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 31, 2013, following a nine-day trial, a federal jury in Fayetteville, Arkansas convicted four men of investment fraud and money laundering conspiracy in a scheme that cheated victims out of more than $18 million.
On August 31, 2023, Judge Robert Henney held a hearing in the Western Cape High Court on the case of Fulgence Kayishema. The Department of Home Affairs has accused him and his family of making false statements about their identities and how they were refugees.
On August 30, 2023, Chief Resident Magistrate Davies Chibwili of the Lusaka Magistrate Court in Zambia ordered the eleven suspects implicated in both the gold scam and espionage case to remain in custody until further notice. The Director of Public Prosecutions charged the eleven suspects, including six Zambians and five Egyptians, with espionage as a result of their alleged connection to the gold scam after flights from Egypt landed at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA) on August 13.
On August 31, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said it had seized a bronze statue believed to represent the famous Roman statesman Marcus Aurelius, which has been since 1986 in the Greek and Roman galleries at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
On August 29, 2023, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a multinational operation with law enforcement actions in the U.S., France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Romania, and Latvia to disrupt the botnet and malware known as Qakbot and take down its infrastructure. The law enforcement operations are deleting the Qakbot malicious code from victim computers, preventing it from causing more harm. The DOJ also announced the seizure of approximately $8.6 million in cryptocurrency in illicit profits.
On July 10th, the Illinois State Museum repatriated 37 wooden memorial statues, known as Vigango, to Kenya. In 2018 the museum became aware that the statues were obtained through forceful, unethical, and illegal means.
On June 8, 2023, Singapore deported Shahul Hammed to India. When his plane reached Madurai, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested him on suspicion of arranging funds legally and illegally from Singapore and other countries.
On August 25, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settled charges against 3M Company for violations of the books and records and internal controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) with regard to activities by its Chinese subsidiary.
In June 2023, the Netherlands and Belgium joined Sweden and France on a joint investigation team (JIT) working to identify suspects and victims of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes committed by the Islamic State against the Yazidi people in Syria and Iraq. The EU-based JIT, founded in 2022 between Sweden and France, seeks to investigate foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) residing in the EU.
On July 18, 2023, the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held a hearing entitled “Potential Consequences of FinCEN’s Beneficial Ownership Rulemaking”. The testimony unanimously underscored serious gaps in the rulemaking for the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The Beneficial Ownership Information reporting element of the CTA is scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2024.
