News from June 2020
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: PHILIPPINES: Tier 1. The Government of the Philippines 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 Philippines remained on Tier 1. These efforts included improving...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: MALI: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Mali does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included prosecuting hereditary slavery cases for the first time, increasing convictions, and continuing training and...
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: THE GAMBIA: Tier 2 Watch List.
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 State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: SOLOMON ISLANDS: Tier 2. The Government of the Solomon Islands 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 the Solomon...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ANTOINE NARCISSE, age 24, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe for conspiracy to commit access device fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO -Jack Abramoff has been charged in a criminal information with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and violating the Lobbying Disclosure Act. In a connected case, a federal grand jury in San Francisco has indicted Rowland Marcus Andrade for wire fraud and money laundering. The announcements...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: BRAZIL: Tier 2. The Government of Brazil 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 Brazil remained on Tier 2. These...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - With a new indictment issued by a federal grand jury this week, a man and woman from Orange County now both face charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the slaying last year of a man whose body was found floating in the Pacific Ocean with gunshot and blunt force trauma wounds.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: EL SALVADOR: Tier 2. The Government of El Salvador 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 El Salvador remained...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: NIGER: Tier 2. The Government of Niger 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 Niger remained on Tier 2. Officials...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: CAMBODIA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Cambodia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included continuing to prosecute and convict traffickers; establishing a new five-year action plan to combat trafficking;...
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 Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Planning and Development Council of Parkersburg, West Virginia, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: NETHERLANDS: Tier 1. The Government of the Netherlands 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 Netherlands remained on Tier 1. These efforts included investigating ...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: BULGARIA: Tier 2. The Government of Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria remained on Tier 2.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: IRAN: Tier 3. The Government of Iran does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore Iran remained on Tier 3. During the reporting period, there continued to be a government policy or pattern of recruiting and using...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Tier 2. The Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) 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;...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: IRELAND: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Ireland does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included increasing prosecutions and funding to NGOs for victim assistance. The government also increased the number ...
