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Illinois Museum Repatriates a Multitude of Statues back to Kenya |
On July 10th, the Illinois State Museum repatriated 37 wooden memorial statues, known as Vigango, to Kenya. In 2018 the museum became aware that the statues were obtained through forceful,... |
Justin DePrado |
39 |
10 |
2023-09-01 |
Kenya, United States |
Cultural Property |
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Africa Cyber Surge II Nets 14 Arrests and Disrupts Thousands of Illicit Cyber Networks |
INTERPOL and AFRIPOL successfully coordinated a four-month Africa Cyber Surge II operation across 25 African countries, resulting in the arrest of 14 suspected cybercriminals and the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-25 |
Africa, Cameroon, Eritrea, Nicaragua |
Computer Crimes, INTERPOL |
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Indictment Brought against Barbados Resident for Operating $3.1 Million Stock Scam |
On August 8, 2023, the United States Department of Justice announced indictment charges against a convicted felon and Barbados resident who allegedly posed as an experienced Wall Street stock... |
Bruce Zagaris |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-25 |
Barbados, United States |
Fraud |
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U.S. District Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Belgian Government Cum-Ex Dividend Suit against Enablers |
On July 5, 2023, United States District Court Judge John G. Koeltl issued an opinion and order, denying defendants’ motion to dismiss the civil action brought by the Belgian Government (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-25 |
Belgium, United Kingdom, United States |
Crimes, Tax Crimes |
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Congressional Hearing Underscores Problems and Uncertainties with Corporate Transparency Regulations |
On July 18, 2023, the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held a hearing entitled “Potential Consequences of FinCEN’s... |
Bruce Zagaris |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-25 |
United States |
Money Laundering, Terrorism |
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Belgium and the Netherlands Join EU-based Joint Investigation Team to Prosecute Perpetrators of War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity against the Yazidi People in Syria and Iraq |
In June 2023, the Netherlands and Belgium joined Sweden and France on a joint investigation team (JIT) working to identify suspects and victims of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes... |
Regan Allen |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-25 |
Belgium, European Union, Netherlands |
International Crimes, Sex Crimes, Terrorism |
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UK’s National Crime Agency Charges Madagascan President’s Chief of Staff with Bribery |
On August 14, 2023, the National Crime Agency (NCA)in the United Kingdom announced it has charged the Chief of Staff to the President of Madagascar and her associate with bribery after a NCA... |
Bruce Zagaris |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-18 |
United Kingdom |
Bribery, Corruption |
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U.S. and Colombia Do First Joint Resolution of Criminal Case in Odebrecht Bribery Case |
On August 10, 2023, the United States and Colombian Governments did the first joint resolution of a criminal case as Corporación Financiera Colombiana S.A. (Corficolombiana), a Colombian... |
Bruce Zagaris |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-18 |
Brazil, Colombia, United States |
Bribery |
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German Court Convicts ISIS Member of Genocide for Enslavement and Abuse of Yazidi Woman in Syria |
On July 27, 2022, the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg convicted German ISIS member Jalda A. of aiding and abetting genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes for the enslavement and abuse... |
Bruce Zagaris |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-17 |
Iraq, United States |
Genocide, Human Rights, Sex Crimes |
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U.S. and Iraq Acts against Iraq Banks and Currency Exchange Shops for Allowing U.S. Dollar Transactions with Iran |
After the United States Treasury Department and Federal Reserve Bank of New York barred 14 Iraqi banks from conducting dollar transactions, Iraq has taken enforcement action against currency... |
Bruce Zagaris |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-17 |
Iraq, United States |
Money Laundering, Smuggle |
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Australia Initiates Action against Tax Advisors after PwC Leaks Scandal |
On August 6, 2023, the Australian Government announced an initiative against tax advisers in the wake of the PwC tax leaks scandal.
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Bruce Zagaris |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-11 |
Australia, European Union |
Tax Enforcement, Taxation |
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British National Crime Agency will Return More than £101.5 Million to Nigeria from Ibori Forfeiture |
On July 24, 2023, after a forfeiture hearing at Southwark Crown Court in London, Judge David Tomlinson ordered James Ibori, former governor of Delta State in Nigeria, to repay more than £101.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-11 |
Nigeria, United Kingdom |
Asset Forfeiture, Money Laundering |
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German Bank Returns Kandinsky Painting Sold at 1940 Auction to Jewish Heirs |
The German government advisory panel said Colorful Life, a Kandinsky painting displayed in the Lenbachhaus, should be returned to the family who owned it prior to World War II. The government panel’s... |
Savannah Telfer |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-11 |
Germany, Netherlands |
Art and Cultural Property, Asset Forfeiture |
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The Regulation of 'Autonomous Sanctions' in Canadian Legislation |
The purpose of this article is to examine the regulation of ‘autonomous sanctions’ in another Commonwealth jurisdiction, that of Canada. Given the topicality of the Russian Federation... |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-11 |
Canada, Russia, Ukraine |
Sanctions |
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Brazil Preliminarily Denies U.S. Extradition Request for Alleged Russian Spy |
On July 26, 2023, the Brazilian Ministry of Justice and Public Security announced the Brazilian government has preliminarily denied a request from the U.S. to extradite alleged Russian spy Sergey... |
Bruce Zagaris |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-04 |
Brazil, Russia, United States |
Espionage, Extradition, International Criminal Court |
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New Money Laundering Charges against Alleged Human Smuggling Network in Texas |
On July 28, 2023, a U.S. grand jury in the Southern District of Texas returned a superseding indictment charging four defendants with conspiracy to launder money.
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Bruce Zagaris |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-04 |
Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, United States |
Human Trafficking, Immigration |
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German National Sentenced to 9 years in Prison for a Multitude of International Crimes Committed Abroad While in Membership of the Islamic State |
On June 21st, 2023, The Higher Regional Court of Koblenz in Germany convicted a German national of aiding and abetting genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for the enslavement and abuse... |
Justin DePrado |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-04 |
Germany, Iraq, Syria |
Arms Trafficking, Crimes against Humanity, Human Trafficking |
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Four Guatemalans Plead Guilty to Human Smuggling Conspiracy |
On August 2, 2023, four Guatemalan nationals pleaded guilty to their participation in a Guatemalan-based human smuggling conspiracy involving a large number of migrants from Guatemala through... |
Bruce Zagaris |
39 |
9 |
2023-08-04 |
Guatemala, United States |
Extradition, Human Trafficking |
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ICC Appeals Chamber Authorizes the Investigation on Drug War Killings in Philippines |
On July 18, 2023, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered, in open Court, its judgment confirming, by majority, ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I’s decision... |
Michael Plachta |
39 |
8 |
2023-07-28 |
Philippines |
Capital Punishment, Civil Rights, Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Designates Drug Traffickers Producing and Distributing in Europe and North America |
On July 19, 2023, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated as Specially Designated... |
Bruce Zagaris |
39 |
8 |
2023-07-28 |
Belgium, Mexico, United States |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking |
