News from June 2020
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: CABO VERDE: Tier 2. The Government of Cabo Verde 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 Cabo Verde remained on...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: MOZAMBIQUE: Tier 2. The Government of Mozambique 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 Mozambique remained on...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: BELARUS: Tier 3. The Government of Belarus does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking because of a government policy or government pattern of government-sponsored forced labor in public works projects and the agricultural sector; therefore Belarus remained on Tier 3.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: CHAD: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Chad does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included convicting one trafficker for the first time under its recent 2018 law and adopting a formal Road Map to implement...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: UGANDA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Uganda does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included investigating allegations of complicit officials, implementing the protection and prevention provisions of...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: HAITI: Tier 2. The Government of Haiti 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 Haiti remained on Tier 2. These efforts...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: For Production of Child Pornography. SOUTH BEND - Brandon Kramer, age 29, of Goshen, Indiana was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio upon his guilty plea to production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Mr. Kramer was sentenced to 188 months in prison...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Katmai National Park & Preserve, King Salmon, AK - We are excited to reveal the winning design selected for the 2020 Brooks Camp Bear Pins Design Competition, submitted by local artist LaRece Egli.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF: Tier 3. The Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore the DPRK remained on Tier 3. During...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: CHAD: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Chad does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included convicting one trafficker for the first time under its recent 2018 law and adopting a formal Road Map to implement...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: EGYPT: Tier 2. The Government of Egypt 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 Egypt remained on Tier 2. The government...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: SPECIAL CASE: YEMEN. Yemen remains a Special Case for the fifth consecutive year. The civil conflict and humanitarian crisis in Yemen continued during the reporting period. Information on human trafficking in the country has been increasingly difficult to obtain since March 2015, after which much of...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: MOLDOVA: Tier 2. The Government of Moldova 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 Moldova remained on Tier 2. These ...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: TAJIKISTAN: Tier 2. The Government of Tajikistan 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 Tajikistan remained on...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that Wayne Smith pled guilty yesterday to causing a firearm to be present in a federal facility. Sentencing has been scheduled for Oct. 29, 2020.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: MALAWI: Tier 2. The Government of Malawi 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 Malawi was upgraded to Tier 2.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: ANGOLA: Tier 2. The government of Angola 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 Angola was upgraded to Tier 2.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: TOGO: Tier 2. The Government of Togo 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 Togo remained on Tier 2. These efforts...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: CABO VERDE: Tier 2. The Government of Cabo Verde 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 Cabo Verde remained on...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Piedmont Healthcare, Inc., an Atlanta-based hospital system, has agreed to pay $16 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and Medicaid for procedures at the more expensive inpatient level of care instead of the less costly outpatient or observation...
