News from July 2021
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: MONTENEGRO: Tier 2. The Government of Montenegro 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: CHINA: Tier 3. The Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) 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 on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore the PRC remained...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: LAOS: Tier 2. The Government of Laos 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: ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: Tier 2. The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A North Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today to unlawfully collecting over $200,000 of her deceased mother’s Social Security retirement benefits. She also admitted to wrongfully taking over $20,000 of her deceased mother’s annuity payments from a life insurance company.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: JAMAICA: Tier 2. The Government of Jamaica 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 pandemic...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BOLIVIA: Tier 2. The Government of Bolivia 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: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Three individuals appeared in federal court today for gun crimes.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: TANZANIA: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Tanzania does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included increasing funding for the anti-trafficking committee to implement the national action plan and allocating...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: The following is a product of the Human Trafficking Expert Consultant Network (the Network) funded by the TIP Office. The purpose of the Network is to engage experts, particularly those with lived experience of human trafficking, to provide expertise and input on Department of State anti-trafficking...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: NEW ZEALAND: Tier 2. The Government of New Zealand does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included initiating eight trafficking investigations, convicting seven offenders for sex trafficking crimes, funding...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BRAZIL: Tier 2. The Government of Brazil 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 DOE 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: BANGLADESH: Tier 2. The Government of Bangladesh 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: LUXEMBOURG: Tier 1. The Government of Luxembourg 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: United States Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Tarrence Dramon Tolbert, 40, of Brewton, Alabama, was sentenced on June 29, 2021 to 135 months’ imprisonment for his possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine on Feb. 24, 2020. In January of 2021, Tolbert pled guilty to the charge in federal court in Mobile.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: BURMA: Tier 3. The Government of Burma 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 on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Burma remained on Tier 3. During the reporting...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican Leader of the Health Subcommittee Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its rule on surprise medical billing.
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: HAITI: Tier 2 Watch List. The Government of Haiti 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, updating the penal code, forming regional anti-trafficking subcommittees...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2021
Release: LITHUANIA: Tier 1. The Government of Lithuania fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period while considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on its anti-trafficking...
