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Dutch National Faces Charges for Participation in Terror Financing Ring
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 03 November 2021 03 November 2021
Arlington, Virginia - After more than seven years of extradition proceedings in the Netherlands, a Dutch woman brought by the FBI to the United States Thursday made her initial appearance Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to face charges stemming from her alleged participation in a terrorist financing ring in support of the Somalia-based terrorist group al-Shabaab.
Justice Department and FTC File Suit to Stop Deceptive Marketing of Nasal Spray Product Advertised as Purported COVID-19 Treatment
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- Published: 03 November 2021 03 November 2021
Salt Lake City, Utah - The Department of Justice, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Thursday announced a civil enforcement action against defendants Xlear Inc. and Nathan Jones for alleged violations of the COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act and the FTC Act.
Defendants Charged in Connection with Multi-State Forced Labor Conspiracy Involving the Forced Labor of Minor Victims
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- Written by Yuma News Now Yuma News Now
- Published: 30 October 2021 30 October 2021
Kansas City, Kansas - A federal grand jury in the District of Kansas has returned an eight-count indictment against eight defendants for their alleged roles in a forced labor conspiracy that victimized numerous minors who, between 2000 and 2012, worked in various food service and other businesses in Kansas and around the United States.
Go, girl, go
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- Written by John Grimaldi John Grimaldi
- Published: 02 November 2021 02 November 2021
Yuma, Arizona - The Colorado Peaches is an all-girl softball team whose youngest players range in age from 50 to 90, says the Association of Mature American Citizens. The team is perhaps the only one in the nation that caters to older women with spunk. They’ve been playing softball since 1991 and managed to overcome adversities along the way.
Justice Department Settles with Construction Company to Resolve Immigration-Related Discrimination Claims
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- Written by Yuma News Now Yuma News Now
- Published: 30 October 2021 30 October 2021
Baltimore, Maryland - The Department of Justice Wednesday announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Priority Construction Corporation, located in Baltimore, Maryland. The settlement resolves the department’s claims that Priority Construction violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by failing to consider workers in the United States (such as U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, asylees, refugees and recent lawful permanent residents) for employment opportunities due to the company’s preference for workers with H-2B visas.