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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Announces Rewards for Arrest of Joseph Kony and Other Fugitives of International Criminal Tribunals |
On April 3, 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry announced the expansion of the State Department’s War Crimes Rewards Programs, implementing legislation that then-Senator Kerry authored and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Rwanda, Uganda, United States |
International Criminal Court |
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Italian Supreme Court’s Overturning of Amanda Knox’s Acquittal Gives Rise to Possible Future Extradition Request |
On March 26, 2013, the Italian Supreme Court (Court of Cassation) overturned the acquittal of Amanda... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Italy, United States |
Extradition |
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Egypt Court Rules Against Extradition of Qaddafi Cousin and Ex-Aide, Libya to Appeal |
On April 3, 2013, an Egyptian court ruled against the extradition of a cousin and former close aide of Muammer el-Qaddafi. Ahmed al-Dam is wanted in Libya on corruption charges and was taken into... |
Sara Hefny |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Egypt, Libya, Qatar, United Kingdom |
Extradition |
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EU Announces Public Consultation on a Possible EU Initiative on Responsible Source of Minerals Originating from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas |
On March 27, 2013, the European Commission started a public consultation on “conflict minerals” – for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Congo, European Union, Europe, United States |
Environment |
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Canadian Court of Appeals Give Lawyers Win Another Win in a Gatekeeper Case |
On April 4, 2013, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia issued a judgment in favor of the Federation of Law Societies (FLSC) and against the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
6 |
2013-06-01 |
Canada |
FATF, Money Laundering, Terrorism |
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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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Griffiths Energy Violates the Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act |
Calgary-based Griffiths Energy International Inc. (Griffiths) was created in August 2009 to obtain oil and gas production sharing contracts in the Republic of Chad. Within two years, the... |
Peter Bowal, Karen Lynn Perry |
29 |
5 |
2013-05-01 |
Canada, Chad |
Corruption |
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DOJ and E&Y Decide on Nonprosecution Agreement with $123M in Penalties |
On March 1, 2013, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and other law enforcement officials announced that Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) had admitted... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
5 |
2013-05-01 |
United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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FATF Plenary Adopts New Methodology For Assessing Complaince and Issues Documents on Its Work to Identify Problematic AML/CFT Jurisdictions |
On February 22, 2013, under the Norwegian Presidency, the Financial Action Task Force held a plenary meeting. FATF took a number of decisions; it produced two documents as part of its ongoing... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
5 |
2013-05-01 |
Norway |
FATF, Money Laundering |
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Wegelin & Co. Ordered to Pay U.S. $58 Million in First-Ever Sentence of Foreign Bank |
On March 4, 2013, U.S. Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York imposed an order on Wegelin & Co. that it pay $58 million to the United States for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
29 |
5 |
2013-05-01 |
Switzerland, United States |
Tax Enforcement |