DOJ: Former Resident of Stockton, California Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison for Human Trafficking Convictions Related to Forced Labor of Foreign Nationals

Sharmistha Barai, 40, formerly of Stockton, California, was sentenced Friday, Oct. 2 to 15 years and

Sharmistha Barai

eight months in prison for forced labor violations.

On March 14, 2019, after an 11-day trial, a federal jury found Barai and her husband Satish Kartan guilty of conspiracy to obtain forced labor and two counts of obtaining forced labor. Kartan is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 22.

“The United States abolished slavery and involuntary servitude more than 150 years ago,” said Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband. “Yet, inhuman forced labor and deprivations of liberty and dignity persist because human traffickers are modern-day slave masters who endeavor to exploit their fellow human beings for profit and other gruesome purposes.  The sentence imposed today sends a strong message that human trafficking and forced labor will not be tolerated in the United States. The defendant’s role in this scheme to compel the victims into servitude for up to 18 hours a day, with minimal pay, through intimidation, threats, and violence, is an unconscionable violation of the victims’ individual rights, freedom, and dignity. The Civil Rights Division remains committed to relentlessly pursuing justice on behalf of victims of human trafficking and holding perpetrators accountable to the fullest extent of the law.” 

“The defendants’ horrendous conduct, done in the privacy of their home, was publicly exposed during the trial,” said U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott of the Eastern District of California. “One by one the victims told their stories of the brutality they experienced: long hours of labor, inadequate food, and physical assault. Today’s sentence sends a clear message to others that systematic brutality against vulnerable victims will not be tolerated.”

“This sentencing sends a strong message: DSS is committed to ensuring that those who exploit and traffic individuals for personal gain will face severe consequences for their criminal actions,” said Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Matthew Perlman of the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), San Francisco Field Office.

“No human being should be lured into servitude with promises of employment. This form of human trafficking is heart wrenching: victims are often assaulted and live their lives in fear behind closed doors where escape seems all but impossible,” said SAC Sean Ragan of the FBI Sacramento Field Office. “The FBI will stand with our law enforcement partners to investigate reports of human trafficking and ensure victims receive the services they need.”

“This investigation is just another unfortunate example of cruel and inhumane crimes, like labor trafficking, being committed by some of the worst violators our society has to offer. Though justice has been served, this sentence still pales in comparison to the lifelong emotional trauma the victims of these crimes are forced to live with,” said SAC Tatum King of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) of San Francisco. “Homeland Security Investigations agents globally remain committed to prioritizing, identifying, rescuing and providing services and benefits to victims of crime regardless of citizenship and continue to demonstrate a laser focus to bringing criminals to justice.”

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, between February 2014 and October 2016, Kartan and Barai hired workers from overseas to perform domestic labor in their home in Stockton. In advertisements seeking workers on the internet and India-based newspapers, the defendants made false claims about the wages and conditions of employment. Once the workers arrived at the defendants’ Stockton residence, Kartan and Barai compelled them to work up to 18 hours a day limited rest and nourishment. Few of them were paid any wage. The defendants kept the domestic workers from leaving and coerced them to continue working by threatening them, by creating an atmosphere of fear, control, and disempowerment, and at times by physically hitting or burning them. When a victim resisted or expressed a desire to leave, the threats and abuse became worse.

This case is the product of an investigation by HSI, the FBI, and the State Department’s DSS. The Stockton Police Department provided the initial investigation and later assistance with victim services. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jason Hitt and Katherine Lydon prosecuted the case with the assistance of the Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.

The Eastern District of California (Sacramento) is one of six districts designated through a competitive, nationwide selection process as a Phase II Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team, through the interagency ACTeam Initiative of the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security and Labor. ACTeams focus on developing high-impact human trafficking investigations and prosecutions involving forced labor, international sex trafficking and sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion through interagency collaboration among federal prosecutors and federal investigative agencies.

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DOJ: Open Public Comments On SORNA - Adam Walsh Child Protection Database - October 13, 2020

Are you bored, in search of a way to have your voice heard, knowing that your Twitter is search suppressed?

Why, here is your opportunity!

DOJ is announcing open comments on its rulemaking.

DOJ did not like public input when it came to rulemaking, but Sessions changed that practice.

You have to get creative to get the DOJ to listen, particularly when it comes to tiny humans, but I digress, not really.

DRU SJODIN
NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER PUBLIC WEBSITE

https://www.nsopw.gov/

So, instead of hammering on your mobile device, how about submitting your comments, under penalty of law, by signing your name, verifying who you are and what you are presenting, for the betterment of society, and not just personal graft.

I believe all social media platforms should have the same disclaimer, but they do not, because they are private, foreign corporations, where there is no such thing as civil rights, unless there is raised an an issue of armigerous validity, a Parental Right, but, I digress, well, not really.

It all comes down to trafficking tiny humans.

Here is the history of SORNA.

Here is the history of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.

Here is the history of the Central Registry of Child Abuse & Neglect, where poverty is considered a crime.

I say, if we can maintain public databases on individuals who engage in such heinous acts, then, in the same breath, we can maintain public databases on individuals who engage in rulemaking, and Medicaid fraud in child welfare.

I will also go so far as to say that we can just merge all the databases, then invert them so each and every individual will have their own cyberchit, cybertrust, block, self contained, identity.

The same should be done for commerce, where the U.S. Census resided in the Department of Commerce.

That way, all you have to do is pick up your mobile device and build your own wall, where everyone can witness the content of your character.

So, the moral of the story is, "If you do not want people to know what you do, then, perhaps, you should not be doing it."

Summary
The Department of Justice is proposing a rule that specifies the registration requirements under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”). The rule in part reflects express requirements of SORNA and in part reflects the exercise of authorities SORNA grants to the Attorney General to interpret and implement SORNA's requirements. SORNA's requirements have previously been delineated in guidelines issued by the Attorney General for implementation of SORNA's requirements by registration jurisdictions.

Dates
Written and electronic comments must be sent or submitted on or before October 13, 2020. Comments received by mail will be considered timely if they are postmarked on or before the last day of the comment period. The electronic Federal Docket Management System will accept electronic comments until midnight Eastern Time at the end of that day.

Addresses
Comments may be mailed to Regulations Docket Clerk, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 4234, Washington, DC 20530. To ensure proper handling, please reference Docket No. OAG 157 on your correspondence. You may submit comments electronically or view an electronic version of this proposed rule at http://www.regulations.gov.

For Further Information Contact
David J. Karp, Senior Counsel, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 202-514-3273.

Supplementary Information
Posting of Public Comments. Please note that all comments received are considered part of the public record and made available for public inspection online at http://www.regulations.gov. Such information includes personal identifying information (such as your name, address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter.

You are not required to submit personal identifying information in order to comment on this rule. Nevertheless, if you still want to submit personal identifying information (such as your name, address, etc.) as part of your comment, but do not want it to be posted online, you must include the phrase “PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION” in the first paragraph of your comment. You also must locate all the personal identifying information you do not want posted online in the first paragraph of your comment and identify what information you want redacted.

If you want to submit confidential business information as part of your comment, but do not want it to be posted online, you must include the phrase “CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION” in the first paragraph of your comment. You also must prominently identify confidential business information to be redacted within the comment. If a comment has so much confidential business information that it cannot be effectively redacted, all or part of that comment may not be posted on http://www.regulations.gov.

Personal identifying information and confidential business information identified and located as set forth above will be placed in the agency's public docket file, but not posted online. If you wish to inspect the agency's public docket file in person by appointment, please see the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT paragraph.

Department of Justice Publishes Proposed Regulations Articulating the Registration Requirements for Sex Offenders under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

The Department of Justice has published proposed regulations that provide a clear and comprehensive statement of sex offenders’ registration requirements under the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).  SORNA requires convicted sex offenders to register in the states in which they live, work, or attend school, and it directs the Attorney General to issue regulations and guidelines to implement SORNA. 

“SORNA is a crucial public safety measure,” said Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy Beth A. Williams.  “The proposed regulations will further Congress’s and the Department’s shared goal of ensuring that convicted sex offenders are accounted for under the law.  These regulations will enhance the enforcement of registration and notification across the country and ensure that information about sex offenders in the community is available to law enforcement and the public.”  

Congress enacted SORNA as part of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to strengthen the nation’s sex offender registration programs, which exist in every state, and to ensure that sex offenders are effectively tracked as they move among jurisdictions.  SORNA includes requirements regarding the sex offenses for which registration is required and the information sex offenders must provide to registration authorities; reporting of changes in, and periodic verification of, residence and other information; and the required duration of registration for sex offenders in different classes.  SORNA also requires sex offenders to report travel abroad, which addresses the global concern over international sex tourism and trafficking.

The proposed regulations’ clear and comprehensive statement of registration obligations under SORNA will promote the effective enforcement of SORNA’s requirements.  By these means, the proposed regulations will further SORNA’s objective of protecting the public from sex offenders by establishing a comprehensive national system for the registration of such offenders.

The proposed regulations are available here.

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USCCB Cloaks The Residuals Of The Peculiar Institution Of Trafficking Tiny Humans - Again

Registered Residuals of the Peculiar Institution
U.S. Trademark of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
for Trafficking Tiny Humans

The USCCB is not in a good place right now, simple because they just refuse to stop cloaking the residuals of the peculiar institution when it comes to trafficking tiny humans through their private, state contracts.

Why does the USCCB refuse to stop trafficking tiny humans, you ask?

Well, it is because they are stealin' the children, land & vote.

Gotta have a Public Private Partner-ship when it comes to privateering tiny humans.


These vile creatures have no souls because they cloak the horrors of the industry of child welfare.... but I know what they do... and it is not good...

Praise the lord.

#Time2AuditGod

#maytheheavensfall

President of U.S. Bishops’ Conference Appoints Four New Members of National Review Board for the Charter for Protection of Children and Young People

WASHINGTON - Four new members have been appointed to serve on the National Review Board (NRB) by Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The NRB advises the bishops’ Committee on the Protection of Children and Young People and was established as part of the Charter for Protection of Children and Young People, a comprehensive set of procedures established and adopted by the U.S. bishops in 2002 to address allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy.

In his letter to the newly appointed members, Archbishop Gomez reminded them,
“The National Review Board plays a vital role as a consultative body assisting the bishops in ensuring the complete implementation and accountability of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. As it states, ‘The whole Church, especially the laity, at both the diocesan and national levels, needs to be engaged in maintaining safe environments in the Church for children and young people.’”

The four new NRB members are as follows:

Ms. Vivian M. Akel, LCSW, is a retired Clinical Social Worker currently holding the position (volunteer) of Safe Environment Coordinator for the Maronite Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn as well as Pre-Cana facilitator. Her prior experience includes 21 years with the New York City Department of Education as a School Social Worker providing all aspects of Social Work Services with school age children, parents and educators. In addition, Ms. Akel held the position of Director of Social Work in an acute care medical center supervising social workers providing services to patients, families and medical personnel. Ms. Akel began her career working in a Community Mental Health Center in Brooklyn New York providing outpatient psychotherapy to individual patients, couples and families and maintained a private practice until her retirement in 2014. She received a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Hunter College School of Social Work and is currently enrolled in a Spiritual Direction training program at Fairfield University’s Murphy Center for Ignatian Spirituality. Ms. Akel has been married for 34 years and has two adult children.

Mr. James Bogner is a retired Senior Executive Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation with over 35 years of law enforcement experience including serving as a municipal police officer, commanding a detective division, and an FBI Special Agent. He has served as a field investigator in Indianapolis, an investigative supervisor in Chicago, a Unit Chief in the Washington D.C. headquarters of the FBI’s Internal Affairs/Adjudication Unit, and then the national Inspection Unit. Mr. Bogner was assigned as Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge in Oklahoma City after the 1995 bombing. He served in the Senior Executive Service in Washington, and later as Special Agent-in-Charge of FBI offices in the midwest over Nebraska and Iowa. These positions included investigations, developing multi-agency liaisons and partnerships, addressing national personnel and misconduct policies and issues, conducting national inspections and audits, risk analysis, strategic planning, and high-profile media matters. Mr. Bogner later served as the first Assistant Federal Security Director developing procedures and protocols for airport security for Law Enforcement in Nebraska and Iowa after 9/11. He has served on several local, state and national boards and councils. Mr. Bogner has a Master’s Degree in Administration of Justice, and he is a graduate of the FBI’s National Executive Institute. He has also served as Adjunct Faculty at the University of Nebraska-Omaha in the Criminal Justice program. His volunteer work includes being President of his Parish Council to include data and survey analysis and strategic planning. Mr. Bogner also serves on the Archdiocesan Advisory Review and Ministerial Misconduct Boards for the Archdiocese of Omaha.

Mr. Steven Jubera is an Assistant District Attorney for Mississippi's 17th Judicial District. Born in Chicago, he served as a United States Marine being deployed to the Middle East with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Upon Mr. Jubera’s honorable discharge, he attended the University of Illinois at Chicago then earned his law degree from the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS where he currently resides. Mr. Jubera has assisted in the formation of a child advocacy center to better serve the children of his community and has been a speaker advocating for children including the One Loud Voice conference in Mississippi. Mr. Jubera currently serves on the Review Board for the Diocese of Jackson. He is married with four children and one grandson.

Thomas M. Mengler is president of St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas. He holds a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. Before becoming president of St. Mary’s, he served as dean of two law schools: the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. Mr. Mengler has served Catholic higher education as a member and, between 2018 to 2020, as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. In that role, Mr. Mengler also served in 2018 as a member of the Higher Education Working Group for the USCCB’s Committee on Higher Education. Previously, he served on the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities of San Antonio and as Co-Chair of the Lay Commission on Clergy Sexual Abuse of Minors in the Archdiocese of San Antonio. He and his wife have four adult children.

Details regarding the National Review Board, its functions and other members can be found at:
http://www.usccb.org/about/child-and-youth-protection/the-national-review-board.cfm

Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People 2018 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

Then, this happened...

Brooklyn Catholic Bishop DiMarzio Denies ‘Libelous’ Accusations of Abuse

 Nicholas DiMarzio

Bishop DiMarzio is already the subject of a Vatican ordered investigation, following the first allegation, made in November, 2019, which DiMarzio has also categorically denied.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn has denied a second allegation of sexual abuse, and said he is considering taking legal action for libel against his accusers. Both allegations relate to the bishop’s time as a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark in the 1970s.

On Thursday, Associated Press reported that Samier Tadros had accused Bishop DiMarzio of sexual abuse, allegedly committed in the 1970s while Bishop DiMarzio was a parish priest in the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey.

“This is clearly another attempt to destroy my name and discredit what I have accomplished in my service to God and His people, including my efforts to fight the scourge of sexual abuse,” Bishop DiMarzio said in a statement June 4.

“I have retained counsel and am contemplating filing a lawsuit against those responsible for these accusations, which have no basis in fact. I am ready, willing, and able to go to trial to defend myself.”

Bishop DiMarzio is already the subject of a Vatican ordered investigation, following the first allegation, made in November, 2019, which DiMarzio has also categorically denied.

In his statement on Thursday, Bishop DiMarzio said that “there is absolutely no truth to this allegation,” which he characterized as “outrageous and libelous.”

Bishop DiMarzio’s lawyer, Joseph Hayden said in a statement released by the diocese that “We have uncovered conclusive evidence of Bishop DiMarzio’s innocence.”

“Both allegations against my client are more than 40 years old, and the accusers are each seeking 20-million dollars from the Newark Archdiocese. We have been investigating these claims and we have uncovered conclusive evidence of Bishop DiMarzio’s innocence.”

Hayden said he and the bishop “look forward to challenging these allegations in court or in any other proceeding. These 40-year-old allegations in pursuit of two 20-million-dollar legal claims are simply untrue and Bishop DiMarzio will never agree to a settlement of these claims.”

Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian is representing both accusers; Garabedian is known for providing legal representation to clerical sexual abuse victims. Despite making the accusations in public, the Diocese of Brooklyn confirmed to CNA that neither alleged victim has filed suit in court.

In January, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, Bishop DiMarzio’s metropolitan archbishop, announced that the Vatican had instructed him to begin an investigation into the first accusation made against Bishop DiMarzio by Mark Matzek, a 56 year-old man, who claims that Bishop DiMarzio and another priest, now deceased, repeatedly abused him while he was an altar server at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in the Diocese of Newark in the 1970s.

Cardinal Dolan’s investigation is proceeding under the norms of Vos Estis Lux Mundi, a law promulgated by Pope Francis in 2019, which provides for accusations of abuse or related misconduct against a bishop to be undertaken on behalf of the Holy See by the local metropolitan. Associated Press reported on Tuesday that both accusers were prepared to cooperate with Cardinal Dolan’s investigation.

In January, a spokesman for Cardinal Dolan told CNA that the cardinal would be using experts to assist him in his task, but did not give a timeline for the investigation into Bishop DiMarzio.

“As is our practice, the cardinal will rely on outside professional forensic investigators to assist him in this matter,” he said.

“The archdiocese will have no further comment on the matter while the investigation is undertaken.”

According to the New York Post, Cardinal Dolan has retained a risk management company founded by former FBI director Louis Freeh to assist in the investigation.

The first allegation was made in November last year, shortly after Bishop DiMarzio himself had concluded a Vatican-ordered investigation of the Buffalo diocese which was mired in scandal and accusations of then-diocesan Bishop Richard Malone mishandling sexual abuse claims.

At the time of the November accusation, Bishop DiMarzio said that “n my nearly 50-year ministry as a priest, I have never engaged in unlawful or inappropriate behavior and I categorically deny this allegation.”

Tadros, Bishop DiMarzio’s second accuser, said he was repeatedly sexually abused by Bishop DiMarzio at Holy Rosary Church in Jersey City; Tadros said he was 6 years old when the abuse began.

In his statement on Thursday, Bishop DiMarzio said his record showed him to be a proven “leader in the fight against sexual abuse,” noting that he was selected by the Vatican to investigate the Buffalo diocese last fall because of his “exemplary record.”

Bishop DiMarzio also said that as bishop of Brooklyn he had created an independent reporting line that would send abuse claims in his diocese straight to the district attorney.

Then, this happened....

Pope appoints two women to positions in Vatican library and financial authority

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Prelude To Detroit: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison To Handle Investigation IntoGeorge Floyd & Police

There is so much more to this story the media refuses to cover.

#maytheheavensfall

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Attorney General Keith Ellison upgrade charges against officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck; charged other 3 involved

Ellison took over case on Sunday.

Attorney General Keith Ellison's office on Wednesday upgraded charges against the former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck and charged the other three officers at the scene with aiding and abetting murder.

Ellison held a news conference Wednesday to discuss the charges.

"We strongly believe these developments are in the interest of justice for Mr. Floyd, his family, this community and our state," he said. "George Floyd mattered. He was loved, his family was important and his life had value," Ellison said. "We will seek justice for him and for you and we will find it."

However, he acknowledged, "I don't believe one successful prosecution can reflect the hurt and loss that people feel."

Former officer Derek Chauvin, who recorded on video kneeling on Floyd's neck as he begged for air on May 25, now faces the more serious charge of second-degree murder, in addition to the original charges of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter with culpable negligence.

The amended complaint filed against Chauvin stated that "Police are trained that this type of restraint with a subject in a prone position is inherently dangerous. … Officer Chauvin's restraint of Mr. Floyd in this manner for a prolonged period was a substantial factor in Mr. Floyd losing consciousness, constituting substantial bodily harm, and Mr. Floyd's death as well."

During a rally at 38th St. and Chicago Av. in south Minneapolis on Wednesday, Ireland McAbee of Eau Claire, Wis., raised her fist in celebration of the news that Attorney General Keith Ellison had upgraded charges in the death of George Floyd.
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Chauvin was originally charged by the Hennepin County Attorney's Office last week with one count each of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Don Lewis, special prosecutor in the case against Jeronimo Yanez, the former St. Anthony police officer who killed Philando Castile in 2016, said the nearly 9-minute recording of the moments before Floyd died showed ample evidence of intent to kill on Chauvin's part.

"Those are moments to cause reflection on whether or not you're in the middle of a wrongful death here," Lewis said. "You have George Floyd begging for his life, right? 'I can't breathe.' This is a moment of potential reflection on Chauvin's part," Lewis said. "He had multiple opportunities to change course here and decided not to over the span of almost 10 minutes."

The other former three officers at the scene — Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane — were each charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder while committing a felony, and with aiding and abetting second-degree murder manslaughter with culpable negligence. Both charges are categorized as "unintentional" felonies.

Thao was recorded watching as Chauvin continued to press on Floyd's neck with his knee. Kueng was one of the first officers on the scene and helped pin Floyd down. Lane was detailed in earlier charges as pointing a gun at Floyd before handcuffing, and later asked whether officers should roll Floyd on his side as he was restrained.

The charges come just days after Gov. Tim Walz asked Ellison to take over the prosecution, which until Sunday had been led by the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.

The charges noted that Floyd was "calm" after he was first arrested and before Chauvin knelt on his neck. The complaint also noted three times that after Floyd was pinned to the pavement by three officers, none of them moved from their positions despite pleas from Floyd. Video of the incident showed that bystanders also pleaded with police.

Floyd had told the first two officers at the scene – Lane and Kueng – that he was not resisting arrest, but did not want to get into the back of their squad car because he is claustrophobic, the charges said.

Walz issued a statement after Ellison announced the new charges.

"I laid flowers at George Floyd's memorial this morning. As a former high school history teacher, I looked up at the mural of George's face painted above and I reflected on what his death will mean for future generations. What will our young people learn about this moment? Will his death be just another blip in a textbook? Or will it go down in history as when our country turned toward justice and change?

"It's on each of us to determine that answer," Walz said. "The charges announced by Attorney General Keith Ellison today are a meaningful step toward justice for George Floyd. But we must also recognize that the anguish driving protests around the world is about more than one tragic incident.

"George Floyd's death is the symptom of a disease. We will not wake up one day and have the disease of systemic racism cured for us. This is on each of us to solve together, and we have hard work ahead," he said. "We owe that much to George Floyd, and we owe that much to each other."

One of the attorneys representing George Floyd's family, Benjamin Crump, released a statement shortly after 1:15 p.m. Wednesday praising the arrest and charging of the other three officers and the upgrading of murder charges against Chauvin.

Crump's statement came before Ellison's office made any official announcements.

"This is a bittersweet moment for the family of George Floyd," said the joint statement by Floyd's family, Crump and the legal team. "We are deeply gratified that Attorney General Keith Ellison took decisive action in this case, arresting and charging all the officers involved in George Floyd's death and upgrading the charge against Derek Chauvin to felony second-degree murder."

Attorneys for the officers declined to comment or could not be immediately reached Wednesday afternoon.

"This is a significant step forward on the road to justice, and we are gratified that this important action was brought before George Floyd's body was laid to rest," the family's and Crump's statement said. "That is a source of peace for George's family in this painful time."

The statement urged Ellison to continue the investigation and upgrade the charges to first-degree murder, which carries a potential life sentence.

First-degree murder requires proof of planning out the crime.

"These officers knew they could act with impunity, given the Minneapolis Police Department's widespread and prolonged pattern and practice of violating people's constitutional rights," the statement said. "Therefore, we also demand permanent transparent police accountability at all levels and at all times."

The family and Crump thanked the "outpouring" of support they've received, which manifested in days of huge protests across the country and world.

"Our message to them: Find constructive and positive ways to keep the focus and pressure on," they said. "Don't let up on your demand for change."

The former officers' prosecution is the quickest in Minnesota history against officers who have killed civilians on the job, and is the first time more than one officer involved in such an incident has been criminally charged. Three officers have previously been charged with killing a civilian on the job; one, Mohamed Noor, was convicted at trial while two were acquitted.

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DOJ: Former UCLA Soccer Coach Agrees to Plead Guilty in College Admissions Case

Then, the money was probably laundered through a tiny humans trust fund, where it ended up being invested in real estate, then mortgaged, wiped out, transferred to another fake ass LLC, lumped into a bundle and leveraged for overseas investments through more tiny humans trust funds.

Jorge Salcedo admits to receiving $200,000 in bribes to facilitate the admission of two students to the University of California at Los Angeles

BOSTON – The former men’s soccer coach at the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA), has agreed to plead guilty in connection with his involvement in a scheme to use bribery and fraud to facilitate the admission of applicants to UCLA.

Jorge Salcedo, 47, of Los Angeles, Calif., will plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering.  A plea hearing has not yet been scheduled.  According to the terms of the plea agreement, the government will recommend a sentence at the low end of the sentencing guidelines, one year of supervised release, a fine, forfeiture in the amount of $200,000 and restitution.

In 2016, Salcedo agreed with William “Rick” Singer, Ali Khosroshahin – a former head coach of women’s soccer at the University of Southern California – and others to facilitate the admission of the daughter of Davina and Bruce Isackson to UCLA as a purported women’s soccer recruit.  For his part in the deal, Salcedo received $100,000 of the $250,000 that the Isacksons paid Singer.

In 2018, Salcedo agreed with Singer and Khosroshahin to “recruit” the son of Xiaoning Sui, another client of Singer’s, to the UCLA men’s soccer team.  Sui’s son did not play soccer competitively.  In exchange for the recruitment, Salcedo accepted a $100,000 bribe from Singer.  Sui paid Singer $400,000.

Singer, Khosroshahin, Davina and Bruce Isackson, and Sui have all pleaded guilty for their roles in the offense.  

 Case information, including the status of each defendant, charging documents and plea agreements are available here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme.

The charge of racketeering conspiracy provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is greater and restitution. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling; Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division; and Kristina O’Connell, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations in Boston made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Eric S. Rosen, Justin D. O’Connell, Leslie A. Wright and Kristen A. Kearney of Lelling’s Securities and Financial Fraud Unit are prosecuting the case.

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Bethany Christian Rebrands Human Asset Management For Human Trafficking - No Mention Of Foster Care

Christian Commodification of the Human Person Workshop

Christian organizations all over the place are jumping into the newest game of sustainability called human trafficking, or rather, christian commodification of the human person.


Bethany Christian rebrands human asset management, but this time it is to "aid foreign born trafficking victims" with no mention of foster care.

The majority of kids caught up in human trafficking come out foster care, but do not tell that to Bethany Christian!

In the spirit of fuchsia...

Program launched to aid foreign-born trafficking victims in Detroit

Detroit — Foreign-born trafficking victims in Metro Detroit can now find sanctuary through an assistance program launched by a Grand Rapids-based family service organization.

But what about those who came out foster care, like Bethany Christian?

After Bethany Christian Services' success with the Trafficking Victim's Assistance Program in West Michigan, it decided to replicate its model, opening offices in Detroit and New Jersey.

Success...on paper, that is.

Karen Hanks, the coordinator of the program, said the organization has seen a spike in cases in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties where victims are often hidden in plain sight....in foster care.

"Labor trafficking cases are often overlooked for a variety of reasons," said Hanks, who has been working with the program since May. "All of the cases we currently have are all labor trafficking, almost exclusively to foreign nationals, who come here on a false promise and are vulnerable."

How did they get in the country, is the question.

Those at the highest risk of trafficking are immigrants here illegally, migrant workers, or foreign-born persons solicited into coming to the United States to pursue education or work opportunities. Hanks said it's very difficult for a U.S. citizen to be pulled into labor trafficking because they know their rights and find opportunities to seek help, whereas a foreigner is already vulnerable and may not know English....unless they aged out foster care.

"It’s much easier to trick them and they may end up in a situation they don’t even realize," she said. "It's people who often come here illegally, but it shouldn't make a difference when people are being exploited."...unless they are trying to survive out of foster care.

Because foreign nationals don't qualify for federal programs, Hanks said it's difficult to locate safe housing, funding and help with re-entry. Bethany's program is focused on helping victims return to a normal life at no cost....because there will be upcoding for cost reimbursements in Medicaid services for questionable programs as these undocumented individuals are now under the legal auspices of Bethany Christian, the new corporate parent for human asset management.

They aid with counseling services, food, clothing, housing, employment and family reunification when possible....to bill Medicaid. The program is funded and overseen by a grant from the U.S. Committee of Refugees and Immigrants and is time and financially limited to one year....to transition into other private, Social Impact Bond programs.

For the year, a single client receives a maximum of $6,000, a family receives $7,500. Victims are often referred through their immigration lawyers while they are going through the legal system. Bethany does not profit from the program, saying it strictly works to help those suffering from severe abuse, Hank said.

A not for profit, foreign corporation does not profit, it maximized revenues.

"Victims have been through sexual assault, confinement, threats to their family and family in their home country have been carried out," she said. "Though they grieve, they want to stay in the U.S. and fight their cases and that means separation from families and their culture. Some have been reunited with their families but sometimes it takes two to three years of trying to survive, deal with the courts, keeping their physical and mental health intact. It's all very overwhelming."...and so is trying to survive foster care.

While there's no database of victims or a way to officially track calls as they come in, Bethany relies on the National Human Trafficking Hotline, which has 4,600 cases reported nationally this year, 172 reported in Michigan....and that does not include those who escaped foster care.

The hotline ranks Michigan seventh. The majority of calls are in sex trafficking in the restaurant and foodservice industry, traveling sales crews, domestic work, hospitality and housekeeping services. Most are reported at residences, hotels, massage and spa businesses. Women account for 146 of the cases and minors account for 47 cases....but Michigan is #1 in child trafficking, but, hey, what do I know?

In December, a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleges she was held captive and forced into prostitution at two southeast Michigan hotels brought attention to the perpetrator's use of overnight lodging as a basis for sex trafficking....but foster kids have no civil rights, just ask Nancy Edmunds.

Later on that month, Warren police touted 46 arrests its ongoing human trafficking investigation called Operation Crusade. The crimes were committed in hotels and multi-unit apartment complexes in the city, investigators said....Warren has most of the hotels. In Detroit, they are called trap houses, or your basic blighted Detroit Land Bank Authority property.

"Traffickers … continue to exploit their victims unchecked because staff, managers and executives do not know what to look for," according to the Polaris Project....particularly when you are dealing with foster care, which is the industry of child trafficking.

In 2018, 383 human trafficking cases were reported in Michigan through the hotline, a jump from 313 tallied in 2017, according to the website. ...without citing the Auditor General findings of failures in its CPS system.

The Detroit office, which opened in February, has four clients aged 20-40 years old....because it does not count foster care youth who are being trafficked.

Hank said she definitely expects more cases and worries about the shortage of case management workers....due to the high turnover of dealing with what goes on in foster care.

"The process can be very overwhelming for victims, and very emotional for us. It's rewarding just for them to know they have an ally is great comfort for them," Hanks said tearfully. "The community can also help. Our biggest need is financial donations and partnering with the task force to recover victims. The community can also get educated on being alert and keeping your eyes open.

So, riddle me this: If a youth, who is undocumented, enters the Bethany Christian salvaging the souls network, and is placed under legal guardianship of the corporation, and not the state, what is the citizenship of the youth, if there is no documentation of parental rights termination or transfer?

"See something, say something."

Contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline confidentially at 1-888-373-7888 or text 233733.

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JUDICIARY: The Current State of the U.S. Refugee Program - Examining The Benefits Of Modern Day Human Trafficking - Happy Partus Sequitur Ventrem Month!

The USCCB wants to save the souls of the savages.

The parishes need the refugee programS to bring in more parishioners. 

Parishioners vote.

Refugee parishioners have corporate legal guardians, who can vote through absentee proxy, upon the grant of citizenship.

Parishioners need services like Medicaid.

Refugees have children, who need to go to school.

Refugee parishioners can work and take out mortgages to buy homes.

The Archdioceses have lots of real estate.

Gerrymandering is one way to redraw voting districts.

The USCCB has all the trafficking tiny human contracts, like Foster Care and Adoption, including lots and lots of Social Impact Bond revenue maximization programs.

States have questionable practices when it comes to its population counts.

The slave trade never ended.

Slavery was never abolished in the US. because we built this christian nation using human capital of refugees, which is why all the witnesses represent christian, foreign, corporate interests.

Happy Partus Sequitur Ventrem Month.

No Truth in Testimony affidavits because the U,S, Conference of Catholic Bishops would never traffic tiny humans...

Witnesses
Mr. Biar Atem
Nevada Delegate and Board of Directors Member, Refugee Congress

http://refugeecongress.org/

The Most Reverend Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodrguez
Auxiliary Bishop of Washington and, Chair of the Committee on Migration, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops



https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=USCCB

Ms. Lora Ries
Senior Research Fellow, Homeland Security, The Heritage Foundation



https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=HERITAGE+FOUNDATION

Ms. Barbara Strack
Former Chief of the Refugee Affairs Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and, Current Advisory Member, Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program

https://cwsglobal.org/

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TRUMP Celebrates The End Of Trafficking Tiny Humans Month With A Summit - Meet The Human Traffickers

For those of you who are just now starting to figure out what is going on, trafficking tiny humans is just another fancy way of saying slavery, because it is christian chattel law.

The summit is attended by all the biggest Public Private Partnershippers who traffic in tiny humans.

IT IS CALLED FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION.

Meet Maura Corrigan.

"Have You Seen Me": Michigan CPS Corrective Action Plan Is Really A Cover Up Of Trafficking Tiny Humans

This is the legacy of the man of whom no one wants to #sayhisname, but something tells me Trump may be the one who will finally say it.

Will Bill Boo Boo Barr stop promulgating the trafficking of tiny humans?

Wisconsin is not the greatest when it comes to providing services to "The Poors" (always said with clinched teeth) because poverty is considered abuse and neglect, where the mental health services absolutely sucks.

Meet Sam Bronwback.

Callista Gingrich is pushing Faith Based organizations, where she is talking about the Holy See, the administrators of international trafficking tiny humans.

Catholic Charities is your biggest trafficker of tiny humans.

Here is one example of a terrorist organization that profits from trafficking tiny humans and they launder money through Catholic Charities.

https://www.beaubidenfoundation.org/stewardsofchildren/

Federal prosecutors are talking about FOSTA and Facebook going to end-to-end encryption but law enforcement is going in through legislation to intervene in the largest repository of child porn.

There was discussion of tiny human trafficking from the Ukraine, and other Eastern European nations like Russia, which is what Magnitsky is all about.

Trump to create post to focus on solely human trafficking

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to expand the White House domestic policy office by appointing an individual to focus exclusively on combating human trafficking, The Associated Press has learned.

Trump is expected to create the position by executive order Friday after he addresses a human trafficking summit at the White House.

A candidate has yet to be identified for the new post on the Domestic Policy Council, according to a White House official, who added that Trump wants to fill the slot quickly with someone detailed from another government agency. The White House official was not authorized to discuss the president’s plans before his Friday announcement and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

Trump has sought to elevate human trafficking since taking office by speaking publicly about the issue and inviting reporters into his White House meetings with victims and anti-trafficking advocates.

A partner in the effort is Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and senior adviser. During a visit to Atlanta this month, she compared trafficking to “modern-day slavery” and said the White House is committed to ending it.

Ivanka Trump is also scheduled to speak at Friday’s summit. She said Thursday in a statement to the AP that the coming executive order will provide additional resources to combat human trafficking.

“From funding for prevention education programs, to enhanced intelligence-level coordination, to fighting child pornography, to a new full-time position within his White House’s Domestic Policy Council, the president is using all tools at his disposal to ensure that the end of modern-day slavery becomes a reality.”

Under the executive order, according to the White House official, the State Department will be tasked with creating a website to serve as a clearinghouse where law enforcement officials, victims, advocates and others can get information on government-wide efforts to combat human trafficking.

Federal departments and agencies will also be asked to propose legislative and executive actions to help law enforcement officials track the sharing - in real time - of child sexual abuse material on the internet.

The Justice and Homeland Security departments will also be directed to work with the Education Department to fund prevention education programs for the nation’s schools.

Some groups criticized the summit. Other groups that have been invited said they will not attend.

Eric Schwartz, president of Refugees International, said in a statement that the Trump administration has pursued policies that endanger trafficking victims by chipping away at their legal protections. Schwartz cited an increase in the denial rate for special visas that allow trafficking victims to legalize their status, access services and seek punishment for their abusers.

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DHS To Collect Border DNA - Will CODIS Get It?

This looks like CODIS.

The children are coming to Michigan because we have the contracts.

How can one use DNA to establish paternity, when the child is adopted?

Just thought I would throw that out there when trying to figure out the citizenship of children under the aegis of a private, foreign Foster Care Agency.

U.S. to start collecting DNA from people detained at border

Houston – The U.S. government on Monday launched a pilot program to collect DNA from people in immigration custody and submit it to the FBI, with plans to expand nationwide.

In Detroit, people as young as 14 will be subject to DNA collection.

The information would go into a massive criminal database run by the FBI, where it would be held indefinitely. A memo outlining the program published Monday by the Department of Homeland Security said U.S. citizens and permanent residents holding a “green card” who are detained could be subject to DNA testing, as well as asylum seekers and people entering the country without authorization. Refusing to submit DNA could lead to a misdemeanor criminal charge, the document said.

Immigrant advocates and privacy experts have raised alarms and questioned whether data collected to stop criminal activity could instead be used for surveillance.

The DHS memo acknowledged that the DNA its agents collect may not be immediately useful. Agents plan to take saliva swabs of detained people, then mail them to the FBI. By the time the results are processed, the memo said, the people in question may have already been released, deported or transferred to another federal agency.

Stephen Kang, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, questioned whether the U.S. was creating “a DNA bank of immigrants that have come through custody for no clear reason.”

Starting Monday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will collect swabs from people apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol at the Canadian border in or near Detroit, as well as people detained at the official port of entry at Eagle Pass, Texas, across from Piedras Negras, Mexico. CBP said its pilot program will last 90 days.

The memo said agents will not take DNA from people entering the country legally or being held for further screening without being placed into detention.

CBP has wrongly accused American citizens in the past of entering the country illegally. An 18-year-old born in Texas was held for more than three weeks last year.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will designate one of its jails for pilot testing.

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