The International Enforcement Law Reporter is a monthly print and online journal covering news and trends in international enforcement law.
Since September 1985, the International Enforcement Law Reporter has analyzed the premier developments in both the substantive and procedural aspects of international enforcement law. Read by practitioners, academics, and politicians, the IELR is a valuable guide to the difficult and dynamic field of international law.
On April 15, 2026, Irish fugitive Daniel Kinahan was apprehended by United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities executing an Irish court’s arrest warrant. Kinahan is a leader of the Kinahan cartel, a multinational organization involved in heroin and cocaine trafficking, and is alleged to have participated in several murders.
On April 22, 2026, the United States (U.S.) Department of Justice (DOJ) brought a civil forfeiture complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, requesting the forfeiture of a mansion situated in Beverly Hills, California, alleged to have been bought and renovated with approximately $30 million in proceeds of a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of War’s (DOW) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), pay bribes to an official of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), and violate U.S. money laundering laws.
At its 15th sitting held on April 22, 2026, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a Resolution on tracking the proceeds of the crime denounced by Sergei Magnitsky and holding its perpetrators accountable. The debate and resolution were based on a comprehensive Report prepared by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights.
On April 18, 2026, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that the United States (U.S.) Department of Justice (DOJ) had refused the requests by French law enforcement authorities for assistance in connection with X, the social media platform.
On March 26, 2026, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Federal Republic of Nigeria concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), deferring to Nigeria’s primary responsibility to address alleged crimes under ICC jurisdiction. Exercising vigilance in the implementation of the MoU and enhancing cooperation are key elements of this instrument.
The Paris Criminal Court has ordered French industrialist tycoon and billionaire Vincent Bolloré to stand trial on corruption and embezzlement charges relating to strategic container ports in West Africa, in connection with the 2010 presidential campaigns in Togo and Guinea. Bolloré is expected to stand trial from December 7 to 17, 2026.
On April 16, 2026, Alexandre Ramagem was released from the United States (U.S.) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after a two-day detention. The former lawmaker and intelligence chief thanked the U.S. government for his release. Paulo Figuerido, a U.S.-based associate of the former lawmaker, said that Ramagem had been stopped in Orlando for a minor traffic violation and was then referred to immigration authorities.
In mid-March, a court in Poland ruled to extradite Alexander Butyagin, a Russian antiquities scholar, to Ukraine. Butyagin, who works at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, is wanted in Ukraine on charges related to his work in Crimea.
Argentine investigators named Javier Milei, the country’s President, as a person of interest in their investigation into the $Libra scandal. Last year, Milei posted a blurb on the social media site X, discussing $Libra’s ability to improve the lives of Argentine small business owners. However, Milei included a purchasing code -- which is required to buy the cryptocurrency and was not publicly available at the time -- in his post.
On April 13, 2025, the United States District Court in Nevada ordered the extradition of former Chief Executive Officer of Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Tamakloe-Attionu, to Ghana, where she has been convicted in absentia and sentenced to a term of ten years imprisonment.
