News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: BALTIMORE, Md., - Joel William Hammond, age 35, of Essex, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 28 grams of cocaine base.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Tier 2.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: DJIBOUTI: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Djibouti does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included funding civil society organizations to provide services to potential trafficking victims; assisting vulnerable...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of State released its 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report:
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 State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: MALDIVES: Tier 2. The Government of Maldives 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: The Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report) is the world’s most comprehensive resource of governmental anti-trafficking efforts and reflects the U.S. Government’s commitment to global leadership on this key human rights and law enforcement issue. In this briefing, Dr. Johnstone provides an overview of the 2021 TIP Report and answer related questions.
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: MARSHALL ISLANDS: Tier 2 Watch List.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: MADAGASCAR: Tier 2. The Government of Madagascar 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 COVID-19...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: UKRAINE: Tier 2. The Government of Ukraine 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 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Sussex County, New Jersey, man today admitted fraudulently obtaining a federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan of over $5 million, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SPECIAL CASE: YEMEN. Yemen remains a Special Case for the sixth consecutive year. The civil conflict and humanitarian crisis continued during the reporting period, while the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the crisis and further hampered both government and NGO functioning. Information on human trafficking...
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 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: ZIMBABWE: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Zimbabwe does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included convicting one trafficker and sentencing him to imprisonment and formally approving its 2019-2020 antitrafficking...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: ANGOLA: Tier 2. The Government of Angola 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: GABON: Tier 2. The Government of Gabon 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: 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 Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: As summer travel volumes continue to rise and the Fourth of July holiday weekend approaches, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) remains prepared to ensure a secure screening process at airports nationwide.
