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The staunch MAGA supporter said Republicans want answers about the Epstein files and nominated the former Florida congressman found guilty by the House Ethics Committee of paying for sex with a minor to lead it.

Like sex trafficking panic more broadly, the Epstein files are a useful political tool—as long as they remain hidden.

At the beginning of 2025, panic about fraud and human trafficking erupted on Chinese social media. It started when a Chinese actor called Wang Xing was tricked into travelling to Thailand for an audition, where he was abducted by criminals and taken to a scam centre in Myanmar.

Rising from the muddy fields on the Mekong riverbank in Laos, a lotus tops a casino in a sprawling city which analysts decry as a centre for cybercrime.

This week, the Justice Department and the FBI released a joint memo in which they concluded that Epstein had killed himself while in custody on sex trafficking charges in 2019 and that the disgraced financier did not have a "client list."

On social media no less.

The United States has announced sweeping new tariffs on imports from both Mexico and the European Union, citing unresolved trade imbalances and ongoing issues with narcotics trafficking.

The Mexican drug dealer has officially pled guilty in a U.S. federal court in Chicago to drug trafficking, money laundering, firearms offenses, and related charges stemming from his role in the Sinaloa Cartel's fentanyl and drug network. Ovidio Guzmán and his brother Joaquín are two of the alleged leaders of…

Trump threatens 35% tariffs on Canada, promising relief only if Canada cooperates on stopping fentanyl trafficking. Trade wars escalate.