Liquor Multinational Enters into Cease and Desist Order with SEC over FCPA Violations |
On July 27, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and London-based Diageo plc entered into a cease-and-desist order with respect to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
United States, South Korea, Thailand, India, United Kingdom |
Bribery, Securities Exchange Commission, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
Cross Border Enforcement in Traffic Offences: New Directive of the European Union |
During the ordinary legislative procedure, at its second reading on July 6, 2011, the European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution on the Council position at first reading with a view to the... |
Michael Plachta |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
Europe |
Jurisdiction, European Union, Law Enforcement, International Law |
Sen. Levin Reintroduces Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (ITLEA) |
On August 2, 2011, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
World, United States |
Money Laundering, Corruption, Bank Secrecy, Tax Enforcement, International Banking Supervision, Banking Supervision, Offshore Banking, Tax Havens |
Sen. Levin Reintroduces Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (ITLEA) |
On August 2, 2011, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
World, United States |
Tax Enforcement, Banking Supervision, Offshore trusts, Offshore Banking, Tax Havens, U.S. Congress |
French to Return Noriega to Panama |
On August 3, 2011, France confirmed that it has signed an extradition decree for Panama to return the former dictator Manuel Noriega. The French Prime Minister François Fillon signed the decree on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
United States, France, Panama |
Money Laundering, Extradition, Drug Enforcement |
U.S. District Rules in Favor of 3rd Party on Access to Computer Seized During Extradition |
On June 29, 2011, U.S. District Judge Harold L. Murphy (please verify the name as I only saw his signature), U.S. District Court Northern District of George, Rome Division, issued an order affirming... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
Canada, United States |
Extradition, Jurisdiction, Investigation |
U.K. Appellate Court Upholds Extradition Despite Immunity Claims |
On July 29, 2011, the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Administrative Court upheld the European Arrest Warrant by Germany for the arrest of Khurts Bat for abduction and serious bodily... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
United Kingdom, Mongolia |
Extradition, Immunity, Kidnaping |
U.S. Appellate Court Upholds Denial of Immunity for Former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld |
On August 8, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a District Court decision allowing U.S. citizens to sue former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for torture they... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
United States, Iraq |
Corruption, Immunity, Jurisdiction, Torture, U.S. Federal Government |
Last Major Balkans War Criminal Apprehended |
Serbian officials announced the capture of Goran Hadzic, the last remaining fugitive charged by the UN’s International Criminal Tribuanl for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), on July 20. The arrest... |
Andrew Baskin and Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
Europe, Netherlands, Croatia, Serbia |
European Union, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, International Criminal Court, Indictment |
FIFA Urged to Consider Reforms |
Pressure over bribery and corruption allegations increased recently on the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), as Transparency International (TI), a global corruption monitoring... |
Andrew Baskin |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
World, Europe |
Corruption, International Organizations, Bribery, Oversight |
Nigerian Man Extradited to United States for $32 Million Law Firm Fraud Scheme |
On August 11th, 2011, Nigeria extradited to the United States a suspect accused of defrauding $32 million from more than 80 U.S. and Canadian law firms in a transnational debt collection scam. In... |
Scott A. Gilmore |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
United States, Japan, Nigeria, South Korea, Canada |
Money Laundering, Counterfeiting, Extradition, Fraud, FATF |
U.S. Extradites Former Peruvian Military Officer to Stand Trial for 1985 Accomarca Massacre |
On July 14th, 2011, the United States extradited a Peruvian former military officer on charges of crimes against humanity arising from the “Accomarca massacre” on August 14, 1985. Arriving in Lima,... |
Scott A. Gilmore |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
United States, Peru |
Extradition, War Crimes, Treaties, Crimes against Humanity, International Law, International Crimes |
Canada’s Niko Resources Fined $9.5 Million for Bribing Bangladeshi Minister |
Founded in 1987, as a publicly-traded junior Canadian natural gas company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Niko Resources Ltd. (Niko) enjoyed the reputation of a gutsy natural gas explorer and... |
Peter Bowal and Brittany Lema |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
Bangladesh, Canada |
Corruption, Bribery, Regulation, Court Conviction |
U.S. Charges Two Individuals for Lobbying for Pakistan Government Without Registering |
On July 19, 2011, the U.S. government announced that it has filed a criminal complaint in the U.S. Court in the Eastern District of Virginia for conspiring to act as agents of the Pakistani... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
United States, Pakistan |
Intelligence, National Security, Conspiracy, Espionage, Political Strife, U.S. Federal Government |
Obama Executive Order Imposes Sanctions on Transnational Organized Crime Groups |
On July 25, 2011, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order imposing sanctions against four significant transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). The order gives the U.S. new tools to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
World, United States |
International Organizations, National Security, Organized Crime, Law Enforcement, International Law, U.S. Federal Government |
Canada Deports to China Smuggling and Corruption Suspect |
On July 16, 2011, Canada deported to China Lai Changxing, 53, a suspect sought by China for 12 years in a multibillion-dollar smuggling and corruption case. The deportation occurred two days after... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
Canada, China |
Corruption, Extradition, Prisoner Rights, Deportation, Smuggle |
U.S. Blacklists Russian Officials Linked to Human Rights Violations |
On May 19, 2011, Senator Ben Cardin introduced S. 1039, the “Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011.” Cardin authored the bill in response to the death of Sergei Magnitsky, a... |
Andrew Baskin and Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
World, United States, Russia |
Corruption, Prisoner Rights, U.S. Federal Government, U.S. Congress |
Commonwealth Model Law on the International Criminal Court – 2011 Revised Version |
On July 14, 2011, at their meeting in Sydney, Australia, the Commonwealth Law Ministers adopted the revised Model Law on the Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (... |
Michael Plachta |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
World |
Treaties, International Cooperation, International Convention, International Law, International Criminal Court |
Bibliography October 2011 |
Bibliography of Books, Articles, and Documents. |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
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Bibliography |
U.S. Indicts Seven Former Credit Suisse Professionals As U.S. and Swiss Discuss Tax Enforcement Cooperation |
On July 21, 2011, the U.S. government unveiled a superseding indictment against eight former Credit Suisse officials while Credit Suisse announced it is the target of a U.S. criminal investigation... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
United States, Switzerland |
Bank Secrecy, International Banking Supervision, Indictment, Offshore Banking |