30 Countries Agree to Take Enforcement Action against Ivory-trading |
On December 2, 2013, 30 countries agreed to act to protect elephant poaching in Africa and combat trafficking in ivory.[1]
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Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2016-08-10 |
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Corruption, Money Laundering, Organized Crime, Wildlife |
Fair Trials International Issues Report with Recommendations on Improving the Operation of INTERPOL |
On November 27, 2013, Fair Trials International (FTI) issued an important and badly needed report on problems with the operation of Interpol Red notices, diffusions, and related... |
Bruce Zagaris and Michael Plachta |
30 |
2 |
2016-08-10 |
European Union, Europe |
Detention, European Commission, Human Rights, INTERPOL, Political Leaders |
EU-U.S. Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting |
On November 18, 2013, in Washington, D.C., the European Union – United States Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting took place. Participants to the meeting included European Commission... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
European Union, United States |
Counter-terrorism, EU Justice and Home Affairs Council, European Union, International Cooperation |
UK Supreme Court Rules on the Definition of Terrorism in Regina v Mohammed Gul |
On October 23, 2013, in its judgment in the Regina v Mohammed Gul case, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom tackled two important issues: the definition of terrorism in times of armed conflict... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
United Kingdom |
International Courts, Terrorism, United Nations |
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Delivers its Order in the “Arctic Sunrise” Case |
On November 22, 2013, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (the Tribunal) delivered its Order in The “Arctic Sunrise” Case (Kingdom of the Netherlands v. Russian... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Netherlands, Russia |
International Criminal Tribunal, Maritime |
The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Concluded its Twelfth Session |
On November 28, 2013 the Assembly of States Parties (“the Assembly”) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) concluded its twelfth session in The Hague.
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Michael Plachta |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Kenya |
International Criminal Court |
Former UBS Wealth Management Head Agrees to Extradition to the U.S. |
On November 25, 2013, at a court hearing in Bologna, Italy, former UBS wealth management head Raoul Weil agreed to be extradited to the United States to face trial for aiding and abetting tax... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Italy, Switzerland, United States |
Extradition, Tax Enforcement |
Two Executives Indicted for Fixing Prices in Automobile Parts in the U.S. While Three Executives Plead Guilty to Participating in Global Seatbelt Price Fixing Conspiracy |
On November 21, 2013, the United States Department of Justice announced that a Cleveland federal grand jury returned an indictment against two executives of a Japanese automotive supplier for their... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Japan, United States |
Antitrust Cooperation |
OECD Global Forum Blacklists 4 Jurisdictions and Establishes Group for Automatic Exchange of Information |
On November 22, 2013, the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes held its sixth meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, at which it reported that four jurisdictions (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
OECD |
Tax Enforcement |
Thailand Extradites 5 Persons to the U.S. on Meth Trafficking Charges |
On November 21, 2013, the Thai government extradited five persons charged with conspiracy to import 100 kilograms of nearly pure North Korean-made methamphetamine into the United States. [1... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Hong Kong, North Korea, Thailand, United States |
Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition |
Setback for Europol: European Parliament Rejects Council’s Bid for Entering Into External Agreements |
On October 23, 2013, the European Parliament (EP) adopted its resolution calling on the Council of the European Union (the Council) not to authorize the opening of negotiations on new cooperation... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
European Union, Europe |
Council of the European Union, Europol |
UN Secretary-General Reports on Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea off the Coast of Somalia |
On October 21, 2013, the United Nations Secretary-General (UNS-G) submitted to the Security Council (the Council) his report on the situation with respect to piracy and armed robbery at sea off the... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia |
Maritime |
U.S. Indicts Former Mexican Governor of Tamaulipas and Two Former Politicians from Coahuila in Two Different Cases of Corruption and Money Laundering |
On November 27, 2013, and December 2, 2013, the Office of the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Texas announced indictments against former high-level Mexican officials. On... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Corruption |
U.S. Judges Authorize IRS to Issue John Doe Summons for Records of U.S. Taxpayer Accounts at Zurcher Kantonalbank and Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son. Limited and Affiliates |
On November 7 and 12, 2013, two U.S. District Court judges issued orders authorizing the IRS to issue summons to banks to produce information about U.S. taxpayers who may be evading or have evaded... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Switzerland, United States |
Tax Enforcement |
World Bank/UNODC Report Criticizes Foreign Bribery Settlements as Not Helping Developing Countries |
A report of the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR)/World Bank/United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime focuses on how the imposition of monetary sanctions through settlements compares to the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
OECD |
Asset Forfeiture, Asset Seizure, Bribery, Corruption |
Cambodia Detains Russian Tycoon on Russian Extradition Request |
On November 11, 2013, Cambodian law enforcement authorities detained Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky on a Russian extradition warrant with respect to embezzlement charges concerning... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Cambodia, Russia |
Extradition |
Swiss Forfeit Siemens Slush Funds |
On November 12, 2013, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) announced it had closed the Siemens case concerning the telecommunications sector. Siemens has established and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Germany, Switzerland |
Asset Forfeiture, Money Laundering |
German Government Task Force will Release List of Gurlitt Works Seized |
On November 14, 2013, a German government task force investigating a cache of lost art discovered in the Munich apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt, the elderly son of an art dealer for the Nazis... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Germany, Poland |
Cultural Property |
U.S. Offers Reward to Help Dismantle Asian Wildlife-Trafficking Syndicate |
On November 13, 2013, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced a $1 million reward for information to help dismantle the Xaysavang Network, allegedly one of Asia’s largest wildlife... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Kenya, Laos, South Africa, United States |
Environment, Wildlife, Wildlife Smuggle |
UN Security Council Refuses to Defer Kenyan Trials at the International Criminal Court |
On November 15, 2013, the U.N. Security Council refused to delay (defer – to use the words of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, ICC) trial of Kenya's President Uhuru... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Kenya |
International Courts, International Crimes, International Criminal Court |