News from December 2021
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News 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 State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Syria. Designated in 1979 as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Syria continued its political and military support to various terrorist groups. The regime continued to provide weapons and political support to Hizballah and continued to allow Iran to rearm and finance the terrorist organization. The Assad...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
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 DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Tennessee nurse practitioner was arrested today for allegedly distributing prescription drugs unlawfully from the medical clinic she owned and operated.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
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
News Release: Azerbaijan. Overview: In 2020 the Azerbaijani government actively worked to deter, detect, and defeat terrorist efforts to move people, money, and materials across its land and maritime borders and within the South Caucasus. Azerbaijani law enforcement and security services historically have conducted...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Italy. Overview: Italy collaborated closely with the United States and international partners in its international counterterrorism efforts during 2020. Domestically, Italy aggressively investigated and prosecuted terrorist suspects and regularly deported foreign nationals for terrorism-related security ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from Phase 7 of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), which measures the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as other major events such as hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses. SBPS complements existing Census Bureau data by providing detailed, near real-time information on challenges faced by small businesses.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Oman. Overview: Oman is an important regional counterterrorism partner that actively worked to prevent terrorists from conducting attacks or using the country as a safe haven. The nation remains concerned about the Yemen conflict and the potential for AQAP and ISIS-Yemen to threaten Oman’s land and maritime...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Qatar. Overview: The United States and Qatar continued to increase counterterrorism cooperation, building on progress made after the U.S. Secretary of State and Qatari Foreign Minister signed a CT MOU in 2017. During the September U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue’s Virtual Counterterrorism Session, the...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
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 DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Lamont Johnson, 45, of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 35 years in prison on federal charges of conspiring to traffic in large quantities of Phencyclidine (PCP) and related narcotics and firearms offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Finance Committee Republicans are asking the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for information on a recent collaboration with the non-profit group Code for America (CFA), a partnership aimed at helping Americans file for child tax credits.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced today that the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has awarded $1,175,000 in grant funding to support the Summit County Valor Court and Hope Court initiatives.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Argentina. Overview: In 2020, Argentina concentrated its counterterrorism strategy on the Tri-Border Area (TBA) of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, where suspected terrorism financing networks operate. U.S.-Argentine law enforcement and security cooperation continued in 2020. No terrorist acts occurred...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that a Federal Grand Jury in Columbia returned an indictment against a North Carolina man accused of carjacking two people last December. Shia Lee, 33, of Burlington, North Carolina, was charged on December 7 with carjacking and brandishing a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia testified today at a hearing on the District of Columbia Revised Criminal Code Act of 2021.
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: Sweden. Overview: The National Center for Terrorist Threat Assessment gauged that the main threat to Sweden remained Islamist-motivated and right-wing extremist-motivated terrorism. The assessment noted that a small number of Islamist- or right-wing extremist-motivated individuals could develop both ...
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...
