Articles

E.g., 2025-03
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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
U.S. Shares $50m in Forfeited Assets with Estonia in Exchange for Financial Enforcement Activities On January 7, 2025, the United States Department of Justice announced it agreed to share $50 million in forfeited assets with the Republic of Estonia (Estonia) in recognition of Estonia’s... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-17 Estonia, United States Asset Forfeiture, Asset Seizure
U.S. Agrees to Share $52.8 Million in Forfeited Corruption Proceeds with Nigeria On January 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed an agreement, [1]in which the U.S. agreed to transfer approximately $52.88 million in... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-17 Nigeria, United States Asset Forfeiture, Asset Seizure
INTERPOL and International Parental Child Abduction The complexity of International Parental Child Abduction (IPCA) demands urgent attention. When a child is wrongfully removed or retained in another country without the other parent’s consent... Konstantina Zivla 41 2 2025-01-17 INTERPOL
U.S. Removes Cuba from List of State Sponsors of Terrorism and Eases Sanctions as Cuba Will Release 553 Political Prisoners On January 14, 2025, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order that removed Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and announced other steps to ease economic penalties. On the... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-17 United States Sanctions
U.S. Sanctions RSF Leaders in Sudan for Genocide On January 7, 2025, the United States Department of State declared that the leaders of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and RSF-aligned militias in Sudan have committed genocide in the armed conflict... Bruce Zagaris 41 2 2025-01-17 Sudan, United States Genocide
American Man Accused of Sexual Assault in 2013 is Extradited to the U.S. from France On Thursday, January 16, 2025, Ian Cleary, an American man accused of sexual assault in 2013 was extradited to the United States from France. Cleary, who is infamous for sending a “So I Raped... Morinsola Tinubu 41 2 2025-01-17 France, United States Extradition, Rape, Sex Crimes
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
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
Global Fight Against Money Laundering: Progress on Paper, Success Elusive The 13th Public Edition of the Basel AML Index highlights a gradual improvement in national systems to counter money laundering – at least in terms of technical compliance with... The Basel Institute on Governance 41 1 2025-01-10 Money Laundering
Former Florida Rep. Charged Again for FARA and Laundering Violations On December 17, 2024, a grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment[1] charging former U.S. Congressman David Rivera, 59, of Miami, with a scheme to violate the Foreign Agents... Bruce Zagaris 41 1 2025-01-03 United States Money Laundering
Bangladesh Requests Extradition of Former Prime Minister from India On December 23, 2024, Bangladesh stated that it had sent a formal request to India to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who abandoned her post for India in August during widespread... Bruce Zagaris 41 1 2025-01-03 Bangladesh, India Extradition
Some UK Politicians Hint at Withdrawal from the European Human Rights Convention On October 3, 2024, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a referendum on the UK’s membership of the court and its governing European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). He... Michael Plachta 41 1 2025-01-03 Europe, United Kingdom European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights
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
2024 Retrospective We at the IELR send you best wishes for the new year. 2024 was momentous for the international enforcement community, and we are grateful to have had you following along with our coverage during... Bruce Zagaris 41 1 2025-01-03

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