News from June 2020
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: Tier 2. The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 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: TONGA: Tier 2. The Government of Tonga 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 Tonga remained on Tier 2. These efforts...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: INDIA: Tier 2. The Government of India 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 India remained on Tier 2. These efforts...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Washington - USDA’s Farm Service Agency will now accept applications for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) through an online portal, expanding the options available to producers to apply for this program, which helps offset price declines and additional marketing costs because of the coronavirus...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: LITHUANIA: Tier 1. The Government of Lithuania fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period; therefore Lithuania remained on Tier 1. These efforts included authorities investigating...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) recently removed convicted felon, Manuel Garcia Velasco, 58, from the United States to Mexico via ICE Air Operations (IAO) charter, June 23.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Tier 2 Watch List.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: An opinion piece by Sens. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., in Agri-Pulse.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: ZAMBIA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of the Republic of Zambia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making efforts to do so. These efforts included increasing law enforcement trainings, establishing two fast-track human trafficking courts, and conducting...
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: TURKMENISTAN: Tier 3. The Government of Turkmenistan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore Turkmenistan remained on Tier 3. Despite the lack of significant efforts, the government took some steps to address...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JESUS SEGUINOT, also known as “Chuchi," 30, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for drug distribution and gun possession offenses.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: LAOS: Tier 2. The Government of Laos 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 Laos was upgraded to Tier 2. These...
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: SEYCHELLES: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Seychelles does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government allocated an operational and programmatic budget to the National Coordinating Committee on Trafficking in...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF: Tier 3.
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: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Bobby Hunt, 27, and Amy Dean, 31, both of Jamestown, NY, who were convicted of conspiracy to retaliate against an informant, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. Hunt was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison and Dean was sentenced to a period of time served (approximately three months).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Mexican national who was arrested for drunk driving after illegally entering the United States for the seventh time was sentenced in federal court today.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: MALAYSIA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Malaysia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included identifying more victims than the previous reporting period, increasing the number of trafficking-specialist...
