News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man was indicted today on charges of importing and selling misbranded pharmaceutical-grade erectile dysfunction drugs from China that were marketed as herbal remedies for men, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: A Toledo man currently serving 18 years in state prison for shooting at police officers was indicted in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to traffic fentanyl and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Christian J. Schurman, Director of the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (“DSS") at the United States Department of State, announced today the arrest of MARIA LUISA ESTRELLA JAIDI (“JAIDI")...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Gabon is a republic with a presidential form of government dominated by the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) and headed by President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has held power since 1967. Bongo Ondimba was declared winner of the 2016 presidential election. Observers noted numerous irregularities...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Tajikistan is an authoritarian state dominated politically by President Emomali Rahmon and his supporters. The constitution provides for a multiparty political system, but the government has historically obstructed political pluralism and continued to do so during the year. Constitutional amendments...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Estonia is a multiparty, constitutional democracy with a unicameral parliament, a prime minister as head of government, and a president as head of state. The prime minister and cabinet generally represent the party or coalition of parties with a majority of seats in the parliament. The most recent parliamentary ...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL), Chair of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's oversight hearing on the General Services Administration (GSA).
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Vanuatu is a multiparty parliamentary democracy with a freely elected government. The president is head of state. Parliament elected Tallis Obed Moses president in July 2017. Following a snap election in 2016, which observers considered generally free and fair, parliament elected Charlot Salwai as prime minister.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: DETROIT - The Drug Enforcement Administration urges its DEA-registered practitioners and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA or other law enforcement personnel threatening arrest and prosecution for supposed violations of federal drug laws or involvement in drug-trafficking activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Philadelphia-Area Doctor Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Distributing Oxycodone.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is a democratic republic with a bicameral parliament. Many governmental functions are the responsibility of two entities within the state, the Federation and the Republika Srpska (RS), as well as the Brcko District, an autonomous administrative unit under BiH sovereignty.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Owner of Washington, D.C.-Based Durable Medical Equipment Company Sentenced to Prison for Role in $9.8 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) is an authoritarian state led by the Kim family for 70 years. Shortly after Kim Jong Il’s death in late 2011, his son Kim Jong Un was named marshal of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army. He is currently the Chairman...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A federal grand jury today issued a four-count indictment against a Long Beach man for his role in the May 15, 2018 bombing of the Magyar Kozmetica spa in Aliso Viejo that killed the man’s ex-girlfriend and seriously injured two other people.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A federal grand jury today issued a four-count indictment against a Long Beach man for his role in the May 15, 2018 bombing of the Magyar Kozmetica spa in Aliso Viejo that killed the man’s ex-girlfriend and seriously injured two other people.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Nambe Pueblo Man Charged Federally with Aggravated Sexual Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months imprisonment with six years of supervised release on his conviction of a federal narcotics charge, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: The Azerbaijani constitution provides for a republic with a presidential form of government. Legislative authority is vested in the Milli Mejlis (National Assembly). The presidency is the predominant branch of government, exceeding the judiciary and legislature. The election observation mission of the...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has a constitutional monarchy and a democratic parliamentary form of government with a popularly elected unicameral Chamber of Deputies (parliament). The prime minister is the leader of the dominant party or party coalition in parliament. On Oct. 14, the country held parliamentary elections that observers considered free and fair.