United Nations human rights experts on Thursday condemned the enforced disappearance of three children and an adult in Guinea, warning that the victims appear to have been targeted in retaliation against exiled activist and musician Elie Kamano. The experts called
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How the Biden Administration can Make AGOA More Effective
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has served as the cornerstone of the U.S.-Africa commercial relationship for more than two decades but it is set to expire on September 30, 2025. While the legislation’s unilateral trade preferences have provided
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News Flash: Kleptocrats Still Taking Bribe Money With One Hand and Laundering it With the Other
The summer of 2017 saw the U.S. Department of Justice’s docket still teeming with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) cases. In this post, we draw a few lessons from three of them, which bring together three threads that seem often…
EU Renews Sanctions on Guinea and Moldova
On 23 October, the EU renewed existing sanctions on Guinea until 27 October 2018, and those on Moldova until 31 October 2018. It also published a notice to those on the Guinea list renewing their inclusion in the Annex to Council Decision 2010/638/CFSP…
Trump Administration Issues New Visa Sanctions on Four Countries
Immigration Impact reports that President Trump earlier this week invoked a rarely-used law to impose visa restrictions on Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, declaring each country “recalcitrant” for refusing to accept the return of immigrants…
Former Guinean Minister of Mines Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Laundering $8.5 Million in Bribes Paid by Chinese Companies in Exchange for Mining Rights
U.S. Money Laundering Charges Stemmed from Foreign Bribes to Foreign Official by Foreign Companies
On August 25, a U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York sentenced former Guinea Minister of Mines and Geology, Mahmoud Thiam, to…
After Recent Country Condition Reviews, Temporary Protected Status Benefits for Citizens of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to End May 20, 2017
On Sept. 22, 2016, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson extended the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone through May 20, 2017. The TPS designations for these countries were extended for six months to allow…
Six Month Extension of Temporary Protected Status for Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone
In November 2014, the Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson designated Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone for 18 months due to the outbreak of Ebola Virus in West Africa. Today, Secretary Johnson extended…
Guinea Exploration Venture Stalls After FCPA Investigation
SCS Corporation, Ltd. (SCS), a unit of Houston oil and gas drilling company Hyperdynamics Corporation (“Hyperdynamics”), has filed parallel actions in the Southern District of Texas (4:16-cv-00076) and before the American Arbitration Association against two partners who SCS alleges used…
Guinea Exploration Venture Stalls After FCPA Investigation
SCS Corporation, Ltd. (SCS), a unit of Houston oil and gas drilling company Hyperdynamics Corporation (“Hyperdynamics”), has filed parallel actions in the Southern District of Texas (4:16-cv-00076) and before the American Arbitration Association against two partners who SCS alleges used…