News from July 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Jackson, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the arrest of Roger Spencer Jr. for Aggravated Robbery and Aggravated Assault that occurred in McNairy County, TN.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: LIBERIA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Liberia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included opening a new shelter for child trafficking victims, initiating an investigation into a high-profile labor...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: LESOTHO: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Lesotho 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: HUNGARY: Tier 2. The Government of Hungary 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: REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Tier 2.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Tier 2 Watch List.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: PAKISTAN: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Pakistan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included finalizing implementation rules for the 2018 Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act (PTPA), adopting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - Three men have been charged in a federal indictment with unlawfully dealing or possessing firearms in Chicago.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: GUINEA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Guinea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included prosecuting and convicting more traffickers and identifying more victims. The government approved standard...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: VIETNAM: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Vietnam does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included an increase in prosecutions of traffickers, and-for the first time-the government reported comprehensive...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Effective Friday, July 2, campfires or the ignition of wood, briquettes, or any fuel in fire pits, fire pans, and barbeque grills, are banned in Lake Chelan National Recreation Area and the area of North Cascades National Park located in Chelan County. This includes all National Park Service lands south...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: RUSSIA: Tier 3. The Government of Russia 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 Russia remained on Tier 3. Despite...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: PARAGUAY: Tier 2. The Government of Paraguay 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: MOZAMBIQUE: Tier 2. The Government of Mozambique 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: LESOTHO: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Lesotho 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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - An Ottumwa, Iowa man was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person in violation of federal law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A California parent has agreed to plead guilty to a tax offense in connection with his involvement in the college admissions case.
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 $1.75 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to CHI Health St. Francis, Grand Island, Nebraska, to renovate its medical center and support the expansion of vocational training programs in healthcare. This EDA grant, to be matched with $2.6 million in local funds, is expected to create 42 jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), announced today the formation of a Civil Rights Team in the Office’s Criminal Division, which will be responsible for enforcing the Nation’s federal criminal civil rights laws in EDVA, including additional...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: ROMANIA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Romania 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; convicting more traffickers; and establishing a dedicated unit for...
