Articles

E.g., 2026-09
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
U.S. Prosecutes 4 Americans Deported from Cambodia for Sex With Minors On September 8, 2009, Richard David Mitchell was arraigned after being deported from Cambodia, making him the fourth American prosecuted in September for international sex tourism in Cambodia...(more) Bruce Zagaris 25 11 2009-11-01 United States, Cambodia Sex Crimes, Deportation, Rape
U.S. District Court Rules Freeze against Charity Violates Due Process Rights On August 18, 2009, U.S. District Judge James Carr issued a sweeping order, declaring the U.S. Treasury and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) wrongly froze the assets of an Ohio-based charity... Bruce Zagaris 25 11 2009-11-01 United States, Israel Law of War, Prisoner Rights, Fraud, Asset Seizure
The Meeting of the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information, Mexico, September 1-2, 2009 The OECD’s Global Forum on Taxation met in Mexico September 1-2, 2009 (“Meeting”) and was attended by representatives of about sixty-two jurisdictions, and eight international organizations. (... David Spencer 25 11 2009-11-01 World, Mexico International Organizations, Taxation, Conferences, International Cooperation, Tax Crimes
D.C. Circuit Court Denies Recovery for Abuses to Interrogated Iraqis In an opinion on September 11, 2009, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the underlying complaints brought by Iraqi citizens against two United States government contractors, Titan and CACI... Erik Sapin 25 11 2009-11-01 United States, Iraq Administration of Justice, Human Rights, War Crimes, Prisoner Rights
U.S. Government Transfers More Than $750,000 in Forfeited Funds to Peru On September 2, 2009, the United States Department of Justice announced the transfer of more than $750,000 in forfeited funds to the Peruvian government from an embezzlement scheme by a Peruvian... Bruce Zagaris 25 11 2009-11-01 United States, Peru, Switzerland, Cayman Islands Money Laundering, Fraud, Asset Forfeiture, White Collar Crime, Embezzlement, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision
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
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
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
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
U.S. and Switzerland Settle UBS Document Request On August 19, 2009, the United States and Swiss governments announced an agreement to obtain 4,450 names of U.S. taxpayers with accounts in UBS pursuant to the U.S.-Swiss tax treaty. Two principal... Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 Switzerland, United States Bank Secrecy, Banking Supervision, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Taxation, Treaties
The Liechtenstein--United Kingdom Tax Information Exchange Agreement Liechtenstein had agreed on March 12, 2009, to meet the OECD’s tax information exchange standards. Liechtenstein, like several other previously non-cooperative jurisdictions, had been pressured by... David Spencer 25 10 2009-10-01 Liechtenstein, United Kingdom International Cooperation, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Taxation, Treaties
U.S. Obtains New Conviction in Los Angeles for Failure to Disclose UBS Swiss Bank Accounts On August 14, 2009, the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles secured a conviction of John McCarthy for failing to disclose his Swiss bank accounts and failing to file a Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) as... Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 Hong Kong, Switzerland, United States, World Bank Secrecy, Banking Supervision, Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Taxation
English High Court Upholds Hacker’s Extradition to the U.S. On July 31, 2009, the English High Court of Justice upheld the extradition of a 43-year-old British computer hacker to the United States, rejecting his claims that his physical impairment of Asperger... Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 United States, United Kingdom Extradition, Terrorism, International Cooperation, Computer Crimes
The New European Extradition System – a Critical Review In the last ten years the European Union has legislated to create an “area of justice, freedom and security” across Europe. Following the horrific events of 9/11 and subsequent attacks in Madrid and... Catherine Heard 25 10 2009-10-01 Europe, United Kingdom Extradition
U.S. and Israel Break U.S. Tax Refund Ring Conspiracy On August 4, 2009, a superseding indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago revealed a massive scheme between a ring of persons operating in the U.S. and Israel for approximately six years.... Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 United States, Israel Money Laundering, Taxation, White Collar Crime, Forgery, Tax Enforcement, Tax Crimes, Financial Crimes
China Issues Arrest Warrant for Rio Tinto’s Employees on Bribery and Stealing Commercial Secrets On August 12, 2009, China issued an arrest warrant for Australian mining executive Stern Hu and three other staff members in the Shanghai office for “obtaining commercial secrets from Chinese steel... Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 Australia, Brazil, China Bribery, Corruption
Company Agrees to Pay $1.3 Million to Settle FCPA Case on Bribes to Venezuela and Argentine Officials On July 29 and 30, 2009, Helmerich & Payne, Inc (H&P), an international drilling contractor and energy-oriented company, mostly in the United States and South America, agreed to pay $1,375,... Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 United States, Venezuela Securities Law, White Collar Crime, Bribery, Export Enforcement , Financial Crimes, Financial Supervision
Namibia Suspends Army Chief and Expands Criminal Inquiries of Chinese Contracts At the end of July 2009, Namibia suspended the chief of the Namibian Defense Force, and expanded its criminal investigation of Chinese-financed contracts in Namibia. In July 2009, Namibia started... Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 China, Namibia Bribery, Corruption
EU Customs Actions Increase to Enforce Intellectual Property Rights On July 9, 2009, the European Commission published a report on EU Customs enforcement of intellectual property rights, showing an increase of almost 13% of detentions of goods infringing intellectual... Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 Europe, China Counterfeiting, Customs Enforcement, Intellectual Property, European Union, Customs
U.S. and Mexico Cooperate on Prosecuting Persons for Smuggling Mexican Oil During the last two years the U.S. government has investigated and prosecuted persons involved in smuggling millions of dollars worth of petroleum products that were stolen from the Mexican state... Bruce Zagaris 25 10 2009-10-01 Mexico, United States Asset Forfeiture, Asset Seizure, Organized Crime, Smuggle, Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement, Taxation

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