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UN Security Council Meets over US Military Strikes on Venezuelan Boats and Executions |
On October 10, 2025, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss the Trump administration’s recent military strikes on Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean and the implications for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
11 |
2025-10-17 |
United States, Venezuela |
Crimes against Humanity, Drugs & Trafficking, United Nations |
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New Developments at the ICC in the Case of Rodrigo Duterte |
On July 4, 2025, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecution submitted the Document Containing the Charges pursuant to Pre-Trial Chamber I’s order (ICC-01/21-01/25-114). The ICC... |
Michael Plachta |
41 |
11 |
2025-10-17 |
Philippines |
International Criminal Court, Trial, War Crimes |
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U.S. Department of Commerce’s BIS Adopts “50 Percent Rule” |
On September 29, 2025 the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an Interim Final Rule known as the “Affiliates Rule” amending the... |
Michelle Roberts, Jason McClurg, and Dan Fisher-Owens |
41 |
11 |
2025-10-17 |
United States |
Export Enforcement, U.S. Federal Government |
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The Hague’s Annual European Police Chiefs Convention |
On September 23, 2025, the Hague held its Annual European Police Chiefs Convention (“the Convention”), drawing hundreds of senior law enforcement officials from across Europe. The... |
Austin Wahl |
41 |
11 |
2025-10-17 |
European Union |
International Cooperation, Law Enforcement, Organized Crime |
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IDB Announces $2.5 Billion and Rapid Response Task Force for Security |
On September 8, 2025, at the Regional Security and Justice Summit, the Inter-American Development (IDB) agreed to commit an estimated $2.5 billion in loans for the next three years to fortify... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
11 |
2025-10-10 |
Caribbean, Latin America and South America |
Banking Supervision, Economic Integration |
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New Guides on International Cooperation in AML/CFT: Promise and Limits |
In September 2025, four of the world’s core anti–money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) actors - the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Egmont Group of... |
Aiymgul Kachyke |
41 |
11 |
2025-10-10 |
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Counter-terrorism, International Cooperation, Money Laundering |
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U.S. State Department Offers $11 Million in Rewards for Alleged Cybercriminals |
On September 9, 2025, the United States (U.S.) District Court for the Eastern District of New York unsealed an indictment charging Ukrainian national Volodymyr Viktorovych Tymoshchuk with serving... |
Aiymgul Kachyke |
41 |
10 |
2025-10-10 |
United States |
Cybercrime, Organized Crime, U.S. Federal Government |
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U.S. Deportees Sue Ghanaian Government Over Breach of Human Rights |
In September 2025, eleven migrants who had been deported from the United States (U.S.) filed a lawsuit against the government of Ghana, arguing that it had breached their rights and detained them... |
Austin Wahl |
41 |
11 |
2025-10-03 |
Ghana, United States |
Deportation, Detention, Human Rights |
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Bali Court Sentences Ukrainian National to Life for Involvement in Illicit Drug Operation |
On September 18, 2025, the Denpasar District Court in Bali, Indonesia, convicted Ukrainian national Roman Nazarenko of producing illegal drugs, sentencing him to life in prison.[2] The case is... |
Chloe Fontenelle |
41 |
11 |
2025-10-03 |
Indonesia |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Sentencing |
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UBS Agrees to Pay $985.6 Million to Settle Criminal Tax Case |
On September 23, 2025, UBS Group AG, a Swiss-based international investment bank and financial services firm, announced it had settled a criminal tax case concerning its cross-border business... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
11 |
2025-10-03 |
France, Switzerland |
Settlement, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
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U.S. Court Holds FBAR Penalty Assessment Violated Taxpayer’s 7th Amendment Rights |
On September 19, 2025, United States (U.S.) District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, Texas, dismissed the government’s suit against a taxpayer to reduce assessed penalties to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
11 |
2025-10-03 |
United States |
Bank Secrecy, Tax Enforcement |
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U.S. Names 21 Countries as Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries |
On September 15, 2025, pursuant to §706(1) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA), Fiscal Year 2003,[1] United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump identified the following... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
10 |
2025-09-26 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, U.S. Federal Government |
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Council of Europe Opens for Signature Third Additional Protocol to the European MLAT Convention |
On September 19, 2025, the Council of Europe (CoE) opened for signature a new protocol to its Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters at the Ministers of Justice conference, organized... |
Michael Plachta |
41 |
10 |
2025-09-26 |
Europe |
Council of the European Union |
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New Sanctions on the Family of Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Signal Diplomatic Rift Between the Americas’ Two Most Populated Nations |
On September 22, 2025, the United States (U.S.) Department of the Treasury unveiled new sanctions targeting Viviane Barci de Moraes -- the wife of previously sanctioned Brazilian Supreme Court... |
Dimitris Konstantopoulos |
41 |
10 |
2025-09-26 |
Brazil, United States |
Sanctions, U.S. Federal Government |
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U.S. Court Grants Government’s Motion to Compel Apple to Give Information in Swiss Tax Investigation |
On August 28, 2025, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the United States (U.S.) District Court for the Northern District of California granted the U.S. Government’s motion to compel Apple to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
10 |
2025-09-26 |
Switzerland, United States |
Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
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Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso Withdraw from the International Criminal Court |
On September 23, 2025, in a joint statement, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso announced their intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The three member states of the Alliance... |
Michael Plachta |
41 |
10 |
2025-09-26 |
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International Criminal Court |
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Between War and Law Enforcement: The Legal Challenges of The U.S.’s Strike Against Alleged Drug Traffickers |
On September 2, 2025, United States (U.S.) military forces targeted and struck a vessel in the Caribbean Sea, killing all eleven persons on board in what legal specialists and military lawyers are... |
Lucy Carroll |
41 |
10 |
2025-09-19 |
Caribbean, United States, Venezuela |
Drugs & Trafficking, Human Rights, International Law, Law Enforcement, U.S. Federal Government |
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U.N. Commission Alleges that Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza |
On September 16, 2025, the United Nations (UN) Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem and Israel, submitted a report... |
Michael Plachta |
41 |
10 |
2025-09-19 |
Israel, Palestine |
Genocide, Human Rights, International Convention, United Nations |
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Fifth Circuit: Alien Enemies Act Not a License to Deport Venezuelan Gang Members |
On September 3, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order and an opinion, prohibiting U.S. President Donald Trump from continuing to rely on the Alien Enemies Act of... |
Austin Wahl |
41 |
10 |
2025-09-12 |
United States |
Deportation, Immigration, U.S. Federal Government |
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French Arrest Warrants for Bashar al-Assad and the Power of In Absentia Judicial Proceedings |
In September 2025, a French judge issued an arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad and six former Syrian government officials for war crimes due to their role in the killings of journalists during the... |
Dimitris Konstantopoulos |
41 |
10 |
2025-09-12 |
France, Syria |
International Courts, War Crimes |
