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 JONATHAN VELEZ, also known as “Jay" and “King Jay," 26, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: BOLIVIA: Tier 2. The Government of Bolivia 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 Bolivia was upgraded to Tier...
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: 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 Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you Chairman Doggett for convening this hearing. I have long been concerned about the health and safety of the millions of Americans who receive care in nursing facilities working to get the Administration to address gaps in oversight and consumer protections. The death...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: UGANDA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Uganda does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included investigating allegations of complicit officials, implementing the protection and prevention provisions of...
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Abramoff Also Agrees to Enter Guilty Plea to First-Ever Criminal Prosecution.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: ALBANIA: Tier 2. The Government of Albania 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 Albania remained on Tier 2. These...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: ST. MAARTEN: Tier 2‡. The Government of St. Maarten 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 St. Maarten remained...
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: LIBERIA: Tier 2. The Government of Liberia 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 Liberia was upgraded to Tier...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Ki’Ana Speights, a former U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) summer intern, reflects on what environmental justice means to her. Speights graduated in May from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, with a major in environmental science and a minor in social justice.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: ESTONIA: Tier 1. The Government of Estonia fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period; therefore Estonia remained on Tier 1. These efforts included investigating and prosecuting...
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Five Augusta-area men are headed to federal prison after being sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in separate cases involving firearms.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, June 25, 2020-When Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists played detective to identify an unknown invader that had set up a nursery in a honey bee colony, they solved a small mystery and expanded ideas about housing for solitary bees.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
Release: LEBANON: Tier 2. The Government of Lebanon 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 Lebanon remained on Tier 2. These...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the independent and nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued its first report on oversight of the CARES Act...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mineral supply chains, the role of those supply chains in economic and national security, and the challenges America faces in rebuilding them. This is the committee’s ninth hearing on the importance of minerals to supply chains during Murkowski’s time as Chairman and Ranking Member.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Georgia. Overview: In 2019, Georgia, a longstanding member of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, continued its robust engagement with the United States across a range of CT-related issues. Georgia participated in numerous bilateral CT exercises and trainings with the United States and remained a strong...
