News from July 2021
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: CHAD: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Chad does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. Officials identified more potential victims and increased efforts to raise public awareness of the crime among the population, addressing...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: HONG KONG: Tier 2 Watch List.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau released the 2019 State and Local Government Finance Table. The table details revenues, expenditures, debt, and cash and security holdings by level of government, including state, local, and state and local figures combined.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: PPQ is pleased to announce that the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) opened consultation on draft standards and specifications beginning July 1, 2021.The IPPC has made several draft International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs), draft phytosanitary treatments, a draft specification, ...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: TURKEY: Tier 2. The Government of Turkey 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 Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Chair of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2022 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs bill.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BELIZE: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Belize does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included designating judges to preside over trafficking trials, providing for shelter for male victims for the first...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: NIGER: Tier 2. The Government of Niger 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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge John A. Ross sentenced Joe Lea, 34, of St. Louis, to 48 months in prison today. Lea pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Tier 2. The Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) 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...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: MARSHALL ISLANDS: Tier 2 Watch List.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Tier 2. The Government of the Dominican Republic 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: GREENSBORO - A North Carolina man was sentenced on July 1, 2021, to 188 months in prison for distribution of child pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement after Speaker Pelosi named him as Chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), U.S. Rep.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: UNITED KINGDOM: Tier 1. The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) 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...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Los Angeles have arrested a Redondo Beach man on charges of producing child pornography, allegedly by developing a relationship with at least one boy in the Philippines who performed sex acts online in exchange for money.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SOUTH AFRICA: Tier 2 Watch List.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - On Wednesday, June 30, 2021, Mende Leone, also known as Shirl Lee Cook, 37, pleaded guilty to misappropriation of a federal benefit by a fiduciary, announced Acting United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. Leone resided in Phenix City, Alabama at the time of the crime.
