risks in Crypto-Asset Services Through Supervision: Lessons Learned from Recent Cases.
On September 28, 2025, the United States (U.S.) government and the Taliban confirmed the release of Amir Amiri, a U.S. citizen who had been held in detention since December 2024, marking a rare moment of cooperation between the two governments.
On September 23, 2025, the Hague held its Annual European Police Chiefs Convention (“the Convention”), drawing hundreds of senior law enforcement officials from across Europe. The various heads of the national police, customs administrations, and other European Union (EU) partners convened to discuss the state of the EU’s security apparatus and the threats it faces.
On September 29, 2025 the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an Interim Final Rule known as the “Affiliates Rule” amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to significantly expand the scope of applicable export restrictions to entities that are 50 percent or more owned by one or more entities on the Entity List (Supplement No. 4 to Part 744), the “military end-users” list (MEU List) (Supplement No. 7 to Part 744), and to certain persons designated on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Parties List (SDN List) pursuant to § 744.8(a)(1).
On July 4, 2025, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecution submitted the Document Containing the Charges pursuant to Pre-Trial Chamber I’s order (ICC-01/21-01/25-114). The ICC's charge sheet, which includes several redactions, dates from July but was only made public on September 22.
On October 10, 2025, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss the Trump administration’s recent military strikes on Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean and the implications for regional stability.
On October 2, 2025, Mr. Justice Andrew Baker of the High Court of England and Wales dismissed the Danish Tax Authority (SKAT) case against Sanjay Shah, Solo Capital Partners, and other defendants over alleged fraudulent dividend-tax refunds linked to cum-ex trades.
