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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
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
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
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
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
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Releases Its Report on Transnational Organized Crime in East Asia and the Pacific On April 16, 2013, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a report, Transnational Organized Crime in East Asia and the Pacific: A Threat Assessment.[2] This is the... Michael Plachta 29 6 2013-06-01 Asia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar Organized Crime
Aussie Trade Extradited from Hong Kong to the U.S. on Insider Trading Charges   On March 29, 2013, Trent Martin, 33 and an Australian national and former research analyst at an international financial services firm, arrived in New York after arrest in Hong Kong on... Bruce Zagaris 29 6 2013-06-01 Australia, Hong Kong, United States Extradition
Alleged Ringleader of Nigerian Fee-Based Web Databased Identity Fraud Schemes Extradited from Australia and Appears in US Court in Alexandria On March 1, 2013, Tobechi Enyinna Onwuhara, 33, appeared in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia after Australian authorities extradited him to the U.S. On August 1, 2008, Onwuhara was charged... Bruce Zagaris 29 6 2013-06-01 Australia, Nigeria, United States Cybercrime, Extradition
UN General Assembly Overwhelmingly Approves Arms Trade Treaty On March 29, 2013, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) by a vote of 154 in favor, 3 against and 23 abstentions. [1] It sets international standards for... Bruce Zagaris 29 6 2013-06-01 World Arms Trafficking, United Nations
EUROPOL Releases Comprehensive Report on Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA) On March 19, 2013, EUROPOL released its yearly report “EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA)”.[2] The most detailed study of its kind ever undertaken in the... Michael Plachta 29 6 2013-06-01 European Union Organized Crime
Cattle Rustling and Ranching by Illegal Armed Groups and Organized Crime   Recent gains in the so-called international war on drugs have caused illegal armed groups, once dependent on drug production and trafficking for revenue, to diversify into new illegal... Luz Nagle 29 6 2013-06-01 Colombia, Costa Rica, Kenya, Philippines, Sudan, United States Arms Trafficking, Illegal Importation, Organized Crime
EU Agrees Preliminarily on Transparency Rules for Extractive Industry On April 9, 2013, the EU Parliament and EU Commission agreed to a landmark transparency law that would require all European companies operating in extractive industries to report payments, including... Bruce Zagaris 29 6 2013-06-01 European Union, G-8 member countries, United States Corruption, European Commission, Transparency
Dominican Republic Extradites Its Former Drug Control Chief to the U.S.     On April 8, 2013, U.S. law enforcement officials announced that the Dominican Republic extradited Francisco Antonio Hiraldo-Guerrero, a former Dominican military official and former... Bruce Zagaris 29 6 2013-06-01 Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, United States Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition
5 Major EU Countries Agree To Develop a Multilateral Tax Information Exchange Mechanism On April 9, 2013, the Finance Ministers of the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, and Spain notified EU Tax Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta that they had agreed to work on a pilot multilateral... Bruce Zagaris 29 6 2013-06-01 Austria, European Union, France, G-8 member countries, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, United Kingdom Economic Integration, Tax Enforcement
OAS Adopts Model Laws on Sworn Declaration of Net Worth and Whistleblowing   On March 21, 2013, the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted two model laws on anti-corruption.  The first concerns the submission and verification of declarations of net worth... Bruce Zagaris 29 6 2013-06-01 Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, United States Corruption, International Cooperation
Europol Joint Operation Dismantles Global Credit Card Fraud On March 28, 2013, a joint operation coordinated by the Romanian Cybercrime Unit in Romania in close cooperation with Europol’s European Cybercrime Center (EC3), resulted in dismantling a... Bruce Zagaris 29 6 2013-06-01 Australia, European Union, Romania, United States Cybercrime, Economic Integration
Appeal by Senator Prompts France to Create Task Force For Returning Nazi-Looted Artwork to Rightful Owners Following an appeal by Senator Corinne Bouchoux, the French government has initiated a search for the Jewish owners of the 2,000 thousand or so pieces of art that had been looted by the Nazis during... Sara Hefny 29 5 2013-05-01 France Cultural Property
CITES Meeting Focuses on Strategic Vision and Enforcement On March 3-14, 2013, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) held the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Bangkok, Thailand. ... Bruce Zagaris 29 5 2013-05-01 Africa, Asia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Europe, Gabon, Laos, Mozambique, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam Environment
Swiss Federal Council Starts Two Consultations on AML and Enhanced Due Diligence on Tax  On February 27, 2013, the Swiss Federal Council announced two consultations on combating money laundering and on enhanced due diligence requirements for handling tax matters.  The Federal... Bruce Zagaris 29 5 2013-05-01 Switzerland Money Laundering, Tax Enforcement
Report Exposes Cyberspying by China's Army against US Companies  On February 19, 2013, The Mandiant® Intelligence Center™ released a report exposing Advanced Persistent Threat 1's (or APT1) multi-year, enterprise-scale computer espionage campaign.[1] Bruce Zagaris 29 5 2013-05-01 China, United States Cybercrime

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