Articles

E.g., 2025-02
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Latin American Governments Push Back at Trump Administration’s Deportations Several Latin American governments have pushed back at the Trump Administration’s deportation efforts.  Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, and Guatemala have all pushed back. Until now, Mexico... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-31 Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, United States Deportation
FBI Debuts Novel Sting Operation in Cryptocurrency Fraud Case CLS Global, a UAE-based cryptocurrency market maker has recently agreed to settle criminal charges that prosecutors have brought against it following a lengthy undercover sting operation by the FBI... Austin Wahl 41 2 2025-01-31 United Arab Emirates, United States Fraud
French Prosecutor Starts Criminal Investigations against Binance On January 28, 2025, French investigations announced they had started a criminal investigation into money laundering, tax fraud, unlicensed provision of digital asset services, and failure to... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-31 France Cybercrime, Fraud, Money Laundering, Tax Crimes
Trump Issues Executive Orders on Foreign Terrorists and Migration Enforcement On January 20, 2025, President Trump on his first day in office issued four executive orders  (E.O.s) concerning foreign terrorists, national security, and migration and a proclamation. The... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-31 United States Policy/Directives, Political Leaders, Terrorism
Italy Has Frustrated the ICC Arrest Warrant For Libyan Warlord Accused of War Crimes On January 18, 2025, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC), by majority, issued a “Warrant of Arrest for Mr. Osama Elmasry / Almasri Njeem.” The warrant was... Michael Plachta 41 2 2025-01-31 Italy, Libya International Criminal Court, War Crimes
Council of Europe Calls for Comprehensive Regulation of Mercenaries and Private Military and Security Companies At its 4th sitting held on January 28, 2025, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a Resolution and Recommendation on addressing risks to human rights and the rule of... Michael Plachta 41 2 2025-01-31 Europe Mercenaries, Regulation
International Activities of Brazil's Federal Attorney General's Office As a still relatively new legal institution in Brazil, inserted by the National Constituent Assembly in Chapter IV of the 1988 Federal Constitution (On the Functions Essential to Justice),... Luiz Fabricio Vergueiro 41 2 2025-01-24 Brazil Extradition
The Exotic Case of Samuele Landi and His Dream of Settling the Sea The death of Samuele Landi while seasteading off the coast of Dubai in an apparent effort to avoid criminal prosecution in Italy evokes the issue of a recent novel way to facilitate fugitivity. Austin Wahl 41 2 2025-01-24 Italy, United Arab Emirates Crimes
Thai Police Seek the Arrest for Cambodian in Murder of Former Cambodian Politician On January 16, 2025, police in Thailand announced they had issued an arrest warrant for Somwang Bamrungkit, 42, a Thai-Cambodian dual national known in Cambodia as Ly Ratanakraksmey, in connection... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-24 Thailand Extradition
Trump Issues Executive Orders on Foreign Terrorists and Migration Enforcement On January 20, 2025, President Trump on his first day in office issued four executive orders  (E.O.s) concerning foreign terrorists, national security, and migration and a proclamation. The... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-24 United States Terrorism
U.S. Supreme Court Stays Injunction to Allow Implementation of Corporate Transparency Act On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed a nationwide injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).  As a result, pending a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-24 United States Money Laundering, Transparency
Cecilia Sala, an Italian Journalist, has Been Released from Iran Pursuant to a Prisoner Swap On January 8, Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist, was released from Iran after being detained for twenty-one days. Sala, 29, arrived in Tehran in December on a journalist visa. For two years, she... Morinsola Tinubu 41 2 2025-01-24 Iran, Italy, United States Detention, Transfer of Prisoners
ICC Prosecutor Requests Arrest Warrants for Taliban Leaders for Gender-based Crimes On January 23, 2025, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) filed two applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber II in the Situation in Afghanistan.[1]... Michael Plachta 41 2 2025-01-24 Afghanistan Crimes against Humanity
American Man Accused of Sexual Assault in 2013 is Extradited to the U.S. from France On Thursday, January 16, 2025, Ian Cleary, an American man accused of sexual assault in 2013 was extradited to the United States from France. Cleary, who is infamous for sending a “So I Raped... Morinsola Tinubu 41 2 2025-01-17 France, United States Extradition, Rape, Sex Crimes
U.S. Shares $50m in Forfeited Assets with Estonia in Exchange for Financial Enforcement Activities On January 7, 2025, the United States Department of Justice announced it agreed to share $50 million in forfeited assets with the Republic of Estonia (Estonia) in recognition of Estonia’s... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-17 Estonia, United States Asset Forfeiture, Asset Seizure
U.S. Agrees to Share $52.8 Million in Forfeited Corruption Proceeds with Nigeria On January 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed an agreement, [1]in which the U.S. agreed to transfer approximately $52.88 million in... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-17 Nigeria, United States Asset Forfeiture, Asset Seizure
INTERPOL and International Parental Child Abduction The complexity of International Parental Child Abduction (IPCA) demands urgent attention. When a child is wrongfully removed or retained in another country without the other parent’s consent... Konstantina Zivla 41 2 2025-01-17 INTERPOL
U.S. Removes Cuba from List of State Sponsors of Terrorism and Eases Sanctions as Cuba Will Release 553 Political Prisoners On January 14, 2025, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order that removed Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and announced other steps to ease economic penalties. On the... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-17 United States Sanctions
U.S. Sanctions RSF Leaders in Sudan for Genocide On January 7, 2025, the United States Department of State declared that the leaders of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and RSF-aligned militias in Sudan have committed genocide in the armed conflict... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-17 Sudan, United States Genocide
Israeli Soldiers Face Criminal Investigations Abroad Increasingly, Israeli soldiers traveling abroad are facing criminal investigations for their participation in alleged atrocities in Gaza. The investigations are partly generated by international... Bruce Zagaris 41 1 2025-01-10 Israel, Palestine Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes

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