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Holocaust-era assets and securities fraudster Trevor Cook are the focus of this week’s "Asset Search News Roundup":

  1. An April 21, 2010 Bloomberg.com article explained that Berlin’s Free University went live with its website about Holocaust-era assets / "degenerate" art confiscated by the Nazis.  "During A War Everybody Loots A Little Bit", earlier mentioned

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This "Asset Search News Roundup" concentrates on an alleged $45 million dollar tax fraud and the conviction of Mr. Dennis Hecker’s girlfriend, Christi Michele Rowan:

  • An April 15th press release explained that property developers Mauricio Cohen Assor and his son, Leon Cohen-Levy are accused of hiding $45 million from the IRS by using nominees to

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The guilty plea of Minneapolis money manager Trevor Cook and the Court’s dismissal of a Wisconsin lawsuit against Associated Bank, are mentioned by today’s "Asset Search News Roundup":

* At a plea hearing that took 33 minutes yesterday, Trevor Cook pleaded guilty to counts one and two of his of his criminal information.  At…

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy and the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units are featured in the March 31st "Asset Search News Roundup":

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Today’s "Asset Search News Roundup" reports on "Operation Illegal Motion" and describes the recovery of a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus:

  1. A press release mentions that Robert L. Stevens of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was the 10th person criminally charged as a result of "Operation Illegal Motion".  Operation Illegal Motion is a public corruption probe of the criminal court

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The March 14, 2010 “Asset Search News Roundup” first highlights ex-Detroit councilwoman Monica Conyers and then mentions Madoff Trustee Irving Picard:

*As The Wall Street Journal described at “House Judiciary Chairman’s Wife Sentenced to Prison“and “Lawmaker’s Wife Sentenced to Jail“, ex-councilwoman Monica Conyers was sentenced to 37 months of prison for…

This "Asset Search News Roundup" focuses on "politically exposed persons", some of whom would launder corruption monies.

  1. "Stolen Asset Recovery: Politically Exposed Persons, A Policy Paper On Strengthening Preventative Measures" was published in 2009 and it is available at the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative’s website.  The 2009 policy paper stated at

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“A Strategy Of Seizing Sinaloa Drug Cartel Assets” is about the U.S. Department of Justice’s use of asset forfeiture against Mexico’s drug cartels.  U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) pursues this forfeiture policy alongside the Department of Justice.  As explained by my February 11, 2009 “Asset Search News Roundup“,…

Today’s “Asset Search News Roundup” is about the New York case against the ex-president of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo and it also mentions the sentencing of New York former top cop Bernard Kerik:

  • The one-count indictment unsealed on January 26, 2010 in the case against ex-president Portillo is available here.  Mr. Portillo’s indictment alleges that

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