Articles

E.g., 2026-03
Title Abstract Author Volumesort ascending Issue Date Published Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
ICC Prosecutor Requests Arrest Warrants for Taliban Leaders for Gender-based Crimes On January 23, 2025, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) filed two applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber II in the Situation in Afghanistan.[1]... Michael Plachta 41 2 2025-01-24 Afghanistan Crimes against Humanity
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
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Alleged Cyber Scam Company and its Administrator On May 29, 2025, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Funnull Technology Inc., a Philippines-based company that furnishes computer... Bruce Zagaris 41 7 2025-06-13 Philippines, United States Cybercrime, Financial Crimes
President Donald Trump Has Renewed Sanctions Against the 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 2025-02-21 United States International Criminal Court, Sanctions
Spain Finds Former Director of UNOPS Extraditable to the U.S. for Corruption On October 21, 2025, the National High Court of Spain found Ukrainian Vitaly Vanshelboim, former director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), extraditable to the United... Bruce Zagaris 41 11 2025-10-31 Spain, United States Bribery, Corruption, Extradition, International Organizations
China, Interpol Red Notices, and GONGOs: Legal Risks and International Challenges  In June 2025, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published findings indicating that Chinese authorities have leveraged Interpol Red Notices alongside government-... Alexandra Manfield 41 7 2025-07-03 China INTERPOL, Law Enforcement
UK High Court Halts Extradition to India on Human Rights Grounds On February 28, 2025, London’s High Court, the Court of Appeal, delivered its ruling in the widely reported case of Mr. Sanjay Bhandari[1] refusing his extradition to India.   Michael Plachta 41 4 2025-03-07 India, United Kingdom Human Rights, Transfer of Prisoners
Austria Indicts Two Former Syrian Officials for Crimes Against Humanity  On November 12, 2025, Austrian prosecutors indicted two former Syrian officials with serious crimes. The charges concern their roles in suppressing the Arab Spring uprising from 2011 to 2013... Bruce Zagaris 41 12 2025-11-26 Austria, Syria Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes
CARICOM Heads Prioritize Combating Transnational Organized Crime and Strengthening Regional Security On July 11, 2025, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) released a communique resulting from the July 6-8 meeting in Montego Bay, Jamaica, under the chairmanship of Dr. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister... Bruce Zagaris 41 8 2025-07-25 Caribbean Organized Crime, Securities Law
UK Lawmakers Release a Comprehensive Report on the October 7 Massacre by Hamas and Affiliates Nearly a year and a half after the war began, and with an Israeli state commission of inquiry still a distant prospect, the most comprehensive report on the events of October 7 has been published... Michael Plachta 41 4 2025-04-04 Israel, Palestine Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes
Violence Against Journalists in the Israel-Gaza War Since October 7, 2023, when Israel officially declared war on Hamas, at least 137 journalists have died in Gaza, the West Bank, Israel, and Lebanon. Among these casualties, 129 were Palestinian,... Morinsola Tinubu 41 1 2024-12-06 Palestine Crimes against Humanity
UN Investigators Reveal Systematic Torture and Other Crimes in Myanmar On August 12, 2025, the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (Mechanism) made important progress in both collecting evidence of crimes against people detained by the Myanmar military... Michael Plachta 41 9 2025-08-15 Myanmar Crimes against Humanity, Torture
Brazil Grants Wife of Peruvian President Humala Asylum as Ex-President Is Jailed On April 15, 2025, shortly after a Peruvian court sentenced former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison for money laundering, Brazil granted Ms.... Bruce Zagaris 41 5 2025-04-25 Brazil, Peru Asylum, Corruption, Money Laundering
Israeli Soldiers Face Criminal Investigations Abroad Increasingly, Israeli soldiers traveling abroad are facing criminal investigations for their participation in alleged atrocities in Gaza. The investigations are partly generated by international... Bruce Zagaris 41 1 2025-01-10 Israel, Palestine Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes
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
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Deportation of Venezuelans Under Alien Enemies Act On May 16, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court expanded its prohibition on removal from the United States of Venezuelan men now in immigration custody in Texas. The Court issued an eight-page unsigned... Bruce Zagaris 41 6 2025-05-23 United States, Venezuela Border Security, Immigration, U.S. Federal Government
Latin American Governments Push Back at Trump Administration’s Deportations Several Latin American governments have pushed back at the Trump Administration’s deportation efforts.  Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, and Guatemala have all pushed back. Until now, Mexico... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-31 Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, United States Deportation
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
U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Rules against Mexico in Suit Against U.S. Gun Industry On June 5, 2025, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the U.S. gun industry and against the effort by the Mexican government to hold the industry responsible for violence... Bruce Zagaris 41 7 2025-06-13 Mexico, United States Arms Trafficking
Former Federal Reserve Advisor Indicted on Charges of Espionage On January 31, 2025, former senior advisor to the Federal Reserve John Rogers, 63, of Vienna, Virginia, was arrested on charges of committing economic espionage for the benefit of the People’... Austin Wahl 41 3 2025-02-21 China, United States Espionage

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