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Cuba Allows US to Retrieve Kidnapper Parents

The parents of two children whose grandparents had just been granted custody of them have been jailed back in the United States after they kidnapped the boys and fled in a sailboat to Cuba. ...more

If You Hide Assets Offshore From A Spouse Be Sure To File An FBAR

A recent Forfeiture Case was brought against a taxpayer who was hiding financial assets (almost $4.6 M) from his soon to be ex-spouse. The case, US v. $4,656,085 (http://goo.gl/7b64A) illustrates how bad divorce planning...more

INTERPOL's Red Notice: Its Reach and Its Limits

On August 9, I wrote about two fathers on different sides of INTERPOL Red Notices. One of the fathers was looking for his daughter, who allegedly had been taken illegally from the United States to the United Arab Emirates by...more

INTERPOL and Child Custody Issues: Red Notices for Parents

A few weeks ago, a reader contacted me to discuss a Red Notice that had been wrongly issued against him for "kidnapping" his own child. The charges were brought falsely in another country, which led to the Red Notice being...more