News from December 2021
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Panama. Overview: As a transit country for goods, money, and migrants, Panama’s geographic location makes its willingness to engage on bilateral and multilateral counterterrorism (CT) initiatives important for regional security. Under President Laurentino “Nito" Cortizo, the Government of Panama (GoP)...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Paraguay. Overview: In 2020 the Government of Paraguay was a receptive partner in counterterrorism cooperation with the United States. Paraguay’s challenges stem from ineffective immigration, customs, financial, and law enforcement controls along its porous borders, particularly the Tri-Border Area (TBA)...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - ICYMI, yesterday, a broad coalition of faith groups joined U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) to call on Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act to bring down the biggest costs working families face - from housing to prescription drugs to child care - and to substantially reduce child poverty in America through the extension of the Child Tax Credit.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
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 Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: - The median estimated poverty rate for school-age children in all U.S. school districts in 2020 was 13.2%, according to data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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 DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Bryan Shane Wolfe, 45, of Mansfield, Ohio, was sentenced today by Judge Donald C. Nugent to 46 months in prison after he pleaded guilty in August of 2021 to sending threatening communications to three individuals and possession of a firearm after having been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
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
Release: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States of America and the United Kingdom are encouraged by the political agreement in Sudan, signed on 21 November 2021, and the reinstatement of Dr. Abdalla Hamdok as Prime Minister. This is a first step to resolving Sudan’s political challenges and returning the country to its transition to democracy based on the 2019 Constitutional Document.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Probation and Parole in the United States, 2020. The report is the 29th in a series that began in 1981. It includes characteristics of the population such as sex, race or ethnicity and most serious offense of adult U.S...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News 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 State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Niger. Overview: Niger faces terrorist threats on each of its seven borders. Terrorist organizations take advantage of Niger’s extensive borders and sparsely populated desert regions to attack and recruit among populations where access to government services is limited and economic opportunity is negligible.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: France. Overview: France remained a key partner of the United States in the global fight against terrorism, and their bilateral CT cooperation is strong. France is a longstanding and important member of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, and provides financial support to GCERF. France is also a founding...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Thailand. Overview: Thailand’s principal vulnerability to international terrorism continues to be as a transit and facilitation hub given the high volume of travelers through Bangkok and available market of illegal goods, although that vulnerability was reduced in 2020 because of COVID-related travel...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: United Kingdom. Overview: The UK remains a key U.S. partner in the global fight against terrorism, and their bilateral counterterrorism cooperation is excellent. As a partner in the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, the UK continued to contribute to Iraq and northeastern Syria stabilization efforts. The ...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States of America and the United Kingdom are encouraged by the political agreement in Sudan, signed on 21 November 2021, and the reinstatement of Dr. Abdalla Hamdok as Prime Minister. This is a first step to resolving Sudan’s political challenges and returning the country to its transition to democracy based on the 2019 Constitutional Document.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Venezuela. Overview: Venezuela remained a permissive environment for known terrorist groups, including dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the Colombian-origin ELN, and Hizballah sympathizers. In 2020, Interim President Guaidó and the National Assembly condemned the regime’s...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
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 DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Genaro Serrato-Calles (“Serrato"), aka “Alejandro," aka “Meno," 49, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced Tuesday to 148 months in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
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...
