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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Homeland Security Returns Hundreds of Looted Artifacts to Mali On November 22, 2021, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation announced that, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of State, it repatriated a trove of... Bruce Zagaris 37 12 2021-12-02 Art and Cultural Property, Crimes
U.S Attorney Office in S. Diego Indicts Drug Money Laundering Cartel and Convicts Leader of Drug-Smuggling Money Laundering Organization On November 16, 2021, the U.S. Attorney in San Diego partially unsealed an indictment in a U.S. District Court, charging 29 alleged members of an international money laundering organization linked... Bruce Zagaris 37 12 2021-12-02 Crimes, Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking
EU Court of Justice Greenlights Request for Information Without Taxpayers Specific Name and Identity On November 25, 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a preliminary judgment on what information must be provided by the requesting tax authority soliciting tax information on... Bruce Zagaris 37 12 2021-12-02 Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement
A Dutch Woman Appears in U.S. Court to Face Charges Related to Terror Financing On October 29, 2021, a Dutch woman, Farhia Hassan, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to face charges related to her alleged involvement in Somalian terrorist... Marwah Adhoob 37 12 2021-12-02 Court Conviction, Terrorism
ICC Prosecutor Closes Preliminary Examination in Colombia and Concludes Agreement with Bogota On October 28, 2021, in Bogota, Colombia, two events took place, which is significant for both Colombia and the International Criminal Court (ICC).  ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan QC, head of... Michael Plachta 37 12 2021-11-30 Crimes against Humanity, International Crimes, International Criminal Court
Council of Europe has Adopted the Second Protocol to the Cybercrime (“Budapest”) Convention As the Convention on Cybercrime (“Budapest Convention”) turns 20, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, at its 1417bis meeting on November 17, 2021, has adopted a Second... By Michael Plachta 37 12 2021-11-23 Cybercrime
More than Twenty years later, Colombia found responsible for Journalist’s Abduction, Judgment in the Jineth Bedoya Lima case Jineth Bedoya Lima is an internationally known Colombian journalist whose notoriety has come at enormous personal cost. In 2011, the Bedoya Lima y Otra v. Colombia was brought on her... Linda Friedman Ramirez 37 12 2021-11-23 Crimes, Human Rights
FinCEN Alerts Financial Institutions to Report Environmental Crimes and Associated Illicit Financial Activity                 On November 18, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Notice calling attention to the increasing trend in... Bruce Zagaris 37 12 2021-11-23 Financial Enforcement
German Court Convicts Woman of Crimes against Humanity in Death of Yazidi Girl On October 25, 2021, a German Court sentenced a German woman turned Islamic State (ISIS) supporter to 10 years of imprisonment for her involvement in the death of a Yazidi girl. This is the first... Marwah Adhoob 37 11 2021-11-16 Court Conviction, Crimes against Humanity
Brazil Extradites Mexican Cartel Leader to U.S. on Cocaine Trafficking Charges and Mexico Arrests His Sister On November 12, 2021, the United States Department of Justice announced the extradition on November 10, 2021, of a Mexican national to face international drug trafficking charges.  Jose Gonz... Bruce Zagaris 37 11 2021-11-16 Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Extradition
Financial Situation Deteriorates, CEO Quits after U.S. Commerce Department Blacklists Israeli Spyware Firm NSO Group Israeli technology firm, NSO Group, faces an uncertain future after the U.S. Department of Commerce blacklisted the firm on November 3, 2021, causing CEO-designate Isaac Benbenisti to quit and... Kenneth Boggess 37 11 2021-11-15 Crimes, Sanctions
Mashreqbank Settles with OFAC, Federal Reserve, and New York Department of Financial Services On November 9, 2021, Mashreqbank entered into joint settlements with the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB), and the New York State Department of Financial... Bruce Zagaris 37 11 2021-11-15 Banking Supervision, Settlement
Guilty Plea in Arkansas the First Successful Prosecution of Exportation and Manufacturing of Mexican Cartel Firearms On November 9, 2021, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas announced that Andrew Scott Pierson, 47, of Jay, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy,... Bruce Zagaris 37 11 2021-11-13 Arms Trafficking
U.S., 16 Countries and 3 International Organizations Make Arrests and Seizures of Alleged Ransomware Extortionists On November 8, 2021, the Justice Department announced law enforcement actions against two foreign nationals charged with using Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware to attack businesses and government... Bruce Zagaris 37 11 2021-11-11 Cybercrime
International Enforcement Operation Leads to U.S. Arrest of 2 DRC Nationals for Trafficking Ivory and Rhino Horn On November 8, 2021, United States law enforcement officials announced the arrest on November 3 of Herdade Lokua, 23, and Jospin Mujangi, of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  The... Bruce Zagaris 37 11 2021-11-11 Cultural Property, Environment
Belgian Government Is Latest Government to Bring Cum-Ex Dividend Tax Case in the U.S. On July 27, 2021, the Federal Public Service Finance of Belgium (FPSF Belgium) brought seven lawsuits in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against pension plans... Bruce Zagaris 37 11 2021-11-09 Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement
ICC Prosecutor Opens an Investigation into the Situation in Venezuela On November 5, 2021, the International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Karim A.A. Khan Q.C., announced his office has decided to start an investigation into the situation in Venezuela.  His... Bruce Zagaris 37 11 2021-11-08 Crimes against Humanity, International Criminal Court
International Dark Web Bust Operation DarkHunTOR Sees 150 Arrests in Follow-up to DarkMarket Seizure On October 26, 2021, agencies in the U.S. and European Union (EU) announced the seizure of cash, virtual currencies, and goods, in addition to the arrests of 150 alleged suspects, in a follow-up... Kenneth Boggess 37 11 2021-11-06 Cybercrime, Data Privacy
Spain’s Supreme Court Agrees to Extradite Former Venezuelan Intelligence Chief to the U.S., Only to Suspend It On October 20, 2021, the Spanish Supreme Court ruled that Hugo Carvajal Barrios, the former head of intelligence in Venezuela, should be extradited to the United States.[1]  However, on... Bruce Zagaris 37 11 2021-11-06 Extradition
European Parliament Proposes New Enforcement Actions in the Wake of Pandora Papers On October 21, 2021, the members of the European Parliament approved a resolution on the Pandora Papers: implications for the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and tax avoidance,... Bruce Zagaris 37 11 2021-11-02 Corruption, Money Laundering, Tax Enforcement

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