Articles

E.g., 2026-09
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Griffiths Energy Violates the Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act   Calgary-based Griffiths Energy International Inc. (Griffiths) was created in August 2009 to obtain oil and gas production sharing contracts in the Republic of Chad.  Within two years, the... Peter Bowal, Karen Lynn Perry 29 5 2013-05-01 Canada, Chad Corruption
DOJ and E&Y Decide on Nonprosecution Agreement with $123M in Penalties On March 1, 2013, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and other law enforcement officials announced that Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) had admitted... Bruce Zagaris 29 5 2013-05-01 United States Tax Enforcement
FATF Plenary Adopts New Methodology For Assessing Complaince and Issues Documents on Its Work to Identify Problematic AML/CFT Jurisdictions      On February 22, 2013, under the Norwegian Presidency, the Financial Action Task Force held a plenary meeting.   FATF took a number of decisions; it produced two documents as part of its ongoing... Bruce Zagaris 29 5 2013-05-01 Norway FATF, Money Laundering
Wegelin & Co. Ordered to Pay U.S. $58 Million in First-Ever Sentence of Foreign Bank On March 4, 2013, U.S. Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York imposed an order on Wegelin & Co. that it pay $58 million to the United States for... Bruce Zagaris 29 5 2013-05-01 Switzerland, United States Tax Enforcement
European Court of Justice Rules on the European Arrest Warrant in the Radu Case On January 29, 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union – Grand Chamber (the Court) delivered its judgment in the case of Ciprian Vasile Radu, a Romanian national.[2] The ruling concerns some... Michael Plachta 29 5 2013-05-01 European Union, Romania European Court of Human Rights, Extradition
Italy Arrests Fugitive Hedge Fund Manager on U.S. Fraud Charges                 On March 8, 2013, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced that Florian... Bruce Zagaris 29 5 2013-05-01 Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States Extradition, Fraud
Brazil-U.S. Tax Information Exchange Agreement Finally Takes Effect On March 13, 2013, after almost six years, Brazil finally ratified its tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) with the United States.  On March 20, 2007, the TIEA was signed in Brasilia.[1] Bruce Zagaris 29 5 2013-05-01 Brazil, United States Tax Enforcement
EU Opens European Cybercrime Center (EC3) at Europol On January 21, 2013, the new European Cybercrime Center (EC3) opened at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague. EC3 will constitute the focal point in the European Union’s fight against cybercrime... Bruce Zagaris 29 4 2013-04-01 European Union Cybercrime, Economic Integration
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit Affirms Contempt against Grand Jury Targets for Not Producing FBAR Records  On February 7, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit unanimously affirmed the ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, holding the... Bruce Zagaris 29 4 2013-04-01 United States Tax Enforcement
Council of Europe Adopts Recommendation on Combating Trafficking in Organs, Tissues and Cells of Human Origin     At its 6th sitting held on January 23, 2013, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Recommendation Towards a Council of Europe Convention to Combat... Michael Plachta 29 4 2013-04-01 European Union Council of the European Union, Human Trafficking
U.S. Court Fines Russian Government in Stolen Jewish Artifacts Case        On January 16, 2013, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth held the Russian government in contempt, ordering it to pay a $50,000-a-day fine until it complies... Bruce Zagaris 29 4 2013-04-01 Russia, United States Art and Cultural Property, Immunity, Sovereignty
U.S. District Court Authorizes John Doe Summons for UBS with Respect to Wegelin Correspondent Account On January 28, 2013, U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered an order authorizing the Internal Revenue Service to issue a... Bruce Zagaris 29 4 2013-04-01 Switzerland, United States Tax Enforcement
President Obama Signs Enhanced State Department Rewards Program On January 15, 2013, President Barack Obama signed  S. 2318, the Department of State Rewards Program Update and Technical Corrections Act of 2012, into law.  President Obama explained that... Bruce Zagaris 29 4 2013-04-01 Iraq, Philippines, Rwanda, United States International Criminal Court, Organized Crime
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Reports on Continued Ill-Treatment Of Conflict-Related Detainees in Afghan Custody         On January 27, 2013, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released... Bruce Zagaris 29 4 2013-04-01 Afghanistan, United States Law of War, United Nations
U.S. Blacklists and the Suspends Blacklist against Largest Afghan Private Airline for Smuggling Opium in Bulk           In early January 2013, the U.S. military blacklisted Kam Air, Afghanistan’s largest private airline, alleging that it is smuggling “bulk” quantities of opium on... Bruce Zagaris 29 4 2013-04-01 Afghanistan, United States Drug Enforcement
NGO Releases Comprehensive Report on Secret CIA Prisons and Extraordinary Rendition Operations On February 5, 2013, the the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI), a New York-based human rights organization, released a report “Globalizing Torture”[2]. The report provides a detailed account of... Michael Plachta 29 4 2013-04-01 European Union, Macedonia, Poland, United States, World Extradition, Human Rights
Secret CIA Prison in Poland: the European Court of Human Rights Steps In Following the judgment delivered on December 13, 2012, by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) in the case of El-Masri v. “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (... Michael Plachta 29 4 2013-04-01 European Union, United States, World European Court of Human Rights, Extradition, Human Rights
The International Legal Framework against Corruption: States’ Obligations to Prevent and Repress Corruption by Julio Bacio Terracino (Intersentia, 2012, 393 pp.) This book, written by a policy analyst at the OECD Public Sector Integrity Division, Public Governance Directorate, examines the interaction between existing general international legal rules and... Bruce Zagaris 29 6 2013-04-01 OECD Corruption
British Woman Sentenced to Die by Indonesian Court for Drug Smuggling A British woman has been sentenced to death by a Bali court after smuggling over $2.5 million worth of cocaine onto the island in the lining of her suitcase[2]. 56-year-old Lindsay Sandiford was... Sara Hefny 29 4 2013-04-01 Australia, Indonesia, United Kingdom Death Penalty, Drug Enforcement
Italian Courts Convict CIA Agents and Italians Involved in the 2003 Abduction of Abu Omar On February 1st, 2013, Milan Appeals Court convicted three former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials for their roles in the unlawful abduction of Usama Mostafa Hassan Nasr (known as Abu... Michael Plachta 29 4 2013-04-01 Egypt, Italy, United States Human Rights, Rendition

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