News from January 2023
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2023
News Release: The following joint statement was released by the Governments of the United States and Italy at the 14th meeting of the U.S.-Italy Joint Commission Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation.
By Buckley Carlson | Jan 27, 2023
House Armed Services Committee Member Rep. Jim Banks (IN-03) introduced the bipartisan MAHSA Act, to sanction Iran’s Supreme Leader and his inner circle.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) prevented a Loudoun County, Va., man from bringing his loaded handgun onto his flight yesterday, Jan. 12. The 9mm gun was loaded with two bullets.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
Transportation Security Administration officers at West Virginia International Yeager Airport stopped a Charleston, W.Va., man with a loaded handgun at the security checkpoint early this morning.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today displayed a collection of the Top 10 prohibited items found by security screening officers at two different Idaho airports – Boise Airport and Idaho Falls Regional Airport - in 2022.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport prevented a man from New Milford, Pa., from bringing his handgun onto his flight yesterday, Monday, Jan. 9.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers working at Philadelphia International Airport continue to see travelers bringing their guns to the airport in their carry-on luggage and TSA wants to remind travelers of the proper and legal way to transport firearms for their flights.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
As the Civil Rights Directorate’s Anti-Retaliation Campaign continues, today’s topic is spotting and reporting retaliation. Workplace retaliation can take many forms and it is important for employees to understand how to identify retaliation and the ways to report it.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
It’s always been his favorite pastime, but during the last three years running has been the way that Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathaniel Dirvin pays it forward—raising money for Coast Guard Mutual Assistance (CGMA) through his races.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
As announced in the DoD365 Deployment – SharePoint Online Migrations CIO Note 006/22, the Coast Guard-Wide Migration to DOD365 - SITREP 11ALCOAST 073/22 (CAC required for access), and on MyCG, the phaseout of the Coast Guard’s legacy CGPortal and all of its intranet sites is underway.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents seized Friday 2262 pounds (1026 kilos) of cocaine from a vessel attempting to reach the coast of Humacao, Puerto Rico. The estimated street value of the contraband is $23.5 million.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Indianapolis saw a record number of fraudulent counterfeits during Fiscal Year 2022. CBP officers in Indianapolis seized 7,901 counterfeits that would have been worth a Manufacturer’s Suggest Retail Price more than $115.53 million, had they been real, during Fiscal Year 2022, which runs from October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and specialists in Cincinnati posted record-breaking numbers of enforcement actions during Fiscal Year 2022. From October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022, Cincinnati seized 6,084 shipments, putting them in fourth place nationwide, and specialists issued 9,130 Emergency Action Notifications (EANs), third place nationwide and the highest number of agriculture and biological seizures ever recorded at the port.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), officers at the Laredo Port of Entry, detained one male Mexican Citizen wanted for rape and domestic battery.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo West Station apprehended a wanted criminal and a gang member in Laredo, Texas.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
During a 12-month timeframe, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville have seized thousands and thousands of packages that contain counterfeit items, agricultural pests, or narcotics shipped from criminals in the U.S. and overseas. In fiscal year 2022, which ran from October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022, CBP officers in Louisville intercept more than $260 million worth of various counterfeit goods, over 21,000 pounds of illicit drugs and stopped over 10,500 prohibited plants and animal products from entering the U.S.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers assigned to the Eagle Pass International Bridge seized cocaine that totaled over $109,000 in street value.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is reminding the traveling public to be mindful that certain agricultural items such as raw eggs and poultry from Mexico are prohibited from entry into the United States, and failure to declare these items may result in monetary penalties.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested a convicted sex offender, shortly after he illegally entered the United States, Jan. 18.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
Laredo Sector Border Patrol awarded the Youth of the Month honorees for January during a ceremony at Nixon High School.
