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EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Approves Extradition and Mutual Assistance Agreements with the U.S. and Progresses on Other Initiatives |
On October 23, 2009, the European Union’s (EU) Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council had its 2969th meeting and took action on a number of fronts, including to ratify its extradition and mutual... |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
1 |
2010-01-01 |
United States, Europe |
Extradition, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, Treaties |
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U.S.-Mexico Binational Task Force on Border Issues Proposes Policy Changes |
On November 13, 2009, the Binational Task Force on the United States-Mexico Border made a number of policy recommendations for improving security on the border...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
26 |
1 |
2010-01-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Immigration, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking |
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U.S. Trial Exposes Guyana’s Internal Political Conflicts and International Enforcement Issues |
On June 15th, 2006, Shaheed “Roger” Khan was arrested in Suriname, in a law enforcement operation that resulted in the seizure of 213 kilograms of cocaine. The Surinamese government then transported... |
Shujaat Khan |
25 |
12 |
2009-12-01 |
United States, Guyana |
Administration of Justice, Intelligence, Murder, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement |
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U.S. Indicts 100 Persons in Computer Hacking and Bank Fraud Ring Based in U.S. and Egypt |
On October 7, 2009, U.S. enforcement authorities announced that a federal grand jury indictment in Los Angeles charged the largest number of defendants ever in a cyber crime case after a two year... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
12 |
2009-12-01 |
United States, Egypt |
Fraud, White Collar Crime, Financial Crimes, Computer Crimes |
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Swiss Government Arrests Polanski on U.S. 1977 Sex Case |
On September 26, 2009, the Swiss authorities arrested the film director Roman Polanski, 76 and a French citizen, as he arrived at the Zurich airport to receive an award at the Zurich Film Festival... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
12 |
2009-12-01 |
United States, France, Switzerland |
Administration of Justice, Extradition, Sex Crimes, Rape |
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U.S. Announces Results of Gun Runner Impact Team Initiative on Mexican Border |
On October 1, 2009, Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Acting Director Kenneth E. Melson announced positive results of ATF’s Gun... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
12 |
2009-12-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Immigration, Arms Trafficking, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement |
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EU Justice and Home Affairs Council Focuses on Migration Enforcement |
On September 21, 2009, at its 2962d meeting the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Council focused on several migration enforcement issues...(more) |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
12 |
2009-12-01 |
Europe |
International Organizations, Immigration, European Union |
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GAO Advocates Better Planning by U.S. Officials Abroad in Intellectual Property Work |
On September 30, 2009, the U.S. Government Accountability Office submitted a report to the U.S. Congress advising on the role strengthened planning by U.S. officials overseas working on intellectual... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
12 |
2009-12-01 |
United States, China, Thailand, India |
Money Laundering, Human Trafficking, Intellectual Property, International Organizations, Drugs & Trafficking, Fraud, Drug Enforcement |
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Multilateral Tax Convention Will Be Updated While OECD and FATF Prepare for Countermeasures |
On September 25, 2009, coincident with the G20 Meeting in Pittsburgh, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Council of Europe (CoE) announced plans to update their... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
12 |
2009-12-01 |
World, G-10 member countries |
International Organizations, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes, International Convention |
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OAS Adopts Anti-Corruption Reviews of Six Countries and Makes Recommendations |
On September 18, 2009, the Committee of Experts of the Follow-Up Mechanism for the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC) of the Organization of American States... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
12 |
2009-12-01 |
Latin America and South America, Bolivia, Peru, Costa Rica, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay |
Corruption, International Organizations, Taxation, Bribery, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes |
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First Successful British Prosecution for Overseas Corruption |
Mabey & Johnson, the British bridge contractor that pleaded guilty in July 2009 to various charges of overseas corruption and breaching United Nations sanctions, was sentenced on 25 September... |
Louise Delahunty |
25 |
12 |
2009-12-01 |
United Kingdom, Iraq, Ghana, Jamaica |
Corruption, Administration of Justice, United Nations |
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U.S. and Mexico Develop Investigative Cooperation on International Firearms Trafficking Cases |
On August 13, 2009, the U.S. and Mexican governments announced the signing of a letter of intent to develop a coordinated and intelligence-based response to the threat of cross border smuggling and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
11 |
2009-11-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Immigration, Arms Trafficking, Treaties |
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Corruption and Money Laundering: A Symbiotic Relationship by David Chaikin and J.C. Sharman (Palgrave/MacMillan, 234 pp., 2009) (ISBN: 978-0-230-61360-7, www.palgrave.com) |
The symbiotic relationship between corruption and money laundering is the theme of a new book. The interrelationship and ways in which transnational corruption and money laundering interact is both... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
11 |
2009-11-01 |
World |
Money Laundering, Corruption, Extradition, Book Review |
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U.S. Indicts Swiss Attorney for Conspiring with U.S. Persons to Evade U.S. Taxes |
The United States indicted a Swiss banker, Hansruedi Schumacher, and a Swiss attorney, Matthias Rickenbach, for conspiring to defraud the U.S. (18 USC 371), on August 20, 2009, one day after the... |
David Spencer |
25 |
11 |
2009-11-01 |
United States, Switzerland |
Taxation, Fraud, White Collar Crime, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision, Banking Supervision |
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Former Corporate Executive Pleads Guilty in Bribe Case Paid to U.K. Defense Ministry Official |
On September 3, 2009, Leo Winston Smith, the former director of sales and marketing for Pacific Consolidated Industries LP (PCI) pleaded guilty to charges related to the bribery of a U.K. Ministry of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
11 |
2009-11-01 |
United States, United Kingdom |
Bribery, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision |
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Spanish Judge Tries to Re-Arrest Missing ETA Terrorism after French Judicial Error |
On September 1, 2009, Spanish High Court Judge Baltasar Garzón issued an arrest warrant for Maite Aranalde, an ETA member who had been released on August 27, 2009, from detention due to a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
11 |
2009-11-01 |
France, Spain |
Administration of Justice, Extradition, Terrorism |
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U.S. Delivers Extradition Papers for Former Antiguan Regulator |
On August 26, 2009, the extradition documents by the U.S. government for former administrator of Antigua and Barbuda’s Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) regulator Leroy King were... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
11 |
2009-11-01 |
United States, Antigua & Barbuda |
Extradition, Taxation, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes, Financial Crimes |
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Switzerland Refuses French Request for Tax Information Outside of International Standards and Detailed Showing of Tax Investigations |
A recent controversy between the Swiss and French governments over French officials claims that French authorities have obtained a list of 3,000 names of French tax persons with bank accounts in... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
11 |
2009-11-01 |
France, Switzerland |
Bank Secrecy, Economic Sanctions, International Organizations, Taxation, Treaties, Tax Enforcement, International Cooperation, Financial Supervision, Banking Supervision |
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Film Executives Are Guilty of Bribing Senior Thai Tourism Official |
On September 11, 2009, after a trial Gerald Green and Patricia Green, film executives from the Los Angeles area, were found guilty of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)... |
Bruce Zagaris |
25 |
11 |
2009-11-01 |
United States, United Kingdom, Thailand, Singapore, Jersey |
Money Laundering, Corruption, Bribery, Financial Crimes |
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Mexico and Argentina Decriminalize Drug Possession |
As part of a growing trend in Latin America, Mexico and Argentina have decriminalized drug possession in recent weeks...(more) |
Philip Mayer |
25 |
11 |
2009-11-01 |
United States, Mexico, Latin America and South America, Brazil, Argentina |
United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking, Organized Crime, Treaties, Drug Enforcement, International Convention |
