News from June 2020
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: FRANCE: Tier 1. The Government of France fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period; therefore France remained on Tier 1. These efforts included increasing prosecutions and convictions ...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE: Tier 2.
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 Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., today introduced legislation to preserve and expand affordable housing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: RWANDA: Tier 2. The Government of Rwanda 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 Rwanda remained on Tier 2. These...
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 State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: SIERRA LEONE: Tier 2. The Government of Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone was upgraded...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: ARMENIA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Armenia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government made legislative amendments and regulations to strengthen the health and labor inspection body (HLIB) and provided...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: NORTH BEND, Ore. - As the weather warms and fire danger increases, the Coos Bay District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is implementing public use restrictions on BLM-managed lands on the southern Oregon coast. Starting June 25, 2020 at 12:01 a.m., certain activities on BLM-managed lands in Coos...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE: Tier 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Yakima Man Sentenced in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that a Washington man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a long-running scheme in which he and his criminal associates developed distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets. The defendant used the botnets to facilitate DDoS attacks, which occur when multiple computers acting in unison flood targeted computers with information to prevent them from being able to access the internet.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: Tier 2. The Government of Antigua and Barbuda 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 Antigua...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ryan Hamilton, 28, of Bath, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of 20 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Wilson County man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release for firearms offenses related to drug dealing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal grand jury last week indicted a felon in connection to a burglary of a gun and pawn shop in Jasper, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Explosives and Firearms Acting Special Agent in Frank Haera.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: AFGHANISTAN: Tier 3. The Government of Afghanistan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore Afghanistan was downgraded to Tier 3. Despite the lack of significant efforts, the government took some steps to address...
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 State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Tier 2 Watch List.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that in 2019, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument placed among the highest sites in annual visitation to the National Park System. The combined 2019 total visitors to Glen Canyon and Rainbow Bridge was 4.4 million, who spent $427 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 5,243 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $502.7 million.
