The International Enforcement Law Reporter is a monthly print and online journal covering news and trends in international enforcement law.
Since September 1985, the International Enforcement Law Reporter has analyzed the premier developments in both the substantive and procedural aspects of international enforcement law. Read by practitioners, academics, and politicians, the IELR is a valuable guide to the difficult and dynamic field of international law.
In June 2025, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published findings indicating that Chinese authorities have leveraged Interpol Red Notices alongside government-organized non-governmental organizations (GONGOs) to pursue dissidents living abroad.
On June 16, 2025, the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt, Germany, sentenced a Syrian doctor to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for crimes against humanity and war crimes. The defendant, who has only been identified as Alaa M. due to German legal privacy laws, was accused of murdering two people and torturing nine more in Syria in a period between 2011 and 2012.
On June 25, 2025, Ecuadorian law enforcement arrested the country’s most notorious drug trafficker, José Adolfo “Fito” Macłas Villamar. Specialized Ecuadorian police and military intelligence officers, with help from the United States (U.S.), found him hiding in a basement in the coastal city of Manta, in a bunker under the property of his romantic partner.
On June 24, 2025, Europol released its annual “European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT)”,[1] which it has produced since 2007.
At its 22nd sitting on June 24, 2025, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted its Resolution 2605 (2025) entitled Legal and Human Rights Aspects of the Russian Federation’s Aggression Against Ukraine.
After extensive prosecutorial efforts from the United States (U.S.) Department of Justice (DOJ), Carlos Martinez was finally sentenced for his role in an illicit scheme to monopolize transnational used-vehicle exports.
On June 17, 2025, Guatemala extradited Steven Ovaldino Lorenzana Avarenga, also known as “Chipi,” and Allan Mendoza, also known as “Carnes” and “Carnitas,” both Guatemalan nationals, to the United States (U.S.) to face drug trafficking conspiracy charges. They made their initial appearances in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia the following day. [1]
On June 17, 2025, at the conclusion of their summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, the leaders of the G7 reaffirmed their commitment to prevent and counter migrant smuggling, transnational repression, and sanctions on individuals, entities, and vessels that continue to support Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
On April 23, 2025, a New York judge ruled in favor of the heirs of Jewish art collector and cabaret performer Franz Friedrich (Fritz) Grünbaum in a case brought against the Art Institute of Chicago.
On June 16, 2025, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued a report entitled Designing a tax crime investigation manual: Key elements and considerations. The report was produced by the Task Force on Tax Crimes and Other Financial Crimes (TFTC) as an important resource that will operate as an indispensable guide for tax investigators and professionals.
