News from July 2021
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: NIGERIA: Tier 2. The Government of Nigeria 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: TUNISIA: Tier 2. The Government of Tunisia 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: GUINEA-BISSAU: Tier 3. The Government of Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-Bissau was...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Boone County man pleaded guilty today to a federal child pornography crime.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SWEDEN: Tier 1. The Government of Sweden 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: ESWATINI: Tier 2. The Government of Eswatini 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: GREAT FALLS - A Florida man today admitted trafficking methamphetamine in Great Falls and transporting stolen property after he was arrested in Missouri driving a truck and pulling a stolen trailer loaded with $80,000 in stolen ATVs and other items, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Cleveland, OH - On June 29, 2021, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) and Cleveland Division of Police recovered a 12-year-old girl who had been reported as an endangered runaway. The girl was recovered in Cleveland’s Second District and had been missing for approximately thirty (30) days. After the report was taken, the USMS worked closely with the Cleveland Police to find this child and the cooperation was instrumental in her recovery.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: CZECH REPUBLIC: Tier 1. The Government of the Czech Republic 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 State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: THE GAMBIA: Tier 2 Watch List.
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 State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: TONGA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Tonga does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included training new police recruits on victim identification and trafficking investigations and continuing to provide...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Havre woman accused of trafficking fentanyl pills on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and in Hill and Cascade counties admitted charges today, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BURUNDI: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Burundi does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. Considering the documented impact of the pandemic on the government’s anti-trafficking capacity, the government made key achievements...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2022 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies bill.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SURINAME: Tier 2. The Government of Suriname 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 Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $820,550 grant to the Jicarilla Apache Nation, Dulce, New Mexico, to provide technical assistance and develop an organization that will maximize the economic benefits of the Tribe’s energy resources.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SOUTH SUDAN: Tier 3. The Government of the Republic of South Sudan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and, even considering the documented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the government’s anti-trafficking capacity, is not making significant efforts to do so;...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - The leader of a multi-state conspiracy that executed multiple schemes to defraud banks, finance companies, car dealerships, and retailers of more than $1.3 million was sentenced today to more than seven years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: UZBEKISTAN: Tier 2. The Government of Uzbekistan 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...
