News from July 2021
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: GERMANY: Tier 2. The Government of Germany 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: ITALY: Tier 2. The Government of Italy 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: JAMAICA: Tier 2. The Government of Jamaica 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 pandemic...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: MALAWI: Tier 2. The Government of Malawi 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: NETHERLANDS: Tier 1‡. The Government of the Netherlands 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: ARUBA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Aruba does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included identifying more victims, investigating more trafficking cases, and providing anti-trafficking training for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Eight defendants pleaded guilty today to offenses contained in a 50-count, 2nd Superseding Indictment charging various forms of Bank Fraud, Wire Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Making False Statements to a Bank on Loan, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Perjury. Two additional defendants previously pleaded guilty in connection with the same scheme.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: MOLDOVA: Tier 2. The Government of Moldova 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 Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-WI) introduced bipartisan legislation to help protect against cybersecurity threats and other technological supply chain security vulnerabilities that arise when...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Fruita, CO - Continuing a tradition Colorado National Monument founder John Otto began in 1911, Mesa County’s Technical Search and Rescue Team will climb Independence Monument on July 4th to raise the American flag. 15 team members and Mesa County deputies will participate. Team members anticipate reaching the summit between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Residents of the Newport News, Williamsburg and Hampton Roads region will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck® application program inside Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport from July 12 to 16, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Aleandro Leon, age 24, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced on June 30, 2021, after having pleaded guilty to: being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition, in violation of 18...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: GUINEA-BISSAU: Tier 3. The Government of Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-Bissau was...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: COSTA RICA: Tier 2. The Government of Costa Rica 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 Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Grand Teton National Park will participate in Operation Dry Water, a nationwide awareness effort to promote boating safety, this weekend, July 2-4. All visitors and local residents are reminded to operate boats safely and with regard to others.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: GUYANA: Tier 1. The Government of Guyana fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. Despite the documented impact of the pandemic on the government’s anti-trafficking capacity, the government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period;...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BELARUS: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Belarus does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government made key achievements during the reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its anti-trafficking...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SENEGAL: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Senegal does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included implementing the third phase of its program to remove vulnerable children, including trafficking victims...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Tier 2 Watch List.
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...
