News from July 2018
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Greece’s government has steadily increased its positive rhetoric regarding foreign investment since assuming power in 2015. However, the country continues to present a challenging climate for investment, both foreign and domestic. At the end of Q1 2018, public debt reached a high of 179 percent of GDP.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Markell Quashan Sweargin, 20, of Lubbock, Tex., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 30 months in prison for transporting a person in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in prostitution. Sweargin will be on supervised release for 15 years after completing his prison sentence.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Former Soviet republic Moldova has made some progress towards adopting the principles of a free-market democracy since gaining its independence in 1991, but still has significant shortcomings in its investment climate. Moldova regained relative stability in 2017 providing the new cabinet room for reform ...
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Located in the Baltic region of northeastern Europe, Latvia is a member of the EU, eurozone, NATO, OECD, and the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Latvian government recognizes that, as a small country, it must attract foreign investment in order to foster economic growth, and thus has pursued liberal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A resident of Cheyenne, Wyoming and creator of "Fitwall" exercise equipment pleaded guilty today to two counts of willfully failing to file his income tax returns and one count of making a fraudulent application for health care benefits. The change of plea was announced by Principal Deputy...
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Georgia is located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Since the Rose Revolution, Georgia has made sweeping economic reforms, moving from a near-failed state in 2003 to a relatively well-functioning market economy in 2017. Through dramatic police and institutional reforms, the government ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An Idaho man was sentenced today to 168 months in federal prison for his involvement in the armed assault against federal law enforcement officers that occurred in April 2014, in the Bunkerville, Nevada, area, during the removal and impoundment of Cliven Bundy’s cattle that were trespassing on federal public lands, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Contact: Kristen Maxfield, 402-376-1901.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 38-year-old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possessing stolen mail, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick along with Postal Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS). Christopher Escobedo pleaded guilty March 29, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Parlin, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for delivering two kilograms of heroin to another individual in Harrison, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a markup of the nomination of Charles Rettig to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Deandre Smith, age 28, Karron Wheeler, age 35, and Brandon Kellum, age 25, all of Baltimore, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, to a drug conspiracy involving the distribution of heroin and fentanyl, just before jury selection for their trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 31-year-old resident of Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, has been ordered to prison following his conviction for conspiracy with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Rolando Garcia-Fuentes pleaded guilty March 2, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Willie Joe Mason, 43, of Memphis, Tennessee, pled guilty today before Senior United States District Judge William H. Barbour, Jr. for his role in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Romero Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: BOISE - A federal grand jury indicted thirteen members and associates of the Aryan Knights and Severely Violent Criminals gangs for crimes including drug distribution, conspiracy, and unlawful possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. The charges stem from an investigation by the Treasure Valley Metro Violent Crimes Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Donald Cain, 49, of Henderson, Nevada, and formerly of Conroe, Texas, and Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by John A. Woodcock Jr. to five years in prison and three years of supervised release for interstate stalking. He pled guilty on Jan. 11, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Irvington, New Jersey, man appeared in federal court today to face allegations that he robbed three North Jersey banks between January and April 2018, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Portugal’s economy is fully integrated into the European Union (EU). Fellow EU member states remain Portugal’s biggest trading partners and its largest investors. Portugal complies with EU law for equal treatment of foreign and domestic investors. Beyond Europe, Portugal maintains significant links with former colonies including Brazil, Angola, and Mozambique.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: As Europe’s largest economy, Germany is a major destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) and has accumulated a vast stock of FDI over time. Germany has been consistently ranked by business consultancies as one of the most attractive destinations for FDI, thanks to the country’s reliable infrastructure ...
