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Siemens and Work Bank Reach Anti-Corruption Settlement Worth $100 Million and 4-Year Debarment |
On July 2, 2009, the World Bank Group announced a comprehensive settlement with Siemens AG for the latter’s confessed past misconduct in its global business and a World Bank investigation into... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
World, United States, Russia |
Corruption, Bank Secrecy, International Organizations, White Collar Crime |
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Namibia New Money Laundering Laws Lead to Corruption Investigation of Chinese Firms |
On July 17, 2009, Namibian authorities announced that they had charged three persons, including one Chinese citizen, with bribery in a case involving the Chinese company Nuctech, which the Chinese... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
China, Namibia, Philippines |
Money Laundering, Corruption, White Collar Crime, Bribery, Financial Crimes |
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FATF Plenary Issues Reports on Laundering Through the Football Sector, Best Practices to Freeze Terrorist-Related Funds, and New Guidance for Money Service Businesses |
On June 26, 2009, the Financial Action Task Force completed its plenary in Lyon on June 24-26, 2009, and took several new measures to protect the international financial system from abuse...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
World |
Administration of Justice, Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Terrorism, United Nations, Prisoner Rights, Asset Forfeiture, White Collar Crime, Asset Seizure |
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ICC Prosecutor Appeals al-Bashir Genocide Decision as African Union Votes to Halt Cooperation On al-Bashir Case |
On July 7, 2009, the International Criminal Court prosecutor appealed the Tribunal’s decision not to indict Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir on charges of waging genocide in Darfur. Meanwhile, on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
Sudan, |
Human Rights, International Organizations, Genocide, Torture, Treaties, Rape |
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Chartered Accountant and UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Failing False Tax Return |
On June 25, 2009, Steven Michael Rubinstein of Boca Raton, Florida, pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return for tax year 2004, making the first conviction arising out of the deferred prosecution... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
United States, Switzerland |
Bank Secrecy, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes, Banking Supervision |
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Prague Conference Results in Declaration to Support Recovery and Return of Art Looted by Nazis |
During a major conference in Prague, delegates from 49 countries acknowledged that Jews continue to be blocked in their efforts to reclaim art stolen by the Nazis and subsequently transferred to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic |
Art and Cultural Property, Conferences, Holocaust, Cultural Property |
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Spanish Lower House Passes Bill Limiting Universal Jurisdiction |
On June 25, 2009, Spain’s lower house of Parliament passed a bill to limit the application of universal jurisdiction and restrict Spain’s ability to prosecute crimes against humanity and cases... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
United States, Belgium, Spain, Cuba |
Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Torture, Prisoner Rights |
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FATF Issues Best Practices on Freezing of Terrorist Assets |
On June 23, 2009, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued an International Best Practices on Freezing of Terrorist Assets. The paper provides non-binding guidance based on updates in relevant... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
World |
Administration of Justice, Human Rights, Terrorism, United Nations, Prisoner Rights, Asset Forfeiture, White Collar Crime, Asset Seizure |
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Trial Judge Denies Bail for Stanford and U.K. Court Awards Antiguan Liquidators Control of Funds |
On June 30, 2009, U.S. District Judge David Hittner overruled the U.S. Magistrate’s decision that Sir Robert Allen Stanford could be released pending trial, and declared that Stanford is “a serious... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
United States, Antigua & Barbuda |
Administration of Justice, Fraud, White Collar Crime, Financial Crimes, Economic Crimes, Financial Supervision |
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II International Criminal Law: Multilateral and Bilateral Enforcement Mechanisms (M. Cherif Bassiouni) (2008 Martins Nijhoff Publishers, 602 pp.) |
Volume II addresses jurisdiction and the various mechanisms and modalities of international cooperation in penal matters. For all practical purposes, its scope applies to both the direct and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
World |
Administration of Justice, Book Review, International Cooperation |
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Berlin Conference on International Tax Crimes Recommends Further Action to Promote Transparency and Exchange of Information in Tax Matters |
On June 23, 2009, 19 countries participating in the second conference on the combating of international tax fraud and evasion agreed on further action through international organizations and informal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
World, Germany |
International Organizations, Taxation, United Nations, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
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UBS and U.S. Jointly Move to Stay Proceedings to Pursue Resolution |
On July 12, 2009, UBS and the U.S. government jointly moved to stay the start of their trial on July 13 in order to pursue a resolution of the dispute and requested that, in the event a resolution is... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
World, United States, Switzerland |
Taxation, White Collar Crime, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision |
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U.S. Acts Against Mexican Cartel Leaders |
On July 12, 2009, UBS and the U.S. government jointly moved to stay the start of their trial on July 13 in order to pursue a resolution of the dispute and requested that, in the event a resolution is... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
United States, Mexico, Colombia |
Money Laundering, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement |
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U.S. Report Chronicles Deterioration of Venezuelan-U.S. Counternarcotics Cooperation |
On July 12, 2009, UBS and the U.S. government jointly moved to stay the start of their trial on July 13 in order to pursue a resolution of the dispute and requested that, in the event a resolution is... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
United States, Colombia, Venezuela |
Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement |
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British Court Rules Algerian Business Mogul Khalifa Extraditable to Algeria |
On June 25, 2009, Judge Timothy Workman of the Westminister Court in London ruled that Algerian defendant Rafik Abdelmourme Khalifa is extraditable to Algeria. Khalifa is the former head of a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
France, United Kingdom, Algeria |
Corruption, Extradition, White Collar Crime, Embezzlement, Financial Crimes |
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Switzerland Denies Rwandan Extradition Request of Former Minister on Genocide Charges |
On July 1, 2009, the Swiss government announced it was denying the extradition request of Rwanda for former Environment and Tourism Minister Gaspard Ruhumuliza, who the Rwandan government requested... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
Switzerland, Rwanda |
Extradition, Human Rights, Genocide |
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Justice Department Requests Dismissal of Drug Case Against Chinese-Born Mexican Millionaire |
On June 22, 2009, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss an indictment against Zhenli Ye Gon, a Chinese-born Mexican millionaire...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
United States, Mexico, China |
Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking |
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Swiss Court Forced to Unfreeze Assets Due to Statute of Limitations |
On July 16, 2009, the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland, said following a ruling on July 14, it would have to end the freezing of assets belonging to the late dictator of Zaire... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
Switzerland, Congo, Zaire |
Corruption, Administration of Justice, Asset Forfeiture, White Collar Crime |
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Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon Rejects Turkish man’s claim of violation of United States-Turkey Extradition Treaty |
On May 13, 2009, the Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon affirmed the trial court’s judgment of conviction of Defendant, Mr. Deniz Aydiner, a Turkish citizen, for, among other things, 10 counts... |
David C. Levenson |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
United States, Turkey |
Extradition, Terrorism, Murder, Treaties |
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Spain Arrests Fugitive New York Banker |
On July 15, 2009, Spanish law enforcement authorities arrested a former Wall Street broker at Credit Suisse’s private banking division and fugitive from a securities fraud case in U.S. District Court... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
9 |
2009-09-01 |
United States, Spain, Bulgaria |
Securities Law, Fraud, White Collar Crime, Securities Trade Enforcement, Financial Crimes |