News from July 2021
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: NORWAY: Tier 2. The Government of Norway does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included investigating more trafficking cases; allocating more funding to NGOs for victim assistance; and providing significant...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: PARAGUAY: Tier 2. The Government of Paraguay does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: ERITREA: Tier 3. The Government of Eritrea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, even considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Eritrea remained on Tier 3.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Tier 2 WATCH LIST.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former nurse was sentenced on Tuesday, June 29 in federal court in Boston for tampering with opioids intended for emergency department patients at a hospital where he worked and then attempting to conceal his crime by replacing the diverted narcotics with saline.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: LAOS: Tier 2. The Government of Laos does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: KYRGYZ REPUBLIC: Tier 2. The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (or Kyrgyzstan) does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period, considering ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Tooele, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office will soon begin gather operations to address wild horse overpopulation from within and outside of the Onaqui Herd Management Area, including horses on Dugway Proving Grounds, in Tooele and Juab counties. The gather is scheduled to begin on July 11, 2021 and is expected to last up to 12 days.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) reminds visitors and adjacent homeowners that it is illegal to detonate fireworks, or have fireworks in your possession, on all land managed by the National Park Service, including all beaches from the Nags Head border through Hatteras and Ocracoke islands.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: MONGOLIA: Tier 2. The Government of Mongolia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: MALI: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Mali does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included training judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officials on trafficking and conducting awareness raising activities.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BAHRAIN: Tier 1. The Government of Bahrain meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Bahrain...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, held a hearing with bipartisan witnesses on combating coronavirus vaccine hesitancy and increasing vaccinations across the country. During the hearing, witnesses and bipartisan Members of Congress encouraged all Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: MILLS, Wyoming - The Wyoming Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation in Mills, Wyo., will be lowering the water level in Guernsey Reservoir in preparation for the annual silt run.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SOUTH AFRICA: Tier 2 Watch List.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BOTSWANA: Tier 2. The Government of Botswana does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SPECIAL CASE: SOMALIA. Somalia remains a Special Case for the 19th consecutive year. The country continued to face protracted conflict, insecurity, and ongoing humanitarian crises during the reporting period, while the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the crises and further hampered government and NGO operations.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SPECIAL CASE: SOMALIA. Somalia remains a Special Case for the 19th consecutive year. The country continued to face protracted conflict, insecurity, and ongoing humanitarian crises during the reporting period, while the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the crises and further hampered government and NGO operations.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: The United States stands with the people of Bangladesh on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, resulting in the deaths of 20 people, including one U.S. citizen. We extend our deepest condolences to the loved ones of the victims.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: MALI: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Mali does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included training judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officials on trafficking and conducting awareness raising activities.
