Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Holds Hearing on Keeping Foreign Corruption Out of the United States |
On February 4, 2010, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on Keeping Foreign Corruption Out of the United States: Four Case Histories. The Subcommittee hearing examined how... |
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2010-04-01 |
Angola, Nigeria, United States |
Comparative and International Law, Corruption, Crimes, Embezzlement, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision, Intellectual Property, International Cooperation, International Crimes, Money Laundering, Trade Crimes |
Africa Union and Liberia Start Anti-Corruption Initiatives |
On January 27, 2010, Erastus Mwencha, the deputy chairman of the African Union Commission, announced that the African Union Commission will establish a special commission to combat corruption. Also... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2010-04-01 |
Africa, Liberia |
Administration of Justice, Corruption, Crimes, Financial Supervision, International Cooperation, Money Laundering |
ICTY Prosecutor Reports on Serbia and Croatia Cooperation |
At the end of January 2010, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Serge Brammertz reported to the European Parliament on the cooperation of Serbia and Croatia with the Tribunal,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2010-04-01 |
Croatia, Serbia |
Administration of Justice, Genocide, International Cooperation, International Crimes |
Swiss Government Suspends Implementation of UBS Tax Disclosure with US |
On January 28, 2010, the Swiss government announced it has suspended the disclosure of information to the United States under the agreement reached on August 19, 2009, as a result of a ruling in a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2010-04-01 |
Switzerland, United States |
Bank Secrecy, Economic Crimes, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision, International Crimes, Privacy, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
UK Supreme Court Orders Identification of Terror Subjects in Asset Freeze Case |
On January 27, 2010, the UK Supreme Court unanimously ordered the identification of five persons who had their assets frozen by the Treasury for suspicion of supporting terrorist activities. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2010-04-01 |
Europe, Pakistan, United Kingdom |
Evidence Gathering, Human Rights, Privacy, Terrorism |
U.S. Issues New Indictment Against Bout |
On February 17, 2010, the U.S. government announced the unsealing of an indictment against Viktor Bout and U.S. national Richard Ammar Chichakli, for allegedly conspiring to violate the International... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2010-04-01 |
Liberia, United States |
Administration of Justice, Conspiracy, Extradition, Financial Crimes, Fraud, Jurisdiction, Money Laundering, Organized Crime, Sanctions, Terrorism, United Nations, Weapons of Mass Destruction |
EU and Forfeiture Convert Organized Crime Funds for Development in Italy |
On December 1, 2009, Pawel Samecki, the European Commissioner for Regional Policy, announced the European Union’s contribution in support of the fight against organized crime in southern Italy. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2010-04-01 |
European Union, Europe, Italy |
Corruption, Crimes, European Union, International Cooperation, Organized Crime |
China Indicts Four Employees of Rio Tinto |
On February 10, 2010, Shanghai, China prosecutors issued indictments against an Australian citizen and three Chinese employees of the Melbourne-based British-American multinational mining company Rio... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2010-04-01 |
Australia, China, Japan, Korea |
Administration of Justice, Corruption, Crimes, Trade Crimes |
EU Rejects Agreement with U.S. to Share SWIFT Bank Data |
On February 11, 2010, at a meeting in Strasbourg, France, the European Parliament voted 378 to 196 to reject an agreement between the United States and European Union that would have enabled U.S.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2010-04-01 |
European Union, Europe, France, United States |
Bank Secrecy, Crimes, European Union, Evidence Gathering, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision, International Cooperation, International Crimes, Privacy, Securities Law |
Europol Joint Investigations Break Counterfeit Good Ring in Italy |
On December 21, 2010, the European Police Office (Europol) announced the break up of a large criminal network involved in large-scale illicit production and distribution of counterfeit goods...more... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2010-04-01 |
Austria, Belgium, European Union, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland |
Administration of Justice, Conspiracy, Counterfeiting, Crimes, European Union, Evidence Gathering, Immigration, Intelligence, International Cooperation, Organized Crime |
BAE Pays $450 Million to Settle Bribery Charges in the U.S. and U.K. |
On February 4, 2010, BAE systems, Europe’s largest military contractor, agreed to plead to two criminal charges and pay almost $450 million in penalties in the United States and Britain to settle... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2010-04-01 |
Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United States, tanzania |
Administration of Justice, Bribery, Crimes, Fraud, International Crimes, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
U.S. Charges Former Guatemalan President with Money Laundering |
On January 25, 2010, Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and other law enforcement officials announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Alfonso Portillo,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2010-04-01 |
Guatemala, Taiwan, United States |
Administration of Justice, Conspiracy, Crimes, Embezzlement, Fraud, International Cooperation, International Crimes, International Law, Jurisdiction, Money Laundering |
Bibliography |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
by Bruce Zagaris
I. Books
A. Counter-Terrorism and Aliens
Terrorism and the Foreigner; a Decade of Tension around the Rule of Law (Elspeth Guild and Anneliese Baldaccini, eds.),... |
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2010-03-01 |
World |
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