Murder-for-Hire and money laundering charges were unsealed against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization for allegedly plotting to kill a U.S. citizen targeted by the Government of Iran.

Murder-for-Hire and money laundering charges were unsealed against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization for allegedly plotting to kill a U.S. citizen targeted by the Government of Iran.

Murder-for-Hire and money laundering charges were unsealed against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization for allegedly plotting to kill a U.S. citizen targeted by the Government of Iran.

Murder-for-Hire and money laundering charges were unsealed against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization for allegedly plotting to kill a U.S. citizen targeted by the Government of Iran.

Murder-for-Hire and money laundering charges were unsealed against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization for allegedly plotting to kill a U.S. citizen targeted by the Government of Iran.

Murder-for-Hire and money laundering charges were unsealed against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization for allegedly plotting to kill a U.S. citizen targeted by the Government of Iran.

Murder-for-Hire and money laundering charges were unsealed against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization for allegedly plotting to kill a U.S. citizen targeted by the Government of Iran.

Murder-for-Hire and money laundering charges were unsealed against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization for allegedly plotting to kill a U.S. citizen targeted by the Government of Iran.

After a more than four-year hiatus, U.S. and Cuban security officials officially resumed the U.S.-Cuba Law Enforcement Dialogue.

The DOJ Gender Equality Network (DOJ GEN) recently called on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to stop permitting hiring managers to ask for an applicant’s salary history when hiring. Last year, six Department of Justice (DOJ) employee associations wrote a letter to DOJ component leaders calling for an end to this practice, but the Justice Management Division responded, saying that the practice was justified under federal hiring regulations.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated August 17, 2021, a licensed Chicago pharmacist was arrested for allegedly selling dozens of authentic Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 vaccination cards on eBay.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a management advisory memorandum to leaders at the Justice Management Division (JMD) identifying a number of concerns with human resources policies and data. The memo notes several continued deficiencies initially identified in DOJ OIG’s October 2020 report on enhancing human capital titled “Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing the Department of Justice 2020.”

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated August 11, 2021, a sober home operator in Massachusetts, Peter McCarthy, allegedly subjected female residents to sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated August 3, 2021, a member of the U.S. foreign service, Dean Cheves, 61, was indicted for engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place and possession of child pornography.

According to a Department of Justice press release dated July 22, 2021, the DOJ has launched five cross-jurisdictional firearms trafficking strike forces to address violent crime and crack down on sources of crime guns.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated July 27, 2021, Luz Irene Fajardo Campos, aka “La Comadre,” “La Madrina,” and “La Doña,” 57, of Culiacan, Mexico, was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison following a 2019 trial for her role in in an international drug trafficking conspiracy that included Mexico, Colombia, Honduras, and the United States.

Last month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report entitled Sex Trafficking: Online Platforms and Federal Prosecutions. The report examines Department of Justice (DOJ) enforcement actions against online platforms that promote sex trafficking from 2014 to 2020. Two events in 2018 shifted the landscape of the online sex market and therefore the landscape of online sex trafficking.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated July 21, 2021, Tres Genco, 21, of Hillsboro, Ohio was charged with attempting to conduct a mass shooting of women and with illegally possessing a machine gun.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated June 24, 2021, Gregory A. Bush of Louisville, KY was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering two Black shoppers at a Kroger grocery store and the attempted murder of a third. Each of these crimes was found to be racially motivated. He pleaded guilty-but-mentally-ill to state charges for murder, attempted murder and wanton endangerment.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated June 29, 2021, Shmuel Gali of New York was sentenced to 60 months in prison for tampering with car odometers and partaking in a money laundering scheme. For his crimes, he will be required to pay $3,936,000 in restitution.