News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GEORGE HAJATI, 41, of Cromwell, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for operating an auto loan fraud scheme while...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, DC, June 25, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a range of nationwide flexibilities to ensure America’s children receive the nutritious food they need throughout the upcoming school year. These waivers give states, schools, and childcare providers time to plan for how they will serve children in the fall, including allowing for new and innovative feeding options as the nation recovers from the coronavirus.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: NEW YORK - Twenty-six alleged Trinitario gang members were charged Thursday in Bronx District court following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York, the Bronx District Attorney’s Office, and the New York City Department of Correction’s Correction Intelligence Bureau, with...
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: BANGLADESH: Tier 2. The Government of Bangladesh 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 Bangladesh was upgraded...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: ERITREA: Tier 3. The Government of Eritrea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore Eritrea remained on Tier 3. Despite the lack of significant efforts, during the reporting year the government engaged in critical...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: SURINAME: Tier 2. The Government of Suriname 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 Suriname remained on Tier 2.
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 State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: PORTUGAL: Tier 1. The Government of Portugal fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period; therefore Portugal remained on Tier 1. These efforts included opening a new government-funded ...
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 DOL Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement today after Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos issued a new rule to ensure students whose learning was impacted by COVID-19, whether public or private, are served fairly by emergency funding authorized in the CARES Act ...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: VENEZUELA: Tier 3. The Government of Venezuela does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making any efforts to do so; therefore Venezuela remained on Tier 3. On Jan. 10, 2019, the term of former president Nicolas Maduro ended. On Jan. 23, 2019, Juan...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: ROMANIA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Romania does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included identifying significantly more trafficking victims, participating in twice as many international investigations...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Eddil Ortez, 26, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to attempted possession of fentanyl and cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: JAMAICA: Tier 2. The Government of Jamaica does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period; therefore Jamaica remained on Tier 2.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: VIETNAM: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Vietnam does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included providing trafficking victims the affirmative right to legal representation in judicial proceedings; increasing...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: SWEDEN: Tier 1. The Government of Sweden fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period; therefore Sweden remained on Tier 1. These efforts included investigating more trafficking...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: ICELAND: Tier 2. The Government of Iceland 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 Iceland remained on Tier 2. These ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Sean Deandre Martin, 33, of Charleston, was sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Johnson, previously convicted of drug and violent offenses, was arrested with more than 4 pounds of meth.
