News from June 2020
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: BHUTAN: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Bhutan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government made key achievements during the reporting period; therefore Bhutan was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List. These achievements...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: TURKEY: Tier 2. The Government of Turkey 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 Turkey remained on Tier 2. These ...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: NAMIBIA: Tier 1. The Government of Namibia fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government made key achievements to do so during the reporting period; therefore Namibia was upgraded to Tier 1. These achievements included finalizing implementing regulations for the...
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that D’Angelo Smith, 43, Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 12 years in prison for possessing more than 100 grams of heroin with the intent to distribute it. Smith pleaded guilty to this charge on Jan. 21, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on June 25, 2020, Shane Allen Edgerly, 44, of Milton, Vermont, was sentenced in United States District Court in Rutland to serve 87 months in prison after his guilty plea to one count of possession of child pornography. Chief U.S. District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford also ordered Edgerly to serve a 10-year term of supervised release, and to pay a $100 special assessment.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: NIGERIA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Nigeria does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included continuing efforts to train government officials and raise public awareness, collaborating with international...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: ZAMBIA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of the Republic of Zambia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making efforts to do so. These efforts included increasing law enforcement trainings, establishing two fast-track human trafficking courts, and conducting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee was re-sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for sexually exploiting a child, using USPS computers to access child pornography and possessing child pornography.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: AUSTRALIA: Tier 1. The Government of Australia fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period; therefore Australia remained on Tier 1. These efforts included increasing investigations,...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Colorado, in partnership with the Colorado Springs Police Department has purchased a dog capable of sniffing out electronics used in child exploitation investigations. The purchase was announced today.
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: DJIBOUTI: Tier 2. The Government of Djibouti 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 Djibouti remained on Tier 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: BOISE - Bryan Lee Thieme, 39, of Twin Falls, was sentenced to 200 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of children, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also imposed lifetime supervised release to follow Thieme’s prison sentence. Thieme pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 21, 2019.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: INDIA: Tier 2. The Government of India 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 India remained on Tier 2. These efforts...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: SAINT LUCIA: Tier 2. The Government of Saint Lucia 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 Saint Lucia remained...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to South Jersey Economic Development District, Inc., Vineland, New Jersey, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Lake Champlain-Lake George Regional Planning Board of Lake George, New York, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: MAURITANIA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Mauritania does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, but is making significant efforts to do so. The government made key achievements during the reporting period; therefore Mauritania was upgraded to Tier 2 Watch List.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: CHINA: Tier 3. The Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore the PRC remained on Tier 3. Despite the lack of significant efforts, the government took some steps...
