News from June 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that AMEET GOYAL, M.D., an ophthalmologist in Rye, New York, previously indicted in this District for healthcare fraud offenses in November 2019, has been charged in a Superseding Indictment with fraudulently obtaining Government-guaranteed loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic while he was on pretrial release.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Turkmenistan. Overview: The Government of Turkmenistan continued its efforts to improve the capacity of law enforcement agencies to combat terrorism, ensure border security, and detect terrorist financing. The government continued to cooperate with international organizations and participated in the...
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: Nigeria. Overview: BH and ISIS-WA continued attacks against government and security forces and civilians in the Northeast, resulting in deaths, injuries, abductions, and the capture and destruction of property. ISIS-WA generally focused on attacking government and security forces and applying increased...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Committee Member Mark DeSaulnier, and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden sent a letter to Venntel, Inc. launching an investigation into the collection and sale of sensitive mobile phone location data that reveals the precise movements of millions of American adults, teens, and even children.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Ambrose Augustus Doye, age 25, of Washington, D.C., yesterday to 9 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for an armed commercial robbery and for brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Kosovo. Overview: Kosovo continued to fight the threat of terrorism through close cooperation with the United States. Kosovo is a member of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. The Government of Kosovo (GOK) is approaching the end of the timeframe envisaged by its comprehensive CVE strategy and is preparing ...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Malaysia. Overview: Although there were no ISIS-affiliated attacks in Malaysia in 2019, the country remained a source, a transit point, and, to a lesser extent, destination country for terrorist groups including ISIS, Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), al-Qa’ida, and Jemaah Islamiyah. Suspected ISIS supporters...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Serbia. Overview: With no terrorist attacks in 2019 and low levels of ISIS recruitment activities, the main terrorism concerns in Serbia remain the potential movement of money and weapons through the region, recruitment and return of FTFs, the revitalization of terrorist ideologies, and opportunities...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: China (Hong Kong and Macau). China. Overview: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) response to terrorism remained difficult to distinguish from the government’s suppression of peaceful activities that authorities deemed separatist or subversive in nature. The PRC government’s CT attention remained on...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Russia. Overview: The Russian Federation continued to prioritize CT efforts in 2019 and remained a target of international terrorist groups, particularly ISIS. Low-level militant terrorist activity remained a problem in Russia’s North Caucasus region despite increases in CT activities and political consolidation ...
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that AMEET GOYAL, M.D., an ophthalmologist in Rye, New York, previously indicted in this District for healthcare fraud offenses in November 2019, has been charged in a Superseding Indictment with fraudulently obtaining Government-guaranteed loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic while he was on pretrial release.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Tanzania. Overview: In 2019, the Governments of Tanzania and the United States engaged in limited CT cooperation, with most of the engagement focused on capacity building and border security. The continuation of terrorist attacks in northern Mozambique, which include both Tanzanian perpetrators and victims...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: France. Overview: France remained a key partner of the United States in international CT efforts in 2019. It is a longstanding and important member of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. France continued to conduct important CT operations in Iraq, Libya, Mali, Syria and the Sahel region, as well as ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Frank Howe Jr., 24, of Rock Springs, New Mexico was sentenced on June 23 in federal court in Albuquerque to 37 months in prison for assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three New Jersey men have been charged for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to steal luxury cars in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut and transport them across state lines, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Ethiopia. Overview: Ethiopia’s political reform process continued in 2019 under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, facilitating even greater counterterrorism cooperation with the United States. The continuing threat of al-Shabaab (AS) and ISIS emanating from Somalia is the Government of Ethiopia’s (GOE’s) core...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Sri Lanka. Overview: ISIS-inspired terrorists conducted a series of suicide attacks against churches and hotels across Sri Lanka on Easter Day, resulting in hundreds of casualties. Then ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi publicly praised the attacks, illustrating that ISIS remains determined, following...
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...
