News from June 2020
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: GUATEMALA: Tier 2. The Government of Guatemala 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 Guatemala remained on Tier...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: BARBADOS: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Barbados does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included completing an anti-trafficking manual on assisting and interviewing victims, formally reinstating the...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Brecksville, OH - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, James A. Garfield and First Ladies National Historic Sites and Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) are increasing recreational access and services.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: COTE D’IVOIRE: Tier 2. The Government of Cote d’Ivoire 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 Cote d’Ivoire remained...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Today, leaders of the Energy and Commerce and Science, Space, and Technology Committees submitted a comment to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler for the proposed rule on the Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter (PM), ...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: BURKINA FASO: Tier 2. The Government of Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso remained...
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A 31-year-old Bowie County, Texas, man has been convicted of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), chair of the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, sent a letter to President Trump today questioning his administration’s unexplained failure to distribute $300 million in financial aid to Tribal, subsistence...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: BRUNEI: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Brunei does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included passing the 2019 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Order, which separated the crimes of migrant smuggling and human...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn today announced that five defendants have been sentenced this week for conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and making false statements regarding that fraud to the government. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and Army Criminal Investigations Division (Army CID), joined in the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Darrin Demrow, 41, Brodhead, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to six years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Demrow pleaded guilty to this charge on Jan. 16, 2020.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: HONG KONG: Tier 2 Watch List.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue’s announcement of five federal school nutrition program flexibilities through June 30, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Novartis Hellas S.A.C.I. and Alcon Pte Ltd Agree to Pay over $233 Million Combined to Resolve Criminal FCPA Cases.
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: SOUTH AFRICA: Tier 2. The Government of South Africa 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 South Africa was upgraded...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: COTE D’IVOIRE: Tier 2. The Government of Cote d’Ivoire 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 Cote d’Ivoire remained...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Salt Lake City man pleaded guilty Thursday to a conspiracy to commit bank fraud that attempted to defraud financial institutions of more than $1.5 million, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Dinosaur, CO and Jensen, UT - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Dinosaur National Monument is increasing access by reopening monument visitor centers and the Dinosaur Quarry Exhibit Hall. The National...
