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The answer is yes, United States citizen can be extradicted to other countries in order to be charged with alleged crimes. The laws governing international extraditions are a complicated matter that involves international treaties between the United States and over...
Structuring money laundering, outlined in 18 U.S. Code § 1956, goes by many names. Structuring, report evasion, and smurfing are just a few names for this type of money laundering. Structuring occurs when money laundering actions are taken to avoid state or federal...
Promotional money laundering is an illegal offense codified in 18 U.S. Code § 1956. It occurs when someone knowingly engages in money laundering that is used for the purpose of promoting (aiding, assisting, continuing, sustaining) another unlawful activity. It is not...
Tax evasion money laundering is the simplest form of money laundering. The statutes for this offense can be found in 18 U.S. Code § 1956. Tax evasion in the form of money laundering occurs when someone knowingly, conducts or attempts to conduct, a financial...
Concealment money laundering is the knowing transaction or attempted transaction of illegal funds to “disguise the nature, location, the source, the ownership, or the control of the proceeds of specified unlawful activity”. Regulation of this crime can be found in 18...
First proposed in 1979 and enacted in 1982, the U.S. and Colombia extradition treaty has faced some controversy in the last few years. After former Colombia President Alvaro Uribe declared the treaty illegal in 2016, due to the fact it had never been properly ratified...
