News from July 2021
By USDA Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program (FFP) for crop year 2020, which runs from Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2021.
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 State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: ETHIOPIA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Ethiopia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included partnering with international organizations and foreign donors to train police, prosecutors, and judges...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: GEORGIA: Tier 1. The Government of Georgia 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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to two years in prison for defrauding the Virginia Medicaid program by submitting over $188,000 in false claims for a residential nursing facility.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that CSX Transportation violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act and demonstrated a pattern of retaliation after firing a worker in December 2019 for reporting safety concerns. OSHA ordered the company to pay $71,976 in back wages, interest, and damages, and $150,000 in punitive damages.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Defendants Charged at Police Lines, Stole Riot Shields and Threw Objects at Police; Three Charged with Use of a Deadly Weapon.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: SPECIAL CASE: LIBYA. Libya is a Special Case for the sixth consecutive year. The Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) struggled to govern large swaths of Libyan territory, as it did not exercise control in several parts of the country. The judicial system was not fully functioning, as courts in...
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 $2.8 million grant to Starke County Initiative for Lifelong Learning, Inc. (SCILL), Knox, Indiana, to construct a 12,000-square-foot workforce training...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA) and Senators Tina Smith (D-MN.) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to help Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities, Tribal health programs and urban Indian health organizations address mental and behavioral health needs in their communities.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: CABO VERDE: Tier 2. The Government of Cabo Verde 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: FRANCE: Tier 1. The Government of France 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: BURKINA FASO: Tier 2 Watch List.
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: THAILAND: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Thailand does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included taking steps to improve coordination with civil society in trafficking investigations and victim protection...
By Commerce 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: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By EPA 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: ESTONIA: Tier 1. The Government of Estonia 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, if any, on its anti-trafficking capacity; ...
