Articles

E.g., 2026-06
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Ericsson de Panama Agrees with Commerce to Pay $1.753 Million to Settle Cuban Violations On May 24, 2012, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a settlement with Ericsson de Panama S.A., of Panama City, Panama concerning unauthorized transactions in violation of U.S. export control... Bruce Zagaris 28 8 2012-08-01 Abuse of Children
U.S. Unable to Help National Detained for Financial Crimes 4 Years in Dubai Without Trial   On May 14, 2012, the condition of U.S. citizen Zack Shahin, detained for over four years in Dubai without bail, trial, or conviction, gained prominence when he started a hunger strike and... Bruce Zagaris 28 8 2012-08-01
Germany Arrests Canadian Porn Actor Wanted for Murder and Dismemberment                   On June 5, 2012, Luke Magnotta, 29, told German authorities, after his arrest on a Canadian arrest warrant for murdering and... Bruce Zagaris 28 8 2012-08-01
Holocaust Survivor’s Family Ordered to Return Artifact to German Museum Upon his death in 2003, Riven Flamenbaum, a survivor of Auschwitz and the Holocaust, passed along a small inscribed golden tablet to his children.  It was “all he had left from that bitter time... Andrew Baskin 28 8 2012-08-01
U.S. and Peru Extend MOU to Protect Peruvian Cultural Property On June 8, 2012, the Department of State announced the extension of the “Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Peru... Bruce Zagaris 28 8 2012-08-01
Mexican Appellate Court will Extradite “Queen of the Pacific” to the U.S. On June 7, 2012, a three-panel Mexican Appellate Court agreed to extradite Sandra Ávila Beltran, known as the “Queen of the Pacific” to the U.S. on charges concerning drug trafficking organized crime... Bruce Zagaris 28 8 2012-08-01
Cambodia Arrests French Architect on China Extradition Request On June 19, 2012, the French government revealed that the Cambodian government has arrested Patrick Devillers, a French architect who worked closely with Gu Kailaj, the wife of disgraced Chinese... Bruce Zagaris 28 8 2012-08-01
Ex-Colombian Security Chief Indicted for Drug Trafficking Mauricio Santoyo Velasco, the former commander of the Colombian National Police (CNP) anti-kidnapping and anti-terrorism unit, has been indicted by the United States for exporting cocaine to the... Andrew Baskin 28 8 2012-08-01
U.K. Supreme Court Allows Appeal Against U.S. Extradition Despite Procedural Irregularity On June 7, 2012, the U.K. Supreme Court published an opinion issued May 23, 2012, allowing Kevin Halligen, a British citizen against whom an extradition order was made, to make the appeal despite a... Bruce Zagaris 28 8 2012-08-01
2012 U.S. Trafficking in Persons Report Focuses on Victim Protection On June 20, 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled the 2012 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report,[1] stating that the report especially focused on that third P, victim protection. And in... Bruce Zagaris 28 8 2012-08-01
World Bank Appoints New Members to Sanctions Board and Starts to Publish the Decisions of the Sanctions Board On May 30, 2012, the World Ban Group’s Managing Director Sir Mulyani Indrawait announced that the World Bank will publish the decisions issued by the World Bank Group’s Sanctions Board in cases of... Bruce Zagaris 28 8 2012-08-01
U.S. Indicts Zetas Leader for Laundering Through U.S. Horse Breeding Sector On June 12, 2012, the U.S. Attorney in Austin Texas announced that a federal grand jury in Austin, Texas returned an indictment charging 14 defendants, including Los Zetas leader Miguel Angel Morales... Bruce Zagaris 28 8 2012-08-01
U.K. Police Arrest Seven Individuals Suspected of Funding Terrorism                   On May 1, 2012, British police arrested seven individuals suspected of aiding a terrorist network, based out of Somalia, by smuggling a... Linda Dryden 28 7 2012-07-01
Interpol Issues Red Notice for Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashmi   On May 8, 2012, Interpol issued a Red Notice for the arrest of Iraqi vice president Tariq al-Hashimi, who has been staying in Turkey.  The Interpol Red Notice exerts more pressure on al-... Bruce Zagaris 28 7 2012-07-01
Privy Council Affirms Bahamas Court In Denial of U.S. Extradition Request of Viktor Kozeny   On March 28, 2012, the Privy Council found that its Judicial Committee had no jurisdiction to entertain an appeal by a detainer against a grant of habeas corpus in the Bahamas because of the... Bruce Zagaris 28 7 2012-07-01
ICTR Sends Uwinkindi to Rwanda on Genocide and Crimes against Humanity Charges On April 17, 2012, former pastor Jean Bosco Uwinkindi lost his appeal in the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and was sent to Rwanda for trial, marking the first time the ICTR has... Bruce Zagaris 28 7 2012-07-01
U.S. District Court Grants Motion to Dismiss U.K. Parliamentary Group’s FOIA Suit for U.S. Extraordinary Rendition Program Information   On April 2, 2012, U.S. District Court for D.C. Judge Ricardo Urbina issued a memorandum opinion, granting the U.S. Department of Defense’s motion to dismiss and denying the plaintiffs’ efforts... Bruce Zagaris 28 7 2012-07-01
U.S. Court Enters Final Forfeiture Order for Over $16 Million against Wegelin’s Correspondent Bank Account in the U.S.   On April 24, 2012, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain entered a default judgment and final order... Bruce Zagaris 28 7 2012-07-01
France Extradites Tax Fraudster to the U.K. On April 20, 2012, the French government extradited a tax fraudster, who fled the U.K. four years ago after sending a judge a note that he was not prepared to go to jail, to the U.K. where he will... Bruce Zagaris 28 7 2012-07-01
European Parliament Approves New PNR Agreement with the United States   On 19 April 2012, the European Parliament (EP) approved, by a hefty majority, the controversial agreement between the European Union and the United States on the use and transfer of Passenger Name... Michael Plachta 28 7 2012-07-01

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