Actions To Take Place In Over 100 Cities Around The World; Events Offer Alternative Vision To United Nations’ Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 24, 2015. On Friday, a rally will be held at 1 pm in New York City in front of the United Nations Headquarters[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Illinois Torturing Prisoners with Solitary Confinement; Class Action Lawsuit Filed Today
CHICAGO, IL—(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2015 — This morning, Uptown People’s Law Center and Winston & Strawn LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of thousands of prisoners against the Illinois Department of Corrections for its overuse and misuse of solitary confinement in Illinois prisons. Approximately 2,500 prisoners are in solitary[Read More…]
Vermilion County Court Imposes Penalty On Petroleum Company
SPRINGFIELD –-(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) announced today that on June 18, 2015, a Vermilion County Circuit Court issued a Default Judgment Order against Excellent Petroleum, Inc. for $365,000. The order came in response to the company abandoning a truck stop and leaving ten[Read More…]
Seventeen Alleged Leaders and Associates of Clan Usuga Indicted in Brooklyn and Miami as Part of Coordinated Strike Against Colombia’s Largest and Most Influential Drug Trafficking and Armed BACRIM Criminal Group
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 23, 2015. U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Acting U.S. Attorney Kelly T. Currie of the Eastern District of New York and Regional Director Jay Bergman of the Andean Region of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced today the unsealing of five indictments[Read More…]
Member of the Imperial Gangsters Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Murder and Racketeering Conspiracy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. A member of the Imperial Gangsters street gang was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder and conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David A. Capp of the Northern[Read More…]
Department of Justice Filed Charges on more than 2,700 Human Smugglers in Fiscal Year 2014
Between 2009 and 2014, More Than 18,000 Individuals Charged With Human Smuggling by Federal Prosecutors Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. The Justice Department is committed to using its resources to bring to justice those that are breaking the law by smuggling migrants into the United States. In Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14, Oct.[Read More…]
Three MS-13 Leaders Sentenced for Racketeering and Related Charges for Multiple Murders and Attacks
Twelve Others Have Pleaded Guilty in the Case Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. Three leaders of MS-13 in Washington, D.C., were sentenced today to federal prison for conspiring to participate in racketeering activity and other charges stemming from their roles in murders, extortion and other violent crimes. Assistant Attorney General Leslie[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Obama Administration Announces Actions to Protect Communities from the Health Impacts of Climate Change at White House Summit
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. President Obama is committed to combating the impacts of climate change and protecting the health of future generations. We know climate change is not a distant threat, we are already seeing impacts in communities across the country. In the past three decades, the percentage of Americans with[Read More…]
Joint Defense Dept. Press Conference in Tallinn, Estonia, June 23, 2015
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, second from left, participates in a combined press conference with Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas, far left, Estonian Defense Minister Sven Mikser, third from left, and Latvian Defense Secretary Janis Sarts in Tallinn, Estonia, June 23, 2015. Carter is in Europe to meet with European[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Urges Navy to Name Ship After Quincy, Illinois
Requests Next U.S. Navy Frigate to be USS Quincy to Honor Community’s Support for Navy and Navy Reserve WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today announced he has requested the U.S. Navy name its next frigate the USS Quincy to honor the town of Quincy, Illinois. “By[Read More…]
