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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
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 35 1 2019-01-12
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 34 1 2019-01-05 North Korea Freezing of Assets
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 34 1 2019-01-05 FATF
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 34 1 2019-01-05 FATF
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 34 1 2019-01-05 Nigeria Fraud
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 35 1 2018-12-29 Crimes against Humanity
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 35 1 2018-12-29
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 35 1 2018-12-29 China
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
A 2018 HOLIDAY RETROSPECTIVE FROM THE EDITORS Bruce Zagaris and Zarine Kharazian 35 1 2018-12-29
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 34 12 2018-12-15 Extradition
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 34 12 2018-12-15 OECD
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 34 12 2018-12-14 Criminal Procedure/Proceedings
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 34 12 2018-12-08 Cultural Property
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 34 12 2018-12-08 Cultural Property
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 34 12 2018-12-08
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 34 12 2018-12-08
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 34 12 2018-12-08 Tax Crimes
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 Money Laundering
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 34 12 2018-12-08

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