News from October 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: A money launderer for the Sinaloa Cartel was sentenced yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California to 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine for laundering approximately $15 million from the sale of methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin that were smuggled into the United States by the Sinaloa Cartel.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Kentucky returned an indictment today charging a former elected county coroner with illegally distributing controlled substances such as oxycodone and OxyContin. According to court documents, David W. Suetholz, 73, of Ludlow, Kentucky, a medical doctor ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: A Vermont man pleaded guilty today to hiring a woman in Venezuela to kidnap an adult male and make a video of the man being beaten, tortured, and suffocated to death, and to conspiracy to produce child pornography and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it will require Neenah Enterprises Inc. (NEI), U.S. Holdings Inc. (U.S. Holdings), and U.S. Foundry and Manufacturing Corporation (US Foundry) to divest certain gray iron municipal castings assets in order to proceed with NEI’s proposed acquisition of substantially ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Three U.S. subsidiaries of Dutch chemical giant LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Lyondell) have agreed to make upgrades and perform compliance measures estimated to cost $50 million to resolve allegations they violated the Clean Air Act and state air pollution control laws at six petrochemical manufacturing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: A Rhode Island man was sentenced today to 400 months in prison for his role in an international fentanyl distribution conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Today, at a roundtable with state and local law enforcement, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta announced alongside Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) Acting Director Rob Chapman $7 million in grants for the Law Enforcement Mental Health ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Texas returned an indictment today charging a former Chief Technical Pilot for The Boeing Company (Boeing) with deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aircraft Evaluation Group (FAA AEG) in connection with the FAA AEG’s evaluation of Boeing’s 737 MAX airplane, and scheming to defraud Boeing’s U.S.‑based airline customers to obtain tens of millions of dollars for Boeing.
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Monica Medina and Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Environment and Natural Resources Kelly Milton are representing the United States at the 14th meeting of the United States-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) Environmental Affairs Council (EAC).
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Today, the Department of State is announcing two rewards for information regarding Pakistani national and human smuggler Abid Ali Kahn. The first reward of up to $1 million is offered for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Ali Khan, while a second $1 million reward is offered for ...
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met yesterday in Washington, D.C. with Israeli Foreign Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in a trilateral setting to highlight the first ...
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Bruneian Foreign Minister II Erywan Yusof today. The Secretary noted appreciation for Brunei’s role as the current ASEAN Chair and Foreign Minister II Erywan’s efforts as the ASEAN Special Envoy to Burma. ...
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Brian P. McKeon met separately with Danish Permanent Under-Secretary of State Jean-Charles Ellerman-Kingombe and Permanent Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Lars Lose today in Copenhagen. ...
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: The Department of State has awarded Caddell Construction Company LCC of Montgomery, Alabama the construction contract, managed by Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), for the new U.S. Consulate General in Milan, Italy. SHoP Architects of New York is the architect. The approximately 10-acre campus will provide a secure, sustainable, and resilient platform for U.S. diplomacy in Milan and across northern Italy.
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It is good to see everyone here, and it is especially a pleasure for me to welcome our friends here today from the Hellenic Republic of Greece for the third U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue. Nikos, to you, to all of your colleagues, again, welcome. It’s so good to have you here.
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias today in Washington on the occasion of the third U.S. – Greece Strategic Dialogue. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Dendias celebrated the growing and enduring ...
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Since the earliest days of this Administration, President Biden has made clear that our foreign policy would be grounded in America’s most cherished democratic values: defending freedom, championing opportunity, upholding human rights and fundamental freedoms, respecting the rule of law, and treating ...
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. I’m very, very pleased to be here with my friend and colleague, Josep Borrell. We’ve spent a lot of time seeing each other in various parts of the world and on the phone, but it’s particularly good to have you at the State Department today.
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: The Nineteenth Session of the Bilateral Consultative Commission under the U.S.-Russia New START Treaty was held in Geneva October 5-14, 2021.
By State Newswire | Oct 14, 2021
News Release: Alongside Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, today I signed an amendment to the U.S.-Greece Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA). The MDCA is the bedrock of our defense cooperation and has helped strengthen our common defense for more than three decades. This second amendment to the MDCA in ...
