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FATF Identifies Jurisdictions with Strategic Deficiencies |
On February 18, 2010, the Financial Action Task Force issued a statement, identifying jurisdictions that have strategic deficiencies.
1. Jurisdictions In Need of Countermeasures
FATF requested... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
5 |
2010-05-01 |
Bolivia, Iran, Sudan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Turkey, Thailand, Greece, Azerbaijan, Syria, Paraguay, Morocco, India, Qatar, Yemen, Ukraine, Kenya, Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago |
Money Laundering, Terrorism, International Cooperation, Financial Crimes, Crimes, Financial Supervision |
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U.S. Court in Oregon Charges Russian Emigree With Illegal Money Transmitting |
On March 3, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that they had arrested and charged Victor Kaganov, who emigrated from Russia and established numerous shell corporations in Oregon on behalf... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
5 |
2010-05-01 |
United States, Russia |
Money Laundering, Administration of Justice, Financial Crimes, Economic Crimes, Financial Supervision |
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Guatemala Arrests 2 Top Police Officials on Drug Corruption |
On March 2, 2010, Guatemalan law enforcement authorities arrested its national police chief, Baltazar Gómez, and the head of its antinarcotics unit, Nelly Bonilla, on drug-related corruption charges... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
5 |
2010-05-01 |
United States, Guatemala |
Administration of Justice, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement, Crimes |
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Cross-border operations of law enforcement authorities within European Union |
1. Background
The General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union has prepared a manual on cross-border operations. This document contains information on the different types of cross-... |
Michael Plachta |
26 |
5 |
2010-05-01 |
Europe, European Union |
Jurisdiction, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, International Courts, International Cooperation, Crimes, International Crimes |
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Jamaican Prime Minister Defends Refusal to Process Extradition Due to Illegally Obtained Evidence |
On March 3, 2010, Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding defended his administration’s decision to refuse to process the extradition request for Christopher “Dudus” Coke on the basis that the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
5 |
2010-05-01 |
United States, Jamaica |
Administration of Justice, Extradition, Jurisdiction, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement, Evidence Gathering |
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OECD Announces First Peer Review Process |
On March 18, 2010, the OECD announced that the harmful tax practices initiative has entered a new phase with the start by countries participating in the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
5 |
2010-05-01 |
Germany, Australia, Panama, India, Qatar, Cayman Islands, Ireland, Bermuda, mauritius, Barbados, Canada, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, monaco, Norway, OECD, Denmark, Jersey, Botswana |
Taxation, Mutual Legal Assistance, Tax Enforcement |
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Panama Allows U.S. to Try Persons for Cocaine Trafficking Intercepted in Caribbean |
On February 27, 2010, Javier Caraballa, the head prosecutor of drugs in Panama, estimated that the persons arrested in an operation that seized approximately one ton of cocaine would be tried in the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
5 |
2010-05-01 |
United States, Caribbean, Panama |
Jurisdiction, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Drug Enforcement |
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China Indicts Four Employees of Rio Tinto |
On February 10, 2010, Shanghai, China prosecutors issued indictments against an Australian citizen and three Chinese employees of the Melbourne-based British-American multinational mining company Rio... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Australia, China, Japan, Korea |
Administration of Justice, Corruption, Crimes, Trade Crimes |
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EU Rejects Agreement with U.S. to Share SWIFT Bank Data |
On February 11, 2010, at a meeting in Strasbourg, France, the European Parliament voted 378 to 196 to reject an agreement between the United States and European Union that would have enabled U.S.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
European Union, Europe, France, United States |
Bank Secrecy, Crimes, European Union, Evidence Gathering, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision, International Cooperation, International Crimes, Privacy, Securities Law |
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Europol Joint Investigations Break Counterfeit Good Ring in Italy |
On December 21, 2010, the European Police Office (Europol) announced the break up of a large criminal network involved in large-scale illicit production and distribution of counterfeit goods...more... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Austria, Belgium, European Union, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland |
Administration of Justice, Conspiracy, Counterfeiting, Crimes, European Union, Evidence Gathering, Immigration, Intelligence, International Cooperation, Organized Crime |
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BAE Pays $450 Million to Settle Bribery Charges in the U.S. and U.K. |
On February 4, 2010, BAE systems, Europe’s largest military contractor, agreed to plead to two criminal charges and pay almost $450 million in penalties in the United States and Britain to settle... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United States, tanzania |
Administration of Justice, Bribery, Crimes, Fraud, International Crimes, International Criminal and Comparative Law |
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U.S. Charges Former Guatemalan President with Money Laundering |
On January 25, 2010, Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and other law enforcement officials announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Alfonso Portillo,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Guatemala, Taiwan, United States |
Administration of Justice, Conspiracy, Crimes, Embezzlement, Fraud, International Cooperation, International Crimes, International Law, Jurisdiction, Money Laundering |
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Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Holds Hearing on Keeping Foreign Corruption Out of the United States |
On February 4, 2010, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on Keeping Foreign Corruption Out of the United States: Four Case Histories. The Subcommittee hearing examined how... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Angola, Nigeria, United States |
Comparative and International Law, Corruption, Crimes, Embezzlement, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision, Intellectual Property, International Cooperation, International Crimes, Money Laundering, Trade Crimes |
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Africa Union and Liberia Start Anti-Corruption Initiatives |
On January 27, 2010, Erastus Mwencha, the deputy chairman of the African Union Commission, announced that the African Union Commission will establish a special commission to combat corruption. Also... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Africa, Liberia |
Administration of Justice, Corruption, Crimes, Financial Supervision, International Cooperation, Money Laundering |
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ICTY Prosecutor Reports on Serbia and Croatia Cooperation |
At the end of January 2010, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Serge Brammertz reported to the European Parliament on the cooperation of Serbia and Croatia with the Tribunal,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Croatia, Serbia |
Administration of Justice, Genocide, International Cooperation, International Crimes |
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Swiss Government Suspends Implementation of UBS Tax Disclosure with US |
On January 28, 2010, the Swiss government announced it has suspended the disclosure of information to the United States under the agreement reached on August 19, 2009, as a result of a ruling in a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Switzerland, United States |
Bank Secrecy, Economic Crimes, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision, International Crimes, Privacy, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
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UK Supreme Court Orders Identification of Terror Subjects in Asset Freeze Case |
On January 27, 2010, the UK Supreme Court unanimously ordered the identification of five persons who had their assets frozen by the Treasury for suspicion of supporting terrorist activities. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Europe, Pakistan, United Kingdom |
Evidence Gathering, Human Rights, Privacy, Terrorism |
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U.S. Issues New Indictment Against Bout |
On February 17, 2010, the U.S. government announced the unsealing of an indictment against Viktor Bout and U.S. national Richard Ammar Chichakli, for allegedly conspiring to violate the International... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
Liberia, United States |
Administration of Justice, Conspiracy, Extradition, Financial Crimes, Fraud, Jurisdiction, Money Laundering, Organized Crime, Sanctions, Terrorism, United Nations, Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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EU and Forfeiture Convert Organized Crime Funds for Development in Italy |
On December 1, 2009, Pawel Samecki, the European Commissioner for Regional Policy, announced the European Union’s contribution in support of the fight against organized crime in southern Italy. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
4 |
2010-04-01 |
European Union, Europe, Italy |
Corruption, Crimes, European Union, International Cooperation, Organized Crime |
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UBS Issues Code of Conduct on Tax and Financial Crime |
On January 12, 2010, UBS published a ten-page Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that prohibits its employees from assisting clients in committing tax and financial crimes. The UBS code provisions... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
3 |
2010-03-01 |
United States |
Economic Crimes, Financial Supervision, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Taxation |