News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Robert Timon Lovett (50, Bradenton) to five years in federal prison for arson.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Overview: Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) remained a cooperative counterterrorism partner. There were no known registered BiH citizens who attempted to travel to foreign battlefields in 2020, although some foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) and their family members remain in Iraq...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.3 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Brooklyn Alliance, Inc., Brooklyn, New York, to provide technical assistance to small and medium-sized businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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
News Release: Mexico. Overview: Counterterrorism cooperation between Mexico and the United States remained strong in 2020. There was no credible evidence indicating international terrorist groups established bases in Mexico, worked directly with Mexican drug cartels, or sent operatives via Mexico into the United States...
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: Tunisia. Overview: Counterterrorism and border security continued to be top priorities of the Government of Tunisia. The risk of terrorist activity remained high, exacerbated by sustained instability in Libya, although the frequency and scale of terrorist attacks in 2020 decreased from 2019. Tunisian...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Greece. Overview: The Greek government remained a highly collaborative CT partner in 2020. Consistent with its responsibilities as a participant in the Visa Waiver Program, Greece operationalized its Passenger Information Unit by Presidential decree and hoped to shortly begin screening air passengers...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: North Macedonia. Overview: North Macedonia cooperated with U.S. counterterrorism efforts and was a member of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. With no terrorist attacks in 2020 and no reported departures to join ISIS, the main counterterrorism issue North Macedonia faced consisted of returned FTFs ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: A Claremore man who assaulted his girlfriend as she tried to escape from him at a Foyil gas station was sentenced Wednesday in federal court, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that DANIEL HENDRICKS, 33, of Casper, Wyoming was indicted by a federal grand jury for one count of possession of child pornography and four counts of production of child pornography. Hendricks appeared for an arraignment hearing before Chief United States...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News 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 is drafting a new combined strategy and action plan for Counterterrorism (CT) and Countering Violent...
By Andy Nghiem | Dec 16, 2021
The U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced export restrictions on Cambodia in response to allegations of corruption by government and military officials, human rights abuses, and regional security concerns.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 16, 2021
The White House has announced that the Biden administration will not seek a ban on crude oil exports.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Albania. Overview: Albania continued its strong support of international counterterrorism efforts in 2020 and contributed to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. The terrorism threat in Albania includes FTFs returning from Iraq and Syria and ISIS sympathizers’ attempts to radicalize Albanian youth to...
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 DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Bridgeport, Connecticut, returned an indictment yesterday charging a former manager of a major aerospace engineering company and five executives of outsource engineering suppliers (Suppliers) for participating in a long-running conspiracy to restrict the hiring and recruiting...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Kyrgyz Republic. Overview: The Kyrgyz Republic’s counterterrorism efforts continue to concentrate on rooting out “extremists," CVE, limiting the flow of Kyrgyz FTFs, and preventing those returning from conflicts abroad from engaging in terrorist activities, by bolstering reintegration and rehabilitation...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Bangladesh. Overview: Bangladesh experienced a decrease in terrorist activity in 2020, accompanied by an increase in terrorism-related investigations and arrests. In 2020 there were three specific terrorist incidents, resulting in no deaths. As in prior years, the Bangladeshi government denied Bangladesh-based...
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...
