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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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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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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. 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. 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. 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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European Union Concludes Agreement with Brazil to Fight Organized Crime and Terrorism |
On September 9, 2025, the European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Federative... |
Michael Plachta |
41 |
10 |
2025-09-12 |
Brazil, European Union |
Counter-terrorism, International Cooperation, Organized Crime |
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U.S. Court of Appeals Overturns Trial Court Acquittal Decision on Commercial Bribery Abroad |
On July 2, 2025, the United States (U.S.) Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a judgment of acquittal entered by the district court in the case of U.S. v. Hernán Lopez,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
10 |
2025-09-12 |
United States |
Corruption |
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UN Complaint Filed Concerning Extradition and Detention of Activist by the UAE |
On August 26, a prominent human rights lawyer representing the Egyptian poet and dissident Abdul Rahman Yusef al-Qaradawi filed a complaint with the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary... |
Chloe Fontenelle |
41 |
10 |
2025-09-12 |
Lebanon, United Arab Emirates |
Detention, Extradition, Human Rights, United Nations |
