Articles

E.g., 2026-09
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
First Meeting of the Council of Europe’s Special Group of Experts on Organized Crime The Council of Europe’s Ad hoc Drafting Group on Transnational Organized Crime (PC-GR-COT)[2] held its first meeting in Paris on June 24-26, 2013. Michael Plachta 29 10 2013-10-01 European Union, Europe Council of the European Union, Organized Crime
Council of Europe Adopts Resolution and Recommendation on Corruption At its 23rd sitting on June 26, 2013, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted two significant documents concerning the obligation of member and observer states of the... Michael Plachta 29 10 2013-10-01 European Union, Europe Corruption, Council of the European Union
European Parliament Approves New OLAF Regulation On July 3, 2013, the European Parliament (EP) adopted – at a second reading – a legislative resolution on the position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a... Michael Plachta 29 10 2013-10-01 European Union, Europe Fraud, OLAF
PRC Arrests Four GlaxoSmithKline Executives in Bribery Investigations On June 15, 2013, China’s Ministry of Public Security announced the arrest of four high-level Chinese Glaxo-Smith Kline PLC executives, alleging that they “severely violated”... Bruce Zagaris 29 10 2013-10-01 Australia, Brazil, China, Poland, Russia Extradition
Panama Arrests Ex-CIA Operative on Italian Arrest Warrant for Extraordinary Rendition and Then Releases Him On July 19, 2013, Panama released and flew to the U.S.Robert Seldon Lady, a former CIA operative detained at the request of Italian authorities over his conviction in the 2003 kidnapping of a Muslim... Bruce Zagaris 29 10 2013-10-01 Egypt, Italy, Panama, United States Extradition
G8 Adopts Action Plan Principles to Prevent the Misuse of Companies and Legal Arrangements On June 18, 2013, at the G8 meeting in Northern Ireland, an action plan was adopted to prevent the misuse of companies and legal arrangements.  The action plan contains core principles that are... Bruce Zagaris 29 9 2013-09-01 G-8 member countries Money Laundering, Tax Enforcement, Transparency
U.S. White House Announces U.S. National Plan to Prevent the Misuse of Companies and Legal Arrangements  On June 18, 2013, the White House announced the U.S. National Action Plan to Prevent the Misuse of Companies and Legal Arrangements as the G-8 summit announced an agreement on a set of... Bruce Zagaris 29 9 2013-09-01 United States Counter-terrorism, Money Laundering
EU Court of Justice Rules on the European Arrest Warrant On May 30, 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) delivered its judgment in the case of Jeremy F. v Premier Ministre.[2] This ruling addresses an important aspect of the European... Michael Plachta 29 9 2013-09-01 European Union, Europe, United Kingdom European Union
U.S. President Obama Announces Initiative to Combat Wildlife Trafficking  On July 1, 2013, during his visit to Tanzania, President Barack Obama announced an initiative to combat illegal wildlife trafficking and curbing the poaching of rhinos and elephants in Africa... Bruce Zagaris 29 9 2013-09-01 United States Environment, FATF
World Bank Group Conducts Stock-Taking of its Sanctions System On July 3, 2013, the World Bank Group issued a notice to its stakeholders that it is reviewing with an eye to improving its sanctions regime.[1]   Bruce Zagaris 29 9 2013-09-01 World Corruption, World Bank
European Parliament Debates Human Trafficking  At its regular meeting on May 29, 2013, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) of the European Parliament (EP) discussed the problem of human trafficking, including... Michael Plachta 29 9 2013-09-01 European Union, Europe European Union, Human Rights, Human Trafficking
French Court Acquits Total and 19 Defendants of Corruption Over Iraq Oil-for-Food Program  On July 8, 2013, a French court acquitted oil company Total, its chief executive, and eighteen other defendants of corruption charges concerning the United Nations’ oil-for-food program... Bruce Zagaris 29 9 2013-09-01 France, Iran, Iraq, Switzerland, United States Corruption
European Parliament Approves New Directive Against Cyber Attacks At its regular meeting on June 6, 2013, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) of the European Parliament (EP) endorsed a proposal for a directive of the EP and of the... Michael Plachta 29 9 2013-09-01 European Union, Europe Cybercrime, European Union
Anti-bribery Bill: Brazilian Senate approves final version On July 4, 2013, the Brazilian Senate approved Bill of Law 6,826/2010 ("Anti-bribery Law"), which imposes civil and administrative liability on legal entities for acts committed against... Esther Flesch, Bruno Maeda, Erica Sarubbi, Carlos Ayres 29 9 2013-09-01 Brazil Bribery, Corruption
European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Organized Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering At its meeting on June 11, 2013, the European Parliament (EP) adopted an important document: Resolution on Organized Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering.[2] This is not the first time that... Michael Plachta 29 9 2013-09-01 European Union, Europe Corruption, European Union, Money Laundering, Organized Crime
International Tribunal for Yugoslavia Reinstates Genocide Charge against Karadzic On July 11, 2013, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) reversed in part the acquittal of Radovan Karadzic on Count 1 of the indictment, which... Bruce Zagaris 29 9 2013-09-01 Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Serbia International Criminal Court, International Criminal Tribunal
European Commission Proposes Legislation on Automatic Exchange of Information As Mexico Requests to Join the Pilot Project  On June 12, 2013, the European Commission proposed legislation to expand the amount of tax-related information automatically exchanged among all 27 European Union (EU) members to include... Bruce Zagaris 29 9 2013-09-01 European Union, Mexico Economic Integration, European Commission, International Cooperation, Tax Enforcement
The Snowden Extradition Saga   In June and July 2013, the U.S. government has been frustrated in its efforts to gain custody of Edward Snowden, former National Security Administration contractor and leaker of documents... Bruce Zagaris 29 9 2013-09-01 Argentina, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Russia, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela Extradition
Colombia Extradites Government Official and Criminal Defense Attorney to U.S. for Corruption Related to Extradition On May 22, 2013, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta E. Lynch and other U.S. law enforcement officials announced the... Bruce Zagaris 29 9 2013-09-01 Colombia, United States Corruption, Extradition
Former Turks and Caicos Premier Continues to Battle Extradition from Brazil  Former Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Premier Michael Misick is fighting extradition to the TCI to face charges relating to corruption and maladministration in TCI during his term in office... Bruce Zagaris 29 9 2013-09-01 Brazil, Turks and Caicos, United States Corruption, Extradition

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