European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Mass Surveillance and Transatlantic Cooperation |
At its session on March 12, 2014, the European Parliament (EP) adopted a comprehensive legislative resolution on mass surveillance and its impact on EU citizens’ fundamental rights and on... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
6 |
2016-08-10 |
European Union |
Civil Rights, Computer Crimes, Counter-terrorism, European Union, Evidence Gathering, Intelligence |
European Parliament Calls for Deep Reform of the European Arrest Warrant |
On February 27, 2014, the European Parliament (EP) adopted its resolution with recommendations to the Commission on the review of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW).[2] The resolution was based... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
European Union |
Arrest, Fair Trial, Human Rights |
EU Proposes Responsible Sourcing of Conflict Minerals |
On March 5, 2014, the European Commission proposed a draft regulation establishing an EU system of self-certification for importers of tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold, who choose to import... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
European Union |
Due Diligence, OECD |
U.S. Arraigns Malian Citizen Charged with Murder of U.S. Diplomat in Niger |
On March 13, 2014, Loretta E. Lynch, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and George Venizelos, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), New York Field... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
Africa, United States |
Jurisdiction |
U.S. Reindicts Indian Diplomat for Visa Fraud Involving Housekeeper |
On March 14, 2014, a grand jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York reindicted an Indian diplomat for visa fraud involving her housekeeper threatening... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
India, United States |
Immunity, Jurisdiction |
European Parliament Adopts Tougher Anti-Money Laundering Rules |
On March 1, 2014, the European Parliament (EP) by a vote of 643-30 with 12 abstentions voted to approve new anti-money laundering legislation, requiring each of the 28 European Union Member States to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
European Union |
Counter-terrorism, Money Laundering |
Norwegian Museum Will Return Looted Matisse to Rosenberg Family |
On March 20, 2103, the Henie Onstad Art Center (HOK) near Oslo agreed to return the painting “Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace,” circa 1937 by Henry Matisse, once looted by Hermann... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
Norway |
Cultural Property |
The Organization For Security and Cooperation in Europe Updates Its Fight Against Human Trafficking |
When, in July 2003, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) adopted its Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings (THB), it was among the first international... |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
European Union, Europe |
Human Trafficking |
Marubeni Corporation Agrees to Plead Guilty to Foreign Bribery |
On March 19, 2014, Marubeni Corporation, a Japanese trading company that handles products and provides services in a broad range of sectors worldwide, including power generation, entered a plea of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
Japan, United States |
Corruption |
Environmental Law Enforcement Officials Bring Down International Narwhal Tusk Smuggling Ring on Money Laundering Charges |
Coordinated efforts between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Environment Canada have brought an end to a seven year long smuggling ring... |
Lucas Balchun |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
Canada, United States |
Environment, Wildlife, Wildlife Smuggle |
Swiss Parliament Approve Law Revoking Requirement to Notify Accountholders When Banks Send Data to Foreign Tax Authorities |
On March 6, 2014, the Swiss Parliament approved a legal amendment that accountholders alleged to have committed tax crimes will not always have to be told if Switzerland sends information about them... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
Switzerland, United States |
Tax Enforcement |
Niger Extradites Gaddafi’s Son Saadi to Libya |
On March 6, 2014, Niger extradited Moammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi, his special forces commander who fled Libya during its 2011 revolution. Before leaving Libya, Saadi was a soccer... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
Libya |
Extradition |
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Serrano v. United States |
Nelson Serrano, a dual citizen of the United States and Ecuador, filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in May 2013, alleging that his abduction from Ecuador to... |
Angela Cabral and Tony Silvestri |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
Ecuador, United States |
Extradition, Human Rights |
U.S. Brings Civil Forfeiture Action and Freezes More than $458 Million of Former Nigerian Dictator Sani Abacha |
On March 5, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a civil forfeiture complaint in the United States District Court in the District of Columbia, seeking recovering of more than $550... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
Nigeria, United States |
Asset Forfeiture, Corruption, Money Laundering |
Bridgestone Agrees to Guilty Plea on Price Fixing on Automobile Anti-Vibration Rubber Parts Installed in U.S. Cars |
On February 13, 2014, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Bridgestone Corp, a company based in Tokyo, Japan, agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $425 million criminal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
Japan, United States |
Antitrust Cooperation |
European Parliament Approves New Directive on the Freezing and Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime |
On February 25, 2014, the European Parliament (EP) adopted its legislative resolution whereby it approved the draft directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the freezing and... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
European Union |
Asset Forfeiture |
Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein Freeze Yanukovych’s Assets |
On February 28, 2014, the Swiss, Austrian and Liechtenstein governments moved to block assets that Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych and some of his associates may have deposited in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland |
Asset Forfeiture, Corruption, Money Laundering |
European Parliament Paves Way for the Adoption of the European Investigation Order |
On February 27, 2014, the European Parliament (EP) adopted its legislative resolution on the draft directive of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding the (EIO) in criminal matters.... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
European Union |
European Union, Evidence Gathering |
EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Discusses Various Law Enforcement Issues |
On March 3 and 4, 2014, the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Council met and discussed a number of criminal justice, home and law enforcement issues.[2]
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Michael Plachta |
30 |
6 |
2014-06-01 |
European Union |
Law Enforcement |