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U.K. Issues Proposed Guidance for Professional Body Supervisors on AML Supervision |
On July 24, 2017, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued proposed guidance on a sourcebook for professional body supervisors on anti-money laundering (AML) supervision. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
8 |
2017-08-11 |
United Kingdom |
Compliance, Financial Enforcement, Money Laundering |
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German Government Expels Vietnamese Diplomat over Alleged Kidnapping |
On August 2, 2017, the German government announced the expulsion of Vietnam’s press attaché over the alleged kidnapping of Trinh Xuan Thanh, who was the subject of an international arrest warrant. ... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
8 |
2017-08-11 |
Germany, Vietnam |
Expulsion, Kidnaping |
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EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Reports on Information Exchange in Counterterrorist Operations |
On July 11, 2017, the European Union Counter-Terrorism Coordinator (CTC) presented his note on strengthening military and law enforcement information exchange in counter-terrorism. The presentation... |
Michael Plachta |
33 |
8 |
2017-08-11 |
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European Union, Europol, Terrorism |
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Ecuador Requests Assistance of Peru and Panama in Bribery Investigation of EP Petroecuador |
A recent publication by the Investigative Consortium of Journalists detailing bribery allegations against Ecuador’s public oil company EP Petroecuador has pushed the Ecuadorean government’s... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
8 |
2017-08-11 |
Ecuador, Peru |
Offshore trusts |
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Australia Extradites Alleged Chinese Wildlife Smuggler to the United States |
On July 24, 2017, Chinese national Guan Zong Chen (“Graham Chen”) was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Boston, Massachusetts after Australia extradited him on charges that he led a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
8 |
2017-08-04 |
Australia, China, United States |
Charged with Crimes, Endangered Species, Extradition |
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Halliburton Agrees to $29.2 Million Penalty with SEC to Settle FCPA Violations in Angola |
On July 27, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Halliburton Company with violating the books and records and internal accounting controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
8 |
2017-08-04 |
Angola, United States |
Corruption, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
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House of Lords Reports on the Future of the European Arrest Warrant after Brexit |
On July 27, 2017, the European Union Committee (the Committee) of the UK House of Lords published its latest report on the future of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW), titled Brexit: judicial... |
Michael Plachta |
3 |
8 |
2017-08-04 |
United Kingdom |
International Organizations, National Security, Terrorism |
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UK Supreme Court Allows Extradition of a British National to Taiwan despite Human Rights Concerns |
On June 28, 2017, the UK Supreme Court delivered its decision in the case Lord Advocate v. Zain Taj Dean. The Court allowed extradition of a British national to Taiwan upon a request submitted by the... |
Michael Plachta |
33 |
8 |
2017-08-04 |
Taiwan, United Kingdom |
Extradition, Human Trafficking |
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New U.S. Sanctions Prompt Reciprocal Iranian Sanctions |
Despite the passage of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”) between the U.S. and Iran, the two countries have exchanged sanctions against each other over the past few months, gutting... |
Farhad Mirzadeh |
33 |
8 |
2017-08-04 |
Iran, United States |
Sanctions |
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Joint US-Colombia Enforcement Effort Arrests Five Connected To Recent String of Violent Jewelry Robberies |
Law enforcement officials in the United States and Colombia have arrested one Honduran and four Colombian nationals for their suspected role in a string of violent robberies targeting travelling... |
Zarine Kharazian |
33 |
8 |
2017-08-04 |
Colombia, United States |
Drugs & Trafficking, Law Enforcement, Organized Crime |
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Chinese Fugitive Ren Biao Returns from St. Kitts to China to Face Fraud Charges |
On July 27, 2017, Chinese fugitive Ren Biao, who has St. Kitts and Nevis citizenship, left for China. Ren received citizenship in 2013 under the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) program of St. Kitts... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
8 |
2017-08-04 |
China, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Charged with Crimes, Corruption |
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ExxonMobil Will Contest OFAC $2 Million for Violating Ukraine-Related Sanctions |
ExxonMobil Corporation has decided to challenge the $2 million civil monetary penalty issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) with respect to the corporation’s and its U.S. subsidiaries... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
7 |
2017-07-28 |
Russia, Ukraine, United States |
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Sanctions |
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U.S., Dutch, Thai and Other Countries Take Down Two Largest Dark Net Markets |
On July 20, 2017, the Justice Department announced the seizure of the largest criminal marketplace on the Internet. AlphaBay, which operated for more than two years on the dark web, sold deadly... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
7 |
2017-07-28 |
Netherlands, Thailand, United States |
Cybercrime, Internet Crime |
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U.S. Attorney in San Diego Charges 3 Persons with Illegal Trafficking of Mexican Sea Cucumbers |
On May 26, 2017, Blessings, Inc. of Tucson, its owner David Mayorquin, and Ramon Torres Mayorquin of San Diego were arraigned in U.S. District Court in San Diego on charges in a 26-count indictment... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
8 |
2017-07-28 |
Mexico, United States |
Charged with Crimes, Drugs & Trafficking, Illegal Importation |
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FinCEN Fines Virtual Currency Exchange $110M and Greece Arrests Russian Operator |
On July 26, 2017, Greek authorities arrested Alexander Vinnik, a 38 year old Russian man suspected of laundering at least $34 billion and masterminding one of the world’s oldest crypto-currency... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
8 |
2017-07-28 |
Greece, United States |
Computer Crimes, Economic Crimes, Indictment, Money Laundering |
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Italy Arrests Jersey Accountant on Australia Extradition Warrant on Tax Evasion Charges |
On May 3, 2017, the Italian law enforcement authorities arrested Philip Egglishaw, 63, the target of Project Wickenby, Australia’s largest investigation into tax evasion. |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
8 |
2017-07-28 |
Australia, Italy |
Adjective Assistance, Research, Teaching, INTERPOL, International Organizations, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
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Criminalized Power Structures: The Overlooked Enemies of Peace (Michael Dziedzic, ed) |
This book, separated into two volumes, discusses criminalized power structures (CPS) that pose obstacles to the success of any peace process undertaken during or after a civil war or other period of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
7 |
2017-07-21 |
Afghanistan, Bosnia, Congo, Guatemala, Haiti, Iraq, Kosovo, Sierra Leone |
Book Review |
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U.S. State Department Critical of China in Annual Human Trafficking Report |
On June 27, 2017, the U.S. Department of State released its annual global assessment of human trafficking practices. The report, the first such document released under the Trump administration, is... |
Jacob Rasch |
33 |
7 |
2017-07-21 |
China, United States |
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Iberoamerican Attorneys General and Colombian, Mexican and U.S. Strengthen Enforcement Cooperation |
On July 6-7, 2017, the annual meeting of the Executive Committee of the Association of Iberoamerican Public Prosecutors [Asociación Iberomericana de Ministerios Públicos, (AIAMP)], representing 21... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
7 |
2017-07-21 |
Colombia, Mexico |
Information Exchange, International Cooperation, International Organizations, Law Enforcement |
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Intermediary Pleads Guilty in Corruption Scheme on Hanoi, Vietnam Building |
On June 21, 2017, Malcolm Harris, an intermediary in a transnational corruption scheme, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges for his participation in a scheme to bribe a foreign... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
7 |
2017-07-21 |
United States, Vietnam |
Corruption, Court Conviction |
