News from June 2020
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: LOGAN, UTAH, June 25, 2020-Exotic Bee ID, a website created through a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Utah State University (USU) to help identify non-native bees in the United States, has been expanded to include more information and species.
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 Southwest Tennessee Development District, Jackson, Tennessee, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: HONG KONG: Tier 2 Watch List.
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: HONDURAS: Tier 2. The Government of Honduras 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 Honduras remained on Tier 2.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: CAMEROON: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of the Republic of Cameroon does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included investigating at least nine suspected trafficking cases, identifying 77 victims, and...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: KAZAKHSTAN: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Kazakhstan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included adopting amendments that increased criminal penalties for traffickers and rescinding the provision...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Pawtucket man who admitted to selling significant quantities of fentanyl on the streets of Pawtucket is facing between five and eighty years in federal prison after pleading guilty in U.S. District Court to drug trafficking charges.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: BURMA: Tier 3. The Government of Burma does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore Burma remained on Tier 3. Despite the lack of significant efforts, the government increased investigations and prosecutions of...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: KENYA: Tier 2. The Government of Kenya 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 Kenya remained on Tier 2. These efforts...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: PALAU: Tier 2. The Government of Palau 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 Palau remained on Tier 2. These efforts...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA-Five projects are planned during the 2020 summer season in the Stephen Mather Wilderness to re-supply two remote fire lookout towers, remove and replace high alpine composting toilet systems, deliver supplies for trail / re-vegetation projects, deliver a large metal gate at a historic mine entrance, and remove steel beams from a washed out bridge.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: GUINEA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Guinea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included drafting a new anti-trafficking national action plan, providing some support to eight victims exploited in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: PIKEVILLE, KY- Amy Jo King, 40, of Bybro, Ky., and Christopher A. Moore, 41, of Kite, Ky., were sentenced in court on Thursday to 262 months and 108 months, respectively, in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, for conspiracy and possession with intention to distribute methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: BELIZE: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Belize does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included initiating more trafficking investigations, convicting a trafficker, and screening for potential trafficking...
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: MEMPHIS, TN -Maurice Nash, A/K/A “Monster," 47, of Atoka, TN has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: LUXEMBOURG: Tier 1. The Government of Luxembourg fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period; therefore Luxembourg remained on Tier 1. These efforts included increasing resources...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: SINGAPORE: Tier 1. The Government of Singapore fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government made key achievements to do so during the reporting period; therefore Singapore was upgraded to Tier 1. These achievements included convicting its first labor trafficking...
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.
