U.S.-Italian Enforcement Cooperation Breaks Italian Organized Crime Syndicate |
On February 11, 2014, Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and George Venizelos, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
Italy, United States |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime |
Report on Assessments of AML and CTF Underscores Gaps in the Process |
As governments, international organizations, and professionals prepare for the fourth round of anti-money laundering enforcement (AML) and counter-terrorism financial (CFT) enforcement, a report by... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
United States |
Counter-terrorism, Money Laundering |
French Trial of Rwandan on Genocide Charges Signals Shift in French Policy |
After two decades of relative inactivity following the 1994 Rwandan genocide, on February 4, 2014, France’s two-year-old special war crimes tribunal started its first trial, with former... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
France, Rwanda |
Crimes against Humanity, Genocide |
Director of Public Prosecutions Dispatches Attorneys Overseas for Asset Recovery |
On February 24, 2014, Alison Saunders, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) revealed that her office is stationing two new specialist prosecutors in Spain and the United Arab Emirates,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom |
Asset Forfeiture, Asset Seizure |
U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Focuses on Information Exchange and Enforcement Aspects of Pending Tax Treaties |
The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, with Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Senator Barrasso (R-Wyo) attending, held a hearing on pending U.S. income tax treaties. In particular, they... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
Chile, Hungary, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United States |
Tax Enforcement |
Swiss Attorney General Will Request Mutual Assistance from Egypt on Mubarak Assets |
On January 31, 2014, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland announced it will request help from the Egyptian judicial authorities in obtaining evidence of possible predicate offenses to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
Egypt, Switzerland |
Asset Forfeiture, Corruption, Money Laundering, Mutual Legal Assistance |
U.S. Files Suit to Forfeit Italian Antiquity Linked to Convicted Smuggler |
On February 27, 2014, the United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York filed a civil complaint in federal court seeking forfeiture of an ancient Italian sarcophagus lid, an... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
Italy, United States |
Cultural Property |
Curacao Court Denies U.S. Extradition Request for 3 Persons Accused of Narcotics Offenses |
On February 6, 2014, the Court of Justice in Curacao denied an extradition request by the United States for 3 people identified as K., R., and F. The U.S. government had requested their... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
Curaçao, Netherlands |
Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition |
Mexico Arrests El Chapo with Help from the U.S. |
On February 22, 2014, Mexican marines and U.S. agents arrested Joaquín Guzman Loera, “El Chapo”, an alleged major drug kingpin of Sinaloa. He was arrested in the early... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime |
Aisan Industry Co. Ltd Agrees to Guilty Plea and 6.86 Million Fine for Price Fixing on Automobile Parts |
On February 3, 2014, Aisan Industry Co. Ltd., company based in Obu, Japan, agreed to plead guilty and to pay a criminal fine of $6.86 million for its participation in a price-fixing conspiracy... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
Japan, United States |
Antitrust Cooperation |
Senate Permanent Investigative Subcommittee Holds New Hearing on Offshore Tax Evasion, Calling for Improved Prosecution |
On February 26, 2014, Senator Carl Levin (D-Wis.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, opened the hearing by stating that the hearing was a supplement to the 2008... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
Switzerland, United States |
Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Tax Havens |
Lithuanian Court Allows Investigation in the Mustafa al-Hawsawi Case |
Mustafa al-Hawsawi was seized in Pakistan in 2003, and – together with 13 others – was sent to Guantánamo in September 2006. He has stated that he was rendered to a CIA torture... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
Lithuania, Pakistan, United Kingdom, United States |
Human Rights, Torture |
European Parliament Adopts Directive on Criminal Sanctions for Insider Dealing and Market Manipulation |
On February 4, 2014, the European Parliament adopted a new directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on criminal sanctions for insider dealing and market manipulation.[2]
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Michael Plachta |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
European Union |
European Union, Sanctions |
German Justice Minister Proposes Abolition of Statute of Limitation and Independent Center to Search for Looted Art |
On February 7, 2014, German authorities proposed a new law to abolish its 30-year statute of limitations for certain cases involving stolen property, which would facilitate efforts to seek the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
Germany |
Cultural Property |
President Obama Issues National Strategy to Combat Wildlife Trafficking |
On February 11, 2014, President Barack Obama issued a National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking.[1] The strategy involves three elements: strengthening enforcement;... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
United States |
Environment, Wildlife |
Netherlands Arrest Genocide Suspect for Extradition to Rwanda |
On January 23, 2014, the Dutch law enforcement arrest Jean Baptist Mugimba in connection with the mass slaughter of Tutsis in Nyakabanda, a district in a suburb of Kigali, Rwanda’s... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
Netherlands, Rwanda |
Extradition, Genocide |
OECD Issues Common Reporting Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information |
On February 13, 2014, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) unveiled the first half of its model framework for automatic exchange of tax information, which the U.S. and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
G-10 member countries, United States |
OECD |
World Wildlife Summit Hosted in London by the UK Government |
The UK called together global leaders for a major conference in London on February 13, 2014 to help eradicate illegal wildlife trade and better protect the world’s most iconic species from... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
Botswana, Chad, Gabon, Tanzania, United Kingdom |
Wildlife |
European Data Protection Supervisor’s Opinions on Two Documents of the European Commission on Mass Surveillance |
On February 21, 2014, Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), released his Opinion on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
European Union |
Data Privacy |
European Commission Reveals Its First Anti-Corruption Report |
On February 3, 2014, the European Commission released its first “EU Anti-Corruption Report”.[2] The Report covers all 28 EU Member States. It consists of: (i) a general chapter... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
5 |
2014-05-01 |
European Union |
Corruption |