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On January 22, 2022, Statewatch revealed a restricted document, according to which the European Union had proposed Egypt for the joint presidency of the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum.
With some delay, the Statewatch revealed a document, originated in the end of November 2021 the EU Council, which presents “Operational Action Plan 2022: Child sexual exploitation.”[1]
* Professor Plachta specializes in criminal law and international criminal law. He has authored numerous publication on a wide range of problems concerning law enforcement and international cooperation in criminal matters. He currently teaches criminal law and European criminal law at the University of Security in Poznan, Poland.
[1] Operational Action Plan 2022: Child sexual exploitation, November 30, 2021, Council doc. 13589/1/21 REV 1.
On December 21, 2021, NatWest Markets Plc (NatWest), a London-U.K.-based banking and financial services firm, pleaded guilty to spoofing in the markets for U.S. Treasury securities and futures contracts.[1]
[1] United States v. NatWest Markets Plc, U.S. Dist. Court, D. Conn., Crim. No. 3:21-cr-187 (OAW), Information; U.S. Department of Justice, NatWest Markets Pleads Guilty to Fraud in U.S. Treasury Markets, Dec. 21, 2021.
On December 16, 2021, Kibwe Ngoie-Ntombe, an Australian national living in Kelowna, British Colombia, pleaded guilty to charges of willful promotion of hatred arising from videos the defendant circulated online. He allegedly made threats towards people living in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).[1]
[1] Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Man charged by RCMP War Crimes team pleads guilty to Willful Promotion of Hatred, Dec. 17, 2021 https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2021/man-charged-rcmp-war-crimes-team-pleads-guilty-wilful-promotion-hatred.
On January 13, 2022, in a case that could set a precedent for other countries a German Court in Koblenz sentenced a former Syrian intelligence officer to life in prison for crimes against humanity, in the first criminal case over state-sponsored torture in Syria.[1]
[1] Erika Solomon, German court convicts former Syrian official of crimes against humanity, Fin. Times, Jan. 13, 2022.
On January 14, 2022, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it conducted raids on and arrested fourteen alleged members of the ransomware crime group REvil at the request of the United States.[1]
[1] Tom Balmforth and Maria Tsvetkova, Russia takes down REvil hacking group at the U.S. request, Reuters, Jan. 14, 2022.
On January 14, 2022, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it conducted raids on and arrested fourteen alleged members of the ransomware crime group REvil at the request of the United States.[1]
[1] Tom Balmforth and Maria Tsvetkova, Russia takes down REvil hacking group at the U.S. request, Reuters, Jan. 14, 2022.
On January 14, 2022, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it conducted raids on and arrested fourteen alleged members of the ransomware crime group REvil at the request of the United States.[1]
[1] Tom Balmforth and Maria Tsvetkova, Russia takes down REvil hacking group at the U.S. request, Reuters, Jan. 14, 2022.
On December 21, 2021, the European Data protection Supervisor (EDPS), an EU privacy and data protection independent supervisory authority, issued a decision, ordering Europol to erase personal data on individuals that have not been linked to criminal activity.[1] Europol had resisted the decision in a series of dialogues with the EDPS. This article discusses the decision and the impact on Europol.
[1] EDPS Decision on the retention by Europol of datasets lacking Data Subject Categorisation (Cases 1019-0370 & 2021-0699), Dec. 21, 2021.
On January 11, 2022, pursuant to a forfeiture action filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, James H. Clark, a significant collector of Cambodian antiquities, agreed to return 35 pieces to Cambodia.[1]
