News from December 2021
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Burkina Faso. Overview: Terrorist attacks continued to increase steadily in 2020. Security incidents included the use of IEDs, kidnapping, small-arms attacks, and targeted killings in an expanding part of the country in the North, the East, and the South. Targets appeared to shift from military and gendarme...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced GENETTA ISREAL (“ISREAL"), age 53, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with tractor-trailers occurring in New Orleans. Thus far, twenty-nine (29) of the thirty-three (33) indicted defendants have tendered guilty pleas in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Defendant paid $75,000 to facilitate cheating on her son’s SAT exam and $500,000 to facilitate his admission to USC using admissions slot reserved for recruited athletes.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Grand Teton National Park statistics show that November 2021 was the second busiest November on record for recreation visits. The park hosted an estimated 61,674 recreation visits in November 2021. This is a 28% increase from November 2019 and an 8% increase from November 2020.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Cameroon. Overview: In 2020, terrorist activity increased in Cameroon in the Far North Region. Terrorists launched at least 400 attacks during the year, a 90 percent increase since 2019. The government attributed these terrorist attacks to Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa. According to reports, terrorists...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Denmark. Overview: The Kingdom of Denmark, which includes Greenland and the Faroe Islands, remains an important U.S. partner in the global fight against terrorism. As an active participant in the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and the Global Counterterrorism Forum, Denmark cooperates closely with the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man has been convicted by a federal trial jury of illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Damian Smith-Birge, age 26, of Neosho, Missouri, was indicted on Dec. 14, 2021, by a federal grand jury for making threats against the Pennsylvania State Police.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Turkey. Overview: Turkey continues its efforts to defeat terrorist organizations both inside and outside its borders, including the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front, and ISIS. Turkey is an active contributor in international counterterrorism fora, including ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Ayar Produce NY Inc. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The company, operating from NewYork, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 14 produce sellers in the amount of $720,226 from February 2020 through September 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and senior Committee Member Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, issued the following statements after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected Purdue Pharma’s plan of reorganization, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Larry S. Burrows was apprehended by the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, as he disembarked from his flight in Nassau. He is suspected by RBPF of trafficking firearms from the United States to The Bahamas since 2016. Burrows is a Bahamian citizen who allegedly fled to the United States to avoid apprehension. His capture is a testament to the robust U.S.-Bahamas security partnership.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Senegal. Overview: Although there were no reported terrorist attacks in Senegal in 2020, the Government of Senegal increasingly considers itself a likely potential target given ongoing terrorist activities in West Africa and instability in neighboring Mali. In light of these concerns, Senegal continued...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Uganda. Overview: Uganda is considered to have one of the most effective militaries in the region in terms of CT capabilities and has not suffered a major terrorist incident since the 2010 World Cup bombings claimed by al-Shabaab. However, with al-Shabaab active to the East in Somalia and parts of Kenya...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Libya. Overview: Libyan government officials continued to work with U.S. counterparts to combat terrorism, although civil conflict and fractured security institutions limited direct cooperation. Following the failure of the self-styled Libyan National Army’s (LNA’s) military assault on western Libya,...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: MONTICELLO, AR - A knot saw operator suffered a partial amputation of an index finger in June 2021 when his hand came in contact with a rotating blade that lacked adequate machine guarding. A few weeks earlier, a similar saw at the Maxwell Hardwood Flooring plant in Monticello lacerated a co-worker’s palm severely, leaving them with nerve damage.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Brazil. Overview: Brazil and the United States maintained strong counterterrorism cooperation in 2020, building on collaborative efforts underway since the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Brazilian Federal Police (PF), Brazil’s lead counterterrorism agency, worked closely with the United States’ and other...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Indonesia. Overview: Indonesia applied sustained pressure to detect, disrupt, degrade, and deny safe haven for terrorist groups operating within its borders. ISIS-affiliated Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT), Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), and JAD offshoots continued to target police and other symbols of...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Belgium. Overview: Belgium has an active counterterrorism policy that includes robust domestic security efforts, engagements in international information sharing - including with the United States through the Visa Waiver Program - and support for multilateral efforts. The caretaker status of Belgium’s...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Mali. Overview: A coup d’état on August 18 resulted in the overthrow of the democratically elected government headed by President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. A military junta assumed control of the government until a transition government was inaugurated on September 25 for an 18-month term. Despite the...
