News from December 2021
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Georgia. Overview: Georgia continued its robust engagement across a range of counterterrorism issues in 2020. Owing to COVID-19 constraints, Georgia participated in a limited number of bilateral CT-related exercises and trainings with the United States in 2020 but remained a strong U.S. security partner.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Sudan. Overview: The United States formally rescinded Sudan’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism (SST) on December 14. The Secretary of State designated Sudan as an SST in 1993 for supporting international terrorist groups, including the Abu Nidal Organization, Palestine Islamic Jihad, Hamas,...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Kenya. Overview: In 2020, Kenya continued to suffer terrorist attacks primarily along the Kenyan-Somali border. The most notable attack - which demonstrated al-Shabaab’s ability to conduct complex operations in Kenya - occurred on January 5, when AS fighters attacked the United States Armed Forces’...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Billings, Missouri, man who belongs to the Aryan Brotherhood pleaded guilty in federal court today to methamphetamine trafficking.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Tanzania. Overview: In 2020 the Government of Tanzania (GoT) and the U.S. government engaged in limited CT and CVE cooperation. Tanzania faces terrorist threats on three of its borders - the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, and Mozambique. ISIS-Mozambique poses the greatest threat to Tanzania,...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: BOSTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened more than 658,000 people at New England airports during the 10-day Thanksgiving holiday. New England TSA officers had their busiest day of the year when they screened 77,365 people on Sunday, November 28. The agency expects these high...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for up to $100 million to support the deployment of novel technologies that can significantly change how communities, industries and businesses reduce emissions, promote energy efficiency, and...
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
Release: Mauritania. Overview: The country remained an excellent security and regional CT partner for the United States. Despite continued terrorist violence in neighboring Mali and regional threats that included those against Mauritania, the country has not suffered a terrorist attack on its soil since 2011.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Mozambique. Overview: Mozambique experienced a significant increase in terrorist activity in 2020. ISIS-Mozambique carried out hundreds of attacks in northern Mozambique and at least two in Tanzania. In 2020, ISIS-Mozambique-related violence resulted in 1,500 estimated deaths, more than 700 of them civilian...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Israel, West Bank, and Gaza. Israel. Overview: Israel remained a committed counterterrorism partner, closely coordinating with the United States on a range of counterterrorism initiatives. Owing to COVID-19, Israel and the United States held numerous interagency counterterrorism dialogues virtually to...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
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. The national threat level remained “significant" (Level 3 of 5) throughout...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charges of violating federal drug and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Mozambique. Overview: Mozambique experienced a significant increase in terrorist activity in 2020. ISIS-Mozambique carried out hundreds of attacks in northern Mozambique and at least two in Tanzania. In 2020, ISIS-Mozambique-related violence resulted in 1,500 estimated deaths, more than 700 of them civilian...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Good morning. It is a pleasure to see all of you again. I’m Monica Medina, the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Oceans and Environmental and Scientific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL COPELAND, 58, of Bloomfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Clairton in Allegheny County and Hermitage in Mercer County has been sentenced in federal court to two years in prison followed by three years of supervision by the United States Probation Office on his conviction of Escape, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Ringer & Son Brokerage Co. Inc. (Ringer), Brighton, Colo., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.
By Press Release | Dec 16, 2021
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Fred Upton (R-MI), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Morgan Griffith (R-VA) wrote to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting an examination of management challenges and other issues at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) that have affected EM’s ability to reduce its environmental liabilities.
