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Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Magyar Telekom and Deutsche Telekom Settle FCPA Cases with $95 Million of Penalties On December 29, 2011, the U.S. Justice Department announced that Magyar Telekom Plc., a Hungarian telecommunications company, and Deutsche Telekom AG, a German telecommunications company and majority... Bruce Zagaris 28 3 2012-03-01 Germany, Hungary Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
International Criminal Court rejects charges on Rwandan rebel leader On December 16, 2011, the International Criminal Court (ICC) dismissed charges against Mr. Callixte Mbarushimana, citing insufficient evidence to hold him criminally responsible for war crimes and... Ignacio Martinez-Arrieta 28 3 2012-03-01 Rwanda Crimes against Humanity, International Criminal Court, Violence, War Crimes
Senegalese Court Denies Belgian Extradition Request for Habré   On January 11, 2012, a Senegalese Appeals Court denied an extradition request from a Belgian court to extradite former Chad President Hissene Habré to Belgium to answer alleged atrocities he... Bruce Zagaris 28 3 2012-03-01 Belgium, Chad, Senegal Crimes against Humanity, Criminal Procedure/Proceedings, Extradition, International Courts, International Crimes, International Criminal Tribunal
U.S. Justice Department Opines that Non-Sports Online Gaming Does Not Violate the Wire Act On December 23, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released an opinion issued by Virginia A. Seitz, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, that non-sports online gaming does not... Bruce Zagaris 28 3 2012-03-01 United States, World Gambling, Jurisdiction
Former State Department Official Has Case Against US Government Dismissed Frustrating Efforts to Force Assertion of Her Immunities in Rendition of Abu Omar On January 5, 2012, U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell dismissed the lawsuit of former State Department official, Sabrina de Sousa, who sued U.S. government agencies for their failure to assert... Bruce Zagaris 28 3 2012-03-01 Italy, United States Immunity, Kidnaping, Legal Ethics, Prosecution
Council of Europe Takes Up Problems of Transnational and Organized Crime   At the 61st plenary session of the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC) in Strasbourg from 6 – 9 December 2011, the Committee examined a document on possible activities to be undertaken... Michael Plachta 28 3 2012-03-01 European Union European Commission, European Union, Organized Crime
U.S, Canada and Mexico Strengthen Antitrust Enforcement   The heads of the U.S., Canadian and Mexican antitrust agencies met on December 19, 2011, to strengthen effective enforcement cooperation. According to the Department of Justice,[1] the... Ignacio Martinez-Arrieta 28 3 2012-03-01 Canada, Mexico, United States Vehicles
Marubeni Agrees to Pay $54.6 M Penalty to Resolve FCPA Case On January 17, 2012, Marubeni Corporation agreed to pay a $54.6 million criminal penalty to resolve charges related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for its participation in a decade-long... Bruce Zagaris 28 3 2012-03-01 Japan, Nigeria, United States Bribery, FATF, Prosecution
Council of Europe Takes Up Problems of Transnational and Organized Crime At the 61st plenary session of the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC) in Strasbourg from 6 – 9 December 2011, the Committee examined a document on possible activities to be undertaken under... Michael Plachta 28 3 2012-03-01 Europe Council of the European Union, European Commission, European Union, Organized Crime
Ex-Zambian Minister Accused of Corruption   Zambian police have accused Dora Siliya, the former Zambian minister for transport and communications, of abusing her office by improperly awarding contracts to certain foreign companies.... Andrew Baskin 28 3 2012-03-01 Italy, Libya, Zambia Corruption, Financial Supervision, Forgery, Fraud
U.S. Charges Megaupload, a Digital Locker, with Organized Copyright Crime On January 19, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced an indictment charging seven individuals and two corporations with operating an international organized criminal enterprise... Bruce Zagaris 28 3 2012-03-01
IRS Reopens Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program      On January 9th, the Internal Revenue Service issued a press release on the reopening of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP).[1] Unlike the previous two programs... Bruce Zagaris 28 3 2012-03-01 United States Tax Enforcement, Tax Havens, Taxation
European Court on Human Rights Ruling Prevents Britain from Deporting Prominent Terrorist Suspect On January 17, 2012, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Britain cannot deport Abu Qatada, whose real name is Omar Mahmoud Mohammed Othman, a radical Islamic preacher considered one of Al... Bruce Zagaris 28 3 2012-03-01
US Government Indicts 3 Swiss Bankers On January 3, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the indictment of three Swiss bankers who worked with Wegelin bank in... Bruce Zagaris 28 3 2012-03-01 Switzerland, United States Bank Secrecy, Banking Supervision, Indictment, Jurisdiction
United Kingdom: House of Commons Releases Report on Somali Piracy On January 5th, 2012, the UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee released a new report titled “Piracy off the coast of Somalia.”2          ... Michael Plachta 28 3 2012-03-01
FATF Finalizing the Revised Recommendations as Bar Associations Comment                   During its plenary meeting on October 27-28, 2011, FATF reported that it has significantly advanced its work to revise the FATF Recommendations to ensure that they continue to... Bruce Zagaris 28 2 2012-02-01 United States, World FATF, International Cooperation
Study Focuses on Confiscation and Recovery of Proceeds of Bribery   In December 2011, a new study prepared by the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions (Working Group) and the World Bank-UNODC Stolen Assets Recovery Initiative (... Bruce Zagaris 28 2 2012-02-01 World Asset Seizure, Banking Supervision, Bribery, Fraud, Money Laundering, World Bank
U.S. Parole Commission Reduces Mexican Sentence and Releases Transferee American Who Alleges Torture in Mexico On December 1, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Parole Commission reduced an American citizen’s five-year sentence meted out by a Mexican judge, and released him with “time served,” or 26... Bruce Zagaris 28 2 2012-02-01 Mexico, United States Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Prisoner Rights, Torture
DOJ OIG Report Shows the US Approves Less than 1% of Prisoner Transfer Applications   On December 8, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on whether the DOJ is effectively managing the International Prisoner... Bruce Zagaris 28 2 2012-02-01 United States, World Investigation, Jurisdiction, Prisoner Rights
Review of the UK's Extradition Arrangements   Since coming into force, the 2003 US-UK[1]  extradition treaty in 2007, which replaced the old 1972 treaty[2], has been shrouded by controversy and deep public concern. The new treaty, it... Arvinder Sambei 28 2 2012-02-01 European Union, United Kingdom, United States EU Justice and Home Affairs Council, European Union, Extradition

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