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U.S. Justice Department Dismisses Case over Commercial Bribery in FIFA |
On December 9, 2025, the counsel for the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief informing the United States Supreme Court that it was dismissing the criminal case against Hern... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
2 |
2026-01-23 |
United States |
Bribery, Corruption |
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UN Office of Counter-Terrorism Briefs UN Security Council and Presents Report on Global Threat by ISIL/Da’esh |
On February 4, 2026, the United Nations (UN) Security Council held a meeting for a briefing on the Secretary-General’s 22nd biannual strategic-level report on the threat posed by the Islamic... |
Michael Plachta |
42 |
3 |
2026-02-13 |
World |
Counter-terrorism, Security Council, Terrorism, United Nations |
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A Cryptocurrency Trading Scandal Shines Light on Ineffective Regulatory Measures and AML Oversight |
In late 2025, Binance, the world’s largest digital platform for cryptocurrency trading, uncovered that Iranian-linked entities were active on its platform, possibly violating United States (U... |
Dimitris Konstantopoulos |
42 |
3 |
2026-03-06 |
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Regulation, Sanctions |
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U.S. Seizes Web Domain Used in $28 Million Bank Account Takeover Fraud |
On December 22, 2025, the United States (U.S.) Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the seizure of a web domain and database that criminals employed to carry out a scheme targeting and defrauding... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
1 |
2025-12-29 |
United States |
Cybercrime, Financial Enforcement |
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European Parliament Strengthens the EU Magnitsky-type Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime |
On January 21, 2026, the European Parliament adopted its resolution addressing impunity through European Union (EU) sanctions, including the EU Global Human Rights sanctions regime (so-called... |
Michael Plachta |
42 |
2 |
2026-01-23 |
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European Union, Human Rights, Sanctions |
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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. Department of Justice Issues Guidelines for FCPA Enforcement |
On June 9, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued guidelines for investigations and enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)[1] which helps clarify the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
7 |
2025-06-13 |
United States |
Corruption |
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Executive Order Pauses Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
On February 10, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (E.O.), pausing for 180 days new investigations or enforcement actions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unless the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
3 |
2025-02-21 |
United States |
Corruption |
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OSCE Releases Report Finding Crimes Committed by Russian Military and Authorities Against Ukrainian POWs |
On July 24, 2025, and following consultation with Ukraine, forty-one participating States from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) invoked the Moscow Mechanism “on... |
Michael Plachta |
41 |
12 |
2025-10-31 |
Russia, Ukraine |
Crimes against Humanity, Human Trafficking, International Organizations, War Crimes |
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OFAC Issues Maximum Penalty in Enforcement Against Venture Capital Firm for Russia Sanctions Violations |
On June 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a significant enforcement action against GVA Capital (“GVA”), a... |
Michelle Roberts |
41 |
8 |
2025-07-03 |
United States |
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Sanctions |
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Transnational Repression: A Growing Global Threat to Human Rights and Sovereignty |
Transnational repression––the practice of authoritarian regimes targeting dissidents beyond their borders—has become an increasingly urgent issue, threatening not only individual... |
Emily Hong |
41 |
4 |
2025-03-17 |
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Targeted Killings |
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Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal Sentences Former PM to Death for Crimes Against Humanity |
On November 17, the exiled former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, was handed a death sentence after being convicted of crimes against humanity. In a trial conducted in absentia, a... |
Chloe Fontenelle |
41 |
12 |
2025-12-05 |
Bangladesh, India |
Capital Punishment, Crimes against Humanity, Extradition, International Courts |
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OFAC’s New Sanctions Unveil the Global Reach of Hamas’s Finances |
On June 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against a plethora of individuals and entities that finance the militant... |
Dimitris Konstantopoulos |
41 |
8 |
2025-07-25 |
United States |
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Sanctions |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Agreements with Eurojust, Europol, and the European Public Prosecutor's Office on Cooperation in Criminal Matters |
On April 2, 2025, the European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Agreement between the European... |
Michael Plachta |
41 |
4 |
2025-04-04 |
Bosnia, European Union, Europe, Herzegovina |
Crimes, Cross-Border Communication, Eurojust, Europol |
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U.S. Court in Texas Issues Nationwide Injunction to Corporate Transparency Act |
On December 3, 2014, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted the plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction, making it effective nationwide.[1] Judge Amos... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
1 |
2024-12-13 |
United States |
Transparency |
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Domestic Immigration Raids Through an International Enforcement Lens |
On August 2, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld an injunction restricting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from conducting indiscriminate immigration sweeps in the... |
Alexandra Manfield |
41 |
9 |
2025-08-22 |
United States |
Administration of Justice, Human Rights, Immigration |
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Trump Administration Proposes to Eliminate Office of Global Criminal Justice |
On April 22, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio proposed a significant reform of the U.S. State Department that would close the Office of Global Criminal Justice (GCJ) and the Bureau of Conflict... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
5 |
2025-04-25 |
United States |
International Crimes, U.S. Federal Government |
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IRS Issues “John Does” Summons Relating to Entities Doing Business with Trident Trust Group |
On December 23, 2024, United States District Judge John P. Cronan, Southern District of New York, issued an order granting an ex parte petition for leave to serve “John Doe” summonses... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
1 |
2025-01-10 |
United States |
Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
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Argentina Charges Daughter of Nazi Officer with Concealing Stolen Painting |
In August 2025, an Argentine court charged the daughter and son-in-law of a Nazi official who allegedly stole valuable paintings from European Jews during World War II with concealing paintings.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
10 |
2025-09-12 |
Argentina |
Art and Cultural Property, INTERPOL |
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Former Member of Gambian Military Convicted of Torture In Landmark Case |
On April 15, 2025, a former soldier within Gambia’s military force was convicted by a U.S. jury of five counts of torture and one count of conspiracy to commit torture in Denver, Colorado.... |
Chloe Fontenelle |
41 |
6 |
2025-05-23 |
Gambia, United States |
Indictment, International Crimes, Torture |