Tommy Pigott
@statedeptspox
The official account of @StateDept’s Spokesman serving under the leadership of the 72nd Secretary of State @SecRubio and @POTUS Trump.
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.@StateDept is offering rewards up to $50 million under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of Tren de Aragua leaders Yohan Petrica, Giovanni, and Juancho. TdA is a violent Foreign Terrorist Organization responsible for crimes including murders, drug trafficking, and money laundering.
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The U.S. is sanctioning 4 individuals and 41 entities linked to the Cambodia-based Prince Group TCO, plus a Malaysian national who managed a Madagascar-based scam network. The Trump Administration will continue to expose, sanction, and dismantle the criminal networks that prey on Americans.
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The United States is sanctioning 13 individuals and companies in a network that sold fake flags to the Iranian regime’s shadow fleet, and a Türkiye-based firm servicing sanctioned Iranian airlines.
Over 110 Americans unjustly detained overseas have been brought home.
When President Trump says his priority is the safety and security of the American people at home and abroad, he means it.
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The Trump Administration calls on all governments to do their part to punish traffickers and protect their citizens and communities. Read the 2026 Trafficking in Persons Report:
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Today, the @StateDept is publicly naming and banning from U.S. entry Zhao Fugang, the Director of the Overseas Chinese Service Center in Fiji, for bribing Fijian citizens to advance China-based government, business, and criminal interests. The Trump Administration will continue to hold those who threaten U.S. interests accountable.
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.@SecRubio will travel to New York City from September 20–23 to join President Trump for #UNGA81# High-Level Week. The Secretary will advocate returning the @UN to its core mandate and advance American priorities centered on peace, prosperity, and the primacy of nations.
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The United States is taking action through Operation Economic Outcast to target Kata'ib Hizballah, Hizballah, and the financial networks fueling Iran's regional and global destabilization. We stand with Iraq and Lebanon against Tehran's terrorist proxies.
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Our U.S. embassies in Beijing and Kathmandu are working 24/7, coordinating with local officials, to help Americans affected by the floods.
For the latest information and to contact @StateDept, please go to
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.@USTreasury has mapped facilitators the Iranian regime is using to fund their malign activities.
Now, as @SecScottBessent announced today, the Trump Administration is taking maximum pressure to the next level, cutting the regime off from every single financial lifeline.
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The United States is sanctioning over a dozen Ecuador-based individuals and businesses for shipping thousands of kilograms of cocaine from South America to Mexico for distribution in our homeland.
Just voted for Joey from the @LACOFD urban search-and-rescue team for the Hero Dog Awards! As a part of the Trump Administration's swift and large-scale response to the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela, Joey was a key member of our U.S.-deployed USAR, helping locate live victims buried in the rubble. Joey is a true American four-legged hero!
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The United States rejects China’s ongoing attempts to enforce its destabilizing “national nature reserve” at Scarborough Reef. We stand with our Ally, the Philippines, in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
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Following Iran’s attacks against commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the United States is sanctioning six entities and one individual that support illicit digital asset activities. We will continue to deny the regime the resources it needs to threaten its neighbors and innocent vessels, support terrorism, and advance its nuclear ambitions.
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Goods made with forced labor abroad undercut American workers, businesses, and those who play by the rules. We are taking action to block these goods from entering the U.S. by adding 43 companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List.
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Today, the U.S. is sanctioning six entities in China, India, Russia and Iran for supporting the Iranian regime's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. We remain committed to disrupting illicit financing streams that fund the regime’s armed forces and malign activity across the region.
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.@statedeptspox: "What this report does for the American people is allow them to see for themselves this decades-long influence and espionage campaign that the Cuban regime has been supporting."
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Fact check: True!
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A State Department source tells me the America 250 Commemorative passports that feature President Trump will soon be available at locations across the nation.
.@statedeptspox: "We’re focused on counter-terrorism at large, and what this ministerial was attempting to do was address a blind spot that has existed for decades.”
.@statedeptspox: “We see the Cuban regime acting as the nexus, the node of this far-left extremism and this report clearly outlines the case for the first time as this truly untold story for the American people to see.”
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