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November 14, 2018

Canada’s Standing Committee on Finance (a committee of our federal House of Commons) recently released its new report on reforming our anti-money laundering and terrorist financing laws. The report makes 32 recommendations for changes to the AML regime, on such

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International & Transnational Criminal Law

UK Weakens Human Rights Protections Under MLAT

By Rob Currie

November 3, 2018

Back in 2000 I published an article in the journal Criminal Law Forum, entitled “Human Rights and International Mutual Legal Assistance: Resolving the Tension.” The cite is (2000) 11 Criminal Law Forum 143, but you can read a pre-publication version

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Canada Joins Five-State Coalition to Combat Tax Crime

By Rob Currie

August 9, 2018

It was recently announced that Canada has joined a five-state coalition of tax authorities, called the “Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5)”, the overall goal of which is to “increase collaboration in the fight against international and transnational tax

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Government of Canada Publishes Draft Amendments to Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing Regs

By Rob Currie

June 19, 2018

Back in February I blogged about the Canadian Dept. of Finance’s discussion paper which called for suggestions for changes to our anti-money laundering and terrorist financing. The review period is over and the department has released proposed amendments to the

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Cross-Border Abduction & Harassment by State Agents: Still Unlawful (Despite Appearances)

By Rob Currie

April 10, 2018

A rather fundamental rule of customary international law is that state officials are prohibited from exercising their powers on the territories of foreign states. This rule is often referred to as “the prohibition on extraterritorial enforcement jurisdiction,” and it has

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Committee Against Torture Releases New Comment on Non-Refoulement

By Rob Currie

March 20, 2018

The UN’s Committee Against Torture, set up under the UN Convention Against Torture to monitor implementation of the Convention, has released a revised General Comment on the implementation of Article 3 of the Convention. Article 3 is the obligation

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Reviewing Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing Laws

By Rob Currie

February 14, 2018

The Canadian federal Department of Finance recently released a discussion paper which reviews, and proposes possible changes to, Canada’s anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-terrorist financing (ATF). The paper is part of the consultation process designed to feed the mandatory five-year

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Guest Blog: Assurances in Extradition Cases

By Rob Currie

October 17, 2017

I am delighted to once again present a guest blog post from my friend and co-author, Dr. Joseph Rikhof, the recently-retired Manager of the Law at the War Crimes Program, Justice Canada. Below he discusses the Supreme Court of Canada’s

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Cherif Bassiouni Passes

By Rob Currie

September 25, 2017

It has just been announced that one of the greats in the field of International Criminal Law, Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni, has passed away at the age of 79. If you do any amount of research in this area you

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“Long-Arm Subpoenas,” the Microsoft Ireland Case, and International Law

By Rob Currie

March 21, 2017

I have just posted a new draft paper entitled “Cross-Border Evidence Gathering in Transnational Criminal Investigation: Is the Microsoft Ireland Case the ‘Next Frontier’?” The paper examines the currently roiled state of international law regarding the gathering of electronic evidence

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