French Arrest Suspect in Rwandan Atrocities |
On May 16, 2020, French law enforcement authorities arrested Félicien Kabuga, a fugitive for 26 years who was an important figure in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. ... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
5 |
2020-05-23 |
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Arrest |
UK Extradites Member of “The Dark Overlord” Hacking Group to the U.S. |
On December 18, 2019, a United Kingdom national, Nathan Wyatt, 39, appeared in United States District Court in St. Louis on charges of aggravated identity theft, threatening to damage a protected... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
1 |
2020-12-30 |
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Fraud |
CEO of Multibillion-Dollar Software Company Indicted for Largest-Ever Tax Evasion as Private Equity CEO Makes NPA to Cooperate in the Case |
On October 15, 2020, a federal grand jury in San Francisco, California, returned a 39 count indictment,[1] charging Robert T. Brockman, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an Ohio-based software... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-23 |
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Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
Sweden Extradites Former Chinese Official to the U.S. on Money Laundering Charges |
On May 29, 2020, Sweden extradited a former Chinese official who was a fugitive for over five years. On June 1, 2020, Jianjun Qiao, 56, attended his arraignment in United States District Court in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
6 |
2020-06-20 |
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Extradition, Money Laundering |
U.S. Obtains another Guilty Plea to FCPA and Money Laundering in PetroEcuador Case |
On January 23, 2020, Armengol Alfosno Cevallos Diaz (Cevallos), an Ecuadorian businessman living in Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty in connection with a $4.4 million bribery and money laundering... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
2 |
2020-02-01 |
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Airline Services Ltd. Agrees to DPA with SFO and to Pay Over £2.2 Million in Penalties |
On October 30, 2020, Mrs. Justice May DBE issued an judgment in the Crown Court at Southwark approving the Deferred Prosecution Agreement made between the Director of the Serious Fraud Office... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
11 |
2020-11-14 |
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Corruption |
EU Parliament Adopts Resolution on Money Laundering to Follow-up the Commission Action Plan |
On July 10, 2020, the European Parliament adopted with 534 votes to 25 and 122 abstentions a resolution on a comprehensive Union policy on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing.[1... |
Michael Plachta |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-16 |
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European Union, Money Laundering |
M.Y. Safra Bank Settles with OCC on AML Cryptocurrency Violations |
On January 30, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and M.Y. Safra Bank, FSB, New York, entered into a consent order concerning alleged violations of the Bank Secrecy Act... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
3 |
2020-03-01 |
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Switzerland Returns 26 Stolen Etruscan Artifacts to Italy |
On October 27, 2020, the Swiss government returned to Italy 26 Etruscan artifacts that were illegally acquired by a private Swiss collector between 1965 and 1968 and stored for 15 years in the... |
Miranda Bannister |
36 |
12 |
2020-12-11 |
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Cultural Property |
U.S. Arrests Fugitive Wanted by South Korea on Sewol Ferry Matter |
On July 22, 2020, the United States arrested Yoo Hyuk-kee, the second son of Semo Group’s late former chairman Yoo Byung-eun, on an extradition warrant for embezzlement offenses.[1... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
8 |
2020-07-30 |
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Embezzlement |
Five Countries Agree on Steps to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse |
On March 5, 2020, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced the publication of Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
4 |
2020-03-28 |
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Brazil Arrests Majority Shareholders of Avianca Holdings in Car Wash Corruption Investigation |
On August 19, 2020, the Federal Police in Brazil detained brothers German and Jose Efromovich, the majority shareholders of Colombia’s Avianca Holders, in the Car Wash corruption... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
9 |
2020-08-26 |
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Money Laundering |
El Salvador Judge Asks the U.S. for Confidential Documents on El Mozote Massacre |
In a letter dated January 27, 2020, Judge Jorge Guzmán Urquilla of the Examining Court of San Francisco Gotera asked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for all the documentation that the U.... |
Alexandra Haris |
36 |
4 |
2020-04-25 |
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Investigation |
Israel Court Rules Accused Israeli Pedophile Can Be Extradited to Australia |
On September 21, 2020, the Jerusalem District Court ruled Malka Leifer, a former educator who is accused of sexually abusing several former students, can be extradited to Australia on charges of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-09-25 |
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Abuse of Children, Extradition |
4th Circuit Court of Appeals Permits Emoluments Case against Trump to Continue |
On May 14, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, by a 9-6 decision, overturned the decision of a smaller panel of the court, to allow the case to continue... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
5 |
2020-05-23 |
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U.S. Sanctions on Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream Pipeline Projects (NDAA 2020) |
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA) into law. Title 75 of the NDAA contains the “Protecting Europe’s Energy... |
Hdeel Abdelhady |
36 |
1 |
2020-01-02 |
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Sanctions |
French Court Sentences Diacks to Prison in IAAF Corruption Case |
On September 16, 2020, in the latest case involving French prosecution of international corruption, the Paris Criminal Court convicted and sentenced the former longtime head of the International... |
Jonathan J. Rusch |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-23 |
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Corruption |
U.S. and Jersey Return $311.17 of Stolen Abacha Funds to Nigeria |
On May 4, 2020, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the transfer of $311,797.876.11 to the Nigerian government pursuant... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
6 |
2020-06-20 |
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Cultural Property |
Bulgaria Charges 3 Russians over Attempted Murder by Nerve Agents |
On January 23, 2020, Bulgarian prosecutors charged three Russians in absentia for the attempted murder of a weapons manufacturer, his son, and the production manager of the company.[1] According to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
2 |
2020-02-01 |
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Germany Requests the Extradition of Panama Paper Lawyers |
On October 19, 2020 the German government announced that it has issued international arrest warrants for Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca, the founders of Mossack Fonseca, the firm... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
11 |
2020-11-14 |
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Extradition |