News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), and Raymond P. Donovan...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: CURAÇAO: Tier 2 Watch List†. The Government of Curaçao does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included prosecuting and convicting more traffickers, including a complicit official. However, the government did...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: BURUNDI: Tier 3. The Government of Burundi does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore Burundi remained on Tier 3. Despite the lack of significant efforts, the government took some steps to address trafficking...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: VIETNAM: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Vietnam does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included providing trafficking victims the affirmative right to legal representation in judicial proceedings; increasing...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: PANAMA: Tier 2. The Government of Panama does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period; therefore Panama remained on Tier 2. These...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: SRI LANKA: Tier 2 Watch List.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person, and Child Abuse.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: UNITED KINGDOM: Tier 1. The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period; therefore the UK remained on Tier 1. These efforts included increasing...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: NORTH MACEDONIA: Tier 2. The Government of North Macedonia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period; therefore North Macedonia...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - National Park Service rangers are searching for an adult female who went missing near Special Events Beach June 24.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of State released its 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report :
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: ERITREA: Tier 3. The Government of Eritrea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore Eritrea remained on Tier 3. Despite the lack of significant efforts, during the reporting year the government engaged in critical...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Local schools and childcare providers are empowered to adapt meal service operations for the upcoming school year WASHINGTON, June 25, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a range of nationwide flexibilities to ensure America’s children receive the nutritious food they need ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: June Progress Report Shows USDA Played Key Role in Connecting 430,000 Rural Americans, Improving Investment Data, and Cutting Red-Tape WASHINGTON, June 25, 2020 - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture joined its government partners to release a Progress Report detailing the accomplishments of the ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: CARES Act ReConnect Funding to Connect 2,779 Rural Households to High-Speed Broadband WASHINGTON, June 25, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $12.5 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Georgia. This investment is part of the $100 million in grant funding made available for the ReConnect Pilot Program through the CARES Act.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 25, 2020 – Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) forged a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) by signing the National Programmatic Agreement among the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Programs, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for Sequencing Section 106 (USDA-RD NPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Novartis Hellas S.A.C.I. (Novartis Greece), a subsidiary of Novartis AG, a Switzerland-based global pharmaceutical company, and Alcon Pte Ltd, a former subsidiary of Novartis AG and current subsidiary of Alcon Inc., a multinational eye care company, have agreed to pay a combined total of more than $233 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: A Houston pharmacist and his wife were sentenced today for their roles in an approximately $21.8 million Department of Labor (DOL) - Office of Workers Compensation Programs and Federal Employees Compensation Act fraud scheme.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Five federal regulatory agencies today finalized a rule modifying the Volcker rule's prohibition on banking entities investing in or sponsoring hedge funds or private equity funds—known as covered funds. The final rule is broadly similar to the proposed rule from January.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Five federal agencies have finalized changes to their swap margin rule to facilitate the implementation of prudent risk management strategies at banks and other entities with significant swap activities.
