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Stablecoin A7A5 and Garantex Crypto Exchange Sanctioned
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) was formally established in December of 1950 with the original mission of blocking Chinese and North Korean assets within U.S. jurisdictions once China decided to join the Korean War efforts. Due to the success of the agency, it eventually assumed the responsibility of...
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UK’s Most Wanted Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years
59-year-old James “Jamie” Stevenson has been apprehended after masterminding multiple international drug trafficking schemes over the years. In his most recent scheme, the suspect is accused of attempting to plan out the international transfer of over a ton of cocaine from Ecuador to Glasgow Fruit Market in the UK. This...
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New Sanctions Against President Dodik Network
On June 18, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added two more individuals and seven more entities to the official sanctions list. These entities and individuals are all accused of providing a major source of revenue for Republika Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik and his family. Dodik has been...
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US Expands Sanctions Against Russia
Have you heard that Russian warships have been spotted off the coast of Florida? While this military movement shouldn’t cause anyone to panic, it is a sign of concern considering the extreme global unrest that continues to escalate as a result of the Ukrainian situation. The White House isn’t backing...
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Megaupload Piracy Site Founders Reach Agreement With FBI
As Millennials know all-too-well, online piracy has remained rampant for years. The FBI and other international agencies are always working overtime in an attempt to catch up with skilled cyber users who continue to upload proprietary content online. One such piracy website, Megaupload, was online for years before getting taken...
Read More5 Investment Citizenship Programs That Currently Rock the World
Traditionally, individuals were only granted citizenship through birth, marriage, or naturalization. But in 1984, some countries began to offer another means of becoming a citizen of that country. That is by investment in the country. Many countries now offer citizenship to those who financially contribute to their economy through financial...
Read MoreVaccine Mandates Across Corporate America
If anything has become apparent in the age of COVID, it is that a global illness can and will become politically weaponized. While politicians wage a battle over restrictions and mask mandates and vaccinations, it has left the rest of us wondering who was really watching the henhouse in light...
Read MoreMother is Charged with Attempted Murder After Throwing Children Out of Window
Mother is Charged with Attempted Murder After Throwing Children Out of Window Last week, a local Brooklyn mother was charged with attempted murder after throwing her two young children out a second-story window of her apartment building. She then jumped herself. The mother then proceeded to hit her 4-month old...
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Human Rights Council Elections
The 2007 Human Rights Council elections took place yesterday (the full votes are here). Human Rights Watch discusses the UN General Assembly’s rejection of Belarus for a seat on the Human Rights Council and hopes that this could be a starting point for more competitive elections to the Council. It has always been...
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Comparative Environmental Law On The Internet
Nicholas A. Robinson The Internet provides direct access to many primary sources of Environmental Law. Nations increasingly provide their environmental statutes and regulations on the Internet. As specialist environmental law centers, universities, government agencies or other entities assemble and provide a jurisdiction's environmental laws on the Internet, a world-wide service...
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