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Table of Contents



.    IN T E R PO  L1.................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

    Individualization of Criminal Involvement Under INTERPOL's Rules ............................................................................................................... 1
II.  INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS ENFORCEEMENT ............................................................................................................. 4

    Europol and Law Enforcement Authorities Disrupt Three Cocaine Supply Chains into Europe ..................................................................... 4
III. MONEY   LAUNDERING AND BANK SECRECY ................................................................................................................... 6

    Basel AML Index 2025 Shows Stagnation in Global Financial Crime Risk and Growing Relevance of Virtual Assets ................................. 6
    New York Governor Vetoes Entity   Transparency   for Dom  estic  Companies ...................................................................................................  7
    U. S. Acts against Caribbean CBI and EU Threatens Action................................................................................................................................. 9
    U .S. Court of Appeals Upholds Legality   of the  Corporate  Transparency  A ct ................................................................................................  11
IV . C Y BER C R IM  E ...........................................................................................................................................................................12

    U. S. Seizes W eb  Domain  Used  in  $28  M illion  Bank  Account Takeover Fraud  .............................................................................................  12
    Southeast Asian Money Laundering Networks and Their Extensive Global Reach........................................................................................ 13
V .  EX TR A D ITIO  N..........................................................................................................................................................................15

     The Legality of the U.S. Arrest of the Venezuelan President and Wife .............................................................................................................. 15
     Bulgarian Court Denies Lebanon's Extradition Request for Ship Owner in Beirut Port Blast .....................................................................  17
     Austrian Appellate Court Denies U. S. Extradition Request for Ukrainian ......................................................................................................... 18
VI.  MIGRATION   AND  HUMAN   TRAFFICKING ENFORCEMENT................................................................................... 19

     Over Fifty Delegations Sign Joint Declaration on the Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling ......................................................... 19
     DOJ Charges Two Colombian Nationals with Human Smuggling ..................................................................................................................... 21
     Council of Europe Sets to Debate the Immigration Tensions in the Context of the ECHR ........................................................................... 23
VII. CRIMES  AGAINST   HUMANITY AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT .................................................... 26

    ICC Prosecutor Opens Investigation into Crimes in El-Fasher ........................................................................................................................... 26
V III.M ER CEN   A R IES......................................................................................................................................................................... 30

     South Africa Arrests Five Suspected of Recruitment ofNationals into the Russian Military ........................................................................ 30
IX.  SANCTIONS   ENFORCEMENT ............................................................................................................................................... 32

    U.S. Seizures of Venezuela-Linked Oil Tankers Raise Questions About Washington's Compliance with International and Domestic Law .... 32
    U. S. Removes Sanctions against Brazilian Justice and His Family .................................................................................................................... 34
X.   INTERNATIONAL PRISONER TRANSFERS ...................................................................................................................... 35

    U.S. Transfers 14 Mexican Nationals with Drug or Firearm Convictions to Mexico .................................................................................... 35
XI.  INTERNATIONAL TAX ENFORCEEMENT ........................................................................................................................... 37

    26 Jurisdictions Agree to Implement International Transparency Framework on Real Estate for Tax Purposes .......................................... 37








                      INTERNATIONAL ENFORCEMENT LAW REPORTER - Volume 42, Issue 1

                                   VOLUME 42 ISSUE 1 | JANUARY 2026