Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volumesort ascending Issue Date Published Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
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
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 Regulation, Sanctions
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
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 European Union, Human Rights, Sanctions
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 Counter-terrorism, International Cooperation, Money Laundering
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
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
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
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
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 Targeted Killings
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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