News from June 2020
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Cuba. Overview: Cuba was designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1982 because of its long history of providing advice, safe haven, communications, training, and financial support to guerrilla groups and individual terrorists. This designation was rescinded in 2015. Cuba maintains close and collaborative...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: FBI Seeks Assistance in Identifying Laser Threat to NYPD Helicopter During Protest.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: The Netherlands. Overview: The Netherlands continues to respond effectively to the global terrorist threat in border and transportation security, counterterrorist financing, CVE, and bilateral and multilateral CT cooperation. On December 9, the Dutch lowered their national threat level from “substantial"...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) expressed their ongoing concerns over the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to approve Ligado’s application to use a...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
Release: Mali. Overview: The Government of Mali (GOM) is receptive to U.S. CT assistance. Terrorist activities increased in quantity and lethality in 2019, and continued to target civilians, Mali’s Armed Forces (FAMa), international peacekeepers, and international military forces. Terrorist groups active in Mali...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Libya. Overview: The ongoing conflict involving the Government of National Accord (GNA) and Libyan National Army (LNA)-aligned forces, as well as other nonstate actors, prevented Libyan authorities from dedicating sufficient resources to the fight against terrorist groups. However, both GNA- and LNA-aligned...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Washington - Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., issued the following statement regarding food export restrictions pertaining to COVID-19.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Maldives. Overview: In 2019, the Government of Maldives’s CT efforts concentrated on CVE and limiting the flow of FTFs. Those within the penal system or involved in criminal gangs are at a heightened risk of terrorist radicalization. The government claims that 188 cases related to “religious extremism"...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Owed the IRS More than $1.1 Million, but Spent Money on Country Club, Travel, and Private School Tuition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: New York City Businessman Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - U.S. Attorney David J. Freed and the Department of Justice‘s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) announced nearly $42 million in funding to support state-level law enforcement agencies in combating the illegal manufacturing and distribution of methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, and prescription opioids.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Qatar. Overview: The United States and Qatar continued to increase CT cooperation in 2019, building on progress made after the U.S. Secretary of State and Qatari Foreign Minister signed a CT MOU in July 2017. At the U.S.-Qatar Counterterrorism Dialogue in November 2019, the two governments declared their...
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Argentina. Overview: During 2019, Argentina continued to focus its counterterrorism strategy on the Tri-Border Area (TBA) of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay where suspected terrorism financing networks operate. Robust U.S.-Argentine law enforcement and security cooperation continued in 2019. Argentina...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service Region 1 Volunteers in Parks Program recognized Ted Hansen as a 2020 Honorable Mention for the George and Helen Hartzog Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Service in the Enduring Service category. This is the volunteer program’s “lifetime achievement" award, recognizing lasting impacts of volunteer contributions across many years of dedicated service.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: BUTTE, Mont. - The hills around Helena could soon see a new trail system for those seeking additional recreation opportunities close to home. The Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office opened a public comment period today on a proposed Recreation Area Management Plan and environmental assessment for the Scratchgravel Hills northwest of Helena.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Norman Nicholson (57, Largo) to 24 months in federal prison for depriving an individual of his Fourth Amendment right to a reasonable search and seizure under color of law and one count of knowingly making false entries in a report with the intent to obstruct an investigation within the jurisdiction of a federal agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAY QUAN SANTOS, 22, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 13 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing and selling firearms.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2020
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: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 43-year-old physician practicing in Beaumont has been indicted on federal health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
