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U.N. Secretary General Visits ICTR on Ending Mandate While Rwanda Government Urges Countries to Surrender or Try Suspects |
At the end of February 2009, the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, made his first visit to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, to discuss, among other things... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
World, Africa, Rwanda |
Human Rights, United Nations, Genocide, International Courts |
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Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Holds Second Hearing on Tax Haven Banks and the UBS Case |
On March 4, 2009, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, held a hearing on Tax Haven Banks and U. S. Tax Compliance - Obtaining... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
World, United States, Switzerland |
Bank Secrecy, Taxation, White Collar Crime, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
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U.S. Issues International Narcotics Control Strategy Report |
On February 27, 2009, the Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, David T. Johnson, gave a media briefing on the release of the 2009 International... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
World, United States, Mexico, Colombia, Afghanistan, Guatemala |
Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement |
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U.S. Cracks Down on Sinaloa Cartel As Border Violence Accelerates |
On February 25, 2009, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced the arrest of 755 individuals on narcotics -related charges and the seizure of more than 23 tons of narcotics as part of a 21-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Customs Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Drug Enforcement, Smuggle |
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The Position of the ICC Prosecutor in the Recent Hostilities in the Gaza Strip |
As it usually happens with the initiation of large multilateral projects, the advent of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in July 2002 was greeted with a sense of joy. It was believed that the... |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
Middle East, Israel, Sudan |
Human Rights, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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U.K. Arrests British Solicitor over Nigerian Gas Bribes and U.S. FCPA Charges |
On March 5, 2009, British police arrested a British solicitor, Jeffrey Tesler, 60, in North London after United States authorities requested his extradition and that of Wojciech Chodan, also a Briton... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom, Gibraltar |
Corruption, Extradition, Fraud, Bribery |
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ICC Issues Historic Arrest Warrant for Sudanese President over Darfur |
On March 4, 2009, The judges of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I (PTC I) issued a highly anticipated arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir for his alleged... |
Golzar Kheiltash |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
World, Sudan |
Human Rights, Genocide, International Courts, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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EU Prepares Petition in the WTO Against U.S. on Internet Gaming Discriminatory Prosecution |
In 2009, the European Union is likely to exert increasing pressure this year to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), a 2006 law prohibiting online gambling...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
United States, Europe |
International Gaming, European Union, International Cooperation, Betting |
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U.S. Congress Abandons Bush Era Sanctions on ICC Member States |
The U.S. Senate recently passed the Omnibus Appropriations Bill, without mention of sanctions to be levied against countries that have ratified the International Criminal Court, quietly ending an era... |
Philip Mayer |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
World, United States, Latin America and South America, Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan |
Immunity, International Courts, Treaties, International Cooperation |
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European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) |
After having reached a political agreement on the Framework Decision on the organization and content of the exchange of information extracted from criminal records between Member States at the... |
Michael Plachta |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
Europe, Bulgaria, Romania |
Administration of Justice, International Courts, International Cooperation |
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U.S. Court Grants Asset Forfeiture To Return Colonial Paintings to Peru |
On February 12, 2009, Judge James Cacheris of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted summary judgement to the U.S. government on an asset forfeiture action brought by... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
United States, Bolivia, Peru |
Art and Cultural Property, International Courts, Smuggle |
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Council Proposal on Prevention and Settlement of Conflicts of Jurisdiction in Criminal Proceedings |
On January 20, 2009, the Council of the European Union issued a proposal for a Council Framework Decision on prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction in criminal proceedings...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
5 |
2009-05-01 |
Europe |
Extradition, Jurisdiction, European Union, International Cooperation |
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Finland Denies Extradition to Rwanda of Genocide Suspect |
On February 20, 2009, the Finnish government announced it has denied a Rwandan extradition request for an
unnamed 57-year-old man because he may not receive a fair trial in Rwanda...[more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
4 |
2009-04-01 |
Africa, Rwanda, Finland |
Extradition, Human Rights, Genocide, International Courts |
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UBS Under Continued Pressure Resulting from U.S. Taxpayer with Undeclared Accounts |
On January 15, 2009, new U.S.C. §rman said that negotiating a settlement with U.S. prosecutors was a top priority as well as recovering UBS’s reputation. 2009 has begun with UBS facing a class action... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
4 |
2009-04-01 |
Switzerland, United States |
Taxation, Treaties, White Collar Crime |
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U.S. Charges Stanford Group with Fraud, Freezes Assets and Appoints Receiver |
On February 17, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Robert Allen Stanford and three
of his companies on engaging in a fraudulent, multi-billion dollar investment scheme based... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
4 |
2009-04-01 |
United States, Germany, Philippines |
Customs Enforcement, Endangered Species |
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Liberalizes Implementation of the Lacey Act Amendments |
The enactment of amendments to the Lacey Act, which were included in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (also known as the Farm Bill), became effective as of May 22, 2008. They give rise... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
4 |
2009-04-01 |
United States, World |
Customs Enforcement, Endangered Species, Environment |
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Pending ICJ Case Questions Scope of Foreign Sovereign Immunity Defense |
A case pending before the International Court of Justice due to an application by the Federal Republic of Germany
against Italy is likely to produce the first decision by an international panel about... |
Axel Knabe |
25 |
4 |
2009-04-01 |
United States, Germany, Italy, Greece |
Administration of Justice, Immunity, International Organizations, War Crimes, International Courts |
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Special Tribunal for Lebanon Ready to Start on March 1 in The Hague |
In December 2008, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon would start operating on March 1, 2009, in The Hague. |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
4 |
2009-04-01 |
Lebanon, Syria, World |
Administration of Justice, Human Rights, International Courts, Murder, Terrorism, United Nations |
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Brazil Performs Joint Anti-Trust Enforcement Operation against Refrigeration Cartel |
For the very first time in Brazil, a joint operation between the Brazilian Federal Police and American and
European Authorities was simultaneously performed to investigate an alleged global cartel... |
Jorge Nemr |
25 |
4 |
2009-04-01 |
World, United States, Brazil, Italy |
International Antitrust Administration, Antitrust Cooperation |
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Russian Judge Sets Hearing For Russian Customs Service and Bank of New York on Application of U.S. RICO Law |
On January 27, 2009, the Moscow Arbitration Court Judge Lyudmila Pulova held a hearing on the suit between the Russian Federal Customs Service in Moscow against the Bank of New York (BoNY) for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
4 |
2009-04-01 |
Russia, United States |
Administration of Justice, Customs Enforcement, Money Laundering, Taxation, White Collar Crime |