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Recent News About U.S. Department of Justice
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Is it a “fox hunt” for suspects wanted in China or repeated violations of international laws? Are the Chinese ignoring the rights of people living in the United States by seizing them and forcing them to return to China against their will?
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Two Illinois men were sentenced to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute heroin.
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A Georgia man was convicted of attempted online child enticement, according to a March 30 news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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A Illinois man was sentenced to 20 years in a federal prison for offenses, including drug trafficking and unlawful use of firearms.
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A man was charged with a transnational repression campaign while acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government in the United States.
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A jury found a Little Rock man guilty of sex trafficking and the distribution and production of child pornography.
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The U.S. Department of Justice reported a yearslong case involving an organized fraud ring in Michigan has come to a close.
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Five men have received significant sentences for their roles in the Tri City Bombers racketeering conspiracy, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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A federal judge reportedly sentenced an Arkansas man to 18 years in prison for traveling with the intent of having sex with a minor, a March 14 news release said.
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A former North Carolina police sergeant was re-sentenced for using excessive force in a case where he reportedly threw a handcuffed woman onto pavement, causing a variety of facial injuries, according to a Feb. 17 U.S. Department of Justice news release.
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A Douglasville, Ga., man who used fraudulent emails to defraud the San Felipe-Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District of over $2 million has been sentenced to 52 months in prison.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland recently issued a guidance memo on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to heads of U.S. executive departments and agencies.
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Federal authorities have unsealed an indictment charging a Russian citizen in connection with an election interference scheme that includes making illegal political contributions as a foreign national and conspiring to make illegal political contributions in the names of straw donors, according to a March 14 Department of Justice news release.
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An Anchorage, Alaska, man has been convicted for his role in a drug trafficking operation, including murder and drug charges, according to a March 15 news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Today, the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are issuing a rule to improve and expedite processing of asylum claims made by noncitizens subject to expedited removal, ensuring that those who are eligible for asylum are granted relief quickly, and those who are not are promptly removed.
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A Lee U.S. Penitentiary inmate identified as a MS-13 gang member has pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder another prisoner at the high-security facility for male prisoners, making him the fifth person charged in the case to enter a guilty plea.
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Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen today met virtually with representatives from Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the European Commission, to launch the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs (REPO) multilateral task force.
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A Howard Beach, New York man associated with the Gambino organized-crime syndicate has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and $75,000 in restitution for his confessed role in an extortion plot involving arson.
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Federal authorities said earlier in March that more than a dozen Kentucky residents were indicted for animal fighting charges.
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U.S. federal agencies are easing or even ending many indoor masking requirements, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last month that it was removing most masking recommendations due to lower reported cases of COVID-19.