Sentence examples for committed overseas from inspiring English sources

The law is murky on whether contractors can be charged in American courts for alleged crimes committed overseas.

A former top prosecutor said Emwazi's crimes would be triable in British courts if committed overseas in territory seized by Isis in Syria during the civil war there.

More broadly, the case has raised questions about how the American government interprets its own authority to prosecute people for crimes committed overseas.

More broadly, the case raised questions about how the American government interprets its own authority to prosecute people for crimes committed overseas.

MPs have passed a bill that would allow British law enforcement agencies to seize the UK assets of dictators and rights abusers, even for offences committed overseas.

The committee is to question Miliband and Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, over a legal loophole which appears to offer British intelligence officers immunity in the UK for any crimes committed overseas.

But the law can offer immunity only to intelligence officers, and covers only those crimes they commit overseas.

"What is clear is that the Justice Department is aggressively pursuing foreign banks who have helped Americans commit overseas tax evasion".

Leahy has proposed legislation that would allow U.S. contractors to be more easily prosecuted for crimes they commit overseas.

Because of a combination of international treaties, jurisdictional loopholes and bureaucratic confusion, employees of private military companies such as DynCorp can escape prosecution for crimes they commit overseas.

It seems that various legislative hurdles are blocking police forces from holding profiles from foreign nationals known to have committed offences overseas, a problem that may also affect some offenders convicted in Scotland and Northern Ireland.