Copyright 2013 Avi Jorisch Fri, 03 May 2013 08:25:49 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Avi Jorisch :: Writings http://www.avijorisch.com webmaster@avijorisch.com (Avi Jorisch) webmaster@avijorisch.com en-us http://www.avijorisch.com/10988/under-the-guise-of-human-rights-russia-and-us Fri, 3 May 2013 09:00:00 EST In mid-April, Washington and Moscow each published blacklists of suspected human rights violators in the other's jurisdiction. The moves were rife with symbolism, and clear signs of a deteriorating bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Russia. But http://www.avijorisch.com/10987/indonesia-anti-terror-arsenal Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:00:00 EST The swift and near-simultaneous arrests late last month of 11 individuals allegedly preparing to bomb U.S. and other Western targets throughout Java, Indonesia's most populated island, should serve as a wake-up call to Asia's national security http://www.avijorisch.com/10986/banking-without-borders Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:00:00 EST Money laundering and terrorism financing are global problems that transcend national boundaries, and launderers and terrorists are constantly adapting their techniques to exploit vulnerabilities in the financial system to disguise the movement of funds. http://www.avijorisch.com/10985/blacklist-the-united-arab-emirates Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:00:00 EST The security of many countries is being endangered by the United Arab Emirates, a confederation of seven small states located in the Arabian Peninsula. Usually considered a Western ally, this false friend also serves as a regional financial hub for mob http://www.avijorisch.com/10984/pay-to-play-european-banks-and-iranian-sanctions Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:00:00 EST Many policy­makers on both sides of the Atlantic view tough economic sanctions against Iran as perhaps the last peaceful means of curbing the Islamic Republic's appetite for nuclearization. While sanc­tions aren't a silver bullet, properly targeted, they http://www.avijorisch.com/10983/of-horses-and-narco-kingdoms Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:00:00 EST Following a two-year investigation, federal prosecutors have submitted a mindboggling 30,000 pages of documentation and 2,000 recorded phone calls that paint an extensive picture of how one of Mexico's most powerful drug-trafficking organizations raises, http://www.avijorisch.com/10982/hsbc-nightmares-and-money-laundering-dreams Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:00:00 EST The $28 million fine by Mexican regulators of HSBC's Mexico subsidiary announced on Wednesday is just the latest, but may not be the last, blow to hit the London-based bank for its failure to counter money laundering. Mexico's National Securities and http://www.avijorisch.com/10981/the-vatican-bank-the-most-secret-bank-in-the-world Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:00:00 EST Italian prosecutors have now detained the former head of the Vatican's bank after searching his home and former office for suspected criminal behavior. Catholics and followers of the Holy See will be disappointed to learn that the Vatican's bank appears http://www.avijorisch.com/10980/asian-money-launderers-sent-region-wide-warning Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:00:00 EST Law enforcement officials in China, Taiwan, Burma, Thailand and the Philippines have launched a blitzkrieg targeting money launderers who have been swindling and blackmailing average citizens throughout Asia to the tune of millions of dollars. The http://www.avijorisch.com/10979/economic-warfare-against-iran Wed, 6 Jun 2012 09:00:00 EST The world is aware of Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and its sponsorship of terrorist organizations. What is less understood is Tehran's abuse of the financial sector, banks, front companies, and other deceptive techniques to evade the controls http://www.avijorisch.com/10978/drug-war-at-sea-rise-of-the-narco-subs Mon, 14 May 2012 09:00:00 EST After a two-year manhunt, the United States Drug Enforcement Agency last week arrested Colombian drug kingpin Javier Antonio Calle Serna, a senior leader of Los Rastrojos, one of the country's most formidable drug-trafficking organizations. After being http://www.avijorisch.com/10976/courting-financial-pariah-status Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:00:00 EST This past February, Thailand was added to a high-risk blacklist by an international organization many people have never heard of. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was established by the Group of Seven (G7) in 1989 to combat money laundering and http://www.avijorisch.com/10975/how-moscow-is-helping-to-solve-the-iran-problem Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:00:00 EST Though news reports generally give a very different impression, Russia is actually playing a constructive role in dealing with the multifaceted issue of Iran's nuclear program. One hint came last month, when Russia's second-largest financial institution http://www.avijorisch.com/10974/mtn-has-no-business-aiding-terror-in-iran Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:00:00 EST MTN has a corporate responsibility to cease doing business with Iran and colluding with a state sponsor of terror that uses its technology to track, silence and kill its people. The South African government should take immediate action to prevent this http://www.avijorisch.com/10973/do-downer-and-brumby-support-huawei-in-iran Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:00:00 EST Huawei Technologies has an aggressive plan to become the No 1 provider of telecommunications services, Down Under and across the globe, in less than five years. Unfortunately, in the recent past, this Asian giant has played a key role in helping the