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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bibliography October 2011 Bibliography of Books, Articles, and Documents. Bruce Zagaris 27 10 2011-10-01 Bibliography
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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