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IDB Expert Group Reports on Anti-Corruption, Transparency, and Integrity in Latin America and the Caribbean |
In December 2018, the Inter-American Development issued a report of an expert advisory group on a comprehensive approach to combating anti-corruption and bringing enhanced transparency and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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2019-01-12 |
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Judge Orders North Korea to Pay $500 Million to Family of Otto Warmbier in Wrongful Death Suit |
When Otto Warmbier left with a tour group on his five-day trip to North Korea, he was a healthy college junior at the University of Virginia. 17 months later, he returned to his parents Frederick... |
Zarine Kharazian |
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1 |
2019-01-05 |
North Korea |
Freezing of Assets |
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International Organizations Review Options to Prevent Abuse of Legal Professional Privilege |
On November 15-16, 2018, an international expert group meeting on and preventing abuse of legal professional privilege (LPP) explored the problems and potential remedies to responding to gaps in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
2019-01-05 |
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FATF |
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A FATF Footprint in the Sand: The UAE’s New AML Law and the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Regional Impact |
Global flows of illicit financing are a universal affliction and continue to vex authorities and law enforcement agencies across the world as insidious threats present persistent risks to the world... |
Ibtissem Lassoued |
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1 |
2019-01-05 |
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FATF |
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U.S. Attorney in Southern District Indicts Alleged Nigerian Ringleader of International Advanced Fee Fraud Scheme |
On December 18, 2018, court documents were unsealed charging Osondu Victor Igwilo, 49 of Lagos, Nigeria in a criminal complaint as the alleged ringleader of an international advance-fee scheme that... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
2019-01-05 |
Nigeria |
Fraud |
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German Appellate Court Overturns Convictions of Two Rwandans Charged with War Crimes |
Germany’s top appeals court has partially overturned the convictions of two Rwandan men, Ignace Murwanashyaka and his deputy Straton Musoni, who were accused of aiding and abetting war crimes in... |
Evan Schleicher |
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1 |
2018-12-29 |
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Crimes against Humanity |
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Malaysia Charges Goldman Sachs with Fraud and Laundering Related to 1MDB Scandal |
On December 17, 2018, the Malaysian Attorney General filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs with respect to the latter’s arrangement and underwriting for 1Malaysia Development Berhad (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
2018-12-29 |
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U.S. Indicts Two Chinese Hackers Associated with the Chinese Government for Global Campaigns to Steal Intellectual Property and Confidential Business Information |
On December 20, 2018, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein and other high-level U.S. officials announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Zhu Hua (朱华), aka Afwar, aka... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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1 |
2018-12-29 |
China |
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U.S. Charges 2 Flynn Associates with Foreign Lobbying Violations on Gulen Extradition |
On December 17, 2018, the U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia announced the unsealing of an indictment, charging two men associated with former Trump National Security Advisor Michael... |
Bruce Zagaris |
35 |
1 |
2018-12-29 |
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A 2018 HOLIDAY RETROSPECTIVE FROM THE EDITORS |
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Bruce Zagaris and Zarine Kharazian |
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1 |
2018-12-29 |
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Canada Grants Bail to Huawei Executive on U.S. Extradition Warrant for Sanctions Charges |
On December 1, 2018, Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s global chief financial officer, on a U.S. extradition warrant to answer fraud charges in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
2018-12-15 |
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Extradition |
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OECD Issues Statement of Outcomes of Automatic Exchange of Income |
On November 22, 2018, the OECD issued a statement of results from the 11th plenary of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (GF), which met on November... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
2018-12-15 |
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OECD |
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EU Council Makes Progress on Migration, Terrorism, E-Evidence and Various Justice and Law Enforcement Issues |
At its 3661st meeting on December 6 and 7, 2018, the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Council discussed and adopted positions on a number of criminal justice, home and law enforcement issues. |
Michael Plachta |
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12 |
2018-12-14 |
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Criminal Procedure/Proceedings |
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Twenty Years Later, United States and Europe Reaffirm Commitment to Restituting Nazi-Looted Artwork |
On December 3, 1998, forty-four countries, along with a host of art collectors and NGOs, convened in Washington D.C. to discuss the return of Nazi-looted art. Nazi authorities expropriated artwork... |
Zarine Kharazian |
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12 |
2018-12-08 |
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Cultural Property |
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Twenty Years Later, United States and Europe Reaffirm Commitment to Restituting Nazi-Looted Artwork |
On December 3, 1998, forty-four countries, along with a host of art collectors and NGOs, convened in Washington D.C. to discuss the return of Nazi-looted art. Nazi authorities expropriated artwork... |
Zarine Kharazian |
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12 |
2018-12-08 |
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Cultural Property |
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U.S. Indictment Charges Professionals and U.S. Taxpayer for Tax and Related Offenses Arising From Panama Papers |
On December 4, 2018, U.S. law enforcement announced the unsealing of an indictment in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charging four individuals with wire fraud, tax... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
2018-12-08 |
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German Police Conduct Search Warrant of Deutsche Bank |
On November 29 and 30, 2018, 170 German police officers conducted a search of five Deutsche Bank office buildings and the private home of an employee for suspected violations of tax transparency... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
2018-12-08 |
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I.R.S. Issues Revised Voluntary Disclosure Rules |
On November 20, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service issued a memorandum, setting forth guidance for processing all voluntary disclosures (domestic and offshore) (hereafter Voluntary Disclosure... |
Bruce Zagaris |
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12 |
2018-12-08 |
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Tax Crimes |
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Danish State Prosecutor Files Preliminary Criminal Charges Against Danske Bank |
On November 28, 2018, Morten Niels Jakobsen, the Danish general prosecutor, announced the filing of preliminary criminal charges against Danske Bank for alleged violations of Denmark’s anti-... |
Bruce Zagaris |
34 |
12 |
2018-12-08 |
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Money Laundering |
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European Committee on Crime Problems Acts on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters |
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC) held its 75th plenary session on November 27-29, 2018, in Strasbourg. |
Michael Plachta |
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12 |
2018-12-08 |
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