That case seeks garnishment of millions of dollars in frozen assets from U.S. bank accounts connected to the FARC.
This week the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear the case, which could affect a number of other white-collar cases where the government has frozen assets upon issuing an indictment.
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The Treasury lists nine outfits as fronts for the Tigers, and has frozen the assets of four Sri Lankans.
The African Union and ECOWAS have also slapped the military junta with travel and economic restrictions and have frozen its assets.
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The African Union has frozen the assets held abroad by junta members.
The Iranians want to talk about America's economic sanctions which, while not stifling, make life harder and costlier, and the release of frozen Iranian assets.
Since 2003, Christian notes, investors have been hoarding gold in Australia, Malaysia and Thailand, all places with no political risk--that is, their governments have historically not frozen private assets.
The EU has already frozen the assets of dozens of groups and individuals linked to Afghanistan's Taliban, Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network, and other Islamic radical organisations.
It doesn't cover "regular" insolvencies, where a bank is just shut down, its assets frozen and liquidated.
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The company has had its assets frozen and is under investigation by the stock exchange's regulating body.
People are angry that the king's son-in-law will only have some assets frozen if he does not pay his bail.
His assets frozen, Dr. Gleason, represented by an appointed Federal Defender, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in a plea bargain.
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U.S President Barack Obama has frozen the American assets of seven foreigners who have been identified as foreign narcotics kingpins under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.
Friday's lifting of sanctions did not include reinstating direct air service between the United States and Libya, nor is the release of frozen Libyan government assets authorized.
The EU squeezed Mr Mugabe harder this week by adding 27 Zimbabwean officials and 36 companies to a black list, with assets frozen and travel in Europe barred.
Thaksin, who bought City last June, had his assets frozen and fled to Britain last month to escape corruption charges in Thailand, claiming that he could not be assured of a fair trial.
Fraudsters face jail, and their assets are frozen and divided up among their victims.
Following his arrest, Mr Dotcom's assets were frozen and he has been placed under house arrest at his New Zealand mansion.
It is one of two Islamic Chicago-based charities whose assets were frozen.
Adm Na Tchuto - whose assets were frozen by Washington in 2010 - was arrested after a failed coup in Guinea-Bissau in December 2011, but released in June.
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"Considering that most of the funds transferred to Cyprus are dodgy, their owners understand perfectly well that should their assets be frozen, it will be quite problematic for them to defend themselves in court, " Trud says.
His assets were recently frozen during a dispute with his ex-girlfriend following their split.
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The US Government has frozen the US-based assets of 243 individuals, businesses and groups, Mr Gurule said.
The only other way to bankrupt the firm would be for creditors to call in loans, which Yukos cannot repay because its assets have been frozen by a court.
The group is on the list of 27 whose assets have been ordered frozen by the U.S. government.
The 72 Zimbabwean leaders have also had any assets in the EU frozen.
Serbian financial assets outside of Serbia should be frozen.
On 6 October 2010, peers welcomed changes introduced by Treasury minister Lord Sassoon to the Terrorist Asset Freezing Bill that would mean that the assets of a person can be permanently frozen only if the Treasury "believe" rather than "suspect" that they are engaged in terrorism.
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