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U.S. Prosecutes 4 Americans Deported from Cambodia for Sex With Minors On September 8, 2009, Richard David Mitchell was arraigned after being deported from Cambodia, making him the fourth American prosecuted in September for international sex tourism in Cambodia...(more) Bruce Zagaris 25 11 2009-11-01 United States, Cambodia Sex Crimes, Deportation, Rape
U.S. District Court Rules Freeze against Charity Violates Due Process Rights On August 18, 2009, U.S. District Judge James Carr issued a sweeping order, declaring the U.S. Treasury and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) wrongly froze the assets of an Ohio-based charity... Bruce Zagaris 25 11 2009-11-01 United States, Israel Law of War, Prisoner Rights, Fraud, Asset Seizure
The Meeting of the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information, Mexico, September 1-2, 2009 The OECD’s Global Forum on Taxation met in Mexico September 1-2, 2009 (“Meeting”) and was attended by representatives of about sixty-two jurisdictions, and eight international organizations. (... David Spencer 25 11 2009-11-01 World, Mexico International Organizations, Taxation, Conferences, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes
U.S. Government Transfers More Than $750,000 in Forfeited Funds to Peru On September 2, 2009, the United States Department of Justice announced the transfer of more than $750,000 in forfeited funds to the Peruvian government from an embezzlement scheme by a Peruvian... Bruce Zagaris 25 11 2009-11-01 United States, Peru, Switzerland, Cayman Islands Money Laundering, Fraud, Asset Forfeiture, White Collar Crime, Embezzlement, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision
D.C. Circuit Court Denies Recovery for Abuses to Interrogated Iraqis In an opinion on September 11, 2009, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the underlying complaints brought by Iraqi citizens against two United States government contractors, Titan and CACI... Erik Sapin 25 11 2009-11-01 United States, Iraq Administration of Justice, Human Rights, War Crimes, Prisoner Rights
U.S. and Mexico Develop Investigative Cooperation on International Firearms Trafficking Cases On August 13, 2009, the U.S. and Mexican governments announced the signing of a letter of intent to develop a coordinated and intelligence-based response to the threat of cross border smuggling and... Bruce Zagaris 25 11 2009-11-01 United States, Mexico Immigration, Arms Trafficking, Treaties
Corruption and Money Laundering: A Symbiotic Relationship by David Chaikin and J.C. Sharman (Palgrave/MacMillan, 234 pp., 2009) (ISBN: 978-0-230-61360-7, www.palgrave.com) The symbiotic relationship between corruption and money laundering is the theme of a new book. The interrelationship and ways in which transnational corruption and money laundering interact is both... Bruce Zagaris 25 11 2009-11-01 World Money Laundering, Corruption, Extradition, Book Review
U.S. Indicts Swiss Attorney for Conspiring with U.S. Persons to Evade U.S. Taxes The United States indicted a Swiss banker, Hansruedi Schumacher, and a Swiss attorney, Matthias Rickenbach, for conspiring to defraud the U.S. (18 USC 371), on August 20, 2009, one day after the... David Spencer 25 11 2009-11-01 United States, Switzerland Taxation, Fraud, White Collar Crime, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision, Banking Supervision
Former Corporate Executive Pleads Guilty in Bribe Case Paid to U.K. Defense Ministry Official On September 3, 2009, Leo Winston Smith, the former director of sales and marketing for Pacific Consolidated Industries LP (PCI) pleaded guilty to charges related to the bribery of a U.K. Ministry of... Bruce Zagaris 25 11 2009-11-01 United States, United Kingdom Bribery, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision
Spanish Judge Tries to Re-Arrest Missing ETA Terrorism after French Judicial Error On September 1, 2009, Spanish High Court Judge Baltasar Garzón issued an arrest warrant for Maite Aranalde, an ETA member who had been released on August 27, 2009, from detention due to a... Bruce Zagaris 25 11 2009-11-01 France, Spain Administration of Justice, Extradition, Terrorism
U.S. Delivers Extradition Papers for Former Antiguan Regulator On August 26, 2009, the extradition documents by the U.S. government for former administrator of Antigua and Barbuda’s Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) regulator Leroy King were... Bruce Zagaris 25 11 2009-11-01 United States, Antigua & Barbuda Extradition, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes, Financial Crimes
Switzerland Refuses French Request for Tax Information Outside of International Standards and Detailed Showing of Tax Investigations A recent controversy between the Swiss and French governments over French officials claims that French authorities have obtained a list of 3,000 names of French tax persons with bank accounts in... Bruce Zagaris 25 11 2009-11-01 France, Switzerland Bank Secrecy, Economic Sanctions, International Organizations, Taxation, Treaties, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Financial Supervision, Banking Supervision
Film Executives Are Guilty of Bribing Senior Thai Tourism Official On September 11, 2009, after a trial Gerald Green and Patricia Green, film executives from the Los Angeles area, were found guilty of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)... Bruce Zagaris 25 11 2009-11-01 United States, United Kingdom, Thailand, Singapore, Jersey Money Laundering, Corruption, Bribery, Financial Crimes
China Issues Arrest Warrant for Rio Tinto’s Employees on Bribery and Stealing Commercial Secrets On August 12, 2009, China issued an arrest warrant for Australian mining executive Stern Hu and three other staff members in the Shanghai office for “obtaining commercial secrets from Chinese steel... Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 Australia, Brazil, China Bribery, Corruption
U.S. and Israel Break U.S. Tax Refund Ring Conspiracy On August 4, 2009, a superseding indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago revealed a massive scheme between a ring of persons operating in the U.S. and Israel for approximately six years.... Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 United States, Israel Money Laundering, Taxation, White Collar Crime, Forgery, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes, Financial Crimes
Namibia Suspends Army Chief and Expands Criminal Inquiries of Chinese Contracts At the end of July 2009, Namibia suspended the chief of the Namibian Defense Force, and expanded its criminal investigation of Chinese-financed contracts in Namibia. In July 2009, Namibia started... Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 China, Namibia Bribery, Corruption
Company Agrees to Pay $1.3 Million to Settle FCPA Case on Bribes to Venezuela and Argentine Officials On July 29 and 30, 2009, Helmerich & Payne, Inc (H&P), an international drilling contractor and energy-oriented company, mostly in the United States and South America, agreed to pay $1,375,... Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 United States, Venezuela Securities Law, White Collar Crime, Bribery, Export Enforcement , Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision
U.S. and Mexico Cooperate on Prosecuting Persons for Smuggling Mexican Oil During the last two years the U.S. government has investigated and prosecuted persons involved in smuggling millions of dollars worth of petroleum products that were stolen from the Mexican state... Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 Mexico, United States Asset Forfeiture, Asset Seizure, Organized Crime, Smuggle, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Taxation
EU Customs Actions Increase to Enforce Intellectual Property Rights On July 9, 2009, the European Commission published a report on EU Customs enforcement of intellectual property rights, showing an increase of almost 13% of detentions of goods infringing intellectual... Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 Europe, China Counterfeiting, Customs Enforcement, Intellectual Property, European Union, Customs
EU Council Issues Framework Decision on Transfer of Proceedings in Criminal Matters On June 30, 2009, the Council of the European Union issued a draft Council Framework Decision on the transfer of proceedings in criminal matters...(more) Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 Europe Administration of Justice, Human Rights, International Organizations, European Union, Prisoner Rights

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