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Sound of Freedom review – anti-child-trafficking thriller that plays to the QAnon crowd

Jim Caviezel stars as the real-life campaigner Tim Ballard in a dull film that has become a US box office sensation

The Guardian - UK

Mother reunited with son 42 years after she was told he had died in child birth

Jimmy Lippert Thyden was ‘adopted’ as part of a Chilean child trafficking ring but has been reunited with his mother

Evening Standard

Spain can help India deal with illegal trafficking of cultural items: Spanish Culture Minister Iceta

Spain’s Culture Minister, Miquel Iceta spoke to The Hindu, describing India as a “cultural superpower” and expressed concern about illegal trafficking of cultural artefacts and destruction of heritage of in Ukraine

The Hindu

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10 charged after federal drug trafficking investigations target operations allegedly affiliated with Gangster Disciples

Kevin Ware, a 49-year-old Chicago resident, is alleged to have been at the helm of the trafficking organization. A criminal complaint states the group was working with the Gangster Disciples, a Chicago street gang.

Chicago Sun-Times

R. Kelly to use royalties to pay victims

R. Kelly is currently serving 30 years in prison for his 2021 racketeering and sex trafficking conviction

Salon

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A very grumpy toddler; poems for the planet; ancient demons unleashed; and a moving YA trafficking tale

The Guardian - UK

‘The film the woke Nazis don’t want you to see!’ How the culture wars made Sound of Freedom a blockbuster

How did a mid-budget thriller about child trafficking become a box office smash? With a lot of help from conspiracy theorists, the US’s religious right and Donald Trump

The Guardian - UK

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‘Heartless’ government fails to fill two key human rights watchdog roles

Campaigners say rape and trafficking victims have been betrayed by the Tories’ failure to appoint commissioners to defend them

The Guardian - UK

NRL star's brother denied bail over alleged ice trafficking

Zeda Haas, the brother of Broncos forward Payne Haas, faces Hunter court.

Newcastle Herald

Four arrested in France after deaths of six men in Channel crossing

At least two of detained Iraqis and Sudanese suspected to have links to human trafficking networks

The Guardian - UK

France sends elite police unit to Marseille in bid to quell drug violence

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Thursday announced that a unit from the elite CRS 8 police force that specialises in fighting urban violence is to be deployed to Marseille. The southern port has been plagued by gang violence over control of the city's drug trade.

Radio France Internationale

The narco-highway creating chaos in a Honduran rainforest

If cutting continues along its current pace, most of the Moskitia forest – and the way of life it sustains – could be lost by 2050, much sooner for many parts

The Guardian - US

Mo Farah to speak at M Restaurants charity supper in support of Not for Sale

The M group has raised £350,000 to help the fight against modern slavery, as Mo Farah to speak on his own experiences with trafficking

Evening Standard

14 more members of Minneapolis gangs are charged in federal violent crime initiative

Officials have announced that 14 members of Minneapolis-based gangs have been charged with crimes including possession of machine guns, fentanyl trafficking and firearms violations

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The Conversation

Ecuador: how this 'island of peace' in Latin America has become a hotbed of violence run by criminal gangs and drug cartels

After the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito on August 9, former president Rafael Correa posted a message on his social media feed: “Ecuador has become a failed state.” It was a stark message as the country prepares to go to the polls on Sunday August 20.

Newcastle Herald

Bail decision reserved for brother of NRL star charged with trafficking ice

The pair faced Maitland Local Court on Wednesday.

Newcastle Herald

Brother of NRL star charged with drug trafficking in $3.5 million meth case

Officers allegedly seized 1.8kg of methamphetamine during a vehicle stop in Beresfield.

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of refugees could face homelessness after Home Office policy change

Migrants and survivors of trafficking will have minimum of seven days to find alternative accommodation if they receive eviction notice

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The Guardian - UK

‘You have to sacrifice your life’: the drug runners of Colombia’s rainforests

With few job prospects, young men in the jungle borderlands with Brazil risk everything in a marijuana trade that ultimately bankrolls dissident armed groups

Newcastle Herald

Two men arrested after police allegedly uncover $1m ice stash in ute

The men face drug supply and trafficking charges.

The Texas Tribune

Motivated by grieving parents, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has made fentanyl crisis a priority

The Republican from Texas has combined attention to border issues with efforts to address deadly overdoses, including ideas that are opposed by some in his party, such as decriminalizing test strips.

The Texas Tribune

Gen Z influencers, quietly recruited by a company with deep GOP ties, rally to impeached Ken Paxton’s aid

After a June gathering in Fort Worth sponsored by a new company, Influenceable, social media leaders began backing the suspended Texas attorney general and a controversial human trafficking film. Those who favor transparency in political advocacy are concerned.

The Hindu

Jesuit priest to pedal to schools across Kerala against drug abuse

Fr. Sheise Thomas, a 40-yr-old priest, is embarking on a yearlong 'Cycle Yagna' to make children aware of the threat of substance abuse and drug trafficking. He plans to cover 50,000 students in Kerala, with the support of social activist Daya Bai. With 3,000 cases related to drug trafficking &…

WEKU

Ecuador arrests 6 Colombians in slaying of presidential candidate

Ecuador's evolution into a major drug trafficking hub and the ensuing surge of violence weighs on the nation following the killing of a presidential candidate whose life's work was to fight crime.

The Independent UK

Ecuador arrests 6 Colombians in slaying of presidential candidate as violence weighs on nation

Ecuador’s transformation into a major drug trafficking hub and the ensuing three-year surge of violence is weighing on the nation following the killing of a presidential candidate whose life’s work was to fight crime and corruption

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