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U.S. Indicts Swiss Lawyer and Swiss Banker with Conspiracy to Hide Swiss Accounts |
On April 16, 2013, U.S. law enforcement officials announced the indictment of Edgar Paltzer, a partner at a Swiss law firm and a registered attorney in the State of New York, and Stefan Buck, the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
7 |
2013-07-01 |
Switzerland, United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Accept Certiorari in Case Involving Grand Jury Subpoena for FBAR Information in Offshore Tax Case |
On May 13, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari in a case involving the issuance of a grand jury subpoena requiring targets of the grand jury to produce information of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
7 |
2013-07-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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U.S. Supreme Court Limits Alien Tort Statute |
On April 17, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided to limit the ability of plaintiffs to bring suits under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), which has been one of the main statutes under which... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
7 |
2013-07-01 |
Netherlands, Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States |
Crimes against Humanity, Human Rights |
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Council of Europe Adopts Resolution on Fighting “Child Sex Tourism” |
At its 13th sitting held on April 23, 2013, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Resolution Fighting “child sex tourism”.[2] Both the debate and... |
Michael Plachta |
29 |
7 |
2013-07-01 |
European Union |
Council of the European Union, Human Rights |
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Two Bankers Associations Sue U.S. Treasury and IRS to Enjoin Regs to Require U.S. Banks To Report Interest Paid to Non-Resident Aliens from Certain Countries |
On April 18, 2013, the Florida Bankers Association and the Texas Bankers Association sued the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service, seeking a declaratory judgment... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
7 |
2013-07-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal Convicts and Sentences Islamist Party Leader to Death |
On May 9, 2013, the Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal convicted Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, assistant secretary general of the Jamaat-el-Islami party, of crimes committed during the country’s 1971 war of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
7 |
2013-07-01 |
Bangladesh |
International Courts |
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U.S. Indicts Head of Guinea-Bissau Armed Forces for Conspiracy to Sell Missiles to Foreign Terrorist Organization and Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy |
On April 18, 2013, United States law enforcement officials announced the unsealing of charges against Antonio Indjai, the head of the Guinea-Bissau armed forces, for conspiring to provide help to the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
7 |
2013-07-01 |
Colombia, Guinea, United States |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition, Organized Crime |
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Bibliography of Books, Articles, and Documents |
The bibliography for the July 2013 issue includes relevant books, articles, and documents pertaining to several issues in international law. |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
7 |
2013-07-01 |
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Interpol Helps in Arrest of Italian Fugitive Arrested in Colombia |
On April 26, 2013, INTERPOL announced that it had assisted with the arrest of an international fugitive who was the subject of an internationally wanted INTERPOL Red Notice requested by... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
7 |
2013-07-01 |
Colombia, Italy |
Extradition, INTERPOL, Organized Crime |
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Ralph Lauren Non-Prosecution Agreement Resolves FCPA Charges as Argentina Requests Information and Doubts the Allegations |
On April 22, 2013, Ralph Lauren Corporation (RLC) entered into a non-prosecution agreement and agreed to pay a $882,000 penalty to resolve allegations that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
7 |
2013-07-01 |
Argentina, United States |
Corruption |
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U.S. Court issues John Doe Summons against CIBC First Caribbean International Bank Ltd. |
On April 30, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the day before, a U.S. District Court in San Francisco entered an order authorizing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
7 |
2013-07-01 |
Canada, Switzerland, United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Subpoena in Support of Mexico’s TIEA Request |
On April 22, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, in a unanimous opinion, affirmed the district court’s order denying the motion of Salomon Juan Marcos Villarreal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
7 |
2013-07-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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Organization of American States: Eighth High-Level Working Session on the International Criminal Court |
On 12 April 2013, the Committee on Political and Juridical Affairs of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) hosted the Eighth High-Level Working Session on the... |
Michael Plachta |
29 |
7 |
2013-07-01 |
World |
International Cooperation, International Criminal Court, OECD |
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United Nations General Assembly Holds Debate on the Role of International Criminal Justice |
On April 10, 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) held its first ever debate on the role of the international criminal justice system in reconciliation, with its president stressing the... |
Michael Plachta |
29 |
7 |
2013-07-01 |
Africa |
United Nations |
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Central America’s “Northern Triangle” Drug Challenge |
Central America has the dubious distinction of having the world’s highest homicide rates. Located between the Andean coca-producing fields and North America’s cocaine-consuming... |
Scott B. MacDonald |
29 |
7 |
2013-07-01 |
Canada, Central America, Colombia, El Salvador, European Union, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, United States, Venezuela |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking |
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British Court of Appeals Upholds Ruling Prohibiting Expulsion of Alleged Terrorist Othman To Jordan |
On March 27, 2013, the Royal Courts of Justice, a British appellate Court, affirmed a ruling from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission on November 12, 2012, allowing the appeal of Omar Othman (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
European Union, Jordan, United Kingdom |
Extradition, Human Rights |
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U.S. Cocaine Sting Results in Arrest of Former Navy Chief of Guinea Bissau and 4 Others |
On April 5, 2013, Rear Admiral José Americo Bubo Na Tchuto, the former chief of Guinea Bissau’s navy, appeared in a New York City court on charges of being a drug... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Brazil, Colombia, Guinea, Portugal, United States |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition, Organized Crime |
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IMB Reports Decline in Maritime Piracy |
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) latest quarterly report on Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships recorded a total of 66... |
Michael Plachta |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Ivory Coast, Malaysia, Nigeria, Somalia |
Maritime, Piracy |
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UNODC Provides Technical and Training Assistance to Central Authorities |
During a meeting held February 19-21, 2013 in Cartagena, Colombia, the United Nations Office of Drugs... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Panama, Russia, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago |
Counter-terrorism |
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Fifth Bali Process Conference Endorses Voluntary Reporting System on Migrant Smuggling and Related Conduct (VRS-MSRC) |
After granting UNODC full membership in the Bali Process at its Senior Officials Meeting the previous day, on April 5, 2013, the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Bali Process on People Smuggling,... |
Michael Plachta |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
World |
Human Trafficking |