Articles

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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Brings Civil Money Laundering Charges Against Lloyds TSB Bank PLC and Bank of Cyprus On October 15, 2007, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed civil money laundering charges against Lloyds TSB Bank PLC (Lloyds) and the Bank of Cyprus, alleging that both banks... Bruce Zagaris 23 12 2007-12-01 United States Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
FATF Issues Guidance Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction On October 12, 2007, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) issued guidance regarding the implementation of the activity-based financial prohibitions in United Nations Security... Bruce Zagaris 23 12 2007-12-01 World Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy
European Commissioner Highlights EU Counter-Terrorism Strategy On September 5 2007, Franco Frattini, European Commissioner responsible for Justice, Freedom and Security announced to the European Parliament the multi-pronged “EU counter-terrorism strategy,” which... Bruce Zagaris 23 12 2007-12-01 Europe Terrorism, Economic Integration
A German Perspective on Counter-terrorism Germany is challenged by the impact of 9/11 and the fight against terrorism. Even if Germany does not seem to be in the center of the terrorist threat, the arrest of three terrorist suspects on... Michael Nehring 23 12 2007-12-01 United States, Germany, Macedonia Terrorism
Human Rights Groups Bring Torture Complaint against Rumsfeld On October 25, 2007, American and European human rights groups filed a criminal complaint with Jean-Claude Marin, the state prosecutor of France accusing former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H.... Bruce Zagaris 23 12 2007-12-01 United States, France, Iraq Human Rights, Torture
Barbados Foreign Minister Calls for Reopening the U.N. Anti-Drug Office On October 4, 2007, during a speech to the U.N. General Assembly, Barbados’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Dame Billie Miller called for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)... Bruce Zagaris 23 12 2007-12-01 Caribbean United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking, Economic Integration
Brazil Makes Arrests in Investigation of Cisco for $820 Million in Taxes On October 16, 2007, Brazilian law enforcement officials arrested at least forty four persons in connection with a tax fraud scheme involving top officials of the high technology multinational Cisco... Bruce Zagaris 23 12 2007-12-01 United States, Brazil Customs Enforcement, Taxation
Disclosure of Witnesses a Major Issue As Lubanga Case Prepares for Trial As the starting date for the trial of Thomas Lubanga grows nearer, the court is considering whether the prosecution must disclose at an early point the names of its witnesses and whether holding all... Bruce Zagaris 23 12 2007-12-01 Netherlands, Congo Human Rights, International Courts
ICC Makes 2d Arrest – Congolese Warlord Accused of Atrocities On October 16, 2007, Congolese authorities surrendered and transferred Germain Katanga, a Congolese warlord and alleged commander of the Force de résistance patriotique en Ituri (Patriotric... Bruce Zagaris 23 12 2007-12-01 Congo Human Rights, International Courts
U.S. Announces Counter-Proliferation Initiative On October 11, 2007, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, along with other high-level officials, announced a national initiative that will target the counter-... Bruce Zagaris 23 12 2007-12-01 United States, China, Iran National Security, Terrorism, Trade Enforcement
U.K. Accelerating Efforts to Move Foreign Prisoners On October 24, 2007, Douglas Alexander, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Official Spokesman, reported that Britain is accelerating its efforts to transfer and deport foreign prisoners, including... Bruce Zagaris 23 12 2007-12-01 Jamaica, Europe, United Kingdom Transfer of Prisoners, European Union, Prisoner Rights
More Companies Settle U.S. FCPA Charges In September and October 2007, Paradigm B.V. and York International agreed to settle charges that they violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and related laws. Both companies agreed to... Bruce Zagaris 23 12 2007-12-01 United States, Iraq Corruption, Due Diligence, Bribery
U.S. Operation Raw Deal Cracks Down on Steroid Trafficking from China On September 24, 2007, U.S. law enforcement officials announced the arrest of more than 124 individuals in the United States on federal charges resulting from an international investigation targeting... Bruce Zagaris 23 12 2007-12-01 United States, China Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime
U.S. Issues Regulations on Unlawful Internet Gambling On October 4, 2007, the Federal Reserve System and the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a notice of joint proposed rule-making on the prohibition on funding of unlawful internet gambling… [more] Bruce Zagaris 23 12 2007-12-01 United States, Antigua & Barbuda Cybercrime
Fourth Circuit Denies Political Offense Exception for Death of Civilians In a lengthy opinion analyzing the “political offense exception” to extradition, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on February 22, 2007 reversed a Writ of Habeas Corpus that had been... Linda Friedman Ramirez 23 11 2007-11-01 United States, Peru Extradition, Human Rights
Chile Extradites Fujimori to Peru to Answer Human Rights and Corruption Charges On September 22, 2007, Chile extradited former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, 69 years old, to Peru following the Chilean Supreme Court’s opinion affirming Fujimori’s extradition on seven of... Bruce Zagaris 23 11 2007-11-01 Peru, Chile Corruption, Extradition, Human Rights
Election of Panamanian Accused of Murdering U.S. Soldiers Clouds Prospects for Ratification of FTA On September 11, 2007, members of the U.S. Congress expressed concern over the recent election of Pedro Miguel González-Pinzón, a Panamanian official indicted in the United States for the murder of... Bruce Zagaris 23 11 2007-11-01 United States, Panama Extradition, Murder
European Commission Issues Report on Success of European Arrest Warrant On July 11, 2007, the Commission of the European Communities issued a report on the implementation since 2005 of the Council Framework Decision of June 13, 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the... Bruce Zagaris 23 11 2007-11-01 Europe Extradition, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance
Brazilian Ratification Needed for the U.S.-Brazil TIEA to Take Effect One of the most interesting – but often overlooked – impacts of the global society within the legal community is the growing number of bilateral and multilateral treaties and agreements that foster... Marcelo Leonardo Cristiano and Rogério Tucherman 23 11 2007-11-01 United States, Brazil Taxation
Swiss Court Denies Russian Assistance Request in Yukos Due to Political Character On August 24, 2007, the Swiss Supreme Court denied a Russian request for judicial assistance in Russia’s investigation of the Yukos oil company because the investigation had a “political and... Bruce Zagaris 23 11 2007-11-01 Switzerland, Russia Mutual Legal Assistance, Asset Forfeiture

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