United States:
Criminal Immunity Under FSIA, And Civil RICO Liability For Foreign Sovereigns
12 October 2018
Carlton Fields
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The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. §1602 et
seq. (FSIA), is silent on the issue of criminal immunity for
foreign sovereigns. The Tenth and Sixth Circuits disagree on the
meaning of this silence: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth
Circuit holds that the FSIA does not provide criminal immunity for
foreign sovereigns, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth
Circuit holds that it does.
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