News from December 2021
By USDA Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman David Scott of Georgia and Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Subcommittee Chair Antonio Delgado released the following statement congratulating Rostin Behnam on his confirmation as Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Nigeria. Overview: Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa continued attacks against government and security forces and civilians in the Northeast, which resulted in deaths, injuries, abductions, and the capture and destruction of property. Boko Haram attacks did not discriminate between civilians and government...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Uzbekistan. Overview: The Government of Uzbekistan remained concerned about the potential spillover of terrorism from Afghanistan and its Central Asian neighbors, the return of ISIS fighters from Iraq and Syria, and terrorist radicalization of Uzbekistanis abroad. The government repatriated 98 FTF family...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Philippines. Overview: The Philippine government placed significant resources toward countering threats from terrorist groups that operate primarily in the country’s South. A new antiterrorism law increased police and prosecutorial tools. Philippine military forces remained engaged in counterterrorism...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: China (Hong Kong and Macau). China. Overview: The PRC response to terrorism remained difficult to distinguish from the government and ruling Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) suppression of peaceful activities that authorities deemed separatist or subversive in nature. The PRC’s counterterrorism attention...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Somalia. Overview: Al-Shabaab (AS) continued to pose a significant terrorist threat in Somalia and the region in 2020, despite shared efforts by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), the United States, AMISOM, and other partners to combat the group. AS leveraged its influence in southern and central...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Yemen. Overview: AQAP, ISIS-Yemen, and Iran-backed terrorist groups such as Hizballah and the IRGC-QF continued to exploit the political and security vacuum created by the ongoing conflict between the Republic of Yemen government under the leadership of President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi, internationally...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Democratic Republic of the Congo. Overview: ISIS’s branch in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ISIS-DRC, also known as ADF and MTM, has claimed responsibility for more than 80 incidents - 52 of them in 2020. ISIS-DRC has operated in Beni, North Kivu province, for years. While the majority...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Last week, Thomas Leon Hamalowa, 39, of Parker, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 41 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Hamalowa previously pleaded guilty to robbery.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: The United States and Finland enjoy an enduring partnership and friendship. Our security partnership has broadened and deepened since 1994, when Finland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Partnership for Peace program. Finland was designated a NATO Enhanced Opportunity Partner (EOP),...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge E. Richard Webber accepted a plea of guilty from Deronte McDaniels on today’s date. McDaniels pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess and discharge a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Judge Webber set sentencing for March 16, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Allison Marie Baver, 41, of Taylorsville, has been charged with nine federal criminal counts related to making false statements on loan applications to obtain funds obtained through the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). In the indictment, Baver is charged with eight counts of making a false statement to a bank and one count of money laundering.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Somalia. Overview: Al-Shabaab (AS) continued to pose a significant terrorist threat in Somalia and the region in 2020, despite shared efforts by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), the United States, AMISOM, and other partners to combat the group. AS leveraged its influence in southern and central...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Ethiopia. Overview: The Government of Ethiopia (GOE) continued to be a willing and active partner with the U.S. government on CT issues. The GOE passed significant amendments to the 2009 Antiterrorism Proclamation (ATP) that, inter alia, criminalizes certain terrorism-related offenses. The al-Shabaab...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Spain. Overview: Spain continues to respond effectively to the global terrorist threat in border and transportation security, counterterrorism financing, countering violent extremism, and bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Spain remained on “high" national alert for terrorism throughout 2020,...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Norway. Overview: Norway’s law enforcement capacity for proactively detecting, deterring, and preventing acts of terrorism in its territory is strong despite some underfunding issues. Norway is responsive to information requests and postured to prevent acts of terrorism, and its bilateral counterterrorism...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: JACKSONVILLE - 12/16/21 - Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve is hosting the ninth Timucuan Science and History Symposium on Friday, January 28th, 2022 in partnership with Talbot Islands State Parks and Timucuan Parks Foundation. The event will be held at the Florida Park Service’s Ribault Club...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: China (Hong Kong and Macau). China. Overview: The PRC response to terrorism remained difficult to distinguish from the government and ruling Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) suppression of peaceful activities that authorities deemed separatist or subversive in nature. The PRC’s counterterrorism attention...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: South Africa. Overview: There were no suspected terrorism-related incidents in South Africa during 2020, possibly owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. This continued a downward trend from 2019, following an unusually high number of incidents in 2018. ISIS facilitation networks and cells remained a threat...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
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 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) released a staff report on the committee’s investigation into the General...
