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Dubai Arrests Organized Crime Figure on Request of the Dutch |
On December 16, 2019, the Dutch police announced that Dubai police have arrested the suspected head of a cocaine trafficking gang and the most wanted man in the Netherlands. Dubai... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
2019-12-25 |
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Drugs & Trafficking |
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European Committee on Crime Problems Acts on Artificial Intelligence and International Cooperation |
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC) held its seventy-seventh plenary session on December 3 and 4, 2019, in Strasbourg, France.[1] At the... |
Michael Plachta |
36 |
1 |
2019-12-21 |
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Criminal Procedure/Proceedings |
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France Extradites Alleged Torturer to Argentina |
On December 15, 2019, France extradited a former Argentinian police officer, who worked for many years as an academic at the Sorbonne, to Argentina to answer changes of his participation in the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
1 |
2019-12-20 |
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Extradition |
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UN Makes Progress on the Convention on Crimes against Humanity |
On November 13, 2019, the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the UN General Assembly engaged in discussions concerning elaboration and adopted a new convention on crimes against humanity at its seventy-... |
Michael Plachta |
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12 |
2019-12-13 |
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United Nations |
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ICC Prosecutor Finally Refuses to Open Investigation in the Mavi Marmara Incident |
On December 2, 2019, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) once again declined – now for a third time – to open an investigation into Israel’s violent attack on... |
Michael Plachta |
35 |
12 |
2019-12-11 |
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International Criminal Court |
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Serious Fraud Office Confirms Investigation of Suspected Bribery by Glencore |
On December 5, 2019, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in London, following Glencore PLC’s announcement, confirmed its investigation of suspicions of bribery in the conduct of business by the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
12 |
2019-12-10 |
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Bribery |
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Cultures of Impunity: Eddie Gallagher and the Trump Administration Campaign to Undermine International Law and the Military Justice System |
On November 21, President Donald Trump tweeted that he would personally intervene to ensure that Edward Gallagher, a Navy Seal convicted of a war crime, would not lose his membership in an elite... |
Evan Schleicher |
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12 |
2019-12-06 |
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War Crimes |
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U.S. Indicts Ten Persons in Nigerian Romance Scams for Money Laundering Conspiracy |
On November 13, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the unsealing of a grand jury indictment against ten men charged with conspiring to launder illegal proceeds that were... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
12 |
2019-12-06 |
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Money Laundering |
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OECD Trumpets Results of Work of Global Forum on its 10th Anniversary Meeting |
At the Tenth Anniversary Meeting[1] on November 26 and 27, 2019, the OECD trumpeted the achievements of the work of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
2019-12-05 |
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Transparency |
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Ten Years of Police and Judicial Cooperation within European Union under the Lisbon Treaty |
On December 1, 2019, the new President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen marked the 10-year anniversary of the Treaty of Lisbon’s entry into force. December 1, 2019... |
Michael Plachta |
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12 |
2019-12-05 |
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Treaties |
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U.S. Court Orders Iran to Compensate Journalist Jason Rezaian |
A U.S. court recently ordered Iran to pay $180 million in damages to U.S. journalist Jason Rezaian who was captured at gun point and imprisoned for 544 days in the infamous Evin Prison. At... |
Miranda Bannister |
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12 |
2019-12-04 |
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Human Rights |
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3 Families of Libyan Victims Sue Warlord Khalifa Haftar in U.S. Court |
On June 26, 2019, three families who lost family members in a bombing campaign sued Libya’s warlord Khalifa Haftar (also referred to as Hifter) in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
2019-12-04 |
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International Criminal Court |
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PREPARING FOR SOUTH AFRICA’S EXODUS FROM THE ICC: THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMES BILL |
In June 2015, the International Criminal Court (ICC) demanded that the government of the Republic of South Africa arrest Omar Al-Bashir,[1] the now-deposed President of the Sudan, who at the... |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras and Gino J. Naldi |
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12 |
2019-12-03 |
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International Criminal Court |
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Second Round of Negotiations of an EU-U.S. Treaty on Access to Electronic Evidence |
On November 8, 2019, the European Commission submitted an EU-restricted report to the Council of the European Union on the progress of the negotiation of an EU-U.S. agreement on cross-border access... |
Michael Plachta |
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12 |
2019-12-03 |
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European Union |
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Thailand Extradites Alleged Cryptocurrency Fraudster to the U.S. |
In November 2019, Thai authorities extradited a Swedish citizen to the United States on charges of securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.[1] On July 25, 2019, a grand jury in the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
2019-11-27 |
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Fraud |
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Samsung Heavy Industries Company Ltd. Reaches Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. over Brazil Activities |
On November 22, 2019, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and Samsung Heavy Industries Company Ltd. (“Samsung”), a South Korea-based engineering company that provides... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
12 |
2019-11-26 |
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Bribery |
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2 Former Executives of Chinese Subsidiary of Herbal Life Charged with Corruption |
On November 14, 2019, two Chinese nationals and former executives of the Chinese subsidiary of Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (HLF.N) (“Herbalife”) were charged with paying bribes,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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11 |
2019-11-25 |
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Bribery |
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J5 Considers How to Progress on Enforcement against Crypto Tax Crimes as Other International Organizations and Informal Enforcement Groups Try to Cope with Cryptocurrency Crimes |
On November 8, 2019, the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5) brought together investigators, cryptocurrency experts, and data scientists to identify individuals who are the most egregious... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
2019-11-25 |
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Cybercrime |
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Child Separation: a Factor for Consideration in Extradition Case |
On October 28, 2019, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia granted judicial review of a May 18, 2018 order to surrender, authorizing extradition of a Canadian national to the United States to... |
Linda Friedman Ramirez |
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12 |
2019-11-25 |
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Money Laundering |
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British Judge Denies Request to Delay Julian Assange Extradition Case for 3 Months |
On October 21, 2019, during a case management hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court, District Judge Vanessa Baraitser denied Mark Summers’ request, counsel for Julian Assange, to delay the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
11 |
2019-11-24 |
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Extradition |
