News from June 2020
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: UKRAINE: Tier 2. The Government of Ukraine 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 Ukraine remained on Tier 2. These ...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: TUNISIA: Tier 2. The Government of Tunisia 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 Tunisia remained on Tier 2. These...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Janalee M. Ramirez, 35, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today to five years and three months, (63 months), in federal prison, by Chief United States District John M. Gerrard, for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of actual (pure) methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine mixture. Following the prison term, Ramirez will serve three years on supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
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: TAIWAN: Tier 1. Taiwan authorities fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. Authorities continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period; therefore Taiwan remained on Tier 1. These efforts included improved interagency coordination to combat...
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: ZIMBABWE: Tier 2. The Government of Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe remained on Tier 2.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: NEW ZEALAND: Tier 1. The Government of New Zealand fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period; therefore New Zealand remained on Tier 1. These efforts included investigating eight...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: SRI LANKA: Tier 2 Watch List.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: CUBA: Tier 3. The Government of Cuba does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore Cuba remained on Tier 3. Despite the lack of significant efforts, the government took some steps to address trafficking, including...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Cory Booker, D-N.J., recently led a bipartisan group of 20 Senators in sending a letter to urge the inclusion of S. 903, the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA), within S. 4049, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel Sterling, a/k/a Pancho, a/k/a Jose, 43, of Louisville, KY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, five kilograms or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $20,000,000 fine.
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 State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: GHANA: Tier 2. The Government of Ghana 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 Ghana remained on Tier 2. These efforts...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: GUYANA: Tier 1. The Government of Guyana fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period; therefore Guyana remained on Tier 1. The government demonstrated serious and sustained efforts...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was charged today with allegedly receiving files depicting child sexual abuse and concealing objects to impede the FBI’s investigation, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE: Tier 2. The Government of the Republic of the Congo 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...
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: SOUTH SUDAN: Tier 3. The Government of the Republic of South Sudan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore South Sudan remained on Tier 3. Despite the lack of significant efforts, the government took some steps...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Patrick Comeaux, 30, of Lafayette, Louisiana, pled guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carol B. Whitehurst, to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
