News from December 2021
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded Senate passage of H.R.6256, to ensure goods made with Uyghur forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region do not enter the United States. Earlier this year, the State Department ...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Nepal. Overview: Nepal experienced no acts of international terrorism directed against U.S. targets in 2020. While 2020 saw many small incidents of politically motivated violence, most incidents targeted large-scale infrastructure, government offices, or locations affiliated with political parties or...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Waldemar Colon, age 45, of Syracuse, was sentenced yesterday to serve 84-months in federal prison for his convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possesses with intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine; and aiding and abetting the distribution of heroin and fentanyl...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Turkmenistan. Overview: In 2020 the Government of Turkmenistan continued its efforts to improve the capacity of law enforcement agencies to combat terrorism, ensure border security, and detect terrorist financing. Turkmenistan actively cooperates with international organizations and participates in the...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: India. Overview: In 2020, terrorism affected the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), in northeastern India, and Maoist-affected parts of central India. Major terrorist groups that have been active in India include Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Hizbul Mujahideen, ISIS, al-Qa’ida...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - An Eldridge, Iowa, man, Marius Avant, 26, of the 0-100 block of Manor Drive, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on Dec. 14, 2021, for possessing a firearm as a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former doctor and his company were found guilty today by a federal jury of scheming to defraud private insurance companies and the Tricare health care program for military service members by fraudulently submitting an estimated $355 million in claims related to the 1-800-GET-THIN Lap-Band surgery business.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Egypt. Overview: All terrorist attacks in Egypt during the year took place in the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian counterterrorism efforts continued, as ISIS-Sinai Province conducted regular small arms and IED attacks against security forces, civilians, and critical infrastructure. ISIS-Sinai Province also...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Groomed and sexually assaulted 13-year-old. Seattle - A 22-year-old member of the Nooksack Indian Tribe was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 42 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release, for sexual abuse of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Kamron Dylan Duane...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
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: Algeria. Overview: The United States and Algeria built on their counterterrorism (CT) partnership through regular dialogue and exchanges of technical expertise. Algeria continued its significant efforts to prevent terrorist activity within its borders and as a result remains a difficult operating environment...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Christopher Kegan Williams, 26, of Sacramento, was sentenced on Tuesday by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to 2.5 years in prison for distribution of fentanyl, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Saudi Arabia. Overview: Saudi Arabian government officials continued to work closely with their U.S. counterparts to deploy a comprehensive and well-resourced CT strategy that included vigilant security measures, regional and international cooperation, and counterterrorist radicalization measures. Houthi...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings felon who admitted to illegally possessing a firearm after he pointed a loaded gun at an individual was sentenced today to 21 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A Fairview man who was convicted by a jury of being a felon in possession of firearms after law enforcement found 47 firearms at his residence was sentenced on Dec. 15 to 30 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said today.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
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: 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 State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Austria. Overview: U.S.-Austrian law enforcement cooperation remained strong. Leaders thanked the FBI for cooperation in investigating the November 2 terrorist attack in Vienna in which a lone attacker killed 4 and injured 23. The government submitted draft counterterrorism legislation to Parliament ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 5 years in prison and 6 years supervised release on his conviction of distributing crack cocaine. United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Louis Borrero, age 38, an inmate at United States Penitentiary, Canaan (USP Canaan), in Waymart, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Dec. 14, 2021, by a federal grand jury on assault and weapon possession charges.
