News from July 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2022 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs bill on a 32-25 vote.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: CURAÇAO: Tier 2 Watch List†. The Government of Curaçao does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included drafting new guidelines for victim identification and referral and providing services to a victim and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Greenbush man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Bangor to being a felon in possession of ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BENIN: Tier 2. The Government of Benin 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 Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.2 million grant to the city of West Plains, Missouri, to make critical railroad infrastructure improvements to support job creation and economic resiliency...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: CUBA: Tier 3. The Government of Cuba 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 Cuba remained on Tier 3. During the...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Sammi King, Marquette Park Project Coordinator for Dunes-Calumet Audubon, will discuss the history of Marquette Park and its important bird habitats on Sunday, July 25 at 11:00 am at Indiana Dunes National Park’s Douglas Center. She will talk about many of the shorebirds that use this location as an important stop during migration.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: ECUADOR: Tier 2. The Government of Ecuador 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: MACAU: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included training numerous police, customs, and...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: ALBANIA: Tier 2. The Government of Albania 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: BENIN: Tier 2. The Government of Benin 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 US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR), House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Chair Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: CHILE: Tier 1. The Government of Chile 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 Chile...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A federal grand jury indicted 23-year-old Rashaad Cotton for arson and one count of possession of a destructive device on Wednesday. Police arrested the St. Louis resident on April 30, 2021.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: June 21 marked the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, signaling summer's arrival and the hottest stretch of the year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Ben’Andre Javon Goolsby has been sentenced to prison for unlawfully acquiring dozens of firearms, several of which were later recovered by police at various crime scenes in the metro-Atlanta area and beyond.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: PALAU: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Palau does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included charging one government official with labor trafficking, conducting trafficking research with an international...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SEYCHELLES: Tier 2. The Government of Seychelles 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: JUNEAU - A Juneau man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison followed by 35 years of supervised release for the sexual exploitation - receipt of child pornography. Also, he must pay $9,000 to the known victims.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BRUNEI: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Brunei does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included standing up an interagency team to investigate all potential trafficking cases, devoting funding towards...
