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U.S. Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Offshore Tax Evasion On May 5, 2007, the U.S. government released its 2007 National Money Laundering Strategy and Threat Assessment. This year’s strategy and threat assessment, products of broad interagency cooperation... Bruce Zagaris 23 7 2007-07-01 United States Money Laundering
U.S. Requests Extradition of Reputed Tijuana Cartel Leader On May 11, 2007, the U.S. government confirmed the existence of a February 2007 request to Mexico for the extradition of Alberto Benjamin Arellano-Felix, the reputed leader of the Tijuana cartel.... Bruce Zagaris 23 7 2007-07-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Drugs & Trafficking
Extradition and the U.N. Convention against Torture: Mironescu v. Costner On March 22, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond, Virginia, ruled that a 1998 federal statute precludes federal courts from reviewing a decision by the U.S. Secretary of... Russell Bikoff 23 7 2007-07-01 United States, Romania Extradition, Human Rights, Torture
U.S. Releases 2007 Money Laundering Strategy On May 5, 2007, the U.S. government released its 2007 National Money Laundering Strategy and Threat Assessment.  This year’s strategy and threat assessment, products of broad interagency... Bruce Zagaris 23 7 2007-07-01 United States, World Bank Secrecy, Banking Supervision, Money Laundering
Commonwealth Secretariat Reports on Need for Fairness in Tax Information Exchange On May 4, 2007, the Commonwealth Secretariat issued a report calling for fairness in the use of tax information exchange, non-discrimination in the treatment of small and developing countries, and... Bruce Zagaris 23 7 2007-07-01 World International Organizations, Taxation, Trade Enforcement, Economic Integration
U.K. Demands that Russia Extradite Former KGB Agent in Litvinenko Murder Case On May 22, 2007, U.K. prosecutors demanded that the Russian government extradite former KGB agent Andrei Lugovoy to stand trial for murder.  Lugovoy is sought in connection with the November 1,... Bruce Zagaris 23 7 2007-07-01 Russia, United Kingdom Extradition, Murder
ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Darfur War Crimes Suspects On May 2, 2007, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court issued crimes against humanity/war crimes arrest warrants for Ahmad Muhammad Harun, former Minister of State for the Interior... Bruce Zagaris 23 7 2007-07-01 Sudan Jurisdiction, War Crimes, Genocide, International Courts
Former Rebel Commander Testifies Before Sierra Leone Tribunal Issa Sesay, a former commander of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF), began testifying in his war crimes trial before the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL).1  Sesay, 36, and two... Bruce Zagaris 23 7 2007-07-01 Sierra Leone International Courts, International Criminal Tribunal
Transnational Anti-Bribery Enforcement: A German Perspective Over the past few years, Germany’s anti-corruption laws and enforcement have significantly changed, as evidenced by the latest scandals in the German automobile and electronics industries. Two... Lothar Lieske 23 7 2007-07-01 United States, Germany Corruption, White Collar Crime, Bribery
U.N. Security Council Lifts Liberia Diamond Sanctions After more than a year of concerted efforts by Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and other international partners, the United Nations Security Council (“Security Council”) unanimously agreed... Jason McClurg 23 7 2007-07-01 Liberia Sanctions
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Offshore Tax Evasion On May 3, 2007, the Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing on “Offshore Tax Evasion: Stashing Cash Overseas.” While offshore tax evasion is currently a high-profile legislative issue, the... Bruce Zagaris 23 7 2007-07-01 United States Bank Secrecy, Taxation
Russian Government Sues Bank of New York for $22.5 Billion in Tax Evasion Case   On May 1, 2007, Russia’s Federal Customs Service brought an action in the Moscow Arbitration Court against the Bank of New York, seeking $22.5 billion in damages for alleged money laundering... Bruce Zagaris 23 7 2007-07-01 Russia, United States Banking Supervision, Tax Enforcement, Taxation
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari for Guantánamo Petitions On April 30, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case of two Guantánamo Bay prisoners who want to challenge the legality of military commissions, the second time in one month that the... Bruce Zagaris 23 7 2007-07-01 United States Human Rights, National Security, Terrorism
U.K. Holds Extradition Hearings for Islamic Cleric Facing Terror Charges   On May 17, 2007, the Woolwich Crown Court held a hearing on the U.S. extradition request for radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri on terrorist-related charges.  The U.S. government submitted... Bruce Zagaris 23 7 2007-07-01 United Kingdom, United States, Yemen Extradition, Terrorism
U.S. Court Frees Alleged Anti-Castro Terrorist as CARICOM Calls for Prosecution On May 8, 2007, U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Cardone in El Paso, Texas dismissed an indictment against alleged terrorist Luis Posada Carriles and ordered him released. Venezuelan and Cuban... Bruce Zagaris 23 7 2007-07-01 United States, Caribbean, Barbados, Venezuela, Cuba Extradition, International Organizations, Jurisdiction, Terrorism, Torture
Uganda Agrees to Sign Extradition Treaty with Rwanda On March 23, 2007, following a Uganda-Rwanda meeting on border security and governance, Uganda announced that it would ratify the extradition treaty signed last year with Rwanda by the end of April... Bruce Zagaris 23 6 2007-06-01 Uganda, Rwanda Extradition
Fifth UN Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity On April 2-5, 2007, governments, international organizations, and civil society endorsed the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) as the “primary global framework for action and... Bruce Zagaris 23 6 2007-06-01 World Corruption, International Organizations, United Nations
U.S. Appellate Court Declines Jurisdiction over U.S. Citizen Facing Iraq Death On April 6, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a U.S. District Court decision denying jurisdiction over a U.S. citizen held by U.S. troops as part of the UN... Bruce Zagaris 23 6 2007-06-01 United States, Iraq Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Capital Punishment
U.S. Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of International Child Sex Charges On March 29, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of an indictment against Gary Jackson, a former U.S. citizen charged with traveling to engage in illicit... Bruce Zagaris 23 6 2007-06-01 United States, Cambodia Sex Crimes
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari for Latest Guantánamo Cases On April 2, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court denied petitions for writs of certiorari filed on behalf of approximately 40 detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, seeking to overturn a provision of the... Bruce Zagaris 23 6 2007-06-01 United States Human Rights, Law of War, National Security, Terrorism

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