Articles

E.g., 2026-08
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending 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
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
Trump Imposes Tariffs on China after Threatening Sanctions and Tariffs on Canada and Mexico for Drug Trafficking and Other Transnational Crimes The start of the Trump administration has brought the threat of tariffs and sanctions against two of the closest U.S. allies (Canada and Mexico) as well as China, only to be imposed on China. The... Bruce Zagaris 41 3 2025-02-14 Canada, China, Mexico, United States Drugs & Trafficking, Sanctions
Tanzanian and Ugandan Opposition Leaders are Abducted, Respectively, in Kenya On January 12, 2025, Maria Sarungi Tsehai, a well-known Tanzanian activist and dissident, was kidnapped in Nairobi, Kenya, by three armed men. With over one million followers on X, Tsehai is a... Morinsola Tinubu 41 3 2025-02-14 Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Kidnaping
INTERPOL Updates Rules and Guidance and Launches Silver Notice The past three months have brought sweeping changes to INTERPOL’s personnel, documents, and practices. These changes were made, or announced, at and around INTERPOL’s 92nd General... Dr. Ted R. Bromund and Charlie Magri Esq. 41 3 2025-02-07 INTERPOL
El Salvador Agrees to Accept Deportees and Detained U.S. Persons On February 3, 2025, the U.S. Embassy spokesperson  announced that, according to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has agreed to the most unprecedented,... Bruce Zagaris 41 3 2025-02-07 El Salvador, United States Human Rights
Venezuela Releases 6 U.S. Detainees and Agrees to Accept Deportees for Sanctions Relief On January 31, 2025, Richard Grenell, President Trump’s envoy for special missions, announced on social media that he had succeeded in obtaining the release of six American detainees and an... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-02-07 United States, Venezuela Transfer of Prisoners
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
FBI Debuts Novel Sting Operation in Cryptocurrency Fraud Case CLS Global, a UAE-based cryptocurrency market maker has recently agreed to settle criminal charges that prosecutors have brought against it following a lengthy undercover sting operation by the FBI... Austin Wahl 41 2 2025-01-31 United Arab Emirates, United States Fraud
French Prosecutor Starts Criminal Investigations against Binance On January 28, 2025, French investigations announced they had started a criminal investigation into money laundering, tax fraud, unlicensed provision of digital asset services, and failure to... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-31 France Cybercrime, Fraud, Money Laundering, Tax Crimes
Trump Issues Executive Orders on Foreign Terrorists and Migration Enforcement On January 20, 2025, President Trump on his first day in office issued four executive orders  (E.O.s) concerning foreign terrorists, national security, and migration and a proclamation. The... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-31 United States Policy/Directives, Political Leaders, Terrorism
Italy Has Frustrated the ICC Arrest Warrant For Libyan Warlord Accused of War Crimes On January 18, 2025, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC), by majority, issued a “Warrant of Arrest for Mr. Osama Elmasry / Almasri Njeem.” The warrant was... Michael Plachta 41 2 2025-01-31 Italy, Libya International Criminal Court, War Crimes
Council of Europe Calls for Comprehensive Regulation of Mercenaries and Private Military and Security Companies At its 4th sitting held on January 28, 2025, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a Resolution and Recommendation on addressing risks to human rights and the rule of... Michael Plachta 41 2 2025-01-31 Europe Mercenaries, Regulation
The Exotic Case of Samuele Landi and His Dream of Settling the Sea The death of Samuele Landi while seasteading off the coast of Dubai in an apparent effort to avoid criminal prosecution in Italy evokes the issue of a recent novel way to facilitate fugitivity. Austin Wahl 41 2 2025-01-24 Italy, United Arab Emirates Crimes
Thai Police Seek the Arrest for Cambodian in Murder of Former Cambodian Politician On January 16, 2025, police in Thailand announced they had issued an arrest warrant for Somwang Bamrungkit, 42, a Thai-Cambodian dual national known in Cambodia as Ly Ratanakraksmey, in connection... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-24 Thailand Extradition
Trump Issues Executive Orders on Foreign Terrorists and Migration Enforcement On January 20, 2025, President Trump on his first day in office issued four executive orders  (E.O.s) concerning foreign terrorists, national security, and migration and a proclamation. The... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-24 United States Terrorism
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
Cecilia Sala, an Italian Journalist, has Been Released from Iran Pursuant to a Prisoner Swap On January 8, Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist, was released from Iran after being detained for twenty-one days. Sala, 29, arrived in Tehran in December on a journalist visa. For two years, she... Morinsola Tinubu 41 2 2025-01-24 Iran, Italy, United States Detention, Transfer of Prisoners
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
International Activities of Brazil's Federal Attorney General's Office As a still relatively new legal institution in Brazil, inserted by the National Constituent Assembly in Chapter IV of the 1988 Federal Constitution (On the Functions Essential to Justice),... Luiz Fabricio Vergueiro 41 2 2025-01-24 Brazil Extradition

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