News from June 2020
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Sweden. Overview: There were no terrorist attacks in 2019. The Swedish Security Service annual report stated “the [terrorist] threat remains largely at the same level as a year ago, although very few individuals are likely to have the intent to carry out attacks in Sweden." The report further stated...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Chad. Overview: In 2019, Chad experienced an estimated twofold increase in the number of terrorist attacks in the Lake Chad region from the previous year. Though the magnitude of the average attack has lessened since 2018, BH returned to the tactics of suicide bombing and IEDs, which had not been seen...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Monett, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for trafficking methamphetamine at a home with children present.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Iran. Designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1984, Iran continued its terrorist-related activity in 2019, including support for Hizballah, Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza, and various terrorist groups in Syria, Iraq, and throughout the Middle East. Iran used the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Mark Pletcher (619) 546-9714.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah - Fire restrictions will begin June 26 for all public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Beaver, Iron, Kane and Garfield counties and continue for Washington County, to help prevent wildland fires during this period of hazardous fire conditions.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Nepal. Overview: Nepal experienced no acts of international terrorism in 2019. Political violence in Nepal remained small in scale and involved attacks on large-scale infrastructure, government offices, or locations affiliated with political parties or officials. Violence occurring on or around the 2019...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bayonne, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Indonesia. Overview: Indonesia applied sustained pressure to detect, disrupt, and degrade terrorist groups operating within its borders and deny them safe haven. ISIS-affiliated Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) and its offshoots continued to target police and other symbols of state authority. While not a...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Colombian-U.S. CT cooperation remains strong. Colombia has openly condemned ISIS and its objectives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kristina O’Connell, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that KEVIN BRAZA, 48, of Westbrook, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to one count of tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Nine Pennsylvania residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine trafficking in the Butler County area, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Cedrick Tillman, 36, of Jackson, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Djibouti. Overview: Djibouti remained a critical partner for the United States military and the region in the fight against terrorism. Since 2002, Djibouti has hosted Camp Lemonnier, the headquarters of AFRICOM’s Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and the only enduring U.S. military installation...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Albania. Overview: Albania continued its strong support of international CT efforts in 2019 and contributed to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. The terrorism threat in Albania consists of FTFs returning from Iraq and Syria, Albanian youth being radicalized to terrorism, and Iran’s plotting against ...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: India. Overview: In 2019, India suffered terrorist attacks in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, the northeastern Indian states, and parts of central India. The Government of India continued to apply sustained pressure to detect, disrupt, and degrade terrorist activities within its borders. Prime Minister...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Anthony M. Girolamo, 43, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of transferring obscene material to a person he believed to be a minor, was sentenced to serve 21 months in prison by U.S.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Paraguay. Overview: In 2019, the Government of Paraguay continued to be a receptive partner on counterterrorism cooperation with the United States. Paraguay’s challenges stem from ineffective immigration, customs, financial, and law enforcement controls along its porous borders, particularly the Tri-Border...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Lebanon. Overview: Lebanon remains a committed partner in the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. Terrorist groups operating in Lebanon included Hizballah, ISIS, Hamas, and the Abdullah Azzam Brigades. Of these, the Lebanon-based and Iran-backed terrorist group Hizballah remained the most capable. In August...
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.
