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United States Targets Chinese Belt & Road Project With Global Magnitsky Sanctions: Corruption, Human Rights, and Geostrategy |
The United States on September 15, 2020 imposed Global Magnitsky Sanctions[i] on Union Development Group Co., Ltd.,[ii] the Chinese state-owned company (“UDG”) behind the Dara Sakor... |
Hdeel Abdelhady |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-23 |
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Human Rights |
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CEO of Multibillion-Dollar Software Company Indicted for Largest-Ever Tax Evasion as Private Equity CEO Makes NPA to Cooperate in the Case |
On October 15, 2020, a federal grand jury in San Francisco, California, returned a 39 count indictment,[1] charging Robert T. Brockman, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an Ohio-based software... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-23 |
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Tax Crimes, Tax Enforcement |
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OPCW Confirms Toxic Chemicals in Navalny as EU and Others Prepare Sanctions |
On October 6, 2020, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) issued a report of OPCW’s mission to the Federal Republic of Germany concerning the poisoning of Mr. Alexei... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-14 |
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Sanctions |
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Former Trump Campaign’s Fund-Raiser Pleads Guilty to FARA Violations Linked to 1MDB: Another Example of Strategic Corruption in the U.S. |
On October 20, 2020, former Trump Campaign fundraiser pleaded guilty to violating Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) charges in a criminal information in the U.S. District Court for the District... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-14 |
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Corruption |
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U.S. Justice Department Publishes Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework |
On October 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice published “Cryptocurrency: An Enforcement Framework,” produced by the Attorney General’s Cyber-Digital Task Force. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-14 |
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Cybercrime |
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Strachans and Egglishaw Plead Guilty to Tax Crimes But Egglishaw Is Released Despite Australian Charges |
On October 5, 2020, Strachans SA in Liquidation pleaded guilty to conspiring with U.S. taxpayers and others to hide income and assets in offshore entities and bank accounts from the IRS. The court... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-14 |
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Money Laundering, Tax Crimes |
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U.S. Sanctions Iranian Financial Sector |
On October 8, 2020, the U.S. Treasury announced sanctions on eighteen major Iranian banks. The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) sanctioned sixteen Iranian banks for operating in Iran... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-14 |
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Sanctions |
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Pakistan Issues New Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Regulations |
On September 30, 2020, the Pakistan government issued a set of three anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CFT) regulations. The regulations are supplementary to its policies... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-09 |
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U.S. Justice Department Unseals Indictment against McAfee as Spain Arrests Him |
On October 5, 2020, the United States Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging John David McAfee with tax evasion and willful failure to file tax returns.[1] The DOJ unsealed the June... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-09 |
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The Antiquities Coalition’s Recommendations to Combat Financial Crimes in the U.S. Art Market |
On September 24, 2020, the Task Force convened by the think tank of the Antiquities Coalition published its first joint report, Reframing U.S. Policy on the Art Market: Recommendations for... |
Miranda Bannister |
36 |
10 |
2020-10-09 |
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Cultural Property |
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European Authority Calls for More Robust Tax Information Exchange to Counter Withholding Tax Fraud |
On September 23, 2020, the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA) issued a report, calling for more robust exchange of information... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-09-30 |
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Tax Enforcement |
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U.S. Indicts Oil Trader for Bribery and Money Laundering on Payments to Ecuadorian Officials |
On September 22, 2020, a federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York indicted a trader at the U.S.... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-09-30 |
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Money Laundering |
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No Innocence for Inocente: Spain Sentences Former El Salvadoran Colonel to 133 Years in Prison Pursuant to Universal Jurisdiction for Atrocities during the Civil War |
Spain’s National Court convicted Ex-El Salvador military leader, Inocente Orlando Montano Morales, to 133 years in prison for the murder of five... |
Mitchell Beebe |
36 |
10 |
2020-09-30 |
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The “China Initiative”: The U.S. Department of Justice’s Country Specific Focus on the People’s Republic of China |
Allegations by the American Administration of intellectual property theft emanating from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are not new. In June 2018, the White House Office of Trade and... |
Dennis Boyle |
36 |
10 |
2020-09-30 |
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Espionage, Intellectual Property |
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The (Unfinished Story of the) Hybrid Court for South Sudan |
The Republic of South Sudan is the newest sovereign state in the world. It was created in record time in the summer of 2011 and it was also in record time that it was admitted to membership in the... |
Konstantinos D. Magliveras* |
36 |
10 |
2020-09-25 |
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Crimes against Humanity |
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British Share Evidence with the U.S. to Prosecute ISIS ‘Beatles’ After UK Approves |
On September 22, 2020, the British government shared evidence with the United States Department of Justice to prosecute the ISIS ‘Beatles’ after the Queen’s Bench Division of the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-09-25 |
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Intelligence |
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Israel Court Rules Accused Israeli Pedophile Can Be Extradited to Australia |
On September 21, 2020, the Jerusalem District Court ruled Malka Leifer, a former educator who is accused of sexually abusing several former students, can be extradited to Australia on charges of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
10 |
2020-09-25 |
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Abuse of Children, Extradition |
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Pakistan Parliament in Joint Sitting Enacts 3 FATF Related Bills |
In a joint sitting on September 16, 2020, Pakistan’s parliament approved three anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financial... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
9 |
2020-09-21 |
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Counter-terrorism |
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U.S. Secretary of State Makes Historic Visit to Suriname and Guyana and Promises More Law Enforcement Assistance |
On September 17-18, 2020, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo made the first visit of any U.S. Secretary of State to Suriname and Guyana. It coincided with promises that the U.S. would... |
Bruce Zagaris |
36 |
9 |
2020-09-21 |
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Law Enforcement |
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Security Council Fails to Adopt a Resolution on Foreign Terrorist Fighters |
On August 31, 2020, the Security Council president (Indonesia) announced the result of the voting on a draft resolution regarding the prosecution, rehabilitation, and reintegration (PRR) of foreign... |
Michael Plachta and Kasia Guzior |
36 |
9 |
2020-09-17 |
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Terrorism |
