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 August 25th, 2025, former Sinaloa Cartel boss and El Chapo Associate, Ismael Zambada Garcia – also known as El Mayo – pleaded guilty to charges related to his involvement with the cartel and racketeering.
On August 20, 2025, the United Nations Security Council held its mid-year session dedicated to a threat to peace and security by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Da’esh). This high-level review concluded by stating that ISIL remains a resilient and evolving global threat, increasingly active in Africa, and exploiting technology and financing networks, such as social media and cryptocurrency.
Across jurisdictions, governments are recalibrating the liability framework for online platforms, moving from permissive shields to affirmative duties of care. This shift marks a transition from reactive takedown obligations to proactive accountability regimes that demand demonstrable safeguards.
On August 20, 2025, President Donald Trump’s administration announced that it would impose sanctions on four members of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
On October 12, 2014, following months of undercover investigations, an international team of law enforcement and anti-human trafficking organizations sprung Operation Cristal II to simultaneously take down sex trafficking networks involving minor and adolescent victims that catered to foreign tourists, politicians, and businessmen in Cartagena, Medellín,[2] and Armenia.
On August 1, 2025, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General submitted to the Security Council his report on the threat posed by the Islamic State (Da’esh) to international peace and security.
On July 15, 2025, lawyers representing the government of Equatorial Guinea pushed United Nations (U.N.) judges to prevent France’s sale of a luxury Parisian mansion, claiming that this action amounted to “neo-colonial” conduct on the part of France.
In late summer 2025, Do Hyeong Kwon pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, New York, to securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit commodities fraud for his role in the transnational cryptocurrency scam linked to his cryptocurrency trading platform, Terraform.
On August 14, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced criminal charges against five high-ranking members of the United Cartels, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).
On August 2, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld an injunction restricting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from conducting indiscriminate immigration sweeps in the Los Angeles area.
