News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EYISIEL ORTEGA, also known as “EG," “D" and “E," 21, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden to 90 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for drug distribution and gun possession offenses. Judge Bolden ordered Ortega to serve the first six months of his supervised release in home confinement.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Somalia. Overview: The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) remained a committed partner of the United States in the ongoing fight against al-Shabaab (AS) and ISIS-Somalia, taking significant steps to implement security sector and other institutional reforms designed to improve its CT capabilities. However...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Mexico. Overview: Counterterrorism cooperation between Mexico and the United States remained strong. In 2011, the Mexican government aided U.S. efforts to disrupt an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States. An operative, who planned to contact a Mexican criminal organization...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Ashburn woman made her initial appearance in federal court this afternoon for conspiracy to commit wire fraud after allegedly submitting false loan applications in connection with the COVID-19 outbreak that resulted in the disbursement of over $1.4 million in proceeds under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP").
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Michael and Regan Dube to Pay More than $9 million.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Canada. Overview: Canada remains one of the strongest and most able U.S. partners in the global fight against terrorism, and CT cooperation with Canada is excellent. Prosecutors continued to face challenges in bringing to trial cases underpinned by battlefield evidence. Canada generally declined to repatriate...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Syria. Designated in 1979 as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Syria continued its political and military support to various terrorist groups. The regime continued to provide weapons and political support to Hizballah and continued to allow Iran to rearm and finance the terrorist organization. The Assad...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Kenya. Overview: In 2019, Kenya suffered its worst terrorist attack in four years when al-Shabaab (AS) attacked the Dusit D2 hotel complex in Nairobi. The use of a suicide vest and the targeting of civilians were notable. Additionally, the region bordering Somalia continued to suffer attacks, particularly...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Tyree Walker, 23, Devarian Haynes, 23, and Ricardo Densmore, 24, all of Las Vegas, were arraigned in federal court today on an indictment charging them for conspiring to and setting fire to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department vehicle during a protest in Las Vegas three weeks ago, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District, Taunton, Massachusetts, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Cameroon. Overview: In 2019, Cameroon experienced a resurgence of terrorist activity in the Far North Region. While the Government of Cameroon attributed most terrorist attacks to BH, ISIS-WA likely perpetrated a significant number of assaults. A December 11 Amnesty International report stated that 275...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorneys Justin Herdman, David DeVillers and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today that the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) has awarded the Ohio Attorney General’s Organized Crime Investigations Commission $3,658,998 in funding to combat the illegal manufacture and distribution of heroin and prescription opioids in Ohio.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Uganda. Overview: The Government of Uganda (GOU) continued to make important contributions toward CT efforts in East Africa and the Horn of Africa in 2019. As the largest troop contributing country to AMISOM, Uganda remained a key partner in regional efforts to neutralize al-Shabaab. However, in April...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Kuwait. Overview: During 2019, the Government of Kuwait participated in or conducted a significant number of training programs to build CT capacity and to counter terrorism financing. Kuwait is a regional leader in the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, part of the Defeat-ISIS Coalition Small Group, and...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: South Africa. Overview: South Africa saw a decrease in suspected terrorism-related incidents in 2019, following an unusually high number of incidents in 2018. ISIS facilitation networks and cells remained a threat, after being first publicly acknowledged by the South African government in 2016. Regional...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Trevor C. Maaske, age 21, of Loomis, Nebraska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to 144 months’ imprisonment for receipt and distribution of child pornography. There is no parole in the federal system. After his...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Shawn Growden, age 30, of Winchester, Virginia, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Baltimore, Maryland to federal charges of possessing and distributing heroin and fentanyl.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Bangladesh. Overview: Bangladesh experienced a small increase in terrorist activity in 2019. ISIS claimed six IED attacks, five of which were directed at Bangladesh police. ISIS’s At-Tamkin media outlet released a Bangla-language propaganda video outlining its campaign against the Bangladesh government...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: North Macedonia. Overview: North Macedonia cooperated with U.S. CT efforts and was a member of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. With no terrorist attacks in 2019 and no reported departures of its citizens to join ISIS, the main terrorism threat North Macedonia faced consisted of returned FTFs from...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Hakeem Burnett, 30, of Jackson, pled guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Henry T. Wingate to possessing a firearm after having been previously convicted of a felony crime, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
