News from July 2021
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SUDAN: Tier 2. The Government of Sudan 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: 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: HONDURAS: Tier 2. The Government of Honduras 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 United States is committed to improving social, economic, and political conditions in Central America because U.S. security and prosperity is tied to the success of our regional partners. Actions that undermine the rule of law and democracy in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, and their repercussions...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ronald McKenna, age 41, of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 30, 2021, to 36 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for drug trafficking and firearms charges.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ronald McKenna, age 41, of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 30, 2021, to 36 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: HONG KONG: Tier 2 Watch List.
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: PORTUGAL: Tier 2. The Government of Portugal 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 suspects and awarding restitution to victims. The government also updated its national referral...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SOLOMON ISLANDS: Tier 2. The Government of Solomon Islands 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: A Tulsa man was sentenced today in federal court for coercing a 16-year-old to engage in sexual acts as part of a sex trafficking ring, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - National Park Service (NPS) acting Regional Director Pedro Ramos announced the selection of Douglas “Doug" Neighbor as the new superintendent of Natchez Trace Parkway, Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site and Tupelo National Battlefield, effective Aug. 15.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Tier 2. The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina 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...
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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Trevor Wright, 50, of Artesia, New Mexico, made an initial appearance in federal court today facing charges of possession of child pornography and being a drug addict in possession of firearms. Wright will remain in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for July 7.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: ARGENTINA: Tier 1. The Government of Argentina 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: COMOROS: Tier 3. The Government of Comoros 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 Comoros remained on Tier 3.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) wants the public to be safe during the Fourth of July. Understanding the dangers associated with illegal or improperly used/manufactured fireworks can prevent severe injuries, disfigurement, or even death.
