News from July 2021
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: MEMORANDUM OF JUSTIFICATION. CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 110(b)(2)(D). OF THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. PROTECTION ACT OF 2000, AS AMENDED (TVPA). Section 110(b)(2)(D) of the TVPA (22 U.S.C. § 7107(b)(2)(D)) requires a country that has been included on the Tier 2 Watch List for two consecutive years and has not...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Tier 1. The Government of the Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) 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...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SAINT LUCIA: Tier 2. The Government of Saint Lucia 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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: New Orleans, LA - A U.S. Marshals Service-led, four-month operation in the New Orleans metro area has resulted in the rescue or recovery of 19 children. An additional 20 children were located and/or self-returned during this operation.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded more than $845 million in grants for projects that will mitigate environmental impacts, increase accessibility, and expand capacity at airports across the United States. The funding from the fourth round of FY 2021 Airport Improvement Program grants will pay for projects at 388 airports in 49 states plus the District of Columbia.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: PERU: Tier 2. The Government of Peru 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: NEW ZEALAND: Tier 2. The Government of New Zealand does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included initiating eight trafficking investigations, convicting seven offenders for sex trafficking crimes, funding...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: Good morning, everyone, and thanks very much for joining us today as we are previewing the forthcoming release of the State Department 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report. Just as a reminder, this call is on background. You can attribute what you hear to a senior State Department official.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: CABO VERDE: Tier 2. The Government of Cabo Verde 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: KENYA: Tier 2. The Government of Kenya 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: THE GAMBIA: Tier 2 Watch List.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
There were nine press releases published by the Federal Aviation Administration in June 2021.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Tier 2. The Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) 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 Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Philadelphia - FEMA is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) along the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and its incorporated areas. Community partners are invited to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period, which will begin on or around July 1, 2021.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Tier 2. The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: URUGUAY: Tier 2. The Government of Uruguay 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: NAMIBIA: Tier 1. The Government of Namibia 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; therefore...
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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Edward Grace, Assistant Director of the Office of Law Enforcement for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announced that KING SHEUNG CHAN, also known as “Nelson," 30, a permanent resident of Hong Kong of the People’s Republic of China, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to one count of attempted smuggling of glass eels from the United States.
