Justice Department and Microsoft Set to Square Off Before Supreme Court in Landmark Data Privacy Case |
On October 16, 2017, the Supreme Court granted the Department of Justice’s petition for a writ of certiorari in its dispute with Microsoft over access to private emails stored at Microsoft’s Dublin,... |
Zarine Kharazian |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-27 |
United States |
Data Privacy |
The Crime-Terror Nexus: A Recurring Theme in the European Union and the Council of Europe |
The Criminal Law and Counter-Terrorism Divisions of the Council of Europe, in co-operation with the City Hall and the University of Malaga, organized an International Conference on Terrorism and... |
Michael Plachta and Joseph A. Rychlak |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-25 |
European Union |
Counter-terrorism |
European Union Establishes the European Public Prosecutor’s Office |
On October 12, 2017, the Regulation establishing the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) was adopted by those Member States which are part of the EPPO “enhanced cooperation.” The EPPO will be... |
Michael Plachta |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-20 |
European Union |
Criminal Procedure/Proceedings, Cross-Border Communication |
Council of Europe Adopts Resolution on Prosecuting and Punishing Crimes Committed by Daesh |
At its 34th sitting held on October 12, 2017, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Resolution 2190 (2017) on prosecuting and punishing crimes committed by Daesh.... |
Michael Plachta |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-20 |
Iraq, Syria |
Council of the European Union, Counter-terrorism, International Crimes, International Criminal Court, International Criminal and Comparative Law, Law of War, Terrorism |
U.S. Grand Jury Indicts IT Executive and Former IT Manager of Australian Bank with Bribery and Kickback Scheme |
On September 27, 2017, a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, California returned an indictment, charging that the former head of Santa Monica-based Service Mesh, Inc. paid bribes to former IT... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-20 |
Australia, United States |
Bribery |
Justice Department Indicts Chinese Manufacturers of Fentanyl and Opioids |
On October 17, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that federal grand juries in the Southern District of Mississippi and the District of North Dakota returned indictments, unsealed on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-20 |
China, United States |
Drug Enforcement |
U.S.-Turkish Relations Sour over Bilateral Enforcement Issues |
On October 8, 2017, relations between the United States and Turkish governments continued to sour as both countries announced they would no longer issue visas for each other’s citizens. |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-13 |
Turkey, United States |
Counter-terrorism, Extradition |
Criminal Investigations against Brazilian Olympic Games Continue |
Criminal investigations in France and Brazil continue with respect to the awarding of the Olympic Games to Brazil. |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-13 |
Brazil, France |
Enforcement of International Sports Law |
U.S. and China Hold First Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity Dialogue |
On October 4, 2017, the U.S. and China held their first law enforcement and cybersecurity dialogue (LECD). Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions III and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-13 |
China, United States |
Cybercrime, Data Privacy |
86th INTERPOL General Assembly: Mixed Messages for Refugees |
On September 26, 2017, in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping officially welcomed the 86th INTERPOL General Assembly. As this year’s host of the INTERPOL “body of the supreme authority” and a... |
Yuriy Nemets |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-13 |
China |
Human Rights, INTERPOL |
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Terrorism Submits Counterterrorism Report to the General Assembly |
On September 27, 2017, the UN Secretary-General submitted to the General Assembly a report from the newly appointed Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the promotion and protection of... |
Michael Plachta |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-13 |
France |
Counter-terrorism, Human Rights |
U.S. Indicts HSI Special Agent and 2 Colombians for Bribery Scheme to Dismiss an Indictment |
On September 25, 2017, U.S. law enforcement officials announced that a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida returned an indictment charging a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-06 |
Colombia, United States |
Bribery |
Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Files Application to Return 2,300-Years-Old Marble Bull’s Head to Lebanon |
On July 8, 1967, French archaeologist Maurice Dunand unearthed a 2,300-years-old, foot tall marble bull’s head from a site at the foot of the Temple of Eshmun in Sidon, Lebanon. Dunand, the director... |
Zarine Kharazian |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-06 |
Lebanon, United States |
Art and Cultural Property |
European Parliament Adopts Resolution on the Fight against Cybercrime |
On October 3, 2017, the European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution on the fight against cybercrime.
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Michael Plachta |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-06 |
European Union |
Cybercrime |
European Commission Proposes Creating a Pan-European Cybersecurity Agency |
On September 13, 2017, during his State of the Union address, the President of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker, announced the intention to propose new legislative measures that will... |
Michael Plachta |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-06 |
European Union |
Cybercrime |
UK Court Orders EAW-based Surrender of a Polish National to Italy in an Alleged Kidnapping Case |
On September 29, 2017, District Judge (MC) Goldspring in the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London (UK) delivered a judgment ordering the surrender of Michal Konrad Herba to the Italian... |
Michael Plachta |
33 |
10 |
2017-10-06 |
Italy, Poland |
Kidnaping |
Panama Superintendency of Banks Fines 3 Banks in Second Round of Enforcement Actions |
On September 13, 2017, the Superintendency of Banks of Panama announced that it has taken enforcement efforts and imposed fines on three Panamanian banks, including the state-owned national Bank,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
10 |
2017-09-29 |
Panama |
Money Laundering |
U.S. Court Rules Taxpayer’s Noncompliance with FBAR Obligations Was Not Willful |
On September 20, 2017, Judge Michael Morris Baylson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled that taxpayer Arthur Bedrosian was not willful in his failure to comply... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
10 |
2017-09-29 |
United States |
Compliance, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
Telia and Uzbek Subsidiary Make Global Settlement of Uzbek Corrupt Payments |
On September 21, 2017, Telia Company AB, an international telecommunications company based in Stockholm and formerly an issuer of publicly traded securities in the United States, and its Uzbek... |
Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
10 |
2017-09-29 |
United States, Uzbekistan |
Bribery, Corruption, Disgorgement of Profits |
U.S. Imposes Additional Sanctions with Respect to North Korea |
On September 21, 2017, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13722, imposing additional sanctions with respect to North Korea.
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Bruce Zagaris |
33 |
10 |
2017-09-29 |
North Korea, United States |
Economic Sanctions |