News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal jury convicted a Havelock man yesterday on charges of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin, four counts of distributing heroin and aiding and abetting, and one count of possessing with intent to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: CAMBODIA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Cambodia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included improving data collection and monitoring of prosecutions and convictions of traffickers, as well as victim...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BURKINA FASO: Tier 2 Watch List.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: TIMOR-LESTE: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Timor-Leste does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included investigating some potential trafficking crimes, identifying and referring for assistance one foreign...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: PHILIPPINES: Tier 1. The Government of the Philippines fully 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;...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: In many ways, the United States and other governments face human trafficking challenges and trends today that reflect the living legacy of the systemic racism and colonization globalized during the transatlantic slave trade through chattel slavery and regional practices of indigenous dispossession. U.S.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: OMAN: Tier 2. The Government of Oman 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: EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Tier 2 Watch List.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Other Executives Previously Sentenced in Same Construction Kickback Scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2022 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies bill.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: TOGO: Tier 2. The Government of Togo does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. Despite the documented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the government’s anti-trafficking capacity, the government demonstrated overall increasing...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: TONGA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Tonga does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included training new police recruits on victim identification and trafficking investigations and continuing to provide...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to State Department Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: TAIWAN: Tier 1. Taiwan authorities fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. Authorities continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on their anti-trafficking capacity; therefore...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BULGARIA: Tier 2. The Government of Bulgaria 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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Defendant is the eighth officer to plead guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Woonsocket man found by members of the Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force to be in possession of more than 50,000 images and 200 videos of child pornography was sentenced today to three-and-a-half years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: PHILIPPINES: Tier 1. The Government of the Philippines fully 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;...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: LITHUANIA: Tier 1. The Government of Lithuania fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period while considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on its anti-trafficking ...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: MEXICO: Tier 2. The Government of Mexico 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...
