Author: News Desk

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon and thank you for joining us at the Department today. I want to thank our law enforcement partners who are joining me on the stage today, including the FBI’s Joe Perez, GSA OIG’s Jason Suffredini, and USPS-OIG’s Vernessa Medina. As Associate Attorney General Woodward just described, the Department […]

“In the last week alone, we witnessed one of the largest aerial bombardments of Ukraine since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion in February 2022,” said Director Kayoko Gotoh of the Political and Peacebuilding Affairs department.   Between 13 and 14 May, Russia reportedly launched more than 1,500 drones and dozens of missiles targeting cities across Ukraine.  Civilians face daily attacks  The deadliest incident occurred on […]

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice today announced continued efforts to combat antisemitism nationwide through the forthcoming launch of the Anti-Semitism Advisory Committee (ASAC), a new advisory body that will provide recommendations to the Attorney General and the Department of Justice on strategies to address the rising tide of antisemitism across the United States.  The […]

A former European Commission employee, Latyr had been living a stable middle-class life in Belgium. But that stability gave way to uncertainty almost overnight, as he found himself sleeping in a tent on the streets of Spain. There, he remained trapped for nearly four years while authorities investigated a fraud case. He was ultimately cleared […]

Today, the Justice Department notified Washington Governor Bob Ferguson of the initiation of a federal investigation into Washington’s practice of housing men in its women’s prison. The Justice Department will investigate whether Washington engages in a pattern or practice of violating the constitutional rights of female prisoners incarcerated at the Washington Corrections Center for Women […]

A former plant manager and a supervisor of a Nashville, Tennessee, facility pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee to conspiring to bypass waste pretreatment systems and discharge the waste into the Nashville sewer system, and to tampering with a monitoring device at the facility. David Ray Stark, the former […]

  Farmers across Europe are under increasing pressure due to recent supply disruptions and price volatility. The Commission has put forward an initiative to support its farmers against rising fertiliser costs and scarcity, reinforce domestic production and reduce Europe’s dependency on imports. The fertiliser action plan will help to ensure food security by supporting farmers and […]

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Thank you for that kind introduction. It is a pleasure to join you in the Crescent City and to meet many of the members of Transparency Rx and others attending this conference. As a law enforcer with responsibilities across the economy, it is an honor to be in the room […]

WHO’s representative in DRC, Dr Anne Ancia, told reporters in Geneva that there are more than 500 suspected cases including 130 suspected deaths, but that only 30 cases have been confirmed in the country so far. The agency is working closely with the authorities and rushing more testing kits to eastern DRC to identify cases […]

The owner of two Southern California non-emergency ambulatory companies pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and money laundering. According to court documents and statements made in court, Mehrdad Tabrizi was the sole owner of Life Fleet Inc. and Resonante Group, two medical businesses based in Orange County. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tabrizi used these two […]