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Cyprus Extradites to the U.S. National for Computer Hacking and Hezbollah Suspect for Money Laundering |
On July 18, 2020, Cyprus extradited two individuals to the United States in unrelated cases. The most important for Cyprus was the extradition of Joshua Polloso Epifaniou, 21, a resident of Nicosia... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-25 |
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Extradition |
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UAE Cigarette Supplier Enters DPA with U.S. for N. Korean Sanctions Violations |
On July 16, 2020, Essentra FZE Company Limited (Essentra FZE), a global supplier of cigarette products, which is incorporated in the United Arab Emirates, entered into a deferred prosecution... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-25 |
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Sanctions |
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EU Expresses Deep Concern Over Growing U.S. Unilateral Sanctions against EU Interests |
On July 17, 2020, European Union High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell made a statement on United States sanctions.[1] The sharp criticism is the latest shot across the bow of U.S.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-25 |
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European Union |
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U.S. Brings Civil Forfeiture Case against Property of Former Gambian President |
On July 15, 2020, the United States Department of Justice brought a civil forfeiture complaint,[1] demanding the forfeiture of a mansion in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-25 |
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Corruption |
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U.S. Task Force Brings Several Criminal Cases against MS-13 Operatives |
On July 15, 2020, President Donald J. Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr announced several indictments related to Joint Task Force Vulcan (JTFV), an initiative started in August 2019 aimed... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-25 |
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Crimes |
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UNODC Issues World Wildlife Crime Report and Connects COVID-19 Pandemic |
On July 10, 2020, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) issued its World Wildlife Crime Report 2020.[1] The report underscores the threat wildlife trafficking poses to nature and the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-16 |
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Endangered Species, Environment |
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EU Parliament Adopts Resolution on Money Laundering to Follow-up the Commission Action Plan |
On July 10, 2020, the European Parliament adopted with 534 votes to 25 and 122 abstentions a resolution on a comprehensive Union policy on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing.[1... |
Michael Plachta |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-16 |
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European Union, Money Laundering |
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UN Holds Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week |
The Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism concluded its discussions on Friday July 10, 2020.
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Michael Plachta |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-16 |
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Terrorism, United Nations |
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UK Issues Magnitsky Sanction Regulations for International Human Rights Abuses |
On July 6, 2020, the United Kingdom Government issued the “Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations” and for the first time designated individuals under the Regulations for their... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-16 |
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Human Rights, Sanctions |
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U.S. Department of Justice and Securities & Exchange Commission Issue 2nd Edition of FCPA Resource Guide |
On July 3, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released the 133-page A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (hereafter “... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-16 |
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Securities Exchange Commission, Securities Law |
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Trump Administration Orders Sanctions to be Imposed on Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad, His Family, and His Associates |
On June 17, 2020, the Trump Administration imposed new sanctions on the Syrian government, led by President Bashar al-Assad. The sanctions are intended to prevent private and foreign... |
Julia V. Brock |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-10 |
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Sanctions |
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European Parliament Releases a Study on the Implementation of the European Arrest Warrant |
In June, 2020, the European Parliament released a report authored by Wouter van Ballegooij on the implementation of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW), EU’s “flagship instrument”... |
Michael Plachta |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-09 |
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Arrest, Crimes, Cross-Border Communication |
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Crime, Law Enforcement and Judicial System at Times of COVID-19 Pandemic |
In June 2020, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, an international civil society organization,[1] released a timely report focusing on crime in the COVID-19 pandemic.[2... |
Michael Plachta |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-09 |
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Crimes, Cross-Border Communication, Law Enforcement |
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EU and Law Enforcement Dismantle Encrypted Network of Transnational Organized Crime |
On July 2, 2020, Europol and Eurojust, together with French and Dutch law enforcement and judicial authorities, announced the results of a joint investigation, dismantling EncroChat, an encrypted... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-09 |
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International Law, Law Enforcement |
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Novartis and Alcon Agree to Pay $345 Million to Resolve Corruption Charges |
On June 25, 2020, Novartis Hellas S.A.C.I. (Novartis Greece), a subsidiary of Novartis AG, a Swiss-based global pharmaceutical company, and Alcon Pte Ltd., a former subsidiary of Novartis AG and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-03 |
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Fraud |
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New Reports Reveal Shameful Outcomes for Central American Asylum Seekers |
The impact of current immigration policies, laser focused to expedite the removal of asylum seekers from the border regardless of humanitarian concerns, has been exacerbated by Covid-19. ... |
Linda Friedman Ramirez |
36 |
7 |
2020-07-03 |
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Human Rights |
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China Indicts 2 Canadians for Espionage in Apparent Retaliation for Finding Meng Extraditable |
On June 19, 2020, China indicted two Canadian nationals on espionage charges, a development Canada says is retaliation for the arrest and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
7 |
2020-06-27 |
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Espionage |
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U.S. Department of Justice Files 2nd Superseding Indictment against Assange |
On June 24, 2020, the United States Department of Justice announced the return by a federal grand jury of a second superseding indictment, charging Julian P. Assange,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
7 |
2020-06-27 |
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Crimes, Data Privacy |
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US Appellate Court Rules Greek Ministry Can Protect Cultural Patrimony |
On June 9, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit concluded that there was no jurisdiction for the suit of the Saretta Barnet Trust Foundation and Sotheby’s Inc.... |
Miranda Bannister |
36 |
7 |
2020-06-27 |
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Cultural Property |
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U.S. Government Offers Contradictory Posture on Drug War in Honduras |
The United States offers aid to the justice sectors and security forces of many Central American countries as a cornerstone policy to combat trafficking... |
Mitchell Beebe |
36 |
6 |
2020-06-26 |
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Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation |
