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Title Abstract Author Volumesort ascending Issue Date Published Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
President Donald Trump Has Renewed Sanctions Against International Criminal Court On February 6, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (E.O.) Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court authorizing economic sanctions against the International Criminal... Michael Plachta 41 3 2025-02-14 United States International Criminal Court, Sanctions
Council of Europe Adopts Convention Establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine At its 1541st meeting, on October 22, 2025, the Committee of Ministers approved the draft Convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine. The ministers... Michael Plachta 41 11 2025-10-24 Europe, Ukraine European Commission, European Court of Human Rights, International Courts
Europol Releases Its EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) On June 24, 2025, Europol released its annual “European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT)”,[1] which it has produced since 2007. Michael Plachta 41 7 2025-07-03 European Union Europol, Terrorism
FinCEN Decides Not Enforce BOI Reporting Penalties for U.S. Persons and Domestic Entities The saga of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) continues to take many twists and turns. On February 17, 2025, in Smith et al v. U.S. Department of Treasury, et al,[1] the U.S. District Court for... Bruce Zagaris 41 3 2025-03-07 United States Transparency
Thailand Approves Extradition of Illegal Online Gambling Kingpin On November 10, 2025, Thailand’s Appeals Court ordered the extradition of She Zhijiang, a Chinese-Cambodian businessman accused of running one of Asia’s largest illegal online gambling... Austin Wahl 41 12 2025-11-21 China, Thailand Cybercrime, Extradition, Gambling
From Sidelines to Settlements: How House v. NCAA and the SCORE Act Are Reshaping Global Compliance in College Sports The landmark House v. NCAA settlement, finalized in June 2025, marks a seismic shift in the legal and regulatory landscape of collegiate athletics in the United States (U.S.). Adriana Sanford 41 8 2025-07-18 United States Antitrust Cooperation, Lawsuits, Regulation
U.S. Supreme Court Indicates Ruling against Mexico in Suit against Gun Manufacturers On March 4, 2025, the United States Supreme Court heard an oral argument concerning the lawsuit brought by the Mexican government against seven major gun manufacturers and a gun wholesaler. The... Bruce Zagaris 41 4 2025-03-28 Mexico, United States Arms Trafficking
Beyond Disclosure: Institutionalizing Research Compliance in an Era of Foreign Influence and National Security Risk Amid intensifying geopolitical pressures and heightened regulatory scrutiny, leading research institutions are increasingly expected to navigate a complex landscape through robust governance,... Adriana Sanford 41 9 2025-08-08 United States Compliance, National Security
Transnational Repression and the Reach of Sanctions: U.S. Measures Against Chinese and Hong Kong Officials On March 31, 2025, the United States sanctioned six Chinese and Hong Kong officials in response to acts of transnational repression.[1] Transnational repression is “any action taken by a... Katherine Scher 41 5 2025-04-18 China, Hong Kong, United States Sanctions
5th Circuit Appellate Court Stays and then Reinstates Nationwide Injunction to Corporate Transparency Act by Texas District Court 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 2025-01-03 United States Transparency
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Decision that Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal and U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Case on an Expedited Basis On August 29, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a decision ruled 7-4 to uphold the decision of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) that President Trump’s five... Bruce Zagaris 41 10 2025-09-05 United States Sanctions, Trade Enforcement
Leaders of Sinaloa Cartel Faction Charged with Narco-Terrorism for First Time For the first time in the United States, two leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel have been charged by indictment with narco-terrorism and materially supporting a foreign terrorist organization, in... Austin Wahl 41 6 2025-05-16 United States Court Conviction, Drugs & Trafficking
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
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
The Real Government Fraud: An Examination of Foreign Actors’ Role in Defrauding the Federal Government The United States federal government is riddled with fraud. This fraud is not the same as the “fraud” that is demonized by the second Trump administration, Elon Musk, and conservative... Dimitris Konstantopoulos 41 7 2025-06-06 China, North Korea, Russia, United States Fraud, Identity Theft, U.S. Federal Government
U.S. Expands Forced-Labor Blacklist: The Impact on Global Trade and Human Rights Enforcement The Biden administration’s recent expansion of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) blacklist, which now includes nearly 30 additional Chinese companies, represents the largest... Emily Hong 41 3 2025-02-14 China, United States Human Rights
ICC Convicts Sudanese Militia Commander for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity On October 6, 2025, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was unanimously convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC or ‘the... Chloe Fontenelle 41 11 2025-10-24 Sudan Crimes against Humanity, International Criminal Court, War Crimes
Ecuador Arrests Leader of Drug Gang on U.S. Extradition Request On June 25, 2025, Ecuadorian law enforcement arrested the country’s most notorious drug trafficker, José Adolfo “Fito” Macłas Villamar. Specialized Ecuadorian police and... Bruce Zagaris 41 7 2025-07-03 Ecuador, United States Drug Enforcement, Organized Crime
Sexual Violence Against Children is on the Rise Amidst the Ongoing Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo Over the last month, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has issued multiple reports expressing concern over the alarming rate of sexual violence against... Morinsola Tinubu 41 3 2025-03-07 Congo, Rwanda Abuse of Children, Crimes against Humanity, Sex Crimes
Stolen Egyptian Artifact Returned by the Dutch Government On November 2, the Netherlands’ Prime Minister Dick Schoof announced during talks with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo that the Dutch government would return a Pharaoh-era... Lucy Carroll 41 12 2025-11-26 Egypt, Netherlands Art and Cultural Property, Cross-Border Communication, Cultural Property

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