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Appellate Court Enforces Grand Jury Subpoena of Foreign Bank Account Information |
On August 19, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s ruling that under the Required Records Doctrine, a target of a grand jury could not use the privilege... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
11 |
2011-11-01 |
United States, Switzerland |
Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes, Self-Incrimination, Tax Havens |
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Mexican Casino Massacre Latest Sign of Cartel Violence |
Armed gunmen set fire to a casino in northern Mexico on August 25th, killing 52 people in one of the deadliest attacks since the Mexican government began its military-led crackdown on drugs and... |
Andrew Baskin |
27 |
11 |
2011-11-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Border Security, Crimes, Drugs & Trafficking, Extortion, Gambling, Organized Crime, Regulation, Violence |
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U.S. District Grants Restraining Order Freezing $38 Million Tied to Alleged Illegal Gambling |
On August 22, 2011, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a restraining order freezing more than $28 million that U.S. prosecutors... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
11 |
2011-11-01 |
Curaçao, United States |
Freezing of Assets, Gambling, Money Laundering, Tax Crimes |
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Salvadoran Supreme Court Releases Nine Former Officials Indicted in Spain for 1989 Jesuits Massacre; U.S. Arrests a Tenth for Immigration Fraud |
On August 24th, 2011, the Supreme Court of El Salvador ordered the release of nine former military officials held pursuant to arrest warrants and INTERPOL Red Notices issued by the Spanish National... |
Scott A. Gilmore |
27 |
11 |
2011-11-01 |
United States, El Salvador |
Extradition, Jurisdiction, International Cooperation, International Law, Targeted Killings, INTERPOL |
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U.S. Government Releases All but $5.5 Million of Pokerstars’ Frozen Money |
On September 2, 2011, Judge Leonard B. Sand, U.S. District Court Judge in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York signed an order, releasing all the funds frozen in the “Black Friday”... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
11 |
2011-11-01 |
United States |
Asset Forfeiture, Freezing of Assets, Gambling, International Gaming |
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Dutch Arrest Fugitive Italian Mafia Boss With Use of New EU Mechanisms |
On July 29, 2011, the Dutch Special Forces, in cooperation with the Italian Carabinieri, arrested A.D., nicknamed “Zio,” one of the Italian 100 most wanted fugitives belonging to the “Clan Polverino... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
11 |
2011-11-01 |
Europe, Italy, Netherlands |
International Cooperation, International Law, Organized Crime |
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Brazilian Tax Authority Cracks Down on Tax Crimes Using Tax Haven |
On August 17, 2011, the Brazilian Income Tax Authority and Federal Police announced a crack down on a multi-million tax fraud against several persons and entities in various Brazilian states...(more... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
11 |
2011-11-01 |
Brazil |
Asset Seizure, Financial Crimes, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Tax Havens |
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OAS Prepares Model Anticorruption Laws on Declaration of Assets by Public Officials and Encouraging Reporting Corruption and Protecting Whistleblowers |
On September 14, 2011, the Organization of American States (OAS) announced the preparation of draft model laws in two fundamental areas envisaged by the Inter-American Convention against Corruption... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
11 |
2011-11-01 |
North America, Latin America and South America, Caribbean |
Corruption, Witness Protection, Whistle-blowing |
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Brazil Tries to Enforce Forfeiture Judgment After Congress Amends US Law |
The Brazilian government has brought a new action to register and enforce a Brazilian forfeiture judgment in the U.S. in the aftermath of the amendments Congress has enacted to the U.S. asset... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
12 |
2011-10-19 |
Brazil, United States |
Asset Forfeiture, Mutual Legal Assistance |
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Canada Deports to China Smuggling and Corruption Suspect |
On July 16, 2011, Canada deported to China Lai Changxing, 53, a suspect sought by China for 12 years in a multibillion-dollar smuggling and corruption case. The deportation occurred two days after... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
Canada, China |
Corruption, Extradition, Prisoner Rights, Deportation, Smuggle |
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U.S. Blacklists Russian Officials Linked to Human Rights Violations |
On May 19, 2011, Senator Ben Cardin introduced S. 1039, the “Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011.” Cardin authored the bill in response to the death of Sergei Magnitsky, a... |
Andrew Baskin and Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
World, United States, Russia |
Corruption, Prisoner Rights, U.S. Federal Government, U.S. Congress |
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Commonwealth Model Law on the International Criminal Court – 2011 Revised Version |
On July 14, 2011, at their meeting in Sydney, Australia, the Commonwealth Law Ministers adopted the revised Model Law on the Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (... |
Michael Plachta |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
World |
Treaties, International Cooperation, International Convention, International Law, International Criminal Court |
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Bibliography October 2011 |
Bibliography of Books, Articles, and Documents. |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
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Bibliography |
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U.S. Indicts Seven Former Credit Suisse Professionals As U.S. and Swiss Discuss Tax Enforcement Cooperation |
On July 21, 2011, the U.S. government unveiled a superseding indictment against eight former Credit Suisse officials while Credit Suisse announced it is the target of a U.S. criminal investigation... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
United States, Switzerland |
Bank Secrecy, International Banking Supervision, Indictment, Offshore Banking |
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FIFA Urged to Consider Reforms |
Pressure over bribery and corruption allegations increased recently on the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), as Transparency International (TI), a global corruption monitoring... |
Andrew Baskin |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
World, Europe |
Corruption, International Organizations, Bribery, Oversight |
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Liquor Multinational Enters into Cease and Desist Order with SEC over FCPA Violations |
On July 27, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and London-based Diageo plc entered into a cease-and-desist order with respect to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
United States, South Korea, Thailand, India, United Kingdom |
Bribery, Securities Exchange Commission, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
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Nigerian Man Extradited to United States for $32 Million Law Firm Fraud Scheme |
On August 11th, 2011, Nigeria extradited to the United States a suspect accused of defrauding $32 million from more than 80 U.S. and Canadian law firms in a transnational debt collection scam. In... |
Scott A. Gilmore |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
United States, Japan, Nigeria, South Korea, Canada |
Money Laundering, Counterfeiting, Extradition, Fraud, FATF |
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Sen. Levin Reintroduces Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (ITLEA) |
On August 2, 2011, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
World, United States |
Money Laundering, Corruption, Bank Secrecy, Tax Enforcement, International Banking Supervision, Banking Supervision, Offshore Banking, Tax Havens |
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U.S. Extradites Former Peruvian Military Officer to Stand Trial for 1985 Accomarca Massacre |
On July 14th, 2011, the United States extradited a Peruvian former military officer on charges of crimes against humanity arising from the “Accomarca massacre” on August 14, 1985. Arriving in Lima,... |
Scott A. Gilmore |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
United States, Peru |
Extradition, War Crimes, Treaties, Crimes against Humanity, International Law, International Crimes |
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French to Return Noriega to Panama |
On August 3, 2011, France confirmed that it has signed an extradition decree for Panama to return the former dictator Manuel Noriega. The French Prime Minister François Fillon signed the decree on... |
Bruce Zagaris |
27 |
10 |
2011-10-01 |
United States, France, Panama |
Money Laundering, Extradition, Drug Enforcement |